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Long Dong Silver Long Dong Silver, born 1960, is a black Bermudian actor in several pornographic movies in the early 1980s, famed for the size of his penis (reputedly 18 inches = 45.72 centimeters), although many believe it was extended with a prosthetic sheath.
Long expedition The Long expedition, named for its leader, James Long, was an early attempt by Anglo-Americans to wrest Texas from Spain. The expedition was mounted by a militia from Natchez, Mississippi, who were opposed to the boundary of the Louisiana Purchase.
Long Eaton (MCR) railway station The original Long Eaton railway station was built in 1839 for the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.
Long fat network In data communications, a long fat network (shortened to LFN and often pronounced "elephant") is a network with a large bandwidth-delay product. As defined in RFC 1072, a network is considered a LFN if its bandwidth-delay product is significantly larger than 105 bits (~12 kB).
Long fiber thermoplastic Long fiber thermoplastics (LFT) are one of the fastest growing materials in the polymer composites industry. Their advantages of high specific tensile properties and recyclability have enabled them to replace metals and thermoset composites in several areas of daily life.
Long filename Long filename (LFN) is the name given to the longer and therefore more descriptive file names on the FAT filesystem, which were previously restricted to eight characters and a three-character extension (referred to as DOS 8.3 file naming).
Long firm A long firm is a trading company set up for fraudulent purposes; the basic operation is to run the company as an apparently legitimate business, gradually extending the amount of cash advances from customers at the same time
Long Felt Sorrow Long Felt Sorrow is a one man black metal project formed from the vision of BlutKrieger (ex Satyriasis, ex Enedwaith). Songs of despair, pain and agony will send the listener into a downward emotional spiral until one has hit rock bottom.
Long Forties [Long Forties is an area of the northern North Sea] that is fairly consistently forty [[fathoms (73 meters) deep (thus, on a nautical chart with depth shown in fathoms, a long area with many "40" notations). It is located between the northeast coast of Scotland and the southwest coast of Norway, centred about 57°N 0°30′E.
Long green wrasse The long green wrasse, Pseudojuloides elongatus, is a wrasse of the genus Pseudojuloides, found in Japan, New South Wales and Western Australia in Australia, and the Poor Knights Islands off the east coast of Northland in New Zealand, in weedy reef areas at depths of between 10 and 30 m. Its length is between 8 and 15 cm.
Long gun A long gun is a firearm with an extended barrel, usually designed to be fired braced against the shoulder. Barrels of such weapons commonly extend to around 50 cm or longer, giving considerable accuracy and range.
Long Grove Hospital Long Grove Hospital used to be a mental asylum in Epsom, Surrey in the United Kingdom. Former patients include Spanish ballet dancer Félix Fernández García (also known as El Loco)Josef Hassid] (a Polish violin prodigy), Ronnie Kray (one of the [[Kray twins) and George Pelham (a man who survived the sinking of two ships, including the RMS Titanic).
Long Guang Long Guang (Chinese: 龙广), which stands for Dragon Broadcast, is the radio station group that was once the Harbin Ren Min Guangbo Dian Tai (Chinese: 黑龙江人民广播电台/Korean:흑룡강인민방송), translated as Harbin People's Broadcasting Station, which consists of several radio stations broadcasting from Harbin and the greater Heilongjiang Province area. (Evidence of Harbin Ren Min Guangbo Dian Tai is in the BBS of this radio station).
Long hood The long hood of a hood unit-style diesel locomotive is, as the name implies, the longer of the two hoods (narrower sections of the locomotive body in front and behind of the cab) on a locomotive. The long hood normally contains the diesel engine (prime mover), the main generator or alternator, the locomotive's cooling radiators, the dynamic brake resistor grids if fitted, and most of the locomotive's ancillary equipment.
Long hood forward Long Hood Forward (LHF) is a practice of Norfolk Southern's predecessors Southern Railway (SOU) and Norfolk & Western (NW). When Southern Railway received their first EMD GP7s, they were delivered with a high, short hood, and Southern Railway pointed the locomotive LHF for crew safety.
Long hop A long hop is a type of inadvertent delivery in the sport of cricket. It describes a short delivery which is not especially fast, which is thus easy for the batsman to hit because he has plenty of time to observe the speed and direction of the ball after the bounce and choose his shot accordingly.
Long Island (Alaska) Long Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, USA. It lies across the Kaigani Strait from the southern portion of Dall Island and west of the southern part of Prince of Wales Island.
Long Island (New South Wales) Long Island is one of a number of small, forested islands of the Hawkesbury River. It is situated about 50km north of Sydney, across Sandbrook Inlet from Brooklyn, Others include Dangar Island, Spectacle Island, Milson Island, Peat Island and Lion Island.
Long Island (Washington) Long Island is an uninhabited island lying in the southern part of Willapa Bay in Pacific County, Washington, USA. It is the site of the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System.
Long Island (Wisconsin) Long Island is an island in Lake Superior in Wisconsin usually identified with the Apostle Islands. It is geologically different from the other islands, though, in that it is actually just an extension of the spit off of Chequamegon Point.
Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives is a Non-profit organization founded in 1985 to provide educational programs on peace and national security issues and to promote dialogue on the role and responsibility of citizens in determining national priorities and policies. The organization is located in Garden City, New York.
Long Island Arena Long Island Arena (also known as the Commack Arena) was an indoor arena in Commack, New York, that stood until 1996. The arena was the home of the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association from 1968-1969 and the Long Island Ducks of the Eastern Basketball Association from 1977-1978.
Long Island Association The Long Island Association is the largest and oldest group within the business lobby of Long Island, New York. Four archived New York Times stories from the 1920s preserve the LIA's rhapsodic early efforts to promote business relocation from New York City.
Long Island Astros The Long Island Astros is a traveling high school baseball organization based in Albertson, New Hyde Park, Manhasset, and Garden City, New York. The team covers all levels of baseball players from 8 year olds, all the way up to college players.
Long Island City (LIRR station) Long Island City is a rail terminal of the Long Island Rail Road in Long Island City, Queens. Within the City Terminal Zone and located at Borden Avenue and 2nd Street, it is the westernmost LIRR station in Queens and the end of the Main Line.
Long Island City High School Long Island City High School is a public high school in New York City, located in Long Island City in the borough of Queens. Built in 1995, it has an enrollment of 4,029, which is nearly 79% above the school's maximum capacity.
Long Island Crossing The Long Island Crossing was a proposed idea to span the Long Island Sound and connect New York's Long Island with Connecticut and/or Rhode Island. These proposals were intended to provide access between Long Island and points north that would bypass New York City.
Long Island Ducks The Long Island Ducks are an Atlantic League team based in Central Islip, New York. Since the 2000 season, they have played in the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affilitated with Major League Baseball.
Long Island Environmental Interpretive Center Long Island Environmental Interpretive Center is a state park facility in Suffolk County, New York, USA. The center is located in the Connetquot River State Park Preserve, lying between the Long Island Expressway and Route 27A.
Long Island Fury Long Island Fury are an American soccer team, founded in 2007. The team is a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and will make their debut in the brand new Northeast Conference in 2007.
Long Island Handicap The Long Island Handicap is a race for Thoroughbred horses held each November at Aqueduct Racetrack. The race is for fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race the one and one-half miles on the turf.
Long Island Iced Tea A Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular variation mixes equal parts vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec with 1 1/2 parts sour mix with a splash of cola.
Long Island Jewish Medical Center Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) shares the title of clinical and academic hub of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. It is an 827-bed voluntary, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital serving the greater metropolitan New York area.
Long Island Motor Parkway The Long Island Motor Parkway (LIMP), also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway and Motor Parkway, opened its first section in 1908, before the first section of the Bronx River Parkway opened. It was privately constructed on Long Island, New York.
Long Island Music Hall of Fame The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is an organization located in Lake Grove, New York. It was incorporated in July 2005 under the New York State Board of Regents as a not for profit corporation and holds a provisonal charter to operate as a museum in the state of New York.
Long Island Ocelot Club The Long Island Ocelot Club (LIOC) is an organization that promotes lawful ownership and responsible management of non-domestic felines in the private sector with special emphasis on the smaller species such as ocelot, serval, bobcat, lynx, and caracal.
Long Island Philharmonic The Long Island Philharmonic, based in Melville, New York was founded in 1979 by folk singer Harry Chapin, Maestro Christopher Keene, and a group of Long Island's major community and business leaders. It strives to providing quality music to the Long Island community, with a particular focus on programs for young people.
Long Island Power Authority The Long Island Power Authority or LIPA [ "lie-pah" ], a municipal subdivision of the State of New York, was created under the Long Island Power Act of 1985 to acquire the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO)'s assets and securities. A second Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), a wholly owned subsidiary of the first, acquired LILCO's transmission and distribution system in May 1998.
Long Island Press The Long Island Press is a free alternative newsweekly serving Long Island with extensive coverage of arts and entertainment, sports, and alternative political viewpoints. The newspaper started in 2003 after its parent company, the Morey Organization, bought The Long Island Ear, which was a free bi-monthly entertainment-oriented newspaper and re-named it.
Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR (often referred to as the "L-I-double-R") is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York, United States. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, servicing around 81 million passengers each year, and the oldest US railroad still operating under its original name.
Long Island Rough Riders Long Island Rough Riders are an American soccer team, founded in 1994. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Albany, Brooklyn, Hyannis, New Rochelle, Ottawa, Providence and St.
Long Island Symphonic Winds Formed in 2004, the Long Island Symphonic Winds (acronym LISW) are a semi-professional wind ensemble located in Long Island, New York. Their mission is to provide a musically stimulating, high level wind ensemble experience for the musicians of Long Island.
Long Island Videographers Association The Long Island Videographers Association is an association for professional videographers in the Long Island, New York area in the United States. LIVA's focus is primarily on the wedding and event videographer, although video professionals in other related fields are welcome.
Long John Baldry John William Baldry, popularly known as Long John Baldry (January 12, 1941 – July 21, 2005) was a pioneering blues singer from England. He sang with and influenced many notable British musicians with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry at various stages of the 1960s.
Long John Silver Long John Silver is a fictional character in the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Silver is also known by the nicknames "Barbecue" and "the Sea-Cook" (which is also an alternate title for Stevenson's novel).
Long John Silver's Long John Silver's is a United States-based fast-food restaurant that specializes in seafood and "fish and chips." It is named after the fictional pirate Long John Silver from the Robert Louis Stevenson book Treasure Island.
Long Key Fishing Camp Long Key Fishing Camp was established on Long Key in Florida in 1908 by Henry M. Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway Company for the use of tourists to enjoy what was described as "some of the best fishing in the world.
Long Knives Long Knives or Big Knives was a term used by American Indians of the Ohio Country to designate British colonists in North America. After 1750 it was restricted to the colonists of Virginia, in contradistinction to those of New York and Pennsylvania.
Long line (topology) In topology, the long line (or Alexandroff line) is a topological space analogous to the real line, but much longer. Because it behaves locally just like the real line, but has different large-scale properties, it serves as one of the basic counterexamples of topology.
Long Lake Camp Long Lake Camp for the Arts is a summer camp concentrating on performing and fine arts for children ages 10 to 16. The camp encourages its participants to immerse themselves in both the performing and fine arts.
Long Level The Long Level was a section on the old Erie Canal, extending from Frankfort, New York 70 miles westward to Syracuse, New York. The flat topography of this area meant that this section of the canal required no lockage.
Long Look Estate Long Look Estate is an estate in East End, Tortola, British Virgin Islands which claims to be the oldest free black estate in the Western world.1776] one Samuel Nottingham, a [[Quaker, manumitted 25 slaves and gave to them 50 acres of land in Long Look in Tortola, and directed them to cultivate it for the common good.
Long Lost Friend The Long Lost Friend is the English-language title of a book of magic, folk remedies, and prayers published in Pennsylvania in 1820 by Johann Georg Hohman, though his name is usually anglicized as John George Hohman. The book was originally published in German under the title Der Lange Verborgene Freund, and was first translated into English in 1846.
Long Low Rumble Long Low Rumble was an instrumental rock band formed in Athens, Georgia during mid-summer 1987 by drummer Bradley Jacobsen (also La Brea Stompers), guitarist Rick Naylor, bassist Daryl Black, and violinist Mamie Fike (later with Asa Nisi Masa, Chickasaw Mud Puppies and Jackpot City).
Long mode In the AMD64 (x86-64) computer architecture, long mode is the mode where a 64-bit application (or operating system) can access the 64-bit instructions and registers, while 32-bit and 16-bit programs are executed in a compatibility sub-mode.
Long March The Long March () was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the Communist Party of China (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT) army. There was not one Long March, but several, as various Communist armies in the south escaped to the north and west.
Long March 2C Long March 2C (CZ-2C) was a derivative of the Long March 2 rocket family, an expendable launch system operated by the People's Republic of China. This vehicle was developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, and the first launch occurred on November 26, 1975.
Long March 5 rocket family Designed and developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), Long March 5 (LM-5, CZ-5, or Changzheng 5) is China's next generation space launch vehicle family, which would include a range of classes of launch vehicles for different missions.
Long Melford Long Melford (or Melford, as it is known colloquially) is a large, ancient village in the county of Suffolk, England, on the border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, approximately 16 miles from Colchester and 14 miles from Bury St. Edmunds.
Long Michelson Interferometer The Long Michelson Interferometer was a radio telescope interferometer built by Martin Ryle and co-workers in the late 1940s beside the rifle range to the west of Cambridge. The interferometer consisted of 2 fixed elements 440m apart to survey the sky using Earth rotation.
Long Mu In Chinese mythology, Long Mu () or Mother of Dragons was a Chinese woman who was deified as a goddess after raising five infant dragons. Long Mu and her dragons developed a strong bond for each other, and have thus become an example of filial devotion and parental love, an important virtue in Chinese culture.
Long Mynd The Long Mynd, or 'Long Mountain', is a ridge of high ground in South Shropshire, running roughly SW to NE, and extending some 15 km in length, between the Stiperstones to the west, and Wenlock Edge to the east. The rock is pre-Cambrian, though not as old as the volcanic rock of the Stretton hills (Lawley, Caradoc and Ragleth) to the east.
Long Night of Museums The Long Night of Museums (German: Lange Nacht der Museen) is a cultural event organized together by multiple museums and cultural institutions in a location during which the establishments remain open late into the night. Marketed together, the event seeks to introduce new individuals into the cultural institutions.
Long Now Foundation The Long Now Foundation, established in 1996, is a private organization that seeks to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution. It aims to provide a counterpoint to what it views as today's "faster/cheaper" mindset and to promote "slower/better" thinking.
Long Oskar Long Oskar was the nickname, which the citizens of the city Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany gave to the 101 meters high office building of the local resident municipal savings bank. The building was directly in the city centre of Hagen and was considered as a landmark of the region.
Long path laser The Long Path laser was an early high energy infrared laser at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used to study inertial confinement fusion. Long path was completed in 1972 and was the first ICF laser ever to use neodymium doped glass as the lasing medium.
Long pepper Long pepper (Piper longum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. Long pepper is a close relative of the black pepper plant, and has a similar, though generally hotter, taste.
Long period variable A long period variable is a type of variable star in which variations in brightness occur over long timescales of months or years. The term generally refers to Mira-type variable stars (slowly pulsating red giants) although there are other types of variable stars with very long periods.
Long Parliament The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by Charles I, in 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It receives its name from the fact that by a unique Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members,Full text of the Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent 11 May 1641 and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and at the end of Interregnum in 1660.
Long Ping (KCR) Long Ping (朗屏站) is a KCR station located in the northern part of Yuen Long and southeast of Long Ping Estate, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The station is elevated over Yuen Long Nullah with two public transport interchanges on the northeast and the south side.
Long Point Beach Long Point Beach is a swimming area in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, that is considered to be a great tourist attraction. Until 2001, the beach was accompanied by a video arcade just a small walking distance to the north.
Long Point Provincial Park Long Point Provincial Park is an Ontario provincial park on the northwest shore of Lake Erie near Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada. The park is located on a sandy spit of land called Long Point that juts out into the lake.
Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua Long Point State Park (on Chautauqua Lake) is located in the Town of Ellery in Chautauqua County, New York. The park is located on a short peninsula on the east side of the lake and can be reached on Route 430.
Long Pond Ironworks State Park Long Pond Ironworks State Park is located in the community of Hewitt, in West Milford, New Jersey, United States. The park is known for its old stone walls, furnaces and other remnants of a once industrious ironworking community that now sits next to the swiftly flowing Wanaque River.
Long Preston railway station Long Preston railway station serves the village of Long Preston in North Yorkshire, England. The station is 60 km (37½ miles) north east of Leeds on the Airedale Line and is managed by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
Long Put Butterfly The long put butterfly spread is a neutral options trading strategy that is a combination of a bull put spread and a bear put spread. It is a limited profit, limited risk options trading strategy that is taken when the options trader thinks that the underlying stock will not rise or fall much by expiration.
Long range locator A long range locator is a device purported to be a type of metal detector used to detect deposits of gold or similar precious materials; most are said to operate on a principle of resonance with the material being detected.
Long range planning Planning for the future has had a long history. The East India Company may not have promised to win the whole of the Indian subcontinent as a result of its efforts (though it ultimately did just that), but it certainly did understand it was making a very long-term investment in return for the potential of substantial gains.
Long reach excavator The long reach excavator or high reach excavator is a development of the excavator with an especially long boom arm, that is primarily used for demolition. Instead of excavating ditches, the long reach excavator is designed to reach the upper stories of buildings that are being demolished and pull down the structure in a controlled fashion.
Long reliever Long relievers are a type of relief pitchers in baseball. Long relievers traditionally enter early in a game (anywhere from the first inning all to the fourth inning) when the starting pitcher cannot continue, whether to ineffective pitching, lack of endurance, rain delays or injury.
Long rifle The term long rifle (or alternately "longrifle") refers to a type of rifle used in early America by both military and civilians. It is characterized by an unusually long barrel, sometimes over four feet in length, which is felt to be in large part a unique development of American rifles, and is almost never seen in European rifles of the period.
Long run In economic models, the long run time frame assumes no fixed factors of production. Firms can enter or leave the marketplace, and the cost (and availability) of land, labor, raw materials, and capital goods can be assumed to vary.
Long running transaction Long running transactions are a type of computer database transaction which avoid locks on non-local resources, use compensation to handle failures, potentially aggregate smaller ACID transactions (also referred to as atomic transactions), and typically use a coordinator to complete or abort the transaction. In contrast to rollback in ACID transactions, compensation restores the original state, or an equivalent, and is business-specific.
Long Range Aviation Long Range Aviation (in Russian, Dal'naya Aviatsiya, or DA) was the branch of the Soviet Air Force tasked with long-range bombardment of strategic targets with nuclear weapons. During the Cold War, it was the counterpart to the Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force.
Long Range Mountains The Long Range Mountains are a series of mountains along the west coast of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. They also form the northernmost section of the Appalachian chain on the eastern seaboard of North America.
Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, or LRRP (pronounced and sometimes spelled "LuRP"), were special six-man teams of primarily Rangers utilized in the Vietnam War on highly dangerous special operations missions deep into enemy territory.
Long Range Surveillance Modern Long Range Surveillance, or LRS (pronounced "lurse"), units (LRSU'S)are specially employed elite surveillance units that are utilized by Military Intelligence (Example: 313th Military Intelligence Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division) for intelligence gathering deep into hostile territories.
Long Reach Ethernet Long Reach Ethernet (LRE) is a developing set of networking protocols intended to support multi-megabit (5 to 15 Mbit/s) performance over telephone-grade Category 1/2/3 wiring over distances up to 5,000 feet (1.5 km).
Long Run Massacre The Long Run Massacre occurred on September 13 1781 at the intersection of Floyd's Fork creek with the Falls Trace, a trail, in what is now eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. A day earlier, settlers at Painted Stone Station, established by Squire Boone, had learned that the fort was about to be raided by a large Indian war party.
Long s The long, medial or descending s (Ĺż) is a form of the minuscule letter 's' formerly used where 's' occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word, for example ĹżinfulneĹżs ("sinfulness"). The modern letterform was called the terminal or short s.
Long shot In photography and film, a long shot (sometimes refered to as a full shot) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings; however, it is not as far away as an extreme long shot would be. It has been suggested that long-shot ranges usually correspond to approximately what would be the distance between the front row of the audience and the stage in live theatre.
Long snapper In American football, the term long snapper refers to a player who is a specialized center during punts, field goals, and extra point attempts. His job is to snap the ball as quickly and accurately as possible.
Long spine board A long spine board (LSB), or backboard, is a medical device used for the immobilization and transportation of patients. Backboards are used especially when trauma to the spine is suspected, because movement when a patient has a spinal injury can damage the spinal cord and result in permanent paralysis.
Long squeeze A long squeeze is a situation in which investors who hold long positions feel the need to sell into a falling market to cut their losses. This pressure to sell usually leads to a further decline in market prices.
Long stand "Go find a long stand" is one form of a semi-functional practical joke played in blue-collar settings. The point of the joke is that no such thing exists, but a senior worker such as a mastertradesman will send an apprentice out to find such a "long stand".
Long straddle The long straddle is a non-directional options trading strategy that involves the simultaneous buying of a put and a call of the same underlying stock, striking price and expiration date. It is a unlimited profit, limited risk strategy that is taken when the options trader thinks that the underlying stock will experience significant volatility in the near term.
Long strangle The long strangle is a neutral-outlook options trading strategy that involve the simultaneous buying of a slightly out-of-the-money put and a slightly out-of-the-money call of the same underlying security and expiration date. It is an unlimited profit, limited risk strategy that is taken when the options trader thinks that the price of the underlying security will experience high volatility in the near term.
Long string instrument The long string instrument, invented by Ellen Fullman, is tuned in just intonation and played by walking along the length of incredibly long strings and rubbing them with rosined hands and producing longitudinal vibrations.
Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices The Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices (Chinese: 二入四行 Erh-ju ssu-hsing; Japanese: Ninyū shigyō ron) is a Buddhist text attributed to Bodhidharma, the traditional founder of Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism.
Long Slow Distance Long slow distance is a phrase commonly used to describe a training method for running or cycling, sometimes called LSD. It originated from a book of the same name written by runner Joe Henderson written in 1969.
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