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'Your capabilities are your Cape-Abilities'
Published 5:56 pm Friday, February 24, 2017
By James Simpson
The Dancing Queenz perform at the West Point Black History Program at Point University Gym on Thursday night. (James Simpson II | LaGrange Daily News)
WEST POINT – West Point held its traditional Black History Program Thursday night at the Point University Gym to celebrate the importance of this month and acknowledge figures in the community doing superb work.
The theme of the Black History Program this year was "Your capabilities are your Cape-Abilities" and that title registered throughout the program.
A group of young girls called the Dancing Queenz performed a dance routine. A sister act was on presented when KaLisa Lynch performed the song "I Know I've Been Changed" while her little sister Jazmyne Lewis executed a dance routine while big sister sang.
The message was brought to the audience by Nigel Walker, the assistant principal at Callaway High School and he stressed to young students and adults listening to let to reach your capability in whatever your passionate about or have the skill in.
The theme "Your capabilities are your Cape-Abilties" comes from Walker making several references to superheroes like Spiderman and Superman. The "Cape" in "cape-abilites" represents the cape that superheroes where and the responsibilities they carry to utilize their ability to make society a better place and showcase the skill you've been blessed with.
"In order to do anything you have to be ready, focused and excited," said Walker, speaking to the crowd. "Your attitude towards people will determine how far you will go. When they talk about capabilities and superpowers, your attitude determines your altitude. The higher you rise above situations, the better you can see your future."
While talking to the crowd, Walker emphasized to students in attendance to not let weaknesses bring them down and get in the way of reaching their full capabilities.
"Having the power and ability to reach your goals should be your focus," said Walker. "Your ability is in your capability. Your responsibility is to be motivated. Find the power that lies beneath you."
Ricky Wolfe, the former Chairman of the Troup County Commission, addressed the issue of race to the public and how we as a community need to be more open about the discussion when it's brought up.
"Living in the South, were very gracious people but when race is brought up we like to say, 'You shouldn't bring that up, someone's feelings might get hurt' but in reality they've already been hurt," said Wolfe.
Wolfe is a part of the Trust Building and Racial Reconciliation committee in LaGrange, which is an organization that have around 25-30 people that meet together for a session on Fridays and Saturdays that focuses on building trust between the group and sharing personal stories of how they have encountered racism in their life.
"We try to create an environment where everyone's welcomed," said Wolfe. "We talk about the subject of race and how it impacts people's lives. It's not enough for us in 2017 to say 'I'm not racist,' we have to be anti-racist."
Other high marks throughout the program included students from West Point Elementary School and the Innovation Station Early Learning Center being awarded certificates for their academic achievements and progress.
Longtime Educator in Troup County, Zelma Brock, was recognized for her 44 years in the education system and awarded with a plaque. Others such as Brandon Ashford, Eunjoo Kwak Wilcox, Richard Chapman, Tomekia Day, Nannette Jackson and Dodie Thompson were all awarded a plaque for the service and good work they have displayed in the community of West Point.
Reach James Simpson II at 706-884-7311, ext. 2155, or by email at james.simpson@lagrangenews.com
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Gold Imports Fall 17% In April-October To $24 Billion
Updated: 27 Nov 2022, 02:09 PM IST
Imports of the yellow metal stood at USD 29 billion in the corresponding period of 2021-22. The imports during October this year also contracted by 27.47 per cent to USD 3.7 billion, the data showed.
FILE PHOTO: Gold bars are displayed at a gold jewelry shop in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma
(PTI) Gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account deficit, declined 17.38 per cent to about USD 24 billion during April-October due to fall in demand, according to the data of the commerce ministry.
Imports of the yellow metal stood at USD 29 billion in the corresponding period of 2021-22.
The imports during October this year also contracted by 27.47 per cent to USD 3.7 billion, the data showed.
Silver imports during the month too dipped 34.80 per cent to USD 585 million. Cumulatively, the imports, however, jumped to USD 4.8 billion as against USD 1.52 billion during April-October 2021-22.
The merchandise trade deficit for April-October 2022 was estimated at USD 173.46 billion as against USD 94.16 billion in the year-ago period.
India is the largest importer of gold, which mainly caters to the demand of the jewellery industry. In volume terms, the country imports 800-900 tonne of gold annually.
Gems and jewellery exports rose marginally by 1.81 per cent to USD 24 billion in April-October 2022.
According to industry experts, demand will start picking up from January.
First Published: 27 Nov 2022, 02:09 PM IST

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Chinese tech companies' involvement in European ICT infrastructure faces growing scrutiny after a Huawei employee was arrested in Poland on spying charges recently. Australia and other countries have banned Huawei and ZTE from their 5G networks based on documented national security risks. Several European governments are considering doing the same. Looking beyond security, earlier last year, French president Emanuel Macron urged Europe to set global standards for regulating technology instead of letting an "over-centralized" Chinese model become the norm.
While a debate about the societal and security impact of China's policies on the global governance of technology is emerging across the European Union, the economic battle over technical standards receives less attention. Yet, firms having their technologies translate into standards earn massive returns through market dominance and royalties. The competitive advantage that Microsoft, Google and Qualcomm with their standard-essential patent portfolios bring to the American economy is indicative of this point.
Recently, China has been highly proactive in influencing global tech standards and exporting its own along the "Digital Silk Road." China's transformation from a standard-taker into a standard-maker bears economic implications for Europe. First, as Beijing's state-led approach to standardization exacerbates competitive disadvantages for non-Chinese businesses operating in China and in third markets, European companies must be prepared to face losses of market share. Second, as a new, powerful player enters the standardization game for emerging technologies, European economies may find themselves increasingly dependent not just on US but also on Chinese digital solutions.
There is a saying in Chinese that only companies that are able to set standards qualify as "first tier companies" (一流企业). As standardization is the bridge between research and commercialization of innovation, China's desire to be in the game is natural.
Setting standards could lower the expensive licensing fees paid to foreign multinationals. Payments for the use of foreign technology have quadrupled since 2005, making China the second-largest payer of licensing fees in the world. The "trade war" with Washington has increased the sense of urgency in Beijing for reducing supply-chain dependency on US tech giants, particularly in hardware segments like semiconductors. In 2017, China imported chips at a value of 260 billion USD, more than the price of its oil imports.
Standardization, too, must be seen in the context of China's state-led plan of technological dominance. As part of a quest to boost "indigenous innovation" (自主创新) and develop homegrown technologies and national champions, a government-sponsored "patent fever" has led China to file more than any other country in the world. Although the level of domestic R&D has improved dramatically (Chinese companies hold ten percent of patents essential to 5G standards, only ranking behind Qualcomm and Nokia), quality is often sacrificed to quantity.
China's domestic "standardization work" (标准化工作) is driven by a top-down logic. At a time when the government appears to have toned down the Made in China 2025 rhetoric of industrial self-reliance, the standardization push is emerging as the "next big thing" for China's techno-nationalist ambitions.
Although last year's revision of the national Standardization Law aims to make the existing system more enterprise-driven and aligned with international practices, the government retains a central role by setting compulsory standards, particularly in areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), where vaguely defined national security is at stake. Such a bifurcated standards system – simultaneously industry- and state-led – is difficult for foreign businesses to navigate, let alone influence. By contrast, until recently, Huawei and ZTE were able to actively take part in the conversation about ICT specifications in Europe.
To preempt competitors in emerging technologies ranging from cloud to virtual reality, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) and the National Academy of Engineering are quietly working on "China Standards 2035" (中国标准2035), a nation-wide effort to develop industrial standards and eventually internationalize them.
Besides dictating technical specifications, China has cybersecurity regulations in stock that can be used to multiply post-market access barriers for foreign companies at any time and in a targeted manner. With the Cybersecurity Law, a host of foreign businesses have already been forced to comply with an array of sophisticated yet vague standards for cybersecurity review and certification as a precondition for doing business in China. As a result, European firms may be asked to disclose sensitive information and IP.
Chinese companies are intensifying their influence in international standard-setting bodies such as ITU and ISO. State-sponsored efforts to shape international standards have been ongoing since the country entered the WTO. Following China's accession, the Standards Administration of China had explicitly mentioned technical standards as a protective tool that could compensate for lower trade barriers.
Previous attempts to internationalize Chinese standards, such as bids to promote homegrown alternatives to Wi-Fi (WAPI) and 3G (TD-SCDMA), often met with failure. This seems to change. Fueled by renewed ambitions, Chinese companies like Huawei have scored successes in 5G standards by playing a leading role in the Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP, the organization that sets global telecommunications standards) and promoting adoption and testing of their solutions across Europe. Though standardization forums host technical and non-discriminatory discussions which are difficult for states to manipulate, Beijing has sought to further China's prominence in 5G standardization in a targeted manner. The Chinese government recognizes 5G's significance for powering virtually all disruptive applications, from driverless cars to AI weapons.
In a bid for leadership in AI governance, Beijing also managed to host the first meeting of the SC42 (currently the main venue for AI standardization) and secure a high level of domestic representation, a sign that Chinese voices will be influential in shaping the future of this ubiquitous technology. Domestically there is a sentiment that China should take the unprecedented opportunity to set the rules for emerging technological developments in which it plays a leading role. Meanwhile, China leads the newly created international research group on IoT and blockchain standardization.
China has also worked to change the rules of the game: by pushing for inexpensive licensing for IP embedded into standards, Chinese firms prioritize profits derived from increased product sales over monetization of intellectual property. Such preference for cheap IP threatens the competitiveness of European companies, even more so now that low-cost, Chinese ICT hardware gains market share in developing countries along the Belt and Road (BRI). Popularizing Chinese standards is in fact part of the BRI design. To remain competitive, European firms might have to fundamentally rethink their approach to IP, including by designing ways to improve developing countries' access to patented technologies.
Greater Chinese involvement with international standard-setting bodies should be welcomed. It is in the interest of European companies that China harmonizes its standards with international ones. But standardization for China is part of a larger toolkit of distorting industrial policies. Europe is right to focus on the risks Huawei poses to its national security. Yet at the same time, the company was the top filer with the European Patent Office in 2017.
The standards race is about profits and technological leadership. Europe must do more to support its startup community instead of turning into a testing lab for Chinese technologies. Instruments like the pan-European VC Fund-of-Funds are smart, but fragmentation between national regulatory, tax and digital landscapes hampers the development of "first-tier" companies. In China, European firms should keep lobbying in standardization working groups, which requires coalition-building. Closely monitoring China's domestic and international standard-setting strategies is a precondition to crafting effective responses.


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Off Broadway's Trevor Stumbles a Bit as the New Musical Comes Out at Stage 42
Holden William Hagelberger and the company of Trevor. Photo by Joan Marcus.
The In-Person Off-Broadway Experience: Trevor: A New Musical
I never did see the short film from twenty-seven years ago, but I do know how much it inspired and altered the culture of just accepting a homophobic stance within. If it weren't for the film, The Trevor Project, the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ youth, might never have reached the visibility it has to this day. It's a mind-blowing shift, really, and one that has affected so many lives; saved so many lives, that a world without this organization is now unthinkable. Take it from me as the only out kid in my high school back in 1980 London, Ontario. Thankfully I wasn't bullied or harrassed, like others in that very same high school, but the threat is real, regardless, and the process of coming out is tense with shame and discomfort. The film, I've been told, is a complete charmer (I'll have to watch, as I also hear numerous things about it, mainly that it hasn't aged well), but the darkness of what's inside the structure, namely suicide within the young gay community, sat heavy in my heart from the moment I walked into the Stage 42 Theatre one Saturday night in NYC. I was here to see a musical about a gay teenage boy, bullied into attempting suicide, and that felt like a complicated journey to orchestrate. How was Trevor: A New Musical going to pull this off?
The musical adaptation, with book and lyrics by Dan Collins (Harold & Lillian; Southern Comfort) and music by Julianne Wick Davis (The Pen; Southern Comfort), starts out pretty joyous and fun. Yes, it's another high school musical, with all the typical stereotypes paraded out by song, but the young titular lead, played wisely by Holden William Hagelberger (The Public SA's Matilda) is a whole new breed. He's filled, at least in Act One, with a solid worshiping energy of joyful adoration, specifically, in regard to sparkling diamond herself, Diana Ross, who shows up throughout, embodied by the delicious Yasmeen Sulieman (Broadway's Beautiful) to sing some solid classics that are smartly stitched into the playful plot. She is Trevor's emotional mentor, finding just the right thing, usually, to inspire and coax him along in his star-gazing journey. Act One feels as joyful as one could hope for, but in the back of our brain, we know where this is leading. The signs are all there, slipped in stereotypically, but we get caught up in Trevor's excitement; both the boy's and the musical's, that only when we break for intermission, does the inevitable darkness of what is to come start to sneak into our consciousness.
We know the bullying will begin, and it's gonna have to be strong enough to push our main character to attempt suicide. That we know, not deathly dark, but somehow we are tricked into thinking this might be going somewhere else, although we also know that's foolhardy to hold on to that hope. It's gotta go bad, but how will that balance with the feelings that have been heightened by director Marc Bruni's (Broadway's Beautiful) bubble gum beginning? And will it work emotionally?
Trevor sees the birth of potential stardom waiting for him within the high school's annual talent show, but his not-so-loving teacher doesn't want to give him a spot. She feels his ideas are inappropriate and not aligned with her gender-conforming constructs. It's the first sign of trouble for Trevor, but he doesn't let it deride his sparkly imaginary road to fame and fortune. Through a sweet friendship that slowly builds pretty authentically between Trevor and the popular high school jock, Pinky, played compassionately by Sammy Dell (School of Rock's first national tour), an alternative idea is born. Trevor wants to create, direct, and choreograph a new song and dance number, complete with top hat and canes, for the high school's basketball team, with Pinky leading the charge. The dream sequence of what's inside Trevor's head is deliciously fun. So glad the writers give us the chance to see this spectacular high kicking Broadway-style number, choreographed with style by the magnificent Josh Prince (Encores' The New Brain), but the reality is something completely different. No surprise there. In the talent show, traditionally, the team's number is a complete shameful, sexist, and homophobic mess of toxic masculine stereotypes, making fun of anything feminine or artsy. The laughs you see come from the team members dancing and prancing around in pink tutus, mocking anything that doesn't fit neatly and cleanly inside the gender conformist rule book within the school. That's a pretty powerful idea that doesn't really get the insight or attention it deserves from Trevor, but somehow inside that budding friendship, Pinky gets the team to go along with Trevor's plan. It doesn't mesh as well as it should although the cast of young performers sell the idea as well as they can. Right up until the ultimate betrayal of two friends. When the cruelty of teenagers comes stomping in for all to see. It is a heartbreaking scene that would sting even the hardest of souls.
On a solidly designed, but sometimes physically unstable set by Donyale Werle (Encores! Off-Center's Road Show), with perfectly orchestrated costumes by Mara Blumenfeld (Broadway's Metamorphoses), lighting by Peter Kaczorowski (Transport Group's The Unsinkable Molly Brown), and sound design by Cody Spencer and Brian Ronan (Broadway's War Paint), the switch from light to dark comes quick and complicated. Trevor's best friend, Walter (a good Aryan Simhadri) throws Trevor under the gay bus almost too casually, mainly because he's pissed about being sidelined by Trevor's new friendship with Pinky. It's obvious and completely understandable that Trevor is reading too much into the popular boy's kindness and engagement. We all see it more clearly, and know that this is where the eventual hurt will come from, but that the wound is set in motion by Walter is a bit of a kicker. The kids, in general, do a respectable job becoming cruel and mean, although there are few moments for these kids to vocally shine in the spotlight beyond playing stereotypes from other high school musicals. I see you, Mean Girls, although that show has a sharper edge to its writing. The kids certainly are enthusiastic and obviously believe in the material and the idea of Trevor, especially in their descent into cruelty, but director Bruni and the musical itself fail to show off the young singers' possible talent or range. It all feels a bit too high school if you know what I mean, like a high school musical production of the same show with a lot of earnestness and intent but not enough sharp focus on the whole.
There is a stiff and awkward weakness in the development of the adult characters, played by Sally Wilfert (Broadway's Assassins) and Jarrod Zimmerman (Writers Theatre's Sweet Charity). They come off more like sitcom characters in an overly simplistic family show, dulled of any real honest edge, negating the effectiveness within the construct, but the Frannie (a strong Isabel Medina) sidestep storyline is cute and enjoyable, although somewhat obvious. She, like many in this high school musical, isn't really given the chance to truly shine in the spotlight. It's all played somewhat too lightly and for laughs during the first act for the fall to feel all that devastating. We all get it, the hurt and the devastation of friendships broken, and see the moment with a pang to the heart, but I never felt that connected to Hagelberger's Trevor to really feel the stab completely. The scene of a distraught and heartbroken Trevor making a half-hearted attempt at self-harm involving battery wires doesn't electrify the moment as strongly as it should. His voice is good, and his energy infectious, but maybe when a character is played so lightly in the first half, the switch doesn't register as deeply or strongly as I had hoped.
He survives the attempt, obviously (I don't believe I'm spoiling anything really), but the switch from silly to serious doesn't feel that authentically curated, that is until Aaron Alcaraz (Broadway's Mean Girls) shows up as the hospital volunteer to deliver the strong "It Gets Better" number. This is where Trevor: A New Musical finally takes hold of the weight it has been given to present. This is serious stuff, teenage suicide because of sexual orientation and high school bullying, and Alcaraz does a fine job bringing the idea upfront and center.
Maybe I was wanting something different, or more serious from the very beginning, but this poppy big-hearted pop musical has a more big-hearted fun agenda stitched inside than maybe is necessary. The Diana Ross experience definitely adds to the enjoyment of the show, incorporating her well-known songs, "Do You Know?", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and the obviously appropriate "I'm Coming Out," bringing this show to its foregone conclusion with a dancey energy. The show is light-hearted and fun in these moments, and when it tries to darken its shine, I never found myself fully invested. I'm not convinced by Trevor, but I think I was the odd gay man out here, cause the crowd, even though only 1/3rd full, is totally on board, and to be honest, that fact is all that truly matters, and it really does make me a happy camper.
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PPV REVIEW: WWF Rebellion 2001
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Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Finally...The Rock returns to Manchester for World Wrestling Federation Rebellion, the latest in a series of UK-exclusive WWF Pay Per Views were nothing of lasting consequence ever seemed to happen.
Yes, it's becoming the norm that every Retro Pro Wrestling review of these shows starts with that kind of introduction, but while it's true that these shows rarely mattered in the grand scheme of things, that doesn't make them all completely terrible.
Since establishing both Rebellion and Insurexxion as UK PPV brands, the company had at least put some effort into delivering marquee matches and giving both shows a big-time feel.
Did that pay off in terms of quality entertainment? Or was this show forgettable in every sense f the word?
Let's head down to the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England, to find out.
Tonight, it's Austin vs. Rock III
Though their match at Wrestlemania 19 is generally referred to as Austin vs. Rock 3 (being their third 'Mania main event outing together) the actual third PPV main event match for the title between Steve Austin and The Rock would take place tonight here at The MEN Arena.
To build up to that, our opening match combines clips and soundbites from their previous feuds to make it appear as though tonight's match was to settle a recent grudge between them even though they hadn't had much interaction on TV since The Rock returned a few months previously.
Nonetheless, the video was decent stuff and led us to the usual pyro, crowd shots and greeting from our announcers Jim Ross and Paul Heyman.
The duo also told us that we'd see Chris Jericho defending the WCW title against Kurt Angle and then sent us to the ring for our opening contest.
World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Championship Steel Cage Match
WWF Intercontinental Champion Edge vs. WWF European Champion Christian
Edge and Christian had been a solid tag team and were good performers in their own right, but when they met in the ring that never really translated into the kind of awesome matches you'd hope they would have.
The two had met in a ladder match back at WWF No Mercy 2001 and that had suffered due to some problems with pacing.
This time out, the 'brothers' met in a cage match and though their pace was much better, the match still wasn't quite as good as this writer hoped it would be.
Then again, maybe that's simply a matter of me managing my expectations rather than there being anything wrong with the match itself.
After all, it was still an above-average effort that clearly delighted the Manchester crowd, and at the end of the day, that's probably all that matters.
Towards the finish, Christian looked to scale the cage and escape, only for Edge to drag his opponent's feet through the cage bars and hogtie them with wrist tape so that he (Edge) could climb over and to the outside.
Your Winner and Still Intercontinental Champion: Edge
After a video that reminded us that Kurt Angle had recently turned heel and joined The Alliance (dumbest move ever, by the way) we went backstage where Chavo Guerrero was all excited about his special assignment interviewing the divas.
Before Chavo could speak to any of the women, however, he was interrupted by Hugh Morrus who claimed that he too had been sent to do interview duties.
After a brief argument, the former Misfits in Action teammates stormed into the divas' locker room where Trish Stratus was busy getting changed.
The two turned into a couple of childish school children and giggled a lot before Trish sent the boys packing, promising to set them up an interview with her buddy Lita.
Scotty 2 Hotty vs. The Hurricane
Honestly, I think anybody who has anything bad to say about it this match either has no soul or is too far up their own arse to appreciate the fun that wrestling is supposed to be.
Both The Hurricane and Scotty 2 Hotty were competent light heavyweight wrestlers with entertaining gimmicks that were over with the crowd.
Combined, this made for a very enjoyable match that was a lot of fun to watch.
Although it wasn't going to be a Match of the Night contender, that was never its purpose.
Scotty and Shane had one job: go out and be entertaining.
They succeeded tremendously in that job and when Scotty 2 Hotty picked up the win thanks to his worm, it was a victory well earned.
Your Winner: Scotty 2 Hotty
Out in the back, Chavo and Hugh perved on Lita putting her pants on before Diamond Dallas Page told us that English people being depressed wasn't a bad thing it...was a good thing.
Diamond Dallas Page vs. The Big Show
Thankfully, this was short and painless.
The two battles back and forth for what couldn't have been more than three minutes. It wasn't very interesting, but it wasn't offensively bad or anything either.
After taking a Diamond Cutter from Page, The Big Show clambered to his feet, chokeslammed his opponent into oblivion, and won the match.
Your Winner: The Big Show
Afterward, DDP took to the microphone to claim that his loss was a good thing because now he'd get to leave the awful country of England.
Kurt Angle and the Knights of the Round Table
Out in the back, Guerrero and Morrus had given up pretending to want to interview anybody and were now openly admitting that they just wanted to barge into different locker rooms hoping to find women in various states of undress.
Alas, they had no such luck this time as Mighty Molly Holly was fully attired, though she was appalled that the two former WCW stars had seen her without her cape.
Speaking of WCW, Alliance members Shane McMahon, US Champion Kurt Angle, WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin, and his wife Debra were sat around a table in a darkened room with a spotlight of them.
They were there to talk strategy for tonight's show but everything went awry when Kurt realized that they were sat at a round table in England. Thus, he began comparing himself and his colleagues to the Knights of the Round Table.
"And of course, if we're the good knights, there's gotta be bad nights," said Kurt.
"I'm having a bad night right now," replied Austin, who got so fed up with Angle that he yelled at him and stormed off.
Ok, so that was pretty funny.
World Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship Three-Team Elimination Match
WCW Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D'Von Dudley) vs. The A.P.A (Bradshaw & Farooq) vs. The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff Hardy)
Though it was fairly obvious that Farooq and Bradshaw would be eliminated first to give us another standard Dudleyz/Hardyz encounter, that didn't stop this one from being a pretty good match.
For the most part, it was no different to any of the countless other matches you've seen between these teams so if you enjoyed those you'll enjoy this one and if you hated every match you've ever seen between them then this one will do little to change your mind about them.
This fan quite enjoyed it, and even though The Dudleyz got the predictable win thanks to the 3D, it was still a good outing.
Your Winners and Still WCW Tag Team Champions: The Dudleyz
Out in the back, Vince McMahon urged bitter rivals The Rock and Chris Jericho to shake hands and bury the hatchet so that Team WWF would have a better chance of winning at Survivor Series.
The two did as their boss requested, but as soon as Vince was gone they started brawling until a gaggle of referees and Arn Anderson broke them up.
Before the match, William Regal took to the microphone to address his hometown audience, thanking them for spending their unemployment allowance on coming to see him wrestle and insisting that he was a better role model than David Beckham and any one of the Manchester United football team.
Having firmly established himself as the heel, Regal locked up with his former sidekick Tajiri in a really good wrestling match.
The two took it to the mat, pounded the shit out of each other, and occasionally bust out a few fancy moves to create one of the better matches on what had already been a decent show.
Unsurprisingly, Regal picked up the victory with his Regal Stretch, but his celebration was short-lived when Tajiri recovered and blew the Green Mist of Doom in the Alliance Commissioner's face.
01.15.52 - Angle
Backstage, Michael Cole interviewed US champion Kurt Angle who made fun of Chris Jericho's Y2J nickname and promised to take his WCW title from him.
WCW Championship
WCW Champion Chris Jericho vs. WCW US Champion Kurt Angle
As was often the case with most wrestlers on these UK shows, it really felt as though Angle and Jericho weren't giving it their all here, but let's be honest:
Angle and Jericho at even 50% are still better than many people at 100% and so this was still a very good see-saw battle in which both champ and challenger traded the advantage several times.
They worked at a decent pace that was enough to keep the crowd entertained and deliver a captivating dual of submissions, suplexes, and more all without overexerting themselves.
After a good effort, Y2J rolled up his opponent to retain the WCW title.
Your Winner and Still WCW Champion: Chris Jericho
Unhappy with the decision, Angle attacked Jericho after the bell and destroyed him with a few Angle Slams.
Finally, The Rock Has Come Back to Manchester
Out in the back, Michael Cole asked The Rock how he could concentrate on his title match with Stone Cole with all that he had going on with Jericho.
The Great One clearly couldn't concentrate because all that he seemed to care about was whether Cole liked pie or strudel.
Which one was it? Did Cole like pie...or strudel.
IT DOESN'T MATTER...
Divas Tag Team Match
Mighty Molly & Stacy Kiebler vs. Lita & Torrie Wilson
Special Guest Referee: Trish Stratus
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I think this was the first instance of the company sandwiching a women's match between the two high profile PPV main events to give the crowd a breather.
Of course, the "divas bathroom break" would be a running joke for years until the women started to be taken more seriously, and I'm pretty sure it all started here.
The match was...well, it was a divas bathroom break which was a shame given that Molly Holly and Lita were talented performers and Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler at least looked like they were putting the effort in despite their limited experience.
Ultimately though, this was a whole lot of nothing leading up to an admittedly cool finish which saw Lita pick up the win for her team.
Your Winners: Lita and Torrie Wilson
Much like Kurt Angle in the previous match, Stacy Kiebler was unhappy with the result and confronted special referee Trish Stratus, only to get slapped and bulldogged.
Finally, after a look back at the long rivalry between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin, it was time for the two to meet in our main event.
World Wrestling Federation Championship
WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
Much as Angle and Jericho had done, Austin and The Rock failed to bring their A-game here, but their B-game was still good enough to provide a quality main event.
The two superstars took the obligatory walk up to the entrance in the early going and battled around ringside for a while before returning to the ring for an enjoyable back and forth brawl.
At every opportunity, Austin would throw his middle fingers in the air, mostly at the crowd but also towards referee Earl Hebner.
Finally having had enough of such behavior, Earl flipped Austin off in response and very loudly yelled 'F**K YOU!'
Hebner's potty mouth would later be punished when both champ and challenger accidentally bumped into him in quick succession, forcing the head zebra to lie out on the canvas for half a year.
Seriously, I've heard of referees 'taking a nap' when they get bumped in a match, but I'm pretty sure Earl got his full eight hours in here.
While he was doing that, Rock put the sharpshooter on his opponent only for Stone Cold to break free and apply a sharpshooter of his own.
"That's not one of Austin's specialty moves," said Jim Ross apologetically, covering for the fact that the champion had applied possibly the worst version of the hold you'd ever seen.
Honestly, if you're of the opinion that The Rock's sharpshooter was awful, you need to see this match just to see how much worse Austin's was.
Anyway, with the referee still out cold, we got run-ins from both Angle and Jericho before finally, Austin hit a stunner to retain his title.
Your Winner and Still WWF Champion: Steve Austin
Afterwards, Austin and Angle hugged and made their way backstage, presumedly to celebrate a triumph that few fans in the United States would ever actually hear about.
It's fair to say that not a single one of the WWF's UK-only PPVs were 'must-see' TV, and I say that as a Brit who was there love for some of the earlier shows.
Still, while WWF Rebellion 2001 wasn't exactly essential viewing, it was at least one of the better UK shows, with a decent double main event in the form of Rock/Austin and Angle/Jericho, a decent opening cage match and a surprisingly fun match between Scotty 2 Hotty and The Hurricane.
Don't go out of your way to watch this, but if you're bored and looking for something to watch, Rebellion should at least keep you relatively entertained for two hours and 15 minutes.
Other WWF/WWE UK event reviews:
WWF Battle Royal at the Royal Albert Hall 1991
WWF One Night Only 1997
WWF Mayhem in Manchester 1998
WWF Capital Carnage 1998
WWF No Mercy UK 1999
Other WWF Rebellion shows
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No. 436 - HAVE YOU RIDDEN A MILK COW LATELY?
HAVE YOU RIDDEN A MILK COW LATELY?
We have a television station in nearby Little Rock that has a feature each week on the 10 O'clock News titled, "Everyone has a story." If you will think about it, you have one too. Each week this attractive young lady reporter interviews some person from around our state and they get the opportunity to tell their story on television where thousands and thousands of viewers can see and hear it. Many of these are very good and I always enjoy the variety that comes with the territory. I just love people and think we are the most interesting creatures that God has placed on this earth. It's also interesting how the participants are selected. After the interview, this person has a dart and a map of the state placed behind them.
The person who has been interviewed, then flips the dart over their shoulder and where it lands on the map, is where next weeks story comes from. When the reporter gets to this new town, she takes the local telephone directory and opens to a page at random and then places her finger on that page. Where her finger lands is covering the name of next week's "Everyone has a story" participant. This is an interesting and never ending way of bringing common ordinary people into the limelight. Most of us like that and like I said earlier, we all have a story. With regard to this, some of my happiest times is just talking to people and hearing interesting things that have happened to them.
We have an excellent opportunity for this each month at our church. The first Sunday of each month we have a prayer breakfast and about four or five of us men are the cooks. I don't know how I got roped into this because I am sure not much of a cook, but once you fix bacon and biscuits in a good stove several times, it's downhill from there. We get there at 6:15 AM in order to be ready to serve at 8 O'clock when everyone else shows up. You can probably see the picture, four men in close quarters with two hours to talk about everything and everybody. I found out later that I was invited to be on the team is because I know so many one-liners.
To protect the guilty I am not going to give full names here, but I have heard some dandy stories. One of the fellows told about when he was a young lad growing up that he lived on a farm and they had a horse and a milk cow. Now horses are to ride but milk cows, usually no. However, on this particular day this man said he and several other boys were out riding horses and someone suggested they ride the milk cow. For young boys, say from seven to ten years of age, usually a suggestion is as good as done. If you don't know, in some parts of the country for young boys to ride the milk cow is almost a staple. I don't know this for sure, but I bet there are girls who have ridden a milk cow, too.
Later when I told this story to a man who is on staff at our church and originally from Oklahoma, he said. "When I was a young boy there were four of us kids on a milk cow and I was the one on the tail end. When this cow started up a steep bank I fell off and broke my arm." Needless to say, he has very vivid memories of riding a milk cow when he was growing up. There is a purpose in my sharing this, but first I want to tell you the funniest story I have heard since I became a part of the cook team several years ago.
One of our men whose name is Richard, has two brothers by the names of Ralph and Ronnie. When they were very young, around 4, 5, and 6, they used to all take a bath in the same tub. Ronnie was the youngest and one night after they all got out of the tub, one of the other brothers got the bright idea of putting the commode plunger on Ronnie's stomach. It was funny till they tried to get it off, but when it wouldn't release; this prank became a very serious mater. Richard said for some time they pulled Ronnie all around the kitchen floor, holding on to the commode plunger handle, trying to get it off, but it wouldn't budge. At this point they got scared and started crying. Finally their mother came in to find out what was going on and she sized up the situation. Like most mothers who can fix everything, she took her finger and ran it up under the edge of the plunger to break the seal and it came right off. Richard said he and Ralph were greatly relieved.Ê
The point I want to make is this. Back in the days when I was growing up, kids were kids and we did some foolish, mischievous and even dangerous things. Of course there were mean kids, especially boys, back then too, but parents and society had a way of dealing with them. Somehow we must stop teenage violence in our country. Ê(Jim Davidson is a motivational speaker and syndicated columnist. You may contact him at 2 Bentley Drive, Conway, AR 72034.)


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SMS authentication code includes ad: a very bad idea
Posted: July 1, 2021 by Christopher Boyd
We look at a recent incident where a Google SMS authentication user encountered an add attached to the code sent out.
SMS authentication codes are back in the news, and the word I'd use to summarise their reappearance is "embattled."
I can still remember a time where two-factor authentication (2FA), authentication grids, regional lockouts, Yubikeys, and offline authentication apps simply did not exist. And if they did, people out there sitting next to you, or on the bus, or in your office, typically did not use them. If you were phished, that was it. Your account was gone unless a non-convoluted recovery process was available.
Then, two-factor authentication slowly became a thing. The uptake still isn't great, but it's an improvement. If you're phished now, it (probably) won't hurt you because the attacker also needs your authentication code. If they don't have the code, they'll sit and stare forlornly at your password then give up.
You're going to ask me about the "probably" bit now, aren't you.
Which flavor of two-factor do you prefer?
There are caveats to two-factor, and it largely depends which kind of two-factor we're talking about.
Most people I know, and a majority of people I encounter online, use 1 of the following types:
SMS codes. These are sent to your mobile, via your carrier. The code is punched into the website after you enter a password, and that combined with the code lets you log in. Codes typically expire after a short period of time to ensure lots of valuable codes aren't left lying around all over the place.
Authenticator apps. These are apps which generate codes between short intervals, and they work offline. Do you find yourself in a location where you have no carrier signal? It doesn't matter with an authenticator app. I've known people who changed complex passwords to very basic ones they could remember when going overseas so they could still use their accounts. This isn't great, and a common workaround in the days before apps became widely available.
Of the two, apps are recommended as the more secure approach.
What's the problem with SMS?
You've had your account password stolen. You're still safe. They can't get in without the SMS code. You're still safe. The attacker's decided to contact your network provider. You're still…wait, what? They're on the phone to customer support, pretending to be you. You're…possibly in a bit of trouble here. They claim to have lost your phone, and could the network please redirect authentication codes to a "replacement" device.
You're basically doomed, sorry.
An Authenticator victory is (mostly) assured
With authenticators, there's nobody outside of your control at the phone company being phished. This stacks the odds heavily in your favour. However, I don't want to give you the wrong impression. Nothing is 100 precent bulletproof. Apps can occasionally fall foul to the most inventive of schemes.
Of the two, using an authenticator is still the best way to do things. So, then.
Embattled.
Of SMS codes and carrier ads
A developer Tweeted that they encountered a bizarre situation with a Google SMS code. Namely: the Google verification code came with an advert for a VPN service bolted on. You could even "tap to load preview".
I just received a two factor authentication SMS from Google that included an ad. Google's own Messages SMS app flagged it as spam.
What a shameful money grab. pic.twitter.com/NeStIndR6q
— Chris Lacy (@chrismlacy) June 29, 2021
The initial thought was "Why is Google placing ads on these codes"? That was quickly cleared up, however. Google wasn't responsible for this. The network carrier was to blame.
Introducing doubt into security practices
Consider that we're talking about codes designed to make your security stronger, with whatever privacy friendly enhancements such a thing may bring. The aim of the game is retreating to your hidey-hole and watching the attacks pass by harmlessly.
The aim of the game is not to have adverts bolted on to security code texts, from carriers able to read everything. Depending on ad tech used, it's entirely possible to make the ads "relevant" or targeted to the content of the SMS. Of all the things the ad could've been about, it's interesting that it happens to be about VPNs and staying safe from hackers.
This also opens up discussions on consent, who the ad network is, what's happening to your data/messages, and what kind of say you have in the matter. Worst case scenario, the ad leads to a rogue page or phishing site. There can't be many more ways to damage the reputation of using SMS codes as an added layer of security.
Keep using codes, but consider migrating to apps
Bottom line: this is a bad idea, will certainly put people off an already beleaguered security measure, and shouldn't be happening.
Authenticator apps are available on pretty much all mobile platforms at this point, and there's never been a better moment to consider making the switch. This is not a great thing to see happening, but hopefully Google casting an "Oh dear, what are you up to" eye over the carrier will deter others from replicating. Should you happen to see ads bolted on to your SMS codes, consider politely reaching out to some of the many Google security folks on twitter.
We don't need to see any more adverts attached to authentication codes.
Christopher Boyd
Lead Malware Intelligence Analyst
Former Director of Research at FaceTime Security Labs. He has a very particular set of skills. Skills that make him a nightmare for threats like you.


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Prague has a thriving jazz scene, and so there is no shortage of jazz clubs in the city. While some are undoubtedly tourist traps, there are plenty of fantastic venues that provide a memorable backdrop for enjoying some of the best that Czech and international musicians have to offer. Prague's jazz clubs range from stylish, swanky affairs to cozy underground caverns. One of my favorite venues, however, is a placed called Jazz Dock.
One of Jazz Dock's greatest appeals is that it is situated right on the Vltava, the river that runs through Prague. There is something truly romantic about a city that is traversed by a river, and this magic suffuses the club. At night, the twinkle of city lights reflects on the water and shines through the club's broad windows. Boats regularly float by at eye level. It's an intimate place with evocative lighting and sleek, modern design.
Jazz Dock brings in a range of artists from around the world playing everything from Dixie to Afro-Cuban to good ol' funk. Last weekend, I stopped by to see my friend's gospel choir, Gospel Limited, perform a rousing set.
In addition to great music, Jazz Dock also serves up some tasty dishes and stocks an impressive bar. In fact, it was there that I discovered Domaine de Canton, a French ginger liqueur. It has a smooth flavor, sweet but not too sweet and slightly reminiscent of carmelized ginger. Served on ice, it's the perfect drink to nurse while watching a show.
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His Master's Vox
Maria Chavez, Josh Tonsfeldt & Alexander Provan
An event, part of Standard Evaluation Materials
Maria Chavez is a sound artist who was born in Lima, Peru, and lives in New York. Her performances with turntables, sound sculptures, and installations are unified by her concern for accidents, coincidences, and failures. Her work combines the sounds etched in records with those produced by the interactions of needles and vinyl in various states of deterioration. Chavez has been a fellow at the Sound Practice Research Department at Goldsmiths, University of London and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and an artist in residence at CEC Artslink in St. Petersburg. She has presented and performed her work at numerous museums, universities, festivals, galleries, and clubs.
Josh Tonsfeldt is an artist who lives in Red Hook, New York. His work has recently been shown at the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Massachusetts), Simon Preston (New York City), Raucci/Santamaria (Milan), the Parrish Art Museum (New York), and Mendes Wood DM (Sao Paulo), and featured in Flash Art. His work will be on view at the MCA Chicago in the summer of 2018 as part of "I Was Raised on the Internet."
Alexander Provan is the editor of Triple Canopy and a contributing editor of Bidoun. He is the recipient of a 2015 Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and was a 2013–15 fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics. His writing has appeared in the Nation, n+1, Art in America, Artforum, Frieze, and in several exhibition catalogues. His work has been presented at the 14th Istanbul Biennial, Museum Tinguely (Basel), 12th Bienal de Cuenca (Ecuador), New Museum (New York), Kunsthall Oslo, and Hessel Museum of Art (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York), among other venues. Measuring Device with Organs was recently published by Triple Canopy as an LP.
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Oaths of the Blossoms, by Jared Stanley
Unseen Majority, by Chelsea Carey with Jared Stanley
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Event Published on March 29, 2018
Information Video Documentation
by Alexander Provan, Maria Chavez & Josh Tonsfeldt
The following video is composed from materials recorded and presented at His Master's Vox on April 19, 2018. To mark the publication of Alexander Provan's Measuring Device with Organs, Maria Chavez, a sound artist and DJ, performed with four turntables and many copies of the LP; Josh Tonsfeldt, a visual artist, projected home movies, animations, and found footage. Jessica Y Lee filmed the event and, for this video, combined the documentation with excerpts of Tonsfeldt's work; Provan utilized the audio recording in the creation of the soundtrack.
A video composed from materials recorded and presented at His Master's Vox. Performance by Maria Chavez, projections by Josh Tonsfeldt. Videography and editing by Jessica Y Lee. Direction and audio editing by Alexander Provan.
With Maria Chavez, Josh Tonsfeldt & Alexander Provan April 19, 2018 7:00 p.m. 264 Canal Street, 3W, New York, New York $8 admission, $18 for admission and vinyl LP
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An "expert listener"—a middle-aged, white audiophile with a passion for classic rock—undergoes a test meant to determine what sound should sound like, reliant on the ability of humans to act like hearing machines. He struggles to train his ears on the frequency response of audio files and vanquish the memories evoked by saxophone arpeggios, symphonies, snippets of Led Zeppelin and ABBA. Fragments of harp melodies form an unnerving drone; pristine cymbals combine with tanpura drones and deformed vocals; a canned score, loaded with violin glissandos, manipulates the emotions, but to what end (except to exhibit the technical qualities of such sounds)? Are these passages part of the test, the listener's mental projections, or both?
Alexander Provan's Measuring Device with Organs, a sound work published by Triple Canopy as an LP, narrates a listening test and reveals how we are subjected to the edicts of anonymous experts: each time we open an MP3 or MOV, play a record or CD, we effectively universalize their tastes—and suppress the sensory experiences of millions of others. To mark the publication of the LP, responses will be presented by Maria Chavez, a sound artist and DJ, and Josh Tonsfeldt, a visual artist. Chavez will employ four turntables and many copies of the LP, which she'll invite the audience to configure and play; she'll then manipulate the records, amplify and isolate particular sounds, fixate on their objective qualities and alter their meaning. Tonsfeldt's projections will coincide with Chavez's performance. His videos, animations, and found footage will vacillate between basic geometries and intimate imagery, between distinct vessels for meaning (as conjured by the viewer, author, and medium).
Before and after the performance, which will go on for approximately forty-five minutes, a drink invented for the occasion, the Expert Listener, will be available for cheap. Whomever correctly guesses the ingredients will win free drinks for the rest of the night and two copies of the LP.
His Master's Vox is part of Standard Evaluation Materials, an issue devoted to harmonizing bodies, regulating speech, and fixing time. The event is co-presented by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, where Provan developed Measuring Device with Organs as part of a fellowship.
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Triple Canopy's venue is located at 264 Canal Street, 3W, near several Canal Street subway stations. Our floor is accessible by elevator (63" × 60" car, 31" door) and stairway. Due to the age and other characteristics of the building, our bathrooms are not ADA-accessible, though several such bathrooms are located nearby. If you have specific questions about access, please write at least three days before the event and we will make every effort to accommodate you.


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Indictment: Woman murdered adopted son. Warrants allege she taped boy's mouth, beat him with yardstick.
Michael Hewlett
A Rural Hall woman was indicted Monday on a charge that she murdered her adopted 5-year-old son, leaving him with bruises all over his body. According to search warrants, she told police that she had taped the child's mouth to keep him from screaming and had beaten him with a yardstick and a charger cord.
Kimberly Monique Smith, 37, of the 2300 block of Whisperwood Street, was indicted for first-degree murder in the June 6 death of 5-year-old Kendall Marquise Smith. She is also facing a charge of felony intentional child abuse, inflicting serious bodily injury in connection to Kendall's 6-year-old brother, according to court records. Kimberly Smith has not been indicted for that charge. She is in the Forsyth County Jail with no bond on the murder charge.
Winston-Salem police officers went to Kimberly Smith's home at 9:49 p.m. on June 6, along with emergency-medical technicians, after getting a 911 call about an unresponsive child.
Officers found Gwendolyn Moultrie Rice, Smith's friend, performing CPR on Kendall in a bedroom. Kendall was taken to Brenner Children's Hospital. Kendall was pronounced dead at 10:53 p.m. that same night, search warrants said.
Officer J.M. Shupe went to the hospital and saw that Kendall had extensive bruising on his body. Kendall also had an abrasion on the tip of his penis and a laceration on his scrotum, the search warrants said.
Dr. William Harrison, a pathologist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, performed an autopsy and concluded that Kendall died from blunt-force trauma to the back of his head, which caused his brain to swell and led to a lack of oxygen, according to the search warrant. Harrison also found cuts, bruises and other marks that were left by some kind of object, the search warrants said. A belt buckle mark on Kendall's body appeared to match a belt that investigators had seized from Kimberly Smith's house, search warrants said.
"Detectives also compared the masking tape found at the scene and determined it had been used to tape Kendall's mouth shut by wrapping it twice around his head and neck," the search warrants said.
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According to the search warrants, Kimberly Smith gave several different explanations on how Kendall was injured.
She initially told investigators that she had been playing with Kendall in the upstairs hallway, holding Kendall under his arms and lifting him in the air about six to seven feet, according to the search warrants. She said she tripped over his brother, falling to the floor and dropping Kendall on his head. She told investigators that Kendall cried and then went limp.
But the brother told Deann Brodie, a social worker with the Forsyth County Department of Social Services, that he had not bumped into his mother and Kendall hadn't fallen, the search warrants said. He also didn't mention anything about Kendall playing with Kimberly Smith and told Brodie that his mother spanked him and Kendall with a wooden yardstick the night before for drinking out of a sippy cup belonging to Rice's son. The brother told Brodie that his mother had struck Kendall with a belt and a phone charger and had flicked his and Kendall's genitalia for wetting the bed, according to search warrants.
When investigators spoke to Kimberly Smith again, she denied causing her son's injuries and said that Kendall was clumsy. She also accused the brother of lying, the search warrant said.
Brodie told police on June 8, the same day that the autopsy on Kendall was conducted, that Kimberly Smith reached out to her and said she had not been honest about what happened to her son, according to the search warrants. Smith said Kendall had fallen after running "suicides" drills in the bedroom. "Suicide drills" are when people run multiple times at high speeds to a certain distance and back again.
Kimberly Smith said Kendall had collapsed. But Harrison told detectives that it was not likely that Kendall received these injuries from doing those drills and then falling, search warrants said. That night, Smith was charged with child abuse in connection to the 6-year-old and was interviewed a third time by detectives.
Search warrants said it was this third time when she admitted that she had taped Kendall's mouth shut to keep him from screaming and that she had hit him with a yardstick and charger cord. She told detectives that Kendall was running "suicide drills" as punishment for drinking after 5 p.m. "when he fell back on his head and started losing consciousness. She said she put Kendall in the bathtub and ran water over him to try to wake him up while also performing what are called sternum rubs. She did this for 30 minutes before she called Rice over, and Rice called 911.
One of the search warrants alleged that Smith had searched online for funeral homes or locations that perform cremations.
At the end of the interview, Smith was charged with murder. As she was being led out of the interviewing room, Smith said, "I didn't mean to kill my son. It was an accident."
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