Monday, July 9, 2007
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Classified Ads---Syndicator
Welcome New Readers
All Leasing News Lists
Key Equipment Finance names a new Head of Technology Sales
Top Stories--July 2 - 7
Leasing 102 by Mr. Terry Winders, CLP
"Contents of a Lease Agreement"
Classified Ads --- Help Wanted
Cartoon - "Your wife gets"
Leasing Solutions, Inc. Shareholders Call Meeting
CNH Financial Services Launches Private Label Finance Program
33 U.S. ABS Equipment Leasing/Loans Transactions Designated
Amerifund adds equipment at Scottsdale site
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This Day in American History
Baseball Poem
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Key Equipment Finance names Douglas Dupy Head of Technology Sales
Key Equipment Finance has announced the addition of Douglas Dupy as head of Technology Sales. Dupy has nearly 30 years in the information technology business, 10 of them in sales management. He joins Key Equipment Finance after 25 years with Unisys Corporation and its predecessor company, Burroughs. At Unisys, he served as director of sales operations for the past three years. Dupy also worked as a sales executive for EDS.
About Key Equipment Finance Key Equipment Finance is an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) and provides business-to-business equipment financing solutions to businesses of many types and sizes. Headquartered in Superior, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages a $13.1 billion equipment portfolio with annual originations of approximately $6.4 billion. The company has major management and operations bases in Toronto, Ontario; Albany, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; London, England; and Sydney, Australia. The company, which operates in 26 countries and employs 1,100 people worldwide, has been in the equipment financing business for more than 30 years. Additional information regarding Key Equipment Finance, its products and services can be obtained online at
http://www.KEFonline.com.
Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $93 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally. [headlines]
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Top Stories--July 2 - 7
Here are the top ten stories most “opened” by readers last week:
(1) Brad Christensen—Remember Me?
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#brad
(2) IFC Credit loses another NorVergence lease
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#ifc
(3) PCB Leasing sale---Let’s correct some rumors
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#pcb
(4) Former Marlin Leasing VP Broker Division Michael Bennie
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#mb
(5) Cartoon - Lucky Dog
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#toon
(6) OneWorld Leasing Adds Two New Members To Its Ranks
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#owl
(7) Story Credit List Up-dated
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#story
(8) Leasing 102 by Mr. Terry Winders, CLP
"Co-Lessee vs. Personal Guarantee"
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#102
(9) Yahoo gains on Google
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#yahoo
(10)Internet Closing In On TV as 'Most Essential' Medium
http://www.leasingnews.org/archives/July%202007/07-02-07.htm#inet
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Leasing 102 by Mr. Terry Winders, CLP
Contents of a Lease Agreement
On many occasions I have reviewed lease agreements from start up leasing activities or others that think they do not have to have a long lease agreement until something goes bad and they wind up in court with egg on their face. It is usually because the agreement failed to cover some facts or was easily misinterpreted. Good lease agreements are not hard to come by because over the years many have withstood the trials of our court and bankruptcy proceedings but none of the good ones are short. So here is a check list of the minimum requirements for a commercial lease agreement. If you lack any of theses provisions then I suggest you run not walk to your nearest lease attorney to get your documents fixed.
Lease agreement minimum requirements
Type of Company each is
Definition of terms used in agreement
Identify Equipment or Attached Schedule
Rent and Term Requirements
Late fees and/or collection fees
Net Lease requirements
Obligation to pay rent Unconditional
No Warranties
Declaration of “Finance Lease” status
Equipment Return Provisions
Equipment Use provisions
Equipment maintenance and operation provisions
Equipment loss or Destruction provisions
Tax Indemnity
General Indemnity
Insurance Requirements
Inspection Requirements
Assignments or Sublease
Events of Default
Remedies
Lessee’s Cooperation
Lessor’s Right to Perform for Lessee
Security Deposit
Representations and Warranties of Lessee
All lease agreements need to be tailor made for the States that they will be used in because of the requirements for special provisions to be of a different size type or made conspicuous so as to be noticed by the lessee. I also suggest an ignorance paragraph to make sure that the lessee understands the content of the agreement. Here is an example:
Lessee acknowledges that it has received a copy of this document as
executed by Lessee, with all blanks completed. Lessee acknowledges that it (a) has READ THIS DOCUMENT, HAS CAUSED THIS DOCUMENT TO BE EXAMINED BY LESSEE'S REPRESENTATIVES OR ADVISORS; (b) is thoroughly familiar with the transactions contemplated in this document; and (c) together with Lessee's representatives or advisors, if any, has had the opportunity to ask such questions of representatives of Lessor, and receive answers thereto, concerning the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated in this document as Lessee deems necessary in connection with Lessee's decision to enter into the Lease, this Schedule, and any other schedules and/or supplements. Lessee Initials: _____
Good documents are not hard to sell regardless of complaints by sales staff or vendors. Remember the old adage: If you are going to pay me then all I need is a hand shake, however if I need to press my claim then I want complete documentation. Mr. Terry Winders has been a teacher, consultant, expert witness for the leasing industry for thirty years and can be reached at leaseconsulting@msn.com or 502-327-8666.
He invites your questions and queries.
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Leasing Solutions, Inc. Shareholders Call Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada 07/06/07 - A group of shareholders of Leasing Solutions, Inc. are calling for a special meeting of the shareholders to discuss the possible reinstatement of the company. All inquiries and questions should be directed to (888) 229-1030. Leasing Solutions, Inc. was the leader in the leasing of information processing and communications equipment principally to large creditworthy customers, both in the U.S. and abroad. In 1996, the company expanded its operations in Europe and on into Canada in 1997. In 1998 the company was forced to materially modify and reduce the volume of its business due to customer defaults.
In 2001, due to events that adversely affected the companies business along with its ability to continue, the company filed for Bankruptcy protection in U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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CNH Financial Services Launches Private Label Finance Program
With De Lage Landen in Poland
CNH Financial Services, a fully owned subsidiary of CNH Global N.V. and market leader in the agricultural and construction equipment financing business, announced that it has entered into a private label program with De Lage Landen Leasing Polska SA, in order to provide financial solutions for CNH products in Poland.
This new private label program, branded CNH Capital, represents the first collaboration between the two companies and will service the agricultural and construction markets, two areas in which both companies excel.
De Lage Landen's specialist knowledge, partnership philosophy, technology and extensive experience in the leasing sector made them a logical partner for CNH Financial Services in the Polish market.
Under the brand name CNH Capital, the partners will be introducing De Lage Landen's innovative and market-leading mobile-to-web finance tool to the CNH distribution network in Poland, enabling CNH to provide the highest levels of quality and service to its customers.
CNH Global N.V.
Case New Holland (CNH) is a world leader in the agricultural and construction equipment businesses. Supported by more than 11,000 dealers in 160 countries, CNH brings together the knowledge and heritage of its Case and New Holland brand families with the strength and resources of its worldwide commercial, industrial, product support and finance organizations. CNH Global N.V., whose stock is listed at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CNH), is a majority-owned subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A. (Milan: FIA.MI) (NYSE: FIA).
CNH Financial Services, a subsidiary of CNH Global N.V., offers under the brand name CNH Capital a comprehensive range of services, including wholesale and retail financing, leasing, insurance, asset management, and revolving lines of credit, for the global marketplace. Building on nearly 50 years' experience in the equipment finance industry, CNH FS services a portfolio of more than $13 billion, helping customers through various wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and vendor programs throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia.
De Lage Landen International B.V.
De Lage Landen is a Netherlands-based international provider of high-quality asset finance and vendor finance programmes. The global offering also includes an array of commercial finance solutions. With a presence in more than 25 countries throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific the company focuses on the following industries: Food & Agriculture, Healthcare, Office Equipment, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Financial Institutions, Trucks & Trailers, Public Finance and Materials Handling & Construction Equipment. In its domestic market the company offers Equipment Leasing, Car & Commercial Vehicle Leasing, ICT Leasing, Consumer Finance and Factoring through local Rabobanks but also directly to the market.
Since 2006 Athlon Carlease has been part of De Lage Landen Group. Athlon Carlease is an international provider of operational car leasing, active in six European countries. As from January 2007 De Lage Landen serves as competence center for the Rabobank Group for all consumer finance activities on the Dutch market.
De Lage Landen is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dutch Rabobank Group that is Triple-A rated by Moody's and Standard & Poor's. In 2006 De Lage Landen grew its net profit to EUR 206 million ($259 million) and its lease portfolio to EUR 18.9 billion ($24.9 billion).
For more information, please visit our website: www.delagelanden.com
For more information please contact:
CNH Financial Services Central Europe
Name: Gerhard Mybes
Tel: +49 71 31 644 0112
E-mail: Email Contact
CNH Polska Sp.z o.o.
ul. Otoliñska 25
09-407 Plock
Name: Piotr Bromka
Tel: +48 510 009 324
E-mail: Email Contact
Name: Piotr Kamieñski
Tel: +48 510 009 322
E-mail: Email Contact
De Lage Landen:
Name: Anthony de Monchy
Tel: +31 40 233 9777
E-mail: Email Contact [headlines]
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Fitch SMARTView: 33 U.S. ABS Equipment Leasing/Loans Transactions
Designated with SMARTView Date
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following its monthly surveillance review, Fitch designated all 33 transactions in its $8.9 billion U.S. ABS Equipment Leasing/Loans portfolio with a SMARTView date of July 6, 2007, indicating that no immediate action is necessary.
SMARTView, a recent addition to Fitch's Structured Finance Surveillance, Metrics, Analytics, Research, and Tools (SMART) products, monitors collateral performance in structured finance bonds providing investors greater insight to Fitch's internal analytic screening process and furthers transparency by publicly identifying the deals that Fitch has identified as requiring an immediate review.
As Fitch receives monthly information on structured finance transactions from trustees and servicers, Fitch analysts run the data through various internal algorithms that identify classes of a transaction as possible candidates for upgrade or downgrade. Fitch's analysts scrutinize the output to decide which deals need a formal review, which are noted as 'under analysis', and those deals which can be given a SMARTView date.
SMARTView is available on the Fitch Ratings web site at www.fitchratings.com,
along with the report titled 'SMARTView, Fitch U.S. Structured Finance Monthly Public Reviews'.
Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site. Contact:
Fitch Ratings
Du Trieu, +1-312-368-2091, Chicago
Mary MacNeill, +1-212-908-0785, New York
Media Relations:
Sandro Scenga, +1-212-908-0278, New York
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Amerifund adds equipment at Scottsdale site
Amerifund, a Scottsdale-based equipment leasing company, announced it will finance upgrades and expansion at Mountainside Fitness’ Scottsdale Platinum location. The expansion will include adding equipment such as bikes, treadmills and elliptical machines. The expansion will create room for exercise classes such as yoga and Pilates.
The Scottsdale Platinum location is scheduled to reopen in the fall.
About Amerifund
Amerifund honors a commitment to superior services for leasing, timely approvals, rapid funding, flexible programs and continuous ongoing financial support. We focus on meeting the needs of small to large size companies and large corporations and help finance or acquire leasing wide variety of business types.
http://www.amerifund.cc/
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News Briefs---- Bank of America completes acquisition of U.S. Trust
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/07/02/daily4.html
Boeing Comes Soaring Back
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/06/
AR2007070601738.html
Wal-Mart Antagonists Set to Join Edwards
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/06/
AR2007070601856.html
Transformers Dominate Box Office
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/movies/09box.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
Hawai`i Legislature Approves New Captive Legislation
http://new.marketwire.com/2.0/release.do?id=749087
American Equity Mortgage closes seven offices
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/
4C946795D9606DD886257311000A3B98?OpenDocument
Don't forget the lessons of Enron Corp. scandal
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/yourmoney/story/
227CCEABA99FAE8D86257311000B9321?OpenDocument
Jobless rate holds steady
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy_summary_box;_ylt
=Akk7uA5p8hWnbhlFHlvqLZayBhIF
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Sports Briefs---- Corporate America shuns Barry Bonds as he pursues homer record
http://www.sacbee.com/308/story/259791.html
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California Nuts Briefs--- Schwarzenegger names former resources secretary to lead air board
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Calendar Events This Day
Alaska Flag Day Celebration:
80th Anniversary.- This day celebrates the first time Alaska's flag was unfurled over the Jesse Lee Home at Seward, AK. In 1927 territorial Governor George Parks announced a contest in which children all over Alaska in grades 7-12 were encouraged to design Alaska's flag. The winning flag was designed by John Ben (Benny) Benson, a resident of the Jesse Lee Home, an orphanage . He was the only child in US history to design a state flag. Each year this year is celebrated at Alaska Children's Services (formerly the Jesse Lee Home). Est attendance: 2,000.
Argentina: Independance Day. -
Anniversary of establishment of independance republic, with the declarationof independance from Spain in 1816.
International Town Cries Day. -
A day recognizing the ancient and honorable art and tradition of town crying and the significant contribution town cries make to promoting their respective towns and cities. Annually, the second Monday in July.
Morocco: Youth Day. -
National holiday. On the birthday in 1929 of King Hassan II.
Sugar Cookie Day
Saint feast Days
http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/jul.php
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Today's Top Event in History
1846 - An American naval captain occupies the small settlement of Yerba Buena, a site that will later be renamed San Francisco. Surprisingly, Europeans did not discover the spectacular San Francisco Bay until 1769, although several explorers had sailed by it in earlier centuries. When Spanish explorers finally found the bay in that year, they immediately recognized its strategic value. In 1776, the Spanish built a military post on the tip of the San Francisco peninsula and founded the mission of San Francisco de Asis (the Spanish name for Saint Francis of Assisi) nearby. The most northern outpost of the Spanish, and later Mexican, empire in America, the tiny settlement remained relatively insignificant for several decades. However, the potential of the magnificent harbor did not escape the attention of other nations. In 1835, the British Captain William Richardson established a private settlement on the shore of Yerba Buena Cove, several miles to the east of the Mexican mission. That same year the U.S. government offered to purchase the bay, but the Mexicans declined to sell. In retrospect, the Mexicans should have sold while they still had the chance. A little more than a decade later, a dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over western Texas led to war. Shortly after the Mexican War began, U.S. Captain John Montgomery sailed his warship into San Francisco Bay, anchoring just off the settlement of Yerba Buena. On this day in 1846, Montgomery led a party of marines and sailors ashore. They met no resistance and claimed the settlement for the United States, raising the American flag in the central plaza. The following year, the Americans renamed the village San Francisco. When the Mexicans formally ceded California to the United States in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe, San Francisco was still a small town with perhaps 900 occupants. That same year, however, gold was discovered at the nearby Sutter's Fort. San Francisco became the gateway for a massive gold rush, and by 1852, the town was home to more than 36,000. [headlines]
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This Day in American History
1755 - General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded when French and Indian troops ambushed his force of British regulars and colonial militia, which was on its way to attack France's Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh). Gen. Braddock's troops were decimated at Fort Duquesne, where he refused to accept Washington's advice on frontier style fighting. British Gen'l. Braddock gave his bloody sash to George Washington at Fort Necessity just before he died on Jul 13.
1776- Declaration of Independence read aloud to Gen Washington's troops in NY.
1776 - New York was the 13th colony to ratify the Declaration of Independence.
1793- Vermont is the first state to complete the revision of its constitution
( lower half of: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul09.html )
1809-Samuel Parker of Billerica, MA received his first patent for a leather-splitting machine, which split leather to any thickness. This invention doubled the use of leather.
1811- Sara Payson Willis Parton born Portland, Maine, better known as Fanny Fern, whose first collection of witticisms sold 80,000 copies. SP was one of the first woman newspaper columnist in the world.
http://www.search.eb.com/women/articles/Parton_Sara_Payson_Willis.html
http://www.awomanaweek.com/parton.html
http://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/
early_nineteenth/fernsarawillisparton_fa.html
1819-birthday of Elias Howe, American inventor of the sewing machine, born at Spencer, MA. He died October 3, 1867, Brooklyn, NY. All inventions were slow to catch on as people were afraid to try new things, or change, or invest. His invention made him very little money.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul09.html
1838- Birth of Philip P. Bliss born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. American gospel singer and songwriter. His best-remembered hymns include 'Wonderful Words of Life,' 'It is Well with My Soul' and 'Let the Lower Lights Be Burning.'
http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpbliss.html
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/l/bliss_pp.htm
1846 - An American naval captain occupies the small settlement of Yerba Buena, a site that will later be renamed San Francisco. Surprisingly, Europeans did not discover the spectacular San Francisco Bay until 1769, although several explorers had sailed by it in earlier centuries. When Spanish explorers finally found the bay in that year, they immediately recognized its strategic value. In 1776, the Spanish built a military post on the tip of the San Francisco peninsula and founded the mission of San Francisco de Asis (the Spanish name for Saint Francis of Assisi) nearby. The most northern outpost of the Spanish, and later Mexican, empire in America, the tiny settlement remained relatively insignificant for several decades. However, the potential of the magnificent harbor did not escape the attention of other nations. In 1835, the British Captain William Richardson established a private settlement on the shore of Yerba Buena Cove, several miles to the east of the Mexican mission. That same year the U.S. government offered to purchase the bay, but the Mexicans declined to sell. In retrospect, the Mexicans should have sold while they still had the chance. A little more than a decade later, a dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over western Texas led to war. Shortly after the Mexican War began, U.S. Captain John Montgomery sailed his warship into San Francisco Bay, anchoring just off the settlement of Yerba Buena. On this day in 1846, Montgomery led a party of marines and sailors ashore. They met no resistance and claimed the settlement for the United States, raising the American flag in the central plaza. The following year, the Americans renamed the village San Francisco. When the Mexicans formally ceded California to the United States in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe, San Francisco was still a small town with perhaps 900 occupants. That same year, however, gold was discovered at the nearby Sutter's Fort. San Francisco became the gateway for a massive gold rush, and by 1852, the town was home to more than 36,000.
1846 - The U.S. Treaty with Great Britain set the Oregon boundary at the 49th parallel. Expansionists in Congress disagreed, and used the slogan “54-40 or Fight.” In June, Col. Castro’s forces from Monterey, under the command of Joaquín de la Torre, fought the “Battle of Olompali” north of San Rafael with Fremont’s troops from Sonoma. Two Americans and five or six Californians were killed. John Frémont, along with my namesake Christopher “Kit” Carson, his guide, crossed to the Presidio with his Republic of California forces and spiked 10 Spanish guns. He also gave the name “Chrysoplylae” or “Golden Gate” to the entrance of the Bay. Meanwhile, on July 2 Commodore Sloat anchored at Monterey aboard the “Savannah.” He hesitated to follow his secret orders lest he commit the same grave error as Commodore Jones in 1842. Thomas Larkin advised the Commodore to move cautiously. July 5, Frémont returned to Sonoma and organized the “California Battalion” to carry on the revolution. Marine Lt. Archibald H. Gillespie was appointed adjutant. July 7, American flag rose at Monterey by Commodore John Drake Sloat, U.S.N. Sloat decided to take possession of California because he feared the British might occupy Monterey, and he was concerned about the reported revolution in Sonoma. The Commodore told the people of Monterey that he came to bring greater political freedom and stability, and henceforth California would be a part of the United States.
Population the pueblo of Yerba Buena estimated at about 1000 non-natives. There were about 50 buildings in the pueblo. July 8, Capt. Montgomery took formal possession of Yerba Buena and appointed Lt. Washington Allen Bartlett the first American Alcalde because he spoke fluent Spanish. This appointment was later ratified by a vote of the people. And this day, Captain James B. Montgomery of the “U.S.S. Portsmouth” and 70 marines and sailors marched to the Plaza at Yerba Buena (San Francisco), hauled down the Mexican flag and raised the Stars and Stripes. Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for United States. He later made Indian slavery against the law by proclamation.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/indian.html
As a side note, it would not be until January 24, 1848 that James W. Marshall, an employee of John Sutter, accidentally discovers gold while building a sawmill near Coloma City. Efforts to keep the discovery secret failed, and the gold rush of 1849 was under way, bringing thousands of men to California.
1847-the twelve and longer workday was common. The first law to try and change the workday to ten hours a day was by a new law in New Hampshire, although because of the “bargaining position,” it was ineffective. It stated that “in all contracts relating to labor, ten hours actual labor shall be taken to be a day’s work unless otherwise agreed by the parties.”
1850-Zachary Taylor, War hero, 12th president of the United States, after serving only 16 months, dies of “acute gastrointestinal illness,” also thought to be cholera at the age of 55. Vice-President Millard Fillmore was sworn in as the 13th president of the United States on July 10. Some historians suggested that Taylor
may have been poisoned. To test this theory, his remains were exhumed from a cemetery in Louisville, KY, on June 17, 1991. A coroner’s report dated June 26 found no evidence of foul play.
1852 -- American Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow visits Jewish cemetery of Newport, RI. Shortly thereafter he writes his poem "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport".
http://www.web-books.com/Classics/Poetry/anthology/Longfellow/Jewish.htm
1853-Admiral Perry and US Navy visit Japan
http://www.grifworld.com/first.html
http://www.grifworld.com/planning.html
http://www.brunias.com/perry.htmlJapan
http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/ry_litho_narrative.shtml
1863-At the battle of Port Hudson, Miss., Confederate Major General Franklin Gardner surrendered his garrison of 5500 men to General Nathaniel P. Banks after a siege of six weeks. The army this day fully controlled this crucial spot on the Mississippi. http://celebrate2000.dodgeglobe.com/stories/032599/his_porthudson.shtml
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/la010.htm
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genworld/porthdsn.html
1864 - Confederate General Jubal Early brushes a Union force out of his way as he heads for Washington. Early's expedition towards the Union capital was designed to take pressure off Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia around Petersburg. Beginning in early May, Ulysses S. Grant's Union army had continually attacked Lee and drove the Confederates into trenches around the Richmond-Petersburg area. In 1862, the Confederates faced a similar situation around Richmond, and they responded by sending General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to the Shenandoah Valley to occupy Federal forces. The ploy worked well, and Jackson kept three separate Union forces away from the Confederate capital. Now, Lee sent Early on a similar mission. Early and his force of 14,000 marched down the Shenandoah Valley, crossed the Potomac into Maryland, and then veered southeast toward Washington. Union General Lew Wallace, commander of the Middle Department and stationed in Baltimore, patched together a force of 6,000 local militiamen and soldiers from various regiments to stall the Confederates while a division from Grant's army around Petersburg arrived to protect Washington. Wallace placed his makeshift force along the Monocacy River near Frederick. Early in the morning of July 9, Early's troops easily pushed a small Federal guard from Frederick before encountering the bulk of Wallace's force along the river. Wallace protected three bridges over the river. One led to Baltimore, the other to Washington, and the third carried the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Early's first attack was unsuccessful. A second assault, however, scattered the Yankees. The Union force retreated toward Baltimore, and the road to Washington was now open to Early and his army. Union losses for the day stood at 1,800, and Early lost 700 of his men. However, the battle delayed Early's advance to Washington and allowed time for the Union to bring reinforcements from Grant's army. On July 11th, he actually entered the District of Columbia, breaking through inadequate Union forces southeast of Frederick, MD. He withdrew on July 12th as reserves were reported on their way. He continued to harass Union forces from the Shenandoah Valley until the Battle of Cedar Creek in October. He again missed his opportunity and allowed the Union troops to regroup. The poem “Sheridan’s Ride” by Thomas Buchanan Read dramatized the general’s return to the field and the turn of the battle.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/sheridan/poem-sheridans-ride.htm
1868- The 14th Amendment defined US citizenship and provided that no State shall have the right to abridge the rights of any citizen without due process and equal protection under the law. Coming three years after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment also included provisions for barring individuals who assisted in any rebellion or insurrection against the US from holding public office, and releasing federal and state governments from any financial liability incurred in the assistance of rebellion or insurrection against the US.
1872-John F. Blondel of Thomaston, ME, obtained a patent for a doughnut cutter. A spring pushed the dough out of a center tube to make a hole. His invention helped to increase efficiency for bakers to increase their quantities of this tasty treat that originated in the 16th century Holland, where it was known as an "Olykoek." Blondel, however, was not the one who gave this pastry its famous ring shape. According to legend, a Maine sea captain gave the doughnut its hole by thrusting a piece of fried dough on the spoke of his ship’s wheel so he could steer with both hands. On the books, however, it was in 1847 when a young American named Captain Hanson Crockett Gregory first put the hole in the doughnut. Hanson's mother was a cake maker who, because the cakes were difficult to fry all the way through, began placing walnuts and hazelnuts in the center to mask their gooey texture. Her son disliked this part of the otherwise delicious cake and removed it altogether, giving it the look we all know and love. Today Americans eat an estimated 10 billion of these deep-fried pastries annually. Krispy Kreme is taking the country by storm.
1893-in Provident Hospital on Chicago’s south side, African-American surgeon Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery. The patient was James Cornish, who’s internal mammary artery had been damaged by a knife wound. The operation was witnessed by six doctors, and described in the March 27, 1897 Medical Record.
1894- Dorothy Thompson birthday- influential U.S. newspaper columnist. Expelled from Germany for her virulent anti-Nazi stand when she was a U.S. reporter, she lectured widely against Hitler on her return to the U.S. She headed her paper's Berlin office 1925-1934. Her newspaper column On the Record was one of the most popular in the nation (1936-1958).
http://www.britannica.com/women/articles/Thompson_Dorothy.html
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826206468/avsearch-bkasin-20/
103-5362656-4423850
http://www.ksu.edu/dthompson/
1896- Birth of William Cameron Townsend, American missionary and linguist. In 1942 he established what has become the largest evangelical missionary agency in the world --Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT).
http://www.sil.org/wct/
http://www.wycliffe.ca/resource/HTML/history_cameron.html
1907-birthday of Eddie Dean ( Edward Dean Glosup,) was born in Posey, Texas. He appeared in scores of low-budget westerns, including his own series of 20 films from 1946 to '48. Dean and his wife Loreen co-wrote the country music classics "One Has My Name, the Other Has My Heart" and "I Dreamed of a Hillybilly Heaven. Died Thousand Oaks, California, March 4, 1999"
http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=B33419
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Dean,+Eddie
1908 – American photographer Minor White birthday.
http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa121701a.htm
http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/minorwhite/
minorwhite.shtml
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/white_minor.html
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/W/white/white.html
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/W/white/white_devils_slide_full.html
http://masters-of-photography.com/W/white/white_windowsill_full.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/white_minor.html
1910 - Jimmy Dale Birthday ((real name Harold C. Fox, bandleader-clothier, who first coined “zoot suit” ( with a reet pleat!)1942.)
Bahai’i observance of the anniversary of the execution by a firing squad, 1850, at Tabriz, Persia, of the 30-yer-old Siyyid Ali Muhammed, the Bab ( prophet-herald of the Baha’ Faith. One of the nine days of the year when Bahai'is suspend work. www.us.bahai.org
1914-the first auction duplicate bridge championship was held at the Lake Placid Club, Lake Placid, NY. The four-man team of the New York Bridge Whist Club defeated the team of the Knickerbocker Whist Club of New York City by seven tricks on 48 boards to win the American Whist League’s Hamilton Trophy, symbolic of the whist championship of the United Sates and Canada.
1918 –- Worst rail accident in U.S. history occurs with head-on collision of two trains at Nashville, Tennessee, taking the lives of 101 & injuring another 171.
http://www.nashvillewebreview.com/automat/nashville/events/trainwreck/trainwreck1.htm
http://www.ncps-576.org/History/1history.html
1921-birthday of Canadian country singer Stu Davis ( David Stewart,) born in Boggy Creek, Saskatchewan. He and his brother Fred teamed up in 1939 to perform as the Harmony Boys on Regina radio station CKCK. Stu Davis later became known as "Canada's Cowboy Troubadour," and made appearances in the late 1940's on NBC radio's "National Barn Dance" from Chicago and the "Grand Ole Opry." Davis signed with London Records in 1956, making 15 LP's for the label.
1925-birthday of tenor sax player Frank Wright, Grenada, MS
http://www.centrohd.com/music/allmusic/art1.htm
1926- Mathilde Krim birthday - founder of AmFar, the preeminent AIDS organization in 1980 that has raised more than $50 million for AIDS research and education. She was one of the first to recognize the dangers of AIDS worldwide - in 1980 when most health authorities were unaware of anything called AIDS - and then had the courage to do something about it, using $100,000 of her own funds.
She served as head of a lab at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and was a noted medical researcher and health educator.
http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/feat/record.html?record=22
http://www.70up.org/krim.htm
http://www.thebody.com/amfar/krim.html
1928- Vince Edwards birthday. As Dr. Ben Casey on the 1961 television show “Ben Casey,” Edwards’s muscular, brooding charm made him an overnight sex symbol. Medical school enrollment increased while he was on the air. After conquering a gambling addiction, he became a real-life hero. Born at Brooklyn, NY, he died at Los Angeles, CA, Mar11, 1996.
1930-arranger/bandleader Buddy Bregman born, Chicago, IL http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/bregman.htm
http://www.bobbydarin.net/bdbuddy.html
http://www.buddybregman.com
1936 - The temperature hit an all-time record high of 106 degrees at the Central Park Observatory in New York City, a record which lasted until LaGuardia Airport hit 107 degrees on July 3rd in 1966.
1941 - Crackerjack British cryptologists break the secret code used by the German army to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern front. British experts had already broken many of the Enigma codes for the Western front. Enigma was the Germans' most sophisticated coding machine, necessary to secretly transmitting information. The Enigma machine, invented in 1919 by Hugo Koch, a Dutchman, looked like a typewriter and was originally employed for business purposes. The Germany army adapted the machine for wartime use and considered its encoding system unbreakable.
1944- German Army Group Center was taken by surprise when the Soviets began an offensive between the Baltic Sea and the Carpathian Mountains. The Germans had expected an attack farther south, where the Red Army had already penetrated deep into Poland. When Hitler refused to allow a German retreat, the Soviets easily broke through the German lines, and the Reich’s forces were isolated in the Baltic states. Within a week Army Group Center was virtually annihilated, with a loss of 200,000 men.
1944-*PUCKET, DONALD D. (Air Mission) Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps, 98th , Bombardment Group. Place and date: Ploesti Raid, Rumania, 9 July 1944. Entered service at: Boulder, Colo. Birth: Longmont, Colo. G.O. No.: 48, 23 June 1945. Citation: He took part in a highly effective attack against vital oil installation in Ploesti, Rumania, on 9 July 1944. Just after "bombs away," the plane received heavy and direct hits from antiaircraft fire. One crewmember was instantly killed and 6 others severely wounded. The airplane was badly damaged, 2 were knocked out, the control cables cut, the oxygen system on fire, and the bomb bay flooded with gas and hydraulic fluid. Regaining control of his crippled plane, 1st Lt. Pucket turned its direction over to the copilot. He calmed the crew, administered first aid, and surveyed the damage. Finding the bomb bay doors jammed, he used the hand crank to open them to allow the gas to escape. He jettisoned all guns and equipment but the plane continued to lose altitude rapidly. Realizing that it would be impossible to reach friendly territory he ordered the crew to abandon ship. Three of the crew, uncontrollable from fright or shock, would not leave. 1st Lt. Pucket urged the others to jump. Ignoring their entreaties to follow, he refused to abandon the 3 hysterical men and was last seen fighting to regain control of the plane. A few moments later the flaming bomber crashed on a mountainside. 1st Lt. Pucket, unhesitatingly and with supreme sacrifice, gave his life in his courageous attempt to save the lives of 3 others.
1946-Birthday of Bon Scott, singer for AC/DC is born. I saw him in Campbell, California, when there was a rock'n'roll club early on and at one time had a signed poster by all members of the band.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Scott
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3196/01/MPRA_paper_3196.pdf
1948- Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching two scoreless innings for Cleveland. Paige was the greatest attraction in Negro Leagues baseball and one of black baseball’s greatest players. He was also, at age 42, the first Black pitcher in the American League. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971. Died at Kansas City, MO, June 8, 1982. http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/paige/bio2.html
1947-the first army officer who was a woman was Florence Aby Blanchfield, appointed lieutenant colonel in the Army, with a ceremony held at the Pentagon, Washington,, with General Dwight David Eisenhower, Chief of Staff, presenting her with her commission. On June 1, 1943, she had been appointed superintendent of army nurses. http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=ML_blanchfield_bkp
1949 - NBC radio broadcast "Dangerous Assignment" for the first time. The show starred Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell.
http://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio-series/old-time-radio-Dangerous%20Assignment.html
http://www.radiomemories.com/radiomemories/dangerousassignment.html
1950---Top Hits
Bewitched - The Bill Snyder Orchestra
My Foolish Heart - The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra (vocal: Eileen Wilson)
I Wanna Be Loved - The Andrews Sisters
Why Don’t You Love Me - Hank Williams
1951 -- American "hard-boiled" novelist Dashiell Hammett sentenced, choosing six months' imprisonment rather than co-operate with the US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities' inquiries into domestic "subversion", refusing to kow-tow to the anti-communist witch hunters. My son Dashiell is named after him, my favorite detective writer. Hammett was President of the League of American Writers in 1942, & of the Civil Rights Congress of New York, 1946-47.
http://mysterynet.com/hammett/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/hammett_d.html
http://www.transki.freeserve.co.uk/
http://www.transki.freeserve.co.uk/
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/hammet.html
1955-Pat Boone released his version of "Ain't That a Shame" which became his first #1 hit.
Originally a Fats Domino hit.
1956-, Dick Clark made his debut as host of "Bandstand" on Philadelphia TV station WFIL. He took over from Bob Horn, who had been charged with driving while intoxicated during a highly publicized police crackdown. "Bandstand" featured top pop and rock stars lip-synching their latest hits and a group of local teens dancing in the studio to recorded music. The ABC network expressed interest, and in 1957 the program was re-titled "American Bandstand" and shown across the US and Canada. At the height of its popularity, the daily show was reported to have generated one million fan letters a week. Through their exposure on "American Bandstand," such non-singers as Fabian and Frankie Avalon became teen idols. Clark relinquished his "Bandstand" hosting duties in 1989 to 26 year-old David Hirsch. The program died within a matter of months. Still, it had been on the air for 37 years - a record for a television variety show. Clark today hosts a daily talk show, plus many other specials.
http://www.history-of-rock.com/clark.htm
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/bandstnd.htm
http://www.dickclarkproductions.com/html/restaurants.html
1956-Actor Tom Hanks born Concord, California. After his parents divorced when he was a toddler, Hanks lived with his father, a cook. He began studying acting in high school, played with a Shakespeare festival for three years, and launched his television career in 1980 with Bosom Buddies, an offbeat sitcom about two men forced to disguise themselves as women. He made a splash with Splash in 1984, followed by a huge success with Big in 1988, for which he received an Oscar nomination. After several quiet years, his career took off again with Sleepless in Seattle (1993); he is now considered one of the biggest box office draws alive. He won the Best Actor Oscar twice, for Philadelphia in 1993 and Forrest Gump in 1994. He was also nominated for his role in Saving Private Ryan in 1998. He began directing in 1996 with That Thing You Do and co- produced Cast Away (2000), for which he received another Best Actor Oscar nomination.
http://www.tomhanksweb.com/bio.html
1958---Top Hits
Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley
Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson
Guess Things Happen that Way - Johnny Cash
1958-Johnny Cash, following in the footsteps of ex-Sun Records artist Carl Perkins, signs with Columbia Records.
1958-- On Capitol Hill, Casey Stengel and Mickey Mantle appear in front of the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly Subcommittee which is investigating the baseball monopoly power in regards to sport's antitrust exemption. After 'The Old Perfessor' gives 45 minutes of rambling and confusing testimony, Senator Estes Kefauver laughs when Mickey Mantle's answers his inquiry about the topic with, "My views are just about the same as Casey's."
1988- At Candlestick Park, Chris Speier hits for the cycle as the Giants maul the Cardinals, 21-2. The 21 runs scored establishes a San Francisco record.
1962--- Bob Dylan records Blowin in the Wind.
1964-"House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals hits #1 on the U.K. singles chart.
1965- Patricia Roberts Harris was sworn in as the ambassador to Luxembourg, the first African-American Ambassador. She was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who later that month announced US Troops would be increased from 75,000 to 125,000 in South Vietnam and the draft would
be doubled from 17,000 to 35,000 a month.
http://www.usps.com/images/stamps/2000/harris.htm
1966 -- United Farm Workers benefit at the Fillmore with Quicksilver Messenger Service & the San Andreas Fault Finders.
http://www.penncen.com/quicksilver/
1966---Top Hits
Paperback Writer - The Beatles
Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle
Hanky Panky - Tommy James & The Shondells
Think of Me - Buck Owens
1966-Jack Nicklaus shot 282 at Muirfield in Scotland to win his first British Open Championship. With this victory, Nicklaus joined Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan and Gary Player as the only golfers to have won all four events comprising golf’s modern Grand Slam: the Masters, the US Open, The British Open and the PGA Championship. Nicklaus won two other British Opens, in 1970 and 1978.
http://www.nicklaus.com/
1969- A funeral was held in Cheltenham Spa, England, for Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, who had been found dead in the swimming pool of his home six days earlier. The coroner's report cited "death by misadventure."
http://home.earthlink.net/~hobhead/
1969-Courtney Love is born.
1974---Top Hits
Rock the Boat - The Hues Corporation
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang
He Thinks I Still Care - Anne Murray
1977-KISS' "Love Gun" LP enters the chart.
1977-Bob Marley and the Wailers' "Exodus" LP enters the chart.
1978-Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner" peaks at #8 on the pop chart.
1982---Top Hits
Don’t You Want Me - The Human League
Rosanna - Toto
Hurts So Good - John Cougar
Any Day Now - Ronnie Milsap
1983-The Police's "Every Breath You Take" peaks at #1 on the pop chart -- a position it will hold for 9 weeks.
1983-Stevie Nicks' album "The Wild Heart" enters the chart. It features the smash hit, "Stand Back."
1983-Elton John's hit "I'm Still Standing" hits #12 on the singles chart.
1984 - The Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, IN was packed to the rafters. 67,596 spectators, the largest crowd to watch a basketball game in the United States, saw the U.S. men’s Olympic team defeat a team of players from the NBA, 97-82. The largest crowd in the world to see a basketball game was in 1951. 75,000 spectators saw the Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium in West Berlin, Germany.
1985 - Football great Joe Namath signed a five-year pact with ABC-TV to provide commentary for "Monday Night Football". The former New York Jets quarterback reportedly earned one million dollars a year for the job. Namath replaced ‘Dandy’ Don Meredith. Broadway Joe had previous experience with "Monday Night Football" as a player, when he and the Jets were the first team to play on the popular TV series on September 21, 1970.
1987 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Michigan. A tornado near Munising, MI, destroyed part of a commercial dog kennel, and one of the missing dogs was later found unharmed in a tree top half a mile away.
1988-Elton John's "Reg Strikes Back" LP enters the chart. It will stay for 19 weeks and features the hit, "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That."
1988-Steve Winwood's "Roll With It" LP enters the chart. It will stay on the chart for 31 weeks eventually hitting #1. The LP features the #1 hit, "Roll With It."
1989-- 1st time Wimbledon has both men & women's final on same day, Boris Becker beats Stefan Edberg & Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova
1990---Top Hits
Step By Step - New Kids on the Block
She ain’t Worth It - Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown
Hold On - En Vogue
1991- Prodigy began testing a service allowing customers to pay bills electronically. The service, which cost about $9.95 a month on top of Prodigy's monthly online service fee, allowed members to pay up to 20 bills electronically. About a quarter of a million subscribers participated in the test.
1994- John Mellencamp's "Dance Naked" LP enters the chart. The album features the hit "Wild Night", a duet with MeShell NdegeOcello.
1994-The Kiss tribute album, "Kiss My Ass, Classic Kiss Regrooved" enters the chart. The LP features Kiss songs done by artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder and Garth Brooks.
1995-The Grateful Dead played what proved to be their last concert at Soldier Field in Chicago. The show began with their only Top-10 hit, "Touch of Grey," and ended with an encore of "Black Muddy River" and "Box of Rain." One month later he entered a drug rehabilitation program in Forest Knoll, known as Forest Farm. Jerry Garcia died of an overdose while recovering from drug addiction at
Forest Farm in Marin CountyThe band broke up after leader Jerry Garcia died of a heart attack exactly one month later. Garcia died early Wednesday, August 9, in his sleep at the drug rehabilitation clinic in Forest Knolls, Marin County, where he had gone to kick a heroin habit. He had snuck out after curfew and made a connection. The Marin County coroner said preliminary tests indicated Garcia - overweight and diabetic - had died of a heart attack.
http://www.dead.net/
http://www.sfgate.com/garcia/
1995- The Rolling Stones played their first concert in their homeland in five years, opening the British leg of their "Voodoo Lounge" tour in Sheffield, England. During the tour, the Stones played before more than 6.5 million people in 135 venues around the world. Ticket sales topped $300-million Canadian, with more than $430-million in merchandise sales. They are still on a roll; every concert I have seen them, they get better and better. Several recent ones I have sat in the second or third up-front row. http://www.rollingstones.com/
1997-Apple Computer chairman and CEO Gilbert Amelio was ousted from Apple on July 9, 1997. His unexpected departure came less than a year and a half after he was named chairman in February 1996. Amelio became the third Apple chief forced out in four years, including John Sculley in 1993 and Michael Spindler in 1996. Amelio had a very fancy wine cellar entrance and trappings. He liked it there better than
anywhere else.
1998-- Brewer owner Bud Selig, who served as acting commissioner for nearly the last six years, is named by the owners to be baseball's ninth commissioner. To avoid conflicts of interest, his ownership of the Milwaukee's franchise will be placed in trust.
2002 --Despite chants of 'Let them play!' from the sellout crowd of 41,871 at Milwaukee's Miller Park, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig declares the 73rd All-Star Game a 7-7 tie after 11 innings. No player is selected to receive the first Ted Williams Most Valuable Player award, named in honor of the late Red Sox legend who died five days ago.
2005 -- Daredevil skateboarder Danny Way jumps the Great Wall of China; rolling down a massive ramp at nearly 50 mph, Way botched the landing on his first attempt but then successfully completed the jump across the 61-foot gap four times, adding 360 degree spins on his last three tries.
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Poem
Gene Autry poem
by Jack Buck
This is from a poem written by the famous radio announcer Jack Buck, the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for over 50 years. This was written for Gene Autry's 83rd Birthday Party in 1990. There are many similarities to Ronald Reagan:
The Last Cowboy
As America grew
and headed west,
Gene Autry was there
and he was the best.
He tapped telegraph keys
then starred on the screen,
the greatest Saturday star
young eyes had seen.
He wore a white hat
and the kids always knew
he'd do the right thing
they wanted him to.
He could shoot at a target
and invariably hit it
while jumping a river,
and he sand as he did it.
He crooned "South of the Border"
and sang on Christmas morn,
the most glamorous cowboy
ever born.
His ride through life
is matched by no other,
a business tycoon,
yet everyone's brother.
He has enjoyed life to the fullest
and made our lives richer,
but he'd have traded it all
for a World Series pitcher.
We salute him today
and we'll love him tomorrow,
the last cowboy's life
was ours to borrow.
Little did he know
when he named his horse,
he was describing himself-
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