{"id":18777,"date":"2017-04-30T21:48:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T01:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=18777"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:27:08","slug":"2023-first-half-of-2023-photographic-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=18777","title":{"rendered":"2023 – First Half of 2023 Photographic Output"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As usual, I\u2019m all over the place photographically – just the way I like it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the above picture – and against a backdrop of the Orange Mess that is Hackensack (thanks to Canadian wildfire smoke\/haze) – are random pictures I just grabbed that you\u2019ll see later, including a photographically-shredded guy on a scooter, a river bird, colorful flowers that happen to belong to the orange church that they\u2019re shown right next to and what look like military boots – just as I found them. They look like they may still be filled with human legs and feet and covered with either concrete or mud. I wasn\u2019t gonna touch them to find out\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026I just liked the image.<\/span><\/p>\n

Past biannual pix summations were presented in a daily calendar manner. These posts are SO much work to put together (3 weeks on this one) that I decided to slightly lighten the load by now making it monthly.<\/span><\/p>\n

One other change is that I\u2019m placing any construction photography at the end of each month\u2019s presentation. I shoot those images mostly for local historical reasons (I moderate the site of the city historian, who\u2019s also the director of redevelopment for the many projects being built around town), but I think some of the images stand on their own photographically.<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel free to comment on the inclusion of the construction photography (and anything else).<\/span><\/p>\n

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By the way………..some of these “click to enlarge” panoramic shots (PANOs) will take a second click to fully-enlarge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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JANUARY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Patriotic gull stands guard near the WWII submarine, USS Ling (which you\u2019ll see later on):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Somewhere I won\u2019t be visiting anytime soon:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hydration\/Sore Shoulder Day:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cones\u2019 tribute to traffic light colors:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A gaggle of geese fly by the Modern I and II in Fort Lee (right by the George Washington Bridge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pikachu jacket:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Not the first thing I would think of as an oasis, but my father – who worked for Chevy – would have loved it:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Looking up NJ child-labor laws\u2026\u2026\u2026):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Huge mural off Main St in Hackensack (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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My only problem with it is that the powers that be insist that people now refer to the city as \u201cThe Sack\u201d (not their best idea).<\/span><\/p>\n

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So I\u2019m taking a picture of this mirrored storefront as this GIANT, block-long, red truck drives by behind me\u2026\u2026.ho-hum (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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The foliage can\u2019t come in too soon for this ugly quartet:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m standing on the straight-as-an-arrow railroad tracks as I take a 180\u00ba panoramic photo looking south near the intersection of Main and Mercer, while exercising caution (as per the traffic light……….and click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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We hardly got any snow last winter, so this is a rare shot from my living room:<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this panoramic shot from the Court St bridge, you can see (l-r) Hackensack, the USS Ling, the Midtown Bridge and the town of Bogota (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the far end of that river structure jutting out from my location, you can see that patriotic gull in front of the Ling\u2019s flag that you saw above in the first January pic. This structure is also where I photographed the bird that you saw inserted into the opening Orange Mess shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This panoramic shot shows a strangely-interesting sunset, as I look south from my back room (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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JANUARY CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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The MBSC Project<\/span><\/p>\n

Shown below are images from 3 different sites. The first one is bordered by Main St, Berry St, State St and Camden St. For simplicity\u2019s sake, when I mention the MBSC project, that\u2019s this one.<\/span><\/p>\n

This project is about 4 blocks from home, but I can see a lot of it from my living room (and I can also visit the site), so it\u2019s my most-photographed project so far this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the very beginning, all I could see was this crane. In the distance, you can see the World Trade Center (I hope THAT doesn\u2019t get blocked!). In the bottom left, you can see some cars on Route 80, which runs from Teaneck, NJ to San Francisco (that view will definitely get blocked):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I took a walk over to the site and took a shot from Berry Street that juxtaposed all the straight construction with the curved ones atop the former bank building (now residential) a couple of blocks away:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back home, I started seeing all these very<\/u> long (and colorful) cement-pumping apparatuses that were attached to cement trucks on the street. In most cases, they were laying the concrete for each floor. Here are 3 photos of them from different days:<\/span><\/p>\n

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That last one enclosed the green cupola (and weather vane) of the Johnson Public Library – something else whose view will be blocked (but we\u2019ll see closeups of it in February).<\/span><\/p>\n

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This metal maze was photographed on the corner of Main and Berry. I think it will be the main entrance to the building:<\/span><\/p>\n

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It looks like it was built so quickly that that blue motorized vehicle within will never find its way out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One day while I was on Berry St taking panoramic pictures of the whole side of that building from Main to State, I noticed a bicyclist to my left coming up the street. I quickly knew EXACTLY what to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

A year prior, I was heavily into taking moving panoramic \u201cstills\u201d where I would follow something moving as it went past me, keeping it in the center of the frame as it moved. If done right, it resulted in VERY strange (and VERY elongated pictures – kinda like that long red vehicle you saw earlier behind me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I took this PANO shot as the bicyclist rode past me and kept the construction framed as well. Here\u2019s the result (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have to say that it\u2019s pretty evenly-balanced. If you look closely at his multiple \u201cheads\u201d on the left, you can see 3 ears. If you look at the heads on the right, you can see\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.3 ears! If you look below them, you can see a weirdly-flattening tire.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this picture, the building was being constructed while the passing bicyclist was being deconstructed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE RIVER ST – BRIDGE ST PROJECT
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Keep in mind that these are NOT official project names – they\u2019re just MY way of differentiating one from another.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are only 2 shots here that are loosely-related to this project. There\u2019ll be more in March.<\/span><\/p>\n

I like this one (actually, 2) because I\u2019ve never seen traffic cones used in this manner:<\/span><\/p>\n

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You really need to be local for this to make any sense. There was a beloved eatery on the River St side called The Heritage Diner. It was demolished for this project:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The sign that you see belonged to The Heritage. Though the Heritage\u2019s \u201cH\u201d was kept, the top two-thirds of the sign was converted to advertise the project, but for some reason, they kept the Heritage\u2019s \u201cCocktails\/Salad Bar\u201d at the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The casual observer from out-of-town sees a sign that\u2019s next to all sorts of garbage and advertises a residential building that hasn\u2019t been built yet, but it\u2019s open 24 hours and is serving cocktails and salad!<\/span><\/p>\n

Now do you see why I took this picture? It\u2019s absurdly stupid.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE 76 MAIN PROJECT<\/span><\/p>\n

The building burned down 8 years ago. Go here if you want that story: www.hackensacknow.org\/index.php\/topic,3121.msg10335.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

For years, nothing was done. Nice to see they\u2019ve finally started to do something (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ll see a bit more later on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is the cupola and weather vane of the Johnson Public Library on Main St. After 35 years – I won\u2019t be able to see that library topping from home anymore:<\/span><\/p>\n

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We tackled the \u201cwhat is it?\u201d question 12 years ago here: http:\/\/www.hackensacknow.org\/index.php\/topic,1927.msg5905.html#msg5905<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Maybe if I had shot it from this angle back then, I might have started the conversation with a better question:<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s certainly unique.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just found another cupola shot that includes the former bank\u2019s rooftop sculpture:<\/span><\/p>\n

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From the Court St Bridge, I photographed these gentlemen working on the Midtown Bridge:<\/span><\/p>\n

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From home, I took this shot of New Jersey wildfires heading toward Canada<\/span> winter steam – some of which was generated by the two PSE&G power plants (black cylinders toward the bottom right) toward nearby Manhattan. This PSE&G installation is right next to the New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield, NJ:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Speaking of PSE&G\u2026\u2026\u2026\u20263 days later, multiple crews were busy on River St replacing and rewiring standard telephone poles (green) with much<\/em> taller ones (red):<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the first pic, you can see the Hackensack River with Teaneck on the other side of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second image is a 3-pic sequence as the pole becomes straight up-and-down (I didn\u2019t feel like typing \u201cperpendicular to the ground\u201d).\u00a0\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n

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I love these shots where no one else is around to explain how things work:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Standing on the Cedar Lane\/Anderson St bridge (the name depends on whether you\u2019re from the Teaneck side or the Hackensack side), I saw this very old-looking \u201cCable Crossing\u201d sign on the Teaneck side, but I\u2019m not sure what kind of cable it refers to (it looks too old for it to be Cable TV):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coming off the bridge on the Teaneck side, I immediately entered the Teaneck Greenway and took this panoramic shot looking back at the bridge and Hackensack on the other side (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I couldn\u2019t shoot any hoops in this Teaneck facility because the Teaneck Geese had reserved it ahead of time:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The previous pic was actually the second one I took while on the Teaneck Greenway on the other side of the river. The next one was of the northeastern corner of Foschini Park in Hackensack:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(ONE WEEK LATER INTERJECTION) I went to Foschini Park and reversed the shot, looking at Teaneck (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back to the Greenway, a week prior\u2026\u2026.I\u2019ve been on this path many times, but I never saw anything like this before (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who would purposely trudge along this path just to dump all these aluminum cans – especially when they could probably get some money for them at a recycler?<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a sight I don\u2019t see very often on the Hackensack River:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A nice view towards Hackensack:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back in Hackensack and looking under the Anderson St bridge, I\u2019ve got to wonder who placed that chair in that spot and in that position:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also in that shot is a tiny corner of Teaneck jutting out in the upper left (the Greenway would be 10′ or 20\u2019 further to the left). There\u2019s a big bend in the northbound river that had already made a westerly left turn at Foschini Park and then a sharp right around that Teaneck tip to resume the river\u2019s path to the north. By the way, that area is known as Kipp\u2019s Bend, which I used to have a great view of from home (speedboats seemingly heading straight into my east-facing living room until another lovely project completely blocked it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the distance in this pic, you can see what appears to a construction site on the Hackensack side that we\u2019ll visit later.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s very difficult to get a shot of that sparkling sun reflection off the tip of the World Trade Center (this is the only one I\u2019ve ever captured in 35 years) and since this is one of my last full shots of the WTC from home (it\u2019s currently at least half-blocked and getting worse every day), it\u2019s especially treasured:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Time for a stroll up the Hackensack River Walkway.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like mother, like daughter?<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know who placed it by the river, but the chair looks so right there:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure what these fakes are protecting the field from, but it appears to be working:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most of the Walkway that I\u2019m on goes through Fairleigh Dickinson University, which has facing campuses on each side of the river. I\u2019m on the Hackensack campus taking a picture of this swinging student on the Teaneck campus:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Hackensack River with the Teaneck campus of FDU on the left and an inlet of the river on the right (click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Later that afternoon on the way back, the sun begins to set across that inlet from one section of the Hackensack campus to another:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The sun sets on the Pathway as it enters Hackensack\u2019s Johnson Park and exits FDU\u2019s southern property line:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I noticed that one of Johnson Park\u2019s ballfield light structures was occupied by a bunch of birds who were too cheap to pay for seats (top pic). I also noticed that airplanes were flying above them (bottom left ) and below them (bottom right):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Observant little buzzard, aren\u2019t I?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Change of pace: ridiculously-long vehicles\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It DID snow (once?) in February and involuntary artists (cars) and voluntary ones (lovelorn humans with less-than-superb language skills) went right to work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cars:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Humans (apparently, just one):<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWho want a BF?\u201d, indeed!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Speaking of human artwork, how you like dis?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Down at the end of my street, there are two very<\/em> large walls that are perpendicular to each other along the north and west borders of Union St Park. I mention their placement because in this panoramic shot (click to enlarge), they look like they\u2019re side by side<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The whole thing changes a couple of times a year\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026which reminds me – I need to get back down there soon. There\u2019s always a lot of great art there and as long as the walls\u2019 owners are cool with it, City Hall is too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two consecutive shots of the same thing a block from home (click to enlarge a bit):<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is actually the third shot in a row after the above one(s), which are views to the south and to the north. I\u2019m now standing on the street at that location facing west towards my one-block-away apartment building (PANO – click to enlarge):<\/span><\/p>\n

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From left to right: The First Presbyterian Church of Hackensack and its gorgeous steeple, the back of my building (my apartment is right under my watermark and the largest of the 3 windows is the living room window where I shoot a LOT of my images), the Second Reformed Church of Hackensack, and – way over on the right and two blocks away – the Romanesque Byzantine Holy Trinity Catholic Church, whose red-topped steeple was seen by me and my sibs every Sunday morning of our childhoods (and every weekday in their school).<\/span><\/p>\n

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How about a couple of shots from that LR window, taken 14 minutes apart? (Click to enlarge)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The top half was taken at 5:43pm and the sun is illuminating most of the buildings, but it had fully set by 5:57pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Can you stand one more church? This is the United Methodist Church of Hackensack on the corner of Summit Ave and Passaic St. I was stopped at a traffic light at that corner when I took this picture:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Need a book to read (hopefully not when you\u2019re visiting any of these churches)? Click to enlarge:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I saw this just inside the car exit of an apartment building on Main St., but have no idea why this collection was there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A few odds and ends that have no cute story or caption:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actually, there\u2019s one more photo – a panoramic one and you know what that means (Click!). It was taken from the roof of the parking garage at Hackensack Hospital (you can see the Manhattan skyline in the distance):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I had a medical appointment there. The garage was jammed, but I managed to find a space on the last-resort roof. After the appointment, I was approaching my car, when I heard a familiar (and controversial) sound: a low-flying private jet coming in for a landing at nearby Teterboro Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the below images, DON\u2019T click on the arrow. Instead, click on where it says, \u201cWatch on YouTube\u201d so you can read the story under the video (you can\u2019t do that if you click the arrow). BTW – \u201cEyeShotThis\u201d is my YouTube handle.<\/span><\/p>\n