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18 U.S. Code § 1461 - Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter
Every obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy or vile article, matter, thing, device, or substance; and—
Every article or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use; and
Every article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine, or thing which is advertised or described in a manner calculated to lead another to use or apply it for producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral purpose; and
Every written or printed card, letter, circular, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind giving information, directly or indirectly, where, or how, or from whom, or by what means any of such mentioned matters, articles, or things may be obtained or made, or where or by whom any act or operation of any kind for the procuring or producing of abortion will be done or performed, or how or by what means abortion may be produced, whether sealed or unsealed; and
Every paper, writing, advertisement, or representation that any article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine, or thing may, or can, be used or applied for producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral purpose; and
Every description calculated to induce or incite a person to so use or apply any such article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine, or thing—
Is declared to be nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier.
Whoever knowingly uses the mails for the mailing, carriage in the mails, or delivery of anything declared by this section or section 3001(e) of title 39 to be nonmailable, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, or knowingly takes any such thing from the mails for the purpose of circulating or disposing thereof, or of aiding in the circulation or disposition thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first such offense, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for each such offense thereafter.
The term "indecent", as used in this section includes matter of a character tending to incite arson, murder, or assassination.
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 334 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 211, 35 Stat. 1429 [1129]; Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 241, § 2, 36 Stat. 1339).
The attention of Congress is invited to the following decisions of the Federal courts construing this section and section 1462 of this title.
In Youngs Rubber Corporation, Inc. v. C. I. Lee & Co., Inc., C.C.A. 1930, 45 F. 2d 103, it was said that the word "adapted" as used in this section and in section 1462 of this title, the latter relating to importation and transportation of obscene matter, is not to be construed literally, the more reasonable interpretation being to construe the whole phrase "designed, adapted or intended" as requiring "an intent on the part of the sender that the article mailed or shipped by common carrier be used for illegal contraception or abortion or for indecent or immoral purposes." The court pointed out that, taken literally, the language of these sections would seem to forbid the transportation by mail or common carrier of anything "adapted," in the sense of being suitable or fitted, for preventing conception or for any indecent or immoral purpose, "even though the article might also be capable of legitimate uses and the sender in good faith supposed that it would be used only legitimately. Such a construction would prevent mailing to or by a physician of any drug or mechanical device 'adapted' for contraceptive or abortifacient uses, although the physician desired to use or to prescribe it for proper medical purposes. The intention to prevent a proper medical use of drugs or other articles merely because they are capable of illegal uses is not lightly to be ascribed to Congress. Section 334 [this section] forbids also the mailing of obscene books and writings; yet it has never been thought to bar from the mails medical writings sent to or by physicians for proper purposes, though of a character which would render them highly indecent if sent broadcast to all classes of persons." In United States v. Nicholas, C.C.A. 1938, 97 F. 2d 510, ruling directly on this point, it was held that the importation or sending through the mails of contraceptive articles or publications is not forbidden absolutely, but only when such articles or publications are unlawfully employed. The same rule was followed in Davis v. United States, C.C.A. 1933, 62 F. 2d 473, quoting the obiter opinion from Youngs Rubber Corporation v. C. I. Lee & Co., supra, and holding that the intent of the person mailing a circular conveying information for preventing conception that the article described therein should be used for condemned purposes was necessary for a conviction; also that this section must be given a reasonable construction. (See also United States v. One Package, C.C.A. 1936, 86 F. 2d 737.)
Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title.
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322, in eighth par., substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000" after "thereof, shall be" and for "fined not more than $10,000" after "offense, and shall be".
1971—Pub. L. 91–662, § 3(1), in second par., struck out "preventing conception or" before "producing abortion".
Pub. L. 91–662, § 3(1), in third par., struck out "preventing conception or" after "apply it for".
Pub. L. 91–662, § 3(2), (3), in fourth par., substituted "means abortion may be produced" for "means conception may be prevented or abortion produced".
Pub. L. 91–662, § 3(1), in fifth par., struck out "preventing conception or" after "applied for".
Pub. L. 91–662, § 6(3), in eighth par., inserted "or section 3001(e) of title 39" after "this section". Section 5(b) of Pub. L. 91–662 inserted reference to section 4001(d) of Title 39, The Postal Service, which reflected provisions of Title 39 prior to the effective date of Title 39, Postal Service, as enacted by the Postal Reorganization Act. Said section 4001(d) was repealed by section 6(2) of Pub. L. 91–662, effective on the date that the Board of Governors of the Postal Service establish as the effective date for section 3001 of Title 39, Postal Service.
1958—Pub. L. 85–796 provided in eighth par. for continuing offenses by use of the mails instead of by deposits for mailing and for punishment for subsequent offenses.
1955—Act June 28, 1955, § 1, in first par., substituted "indecent, filthy or vile article, matter, thing, device or substance" for "or filthy book, pamphlet, picture paper, letter, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character".
Act June 28, 1955, § 2, struck out fifth par., which read as follows: "Every letter, packet, or package, or other mail matter containing any filthy, vile, or indecent thing, device or substance; and".
Amendment by sections 3 and 5(b) of Pub. L. 91–662 effective Jan. 9, 1971, see section 7 of Pub. L. 91–662, set out as a note under section 552 of this title.
Pub. L. 91–662, § 6, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1974, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective on date that Board of Governors of United States Postal Service establishes as the effective date for section 3001 of title 39 of the United States Code, as enacted by the Postal Reorganization Act.
Pub. L. 90–100, Oct. 3, 1967, 81 Stat. 253, as amended by Pub. L. 90–350, title V, § 502, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197; Pub. L. 91–74, title V, § 503, Sept. 29, 1969, 83 Stat. 123, provided for establishment of Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, its membership, compensation of members, powers, functions, and duties of Commission, required Commission to report to President and to Congress its findings and recommendations no later than Sept. 30, 1970, and provided for its termination ten days following submission of report.
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Full Court Press: How sweet it is
Philadelphia, PA – The first night of the Sweet 16 followed suit with the previous results of the tournament as unexpected outcomes continued to pile up.
There will be an All-Big East matchup in the Elite 8 as Marquette and Syracuse both pulled off shocking upsets. Neither side has been to the Final Four since 2003 when Carmelo Anthony led the Orange and Dwyane Wade spearheaded the Golden Eagles. Syracuse eventually took the national crown, although it didn't have to face its Big East foe.
Marquette's imposing defense had a big-time effect on Miami-Florida. The ACC Champion Hurricanes looked like they had spent the week at a masonry convention instead of shoot-arounds against the Golden Eagles, who seemed to have no trouble getting decent looks on the inside. Buzz Williams has a reputation for running one of the toughest training camps in NCAA basketball. It seems that the hard work has paid off. Aside from one short stretch where Miami grabbed what seemed like a myriad of offensive rebounds, Marquette was the more physical team and approached every loose ball like it was a winning lottery ticket. The Golden Eagle big guys -- Chris Otule, Jamil Wilson and Davante Gardner -- were all very influential in the victory. Wilson came up big on both ends as he finished 3-of-4 from beyond the arc to go along with eight rebounds. Meanwhile, Trent Lockett pulled down 11 rebounds, one of which came on a momentum building put-back slam dunk. Marquette's pressure on Miami's Shane Larkin made a big difference as it kept the Hurricanes' floor general out of sync for the majority of the 40 minutes.
Syracuse also pulled away from the highly-regarded Hoosiers using a strong defensive effort. Indiana went 16-of-47 from the floor in the contest, including an ice-cold 3-of-15 showing from beyond the arc. Tom Crean grew increasingly frustrated as his squad committed 18 turnovers. Michael Carter- Williams improved his draft stock substantially with 24 points, six rebounds and four steals. The Orange also received solid contributions from Brandon Triche and C.J. Fair and managed to prevail behind the trio's leadership. Indiana was one of the most dynamic offensive teams all season, but Cody Zeller disappeared and Victor Oladipo had to work for all 16 of his points. The usually steady Jordan Hulls had zero luck connecting on his jumper and Christian Watford wasn't much more successful. The Hoosiers had 10 of their shots sent back by the Orange, who seemed relentless in pursuit of their second national title. Jim Boeheim is now just three games away from a big- time addition to his legacy.
On the other side of the bracket, there was one much more thrilling game. Ohio State won on a last second 3-pointer for the second consecutive game as LaQuinton Ross converted a clutch shot from beyond the arc to lift the Buckeyes to a 73-70 win over Arizona. Thad Matta's team looked like it was destined for an early flight home to Columbus as it fell behind by 11 points early on. It used a huge run spanning the intermission to take control on its way to survival. Deshaun Thomas continued to be the go-to-guy in the victory as he poured in 20 points. Aaron Craft, who knocked down a triple at the buzzer to send the team to a 3-point win over Iowa State en route to the Sweet 16, tallied 13 points and dealt out the game-winning assist. Craft's decision to dish it off at the end showed great awareness as many players would find it hard to pass up on a chance to be the hero. Arizona blew its early lead and fell behind by double-digits in the second stanza before it attempted a late rally. The Wildcats were charged by Mark Lyons, who played in the Sweet 16 a season ago as a member of the Xavier Musketeers. The senior guard from Brewster Academy netted 23 points in his final collegiate game, but he was denied a chance to send it to overtime as Craft reeled in a tipped-inbound pass to seal the deal.
The Buckeyes won't have to deal with a No. 1 seed in the regional finals, but they will be tested by a very confident Wichita State program. The Shockers ended La Salle's Cinderella run with some intensity as they came out strong and protected the early lead the rest of the way. With the Explorers' backup center Steve Zack still unable to play, Wichita State focused on attacking the rim and did so with ease. It also hit 5-of-12 from beyond the arc to keep the Big 5 school from packing it in. To its credit, La Salle showed the spirit associated with Philadelphia and continued to fight until the final buzzer. Ramon Galloway was denied the open looks from 3-point range he was getting against Boise State, Kansas State and Ole Miss in the first three rounds. Tyreek Duren was also bottled up and despite tallying 16 points, Tyrone Garland finished 5-of-15 from the floor and without an opportunity to display the Southwest Philly Floater in the closing seconds. Instead, WSU's Malcolm Armstead and Carl Hall were the stars of the late game. Coach Gregg Marshall has built something special at the Missouri Valley Conference program, which could be the last school from the state of Kansas to play this season if the Jayhawks fall on Friday.
Although only one buzzer beater on the night, the upsets continued the March Madness theme and built intrigue for Friday night's matchups. Oregon will look to continue taking offense to its low-seeding as it battles Rick Pitino's Louisville Cardinals. Michigan and Kansas both could very well win it all as they both are riddled with talent. Two of the best coaches in college basketball history will square off as Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski collide. Coach K is 7-1 all-time against MSU coming into the bout. And to close out the action, Florida Gulf Coast and the Gators has all the makings of a classic David and Goliath fight.

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Aurora University main campus
Located in the second-largest city in Illinois just 40 miles from downtown Chicago, the Aurora main campus offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and extensive graduate offerings. The campus includes six residence halls, athletics facilities and Phillips Library. The main campus is located at 347 S. Gladstone Ave. Aurora, IL 60506.
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Puerto Rico, Drug Corridor to the Mainland United States
San Juan, Puerto Rico – On the western coast of Puerto Rico, it's wheels up for yet another night of high-tech hunting. Hunting, for cocaine smugglers.
"This boat looks interesting," says officer Creighton Skeen, as he sits onboard a specially designed US Customs and Border Protection airplane. He and his partner typically sit alone, dimly lit in green, staring at and analyzing their wide-screens, which show the boats below.
On these routine missions, officer Skeen uses infra-red cameras, radar and one-the-ground intelligence to alert CBP 4 engine fast boats on the water when and where to interdict. This night, they're focused on the 60 mile stretch between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
"Before, we didn't' see as many mother ships coming to Puerto Rico," says Skeen. "Now, they're becoming ordinary."
And almost as ordinary, enormous busts like the one this week along the coast of Ponce. So much cocaine, it took a production line of people to haul heavy bag after heavy bag from the police cargo van to the table. Some of the cocaine bricks were labeled with a sticker showing a drawing of a threatening tiger, to discern which drug dealing organization supplied the coke, and who is to be paid the $20,000 for the kilo. By the time it arrives in the states, that kilo sells for $25,000.
This bust in total, "approximately 1000 kilos," says Pedro Jasner, Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration, "with a street value of 80-million dollars."
The US Commonwealth is booming as a trans-shipment point for the South American drug cartels. Because once the drugs get here, they're much more easily smuggled into the US mainland as "domestic cargo," with far fewer inspections.
But the eyes of US law enforcement are watching. CBP officers also operate in the bowels of the San Juan Post Office Processing Center, where the x-ray and cut open suspect parcels headed from the US Virgin Islands to the US, and vice versa. These mail inspections reveal the multi-billion dollar drug trade there, as well. In one box destined for South Carolina, three tightly-wrapped "burritos," a package, within a package, within a package. Masked with laundry detergent, the chemical test confirms the inner package's white powder is indeed cocaine. Another package, once cut open, immediately engulfs the room in a distinctive aroma.
"Most of the time it's marijuana, cocaine and weapons," says CBP Supervisor Carlos Morell.
But the bulk of the explosion in smuggling is coming in via boat, like the 1000 kilos captured off Ponce. Most of the drugs, agents say, are destined for the US East Coast, mainly entering the states through the Miami and New York City regions.
"We need more resources and this is the proof," says Hector Pesquera, Puerto Rico Police Superintendent.
"We're not just saying it, we're showing it. 80% of this, 800 kilos, would have been going to the northeast corridor."
What Puerto Rico's police and Governor have been calling for is initiating the Caribbean Border Initiative, more money and resources dedicated to reducing the flow of drugs from South America to the US Mainland. The Southwest Border Initiative along the Mexican border resulted in a doubling—if not tripling—of officers there. But due to apparent funding issues, the White House—which didn't comment for this story--hasn't committed.
The consequence of the drug trade locally is surging crime, 70% of which is directly connected to drug gangs, according to police. Last year there were more than 1100 murders in Puerto Rico; this year, more than 500. The Puerto Rican murder rate is now 6 times higher than in the states.
And for officer Skeen, flying above the boat traffic at midnight, for the time being, he sees no imminent change.
"As long as there's a need--a demand--for Cocaine, we'll be seeing this. It's not going away."
Phil Keating is national correspondent for Fox News Channel out of the Miami bureau.
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This is a continuation of my attempt to write short, "Twitter-like" columns.
This is a continuation of my attempt to write short, "Twitter-like" columns. Tweets � those little bursts of communication offered by Twitter � are a maximum of 140 characters in length. By "Twitter-like," I mean to write columns that are 140 or fewer words.
If I were to write a true "Tweet-sized" column with a maximum of 140 characters, at an average of, let�s say five to six characters per word, my column would be fewer than 25 words. I have already admitted in a previous column that writing with any meaning � any real value � in 25 words or less is very difficult.
I may give the 25-word column � a true Tweet-sized one � a try someday. But for now, limiting myself to 140 words (vice characters) is challenging enough, hence the term "Twitter-like."
Can information or opinions of any real value be disseminated in so short a number of words, whether they�re 140 or 25? You be the judge.
Writers spend a lifetime honing their skills and attempting to get across to their readers what they intend in the fewest number of words. Many writers have spoken on the topic of efficient � and at the same time effective � writing. (Oops. Those six dots separating clauses just added six to my character count.) I aspire to achieve, one day, the goals of the below authors:
-- "I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." � Blaise Pascal, in his Lettres provinciales.
-- "Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short." � Henry David Thoreau.
-- "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter." � Marcus T. Cicero.
-- "I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length." � Karl Friedrich Gauss
-- "It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book." � Nietzsche
-- "The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit." � Felelon
But until I can achieve those dizzying heights of authorship and "profit" described above, and write with meaning in a Tweet-sized 25 words or less, I�ll have to settle for attempting to get a point across effectively in 140 words or less. So here goes my next attempt at a meaningful 140 words:
Stepping onto the back porch for a breath of fresh air, I looked into the late night sky. At the moment I shifted my gaze south, a bright flash of light streaked straight down and was gone.
While no star was visible through the clouds, a "shooting star" had revealed itself to me. I saw the meteor only because I was outside at that exact moment and chanced to look at that exact spot in the sky where it burned up below the clouds. Quite possibly, I was the only person in the world to witness the biggest meteor I have ever seen.
I wish I may, I wish I might. Wishing on a shooting star might not achieve anything. But seeing that meteor reinforced the truth that being in the right place at the right time sure can.
Barry Fetzer is a columnist for the Havelock News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Cure the Winter Blahs: >Snow-Themed Activities for Kids
January in Minnesota is the worst of the worst of winter. Sub-zero temperatures, snow, ice, and stir crazy kids and parents all over the place! I'm beginning to gather a list of winter-themed ideas to keep us occupied on those days when being cooped up doing the same old thing is just not an option anymore.
If you're stuck indoors, never fear, here are some great wintery activities to try inside. But if it's warm enough for some outdoor fun, check out the last link for some great preschool-friendly outdoor ideas.
- Sugar Cube Igloo on Making Merry Memories
- Trash Bag Snowman on Mrs. Karen's Class
- Bird Cake and Necklaceson Red Ted Art
- Indoor Snowball Fight on Chiquita Moms
- Outdoor Ideas for Preschoolers on Not Just Cute
(Images: 1-4 as linked above, 5. Flickr user Italy Chronicles licensed for use under Creative Commons)


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Seahawks hope to strike gold again in later rounds
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — John Schneider has mapped out his vision for the Seahawks' future and it involves detailed plans for keeping his team a contender for more than just one season.
They serve as his guidelines for how Seattle's roster is constructed, both in talent and money, and how to proceed in the years to come.
"I talked about these models and we're going to try to keep as many of these guys together as we go — but we want to be good for a long time. We don't want to just kind of cruise in one year and then cruise out," said Schneider, the Seahawks' general manager. "We want to be a consistent, championship-caliber team where every year, the fans, the 12th Man has hope that we're going to be in this thing and the only reason we're not in it is because — knock on wood — we have injuries or something along the way."
The Seahawks didn't have a pick in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night. That's fine by Schneider, who believes the Seahawks are in an enviable position, from the standpoint of roster talent and salary constraints, because of how often Seattle has hit on key players in the middle to late rounds of the draft over the past three years.
Since Schneider and head coach Pete Carroll arrived in 2010, the Seahawks have turned seven selections taken in the third round or later into starters. The most notable was last year when the Seahawks selected Russell Wilson in the third round — bypassed by others because he was only 5-foot-10 — and watched as Wilson won the starting QB job, led the team to 11 wins in the regular season and was 30 seconds away from playing in the NFC championship game.
That's not to say the first two rounds haven't been important to Schneider and the Seahawks. They got left tackle Russell Okung and safety Earl Thomas in the first round in 2010; wide receiver Golden Tate in the second round that same year; and last year picked starting middle linebacker Bobby Wagner in the second round.
But finding strong safety Kam Chancellor and All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman in the fifth round, getting starting outside linebacker K.J. Wright in the fourth round and paying relatively very little to a QB taken in the third round has all helped the Seahawks reap bigger benefits going forward.
The Seahawks were without a first-round pick in this year's draft for the first time since 2007 and only the fourth time in franchise history. The 25th overall selection Seattle owned was sent to Minnesota as part of the trade that landed wide receiver Percy Harvin. The move to get Harvin highlighted a free agency period where the Seahawks also nabbed three additions to their defensive line, led by defensive end Cliff Avril, and addressed a need at nickel cornerback by signing veteran Antoine Winfield.
Seattle had the financial means to make such a splash in free agency because of its later-round draft success. The Seahawks will pay less than $600,000 in base salary to Wilson for the 2013 season. Sherman will make $555,000 in base money. Seattle has seven likely starters making less than $700,000 in the 2013 season. Six of those seven were drafted by the Seahawks in the past three seasons.
"It's been an exciting proposition to watch these young guys come along and you challenge them to play then you figure out a way to get them in there. And then when they do, by midseason they're regular players and they really strengthen your roster in a number of ways," Carroll said. "We've just believed in that, and it takes a great job in personnel to get the right guys in here and to make sure they can meet up to the standards and you have to give them the chance."


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Working here at The Gloss has been nothing but good times and girl power. A veritable top-free stroll through the park, as it were. But alas, I have not always been so happy with my employer(s). Believe it or not, I've had many jobs that I've hated quite a bit, and even one which I'm pretty sure drove me temporarily insane. Hence, I feel qualified to dole out advice to people in similar situations. Here are some things you can do when you hate your job.[ITPGallery]


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Roasted Turkey and Cranberry Fruit Dressing
14-16 Pound WHOLE TURKEY, fresh or frozen (thawed)
As needed salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
2 Medium onions, chopped
16 Ounces jellied cranberry sauce
1/3 Cup light brown sugar
3 Cups herb-seasoned stuffing mix
2 Cups mixed dried fruit, chopped
1 Cup celery, chopped
2/3 Cup onion, chopped
1 Cup whole cranberry sauce
1/2 Teaspoon ground sage
1/2 Teaspoon thyme
1-1/2 Cups TURKEY BROTH or reduced-sodium chicken bouillon
vegetable cooking spray
As needed pears or apples
As needed red grapes
As needed celery leaves
Remove giblet (discard liver), neck and any visible fat from turkey;
reserve for stock. Rinse turkey with cold running water and drain
well. Blot dry with paper towels.
Season inside and outside of turkey with salt and pepper.
Tie drumsticks together and twist wing tips behind the back.
Place turkey, breast side up, on a wire roasting rack (sprayed with
non-stick cooking spray) in shallow pan. Cover loosely with foil.
Roast turkey in a preheated 325 degree F oven about 2-1/2 hours,
basting with pan juices.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and cook
onions with salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes or
until very soft. (If onions begin to brown, lower heat.)
Stir in cranberry sauce and sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to
low and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
Remove foil and pour glaze over bird.
Continue to roast ½ to 1-¼ hours or until the thermometer registers
180 degrees F in the thigh and 170 degrees F in the breast.
Remove turkey from oven. Allow turkey to rest for 10-15 minutes
before carving.
In medium-size bowl combine stuffing mix, dried fruit, celery,
onion, cranberry sauce, sage, thyme and turkey broth.
Coat a 2-quart oven-proof dish with non-stick vegetable cooking
spray. Spoon dressing in dish and bake uncovered at 325 degrees F
for 40 to 45 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165
degrees F.
Transfer turkey to platter and garnish with fruits and celery
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Thanks to Bang on a Can, a noise-rock show sneaks in the back door of Alice Tully Hall tomorrow
Contemporary classical listeners in New York tend to think they have heard all the progressive-composition sounds emanating from music scenes the world over, thanks to the Bang On A Can collective.
While the founding composers associated with the enterprise—Julia Wolfe, David Lang and Michael Gordon—are always the expected voices on a given program, various events put on under the Bang banner have often branched out beyond mere cliqueish, locally sourced programming. Aside from the New York veterans, you might expect to hear some folk music from Mongolia, or else some gamelan ensemble from Indonesia.
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The stylistic diversity on offer at the yearly Bang On A Can marathon—which usually clocks in at between 12 and 24 hours of music performed in dozens of acts—is reliably one of the high points on the "new music" calendar. But this weekend a Bang event is doing something particularly audacious (and even more surprising than putting on Anthony Braxton's piece for 100 tubas). On Saturday night, as part of a residency at Lincoln Center, the organization is sneaking a noise-rock concert into Alice Tully Hall—if one by another name.
Tatsuya Yoshida is the drummer of the long-running Japanese noise-rock duo Ruins. For three decades, his principal band has pounded its gospel of rhythmically complex, quasi-improvised thrash across the globe. (The duo collaborated memorably with British free-improvisational guitar hero Derek Bailey in the late 90s.) But it would take the Asphalt Orchestra—the Bang On A Can house "marching band"—to commission a suite of music by Yoshida to bring into Alice Tully Hall's Starr Theater.
Thanks to a grant from the Japan Foundation, Yoshida will be there to add his drums to the 12-piece marching group this weekend—the first time the Asphalters have augmented their number to accommodate an outside musician. Titled "Zwimbarrac Khafzavrapp"—Yoshida pieces tend to be a quizzical mouthful—the 12-minute piece may never be heard this way again, either.
According to group co-director and alto-saxophonist Ken Thomson, a recording won't be on the cards along the margins of this world premiere. (The Asphalt-ers' premiere disc for the Bang On A Can label was a memorable entry in 2009, with arrangements of Zappa, Mingus and other composers working in far-flung genres.) In an interview with Capital directly after the Asphalt Ensemble's first rehearsal with Yoshida this week, Thomson said: "We asked him to send us a piece—which he has—which works with us alone, or with him playing drum set with us. Even yesterday he was experimenting with what he could do playing alongside us. What he's doing is bringing out accents he's hearing in the piece. … The piece we can definitely do on our own and we plan on doing it on our own. But this maybe the only time it'll happen that he's playing it with us."
Arrangements of two other Ruins songs are also on the Saturday program at Lincoln Center. Asked how the two-instrument blast of the band could possibly be outfitted for an ensemble that has nine horns in addition to three percussionists, Thomson argued against a narrow reading of what goes into the music of Ruins.
"There's more polyphony than you think," he said. "Sometimes it's a little bit buried. And at a lot of times there's [some] dense harmonic material going on. Ruins are just a duo, so what they would do is use a harmonizer on the bass [for looping material]. What we're talking about, in arranging, is taking that looped material and playing it on top … and soon you get close to the nine horns we have." Adding that Yoshida's music his "is pretty technically demanding" overall, Thomson said the first rehearsal was especially challenging for the group's brass players, all of whom "are playing nonstop."
"There's moments of total noise in there, but there's a lot of stuff that's not just noise. There's a lot of tunes, a lot of melody—and sometimes I think that can be obscured by the way Ruins play the stuff. With brass and winds, you hear some of that melody in a different way."
Though the Yoshida mini-set is clearly the rare delicacy on Saturday's menu, it's hardly the only enticing thing being offered up. A new multi-composer suite called "Field Recordings"—in which, yes, each composer's section incorporates recordings made out "in the field"—features contributions from art-world phenom Christian Marclay and Tyondai Braxton, formerly of the math-rock band Battles. On any other evening in New York, their joint participation in a Bang On A Can concert would count as the unusual sparkle. (Bang founders Wolfe, Lang and Gordon all contribute music to "Field Recordings," as well.) But Yoshida's debut as a suite composer and arranger of his own personal brand of noise sounds is hard to beat as this weekend's must-hear attraction for the omnivorous listener.


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As food connoisseurs know, few things are as tasty as a good steak or burger, but something many people do not realize is that beef is also good for you and is an important part of the human diet. There are 29 cuts of beef that meet the guidelines for "lean," and with more zinc, iron and protein than poultry or fish, beef is extremely nutrient dense and.
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Discovery News reports that "Wisps of volcanic gas, rather than photosynthesis, may energize rare microbes eking out an existence on the Martian-like flanks of the tallest volcanoes in South America's Atacama Desert.
This newly discovered handful of bacteria, fungi and rudimentary organisms called archaea [roughly 80 micrometers, or 10-5 meters in diameter and 200-600 micrometers, or 10-04 meters long] have not been formally identified, but DNA [10-07] analysis has revealed that they are very different from anything else known to science.
'Genetically, they're at least 5 percent different than anything else in the DNA database of 2.5 million [10+06] sequences,' said Ryan Lynch, a doctoral student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who cultured the Atacama microbes in the lab.
When Lynch and his colleagues searched specifically for chlorophyll or genes known to be involved in photosynthesis, they came up dry. That's when they realized that some of these bugs might utilize completely new forms of metabolism.
In a recent report in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, Lynch and his co-authors suggest that the microbes may extract energy and carbon from wisps of gases such as carbon monoxide and dimethylsulfide that sometimes drift in the air. The process wouldn't give the bugs a high-energy yield, Lynch said in a press release, but enough could add up over time to be meaningful."


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Prosolia Introduces flowprobe™ Surface Extraction System for Mass Spectrometry
Quantitative drug and metabolite analysis from histological tissue sections
Feb 26, 2013, 01:00 ET
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Prosolia, Inc., the developer and manufacturer of the world's first ambient pressure mass spectrometric imaging device, DESI 2D, introduces flowprobe™, an automated chemical analysis platform for mass spectrometric sample introduction. The flowprobe technology is based on a continuous flow, in situ microextraction technique invented in the laboratory of Dr. Gary Van Berkel of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
flowprobe was designed with the researcher in mind, combining the advantages of continuous flow microextraction and electrospray ionization for sustained, spatially resolved sampling and gentle mass spectrometric analysis in an efficient and automated format. flowprobe's continuous solvent flow generates the highest extraction efficiency ambient sampling technology commercially available. Amenable to spot sampling and imaging a range of surfaces -- from cells and tissues to analytic/polymeric substrates -- it can accelerate drug distribution studies, cancer and microorganism profiling, and biochemical analyses.
"The release of the flowprobe product line is a reflection of our commitment to innovation and technical excellence. Researchers will benefit from over 10 years of research and development conducted at ORNL under the guidance of Dr. Van Berkel, as well as Prosolia's leading expertise in the field," stated Dr. Justin Wiseman, President & CEO of Prosolia. "Further, the flowprobe is offered both as a complete unit and as a retro-fit to the DESI 2D system, allowing existing customers to immediately benefit and new customers the option of using both technologies on a common platform."
Prosolia is the leading developer and manufacturer of direct mass spectrometric solutions, delivering innovative technologies since 2005. Our portfolio of scientific tools includes innovative sample introduction and surface analysis systems, along with intuitive software, all of which are part of workflows that reduce analytical complexity and yield faster time to results. The unique capabilities of Prosolia's direct mass spectrometry technologies provide its customers the benefits of reduced time-to-results and streamlined analytical workflows resulting in increased cost efficiencies.
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First of many finals for Jeter as training starts
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Derek Jeter ran up the dugout steps and into the outfield to warm up Thursday. This was the first of his many lasts this year: the opening practice of his final spring training with the New York Yankees.
Jeter was greeted by a short standing ovation from the several hundred fans who came to Steinbrenner Field on a sunny morning to watch the Yankees' initial full-squad workout of the year.
After throwing with Eduardo Nunez and stretching with the rest of the position players, the 39-year-old captain went to shortstop to take groundballs. Whenever he got near the stands, kids yelled "Mr. Jeter! Mr. Jeter!" hoping for an autograph. Some held hand-drawn signs with his name, others grasped placards with his picture.
"I think the point of this season is every time I'm doing something is the last time that I'm going to be doing it," Jeter said after the three-hour workout. "Just not looking forward to it being over, especially spring training."
Fans in the crowd of 1,338 squealed when Jeter flipped a ball to the stands at the end of warmups. After he took 20 swings over three rounds of batting practice, Jeter tossed one of his batting gloves to Carter Steve of Rochester, N.Y., who was seated in the first row behind the Yankees dugout. The 11-year-old tried it on, and the glove was far bigger than his right hand.
Jeter noticed the signs.
"I don't know if I'll look at them more or read them more. I don't know if I'll listen more — try to, but I've still got a job to do," he said.
He thought back to the next-to-last game at old Yankee Stadium in 2008.
"I remember going up to bat," he said, "looking around, trying to appreciate it, and (Jim) Miller hit me on wrist. So I decided I wasn't going to do that anymore, that I was going to focus on what I needed to do. But I'm sure I'll take it in at some point. I can't tell you when."
Jeter also received an ovation on the first day last year when he took the field for the first time since breaking his left ankle in the AL championship opener, but he didn't participate in agility exercises or running. On Thursday he was a full participant.
"It's not an issue in my mind. I don't think about it," he said. "There's no comparison whatsoever because I've had four months to basically only strengthen my leg."
Of course, Jeter said he was OK last February. He wound up staying behind when the team headed north, broke the ankle again and didn't rejoin the Yankees until July. Leg ailments landed him on the disabled list three more times and he played a total of 17 big league games.
"I'm always going to tell you I'm fine," he said, adding rapidly: "This year I mean it."
Jeter dropped about six pounds during the offseason and reported at roughly 193. He changed his diet and did lots of running and work on a stationary bicycle.
"I wanted to be a little lighter, take some pressure off my legs and move around a little bit better," he said.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi perceived a difference from last year.
"I would say last year at times just going through what you might consider everyday activity, a jog, running the bases, you would notice it," he said. "Today I noticed nothing. To me it looked like he never got hurt."
With eyes on Jeter, the crowd was about 10 times the size of the few dozen who attended the previous five days of workouts, which included pitchers, catchers and first baseman Mark Teixeira, limited to 15 games last season because of a hand injury.
"I actually said that to someone today. I said, 'It's a pretty good buzz here at the stadium today,'" Girardi recounted.
The Yankees were almost all on hand for the first time after the makeover that followed just their second failure to make the playoffs in 19 years (Alfonso Soriano was absent because of flu). Jeter, who announced Feb. 12 that this will be his final season, overshadowed New York's high-priced additions: Masahiro Tanaka, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran.
"That's probably good for them in a sense that they are not going to be the focal point," Girardi said.
Jeter conducted his usual fielding practice contest at shortstop with the younger players. The winner is based on the fewest bobbles; but a bobble is in the eye of the beholder.
"It's really pretty hard the way he keeps score to lose those contests ever," Girardi said. "And some of the young guys will learn that fairly quickly that have never been around him taking groundballs, that you're at an extreme disadvantage because of the way he counts."
Jeter grinned: "I get in their heads."
He is known for his controlled manner, for never revealing more than he wants to. He appeared to be playful and loose on Day 1. Perhaps it's a hint of the season to come. Or maybe not.
"I'm just trying to enjoy each and every day," he told reporters. "I've always tried to be as open and honest with you guys, but maybe I'll try to be a little bit more open and honest with you."
And then he quickly added: "Don't hold that to me. I shouldn't have said it."
NOTES: Jeter was ranked No. 6 in jersey sales on MLB.com in January but has been No. 1 since he retirement announced, MLB spokesman Matt Bourne said. Sales increased 433 percent from Feb. 11 to Feb. 12. ... Hideki Matsui was in uniform for his first day as a special instructor. ... The Yankees plan to work out Cuban SS Aledmys Diaz and RHP Odrisamer Despaigne.


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More Android devices are making their way onto Verizon and today we got a chance to play with one of the newest, the Motorola Devour. The Devour is a slider with physical keyboard and 3.1 inch screen running Android 1.6. The whole thing comes in a chunky yet somehow stylish silver and blue package that feels rock solid (and heavy) in hand.
With this demo unit we thought we'd try out a new, two post review format. This post is just an unboxing and look at the physical hardware and form-factor of the phone itself. In the next few days we'll have a full, in-depth look at the software and the build quality but today is really about just looking at the phone.
The keyboard is four rows tall and consists of some of the best keys I've felt to date on an Android device. The layout is a bit odd (letter keys on the bottom row with the space and FN keys) but the spacing, key depth and click response are just great.
One the phone's face is are three touch keys: menu, home and back. Curiously missing is a fourth key. There was plenty of space to include a fourth, but for some reason I guess they felt like having an off-center aesthetic. Below the gap lays a clickable touch pad that is pretty responsive and easy to use.
Around the edges of the body you'll find the standard affair: a power button and 3.5mm headphone jack on top, a micro USB port on one side, a volume rocker and camera button of the other. Something new on the side of the phone was a voice control button, located right below the volume rocker. Clicking it will launch a speech to text program for voice input with various functions. Another unique feature is the side-loading battery, located along with the micro SD under a sliding cover down the side of the phone.
The Devour is a big boy, easily larger than my Nexus One and Motorola Cliq. I wouldn't mind the size if it was to support a huge screen, but the 3.1 inch display looks underwhelming surrounded by such a huge bezel.
The phone is powered by a 600mhz processor from Qualcomm and features a dedicated GPU. Hopefully this will make for some serious graphic processing power that will stand out against last generation phones.
In a few days we'll have a full review, another video, and a lot more pictures. Until then, check out the gallery below or watch the video above. Be sure to leave any questions or comments you've got about the phone so we can review them in the final article.


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Hairstyles: Quick Updos for Fall
Learn how to easily copy the latest celebrity hairstyles for the season
Learn how to re-create the best celebrity updo hairstyles now.
While updos at first glance might seem labor intensive, they're actually some of the easiest hairstyles to pull off. From polished and chic to messy and sexy, these celebrity hairstyles are sure to have you looking fashion forward this season, and get you out the door in a flash (which is equally, if not more, important). They work for the office, date-night or a weekend of relaxation.
And here to share the scoop on how to recreate these quick celebrity hairstyles are Michael Angelo, Shu Uemura Art of Hair Atelier Director and Owner of Michael Angelo�s Wonderland Beauty Parlor, and Hayleigh Hatcher, stylist at blow, "the new york blow dry bar." Together, they explain how to take these hairstyles from the red carpet to the real world in a few easy-to-follow steps.
Now see how to re-create the best celebrity updo hairstyles.
The celebrities showcasing these easy updo hairstyles are: Eva Longoria, Christina Applegate, Dianna Agron, Malin Akerman, Ashley Greene, Maria Menounos, Diane Kruger, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Alba, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
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I think Ashley Green's look was my favorite!
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these are very pretty looks
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I love Dianna Agron's hair styles, very pretty all!
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These are really pretty hairstyles. I just wish I had long hair.
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Diana Agron is so beautiful and her hair is always wonderfully styled. Fashion icon from head to toe.
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Great hairstyles! I don't know if I could reduplicate some of these updos but I certainly might try. :)
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I love Jessica's pony tail! This is the look I try to achieve. I guess I do need to consider it's probably on of her fake pony's and Ken Paves probably did it for her!
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text: The treatment of migrants within Indonesia, particularly trafficked sex workers and domestic workers, is a growing human rights issue in the region. However, the traditional models of advocacy that predominate have produced very limited results in terms of actual government protection for this population. This initiative is aimed at enriching the existing approaches by enlisting international fora to address the deplorable situation of migrant workers in Indonesia and elsewhere. This undertaking will also bring to light the best-practices that are rapidly coming to the fore as a result of the recently in force UN Convention that protects migrant workers, particularly in the area of the administration of justice. The publication of abuses of migrant rights to the international community would also expand awareness of the problem and facilitate the dedication of more technical support to address it. In addition, the initiative would further the acceptance of human rights norms in Indonesia, since it could make public the benefits of the international human rights regime.


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About the Scribes
Helen Schucman, Ph.D., was a clinical and research psychologist, who held the tenured position of Associate Professor of Medical Psychology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. A Course in Miracles was "scribed" by Dr. Schucman between 1965 and 1972 through a process of inner dictation. She experienced the process as one of a distinct and clear dictation from an inner voice, which earlier had identified itself to her as Jesus. Helen Schucman's scribing of A Course in Miracles began with these words: "This is a course in miracles, please take notes."
William Thetford, Ph.D., was a tenured Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Director of the Psychology Department at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City for whom Dr. Schucman worked. As her trusted friend and colleague also, Dr. Thetford assisted and supported Dr. Schucman throughout the Course's scribing, including the events that led up to it. A vital participant, Dr. Thetford acted as transcriber throughout the entire process by typing the material from the scribed notes that Dr. Schucman had taken down and would dictate to him almost daily.
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What She Learned from the Scribes
In this four-part talk, Judy Skutch Whitson talks candidly about how she met Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford and how she came to be chosen to publish The Course.
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Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford were an unlikely team in scribing A Course in Miracles. As career-oriented psychologists working closely together at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, they were attempting to develop and strengthen the Center's Psychology Department. While their professional interests and goals for the department were compatible with each other, their personalities certainly were not. Helen's overtly critical and judgmental stance was juxtaposed with Bill's quiet and more passively aggressive personality, and they clashed constantly.
It was therefore a rather startling event when, in the Spring of 1965, Bill delivered an impassioned speech to Helen in which he said that he was fed up with the competition, aggression, and anger which permeated their professional lives, extended into their attitudes and relationships, and pervaded the department. He concluded and told her that "there must be another way" of living—in harmony rather than discord—and that he was determined to find it. Equally startling, and to their mutual surprise, Helen agreed with Bill and enthusiastically volunteered to join him in a collaborative search to find this other and better way.
It was as if Helen had waited all her life for this particular moment, which triggered a series of internal experiences for her that carried through the summer. These included heightened dream imagery, psychic episodes, visions, and an experience of an inner voice. The experiences also became increasingly religious, with the figure of Jesus appearing more and more frequently to her in both visual and auditory expressions.
This period of preparation culminated on the evening of October 21, 1965, when the now familiar voice of Jesus said to Helen: "This is a course in miracles, please take notes." Troubled, she called Bill immediately, and he reassured her that she was not going mad. He suggested she write down what was being dictated to her, and that he would look at it with her early the following morning at the office. Helen did just that, which is how the scribing of A Course in Miracles began. As Helen later described the experience:
"The Voice made no sound, but seemed to be giving me a kind of rapid, inner dictation which I took down in a shorthand notebook. The writing was never automatic. It could be interrupted at any time and later picked up again. It made obvious use of my educational background, interests and experience, but that was in matters of style rather than content. Certainly the subject matter itself was the last thing I would have expected to write about."
Helen retired from Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in 1977, and died in New York City on February 9, 1981. Bill retired from the Center in 1978, and moved to Tiburon, California and later La Jolla. He died on July 4, 1988, during a visit to the Foundation for Inner Peace in Tiburon.
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All that's left now for the Clippers is to convince Chris Paul they are truly committed to going the distance to win a championship, hire a new coach, sooth the feelings of young center DeAndre Jordan and make up with Blake Griffin, who was all but offered up to the Lakers on a silver platter for Dwight Howard.
Not to mention move on without one of the top two coaches in the NBA and a pair of tough, savvy veterans who would have instantly made the Clippers an NBA championship contender.
Other than that, the summer is going dandy for L.A.'s other basketball team.
On one hand kudos to the Clippers for trying to land Doc Rivers, one of the great coaches in the NBA, and fierce veterans Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in a blockbuster deal for Jordan, an expiring contract and multiple draft picks.
On the other, upon learning this morning from a Clippers source the deal is officially dead right now you can't help wonder if they can successfully pick up all the pieces and put it back together again.
The ripple effect from the very public high-wire act they performed the last few days is enormous.
Who knows what this means for Paul, who is set to become a free agent July 1st and is free to talk and walk to the team of his desire.
Presumably that would have been the Clippers had the deal with the Celtics gone through, the additions of Rivers and Garnett and possibly Pierce giving Paul ample ammunition to compete with the San Antonio's and Oklahoma Cities of the world.
But if the holdup to the trade was the Clippers reluctance to part with a second first-round pick and cold feet about the kind of money they needed to lay out — as is being reported — that probably won't still well with Paul, who is closing in the second-level of his prime years and has a legacy to consider.
The last thing Paul needs to contemplate as free agency nears is an owner unwilling to pay the price for a championship.
And what about Griffin, who the Clippers appear willing to part with in exchange for Dwight Howard?
Fair or not, that move doesn't reek only of a Clippers desire to land Howard but also a craving of Paul's. Not to say Paul is calling the shots here, but it's safe to say he has a voice in matters considering the Clippers primary objective is locking him up on a long-term contract.
In other words, if Paul suggests to the Clippers he'd like to be paired with Howard, the Clippers are going to make the necessary calls to make that happen.
And they did just that, only to have the Lakers say thanks and no thanks.
If that is how it went down — and if Paul had any say in it — what might it do to the Paul/Griffin relationship, if not the Clippers/Griffin bond?
More tangibly, the Clippers had Rivers within grasp, only to let him get away.
And that is a loss they may feel for the next five years.
Rivers, a maestro at merging high-level talent and egos into tight-knit units is not someone you move on quickly from.
Nothing against Brian Shaw or Byron Scott, the two other coaching candidates being considered, but neither possess the cache of Rivers, whose been there done that with one of the most storied franchises in all of sports and would have brought a unique skill-set to the Clippers pursuit of a title.
As of right now, though, Rivers is not headed to Los Angeles. And when sources on both sides use the term dead to describe the state of discussions, it's hard to imagine the sort of CPR needed to breathe new life into revamped talks.
Fact is, the Clippers must now move on.
The question is, how dramatically has the futility of the last few days altered their present and future?
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