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The Case against Schizophrenia
The year 2011 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the introduction of the diagnosis of schizophrenia by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (Bleuler, 1911). In this article we propose that the best way to celebrate this event is to consign the diagnosis to history. In doing so, we declare our support for the position already set out by the Campaign for the Abolition of the Schizophrenia Label, that there can no longer be any justification for the continued use of the diagnosis because the way it is used is unscientific and harmful (CASL, 2010).
We endorse the Campaign by presenting additional information in support of their position. There are three arguments against the way the diagnosis of schizophrenia is used; it has no scientific basis, it is harmful, it leads to stigma. It is worth noting that the latest thinking from the American Psychiatric Association suggests that there may be no place for subtypes of schizophrenia in DSM-V, although the concept is still retained (DSM-V, 2010). The arguments we develop here are specifically directed at the diagnosis of schizophrenia. We are not proposing the complete abandonment of diagnosis in psychiatry, which needs to be recognized for what it is. Diagnoses are simply working concepts for clinicians justified by their clinical utility (Kendell & Jablensky, 2003). The problem is that the label 'schizophrenia' has lost any such value, because it has become reified into something that it is not.
The diagnosis of schizophrenia has no scientific basis
There have been many excellent and thoughtful critiques of the concept of schizophrenia from a scientific perspective (Boyle, 2002; Johnstone, 2000; Bentall, 2003). Over the last thirty years or so, academic psychiatrists have worked hard to improve the reliability of psychiatric diagnosis. This is partly in response to critics of psychiatry who pointed out that the diagnosis of schizophrenia was meaningless because of poor levels of agreement between psychiatrists about key symptoms of schizophrenia. They were also unable to discriminate between sane and insane people (Rosenhan, 1973). The introduction of DSM-III and DSM-IV imposed diagnostic agreement on the profession through the use of check-lists of diagnostic criteria, but this has served to highlight an even more fundamental problems with the concept of schizophrenia, its validity.
The philosopher Carl Hempel (1961) argued that the validity of a concept like schizophrenia depended upon the extent to which it represents a naturally occurring category. If it does, then there should be an identifiable biological property of those who have the diagnosis that makes them unique and distinct from those who don't. In other words the category should 'carve nature at the joint'. The failure of basic science research to reveal a specific biological abnormality that distinguishes those who are categorised as having schizophrenia from those who don't indicates that categorical diagnostic systems such as DSM-IV and ICD-10 have outlived their usefulness (van Os, 2003; van Os, 2003a; Anckarsäter, 2010). Even researchers in genetics (Owen et al, 2007) are now arguing that the categorical diagnosis of schizophrenia is severely handicapping their studies.
A central feature of diagnosis in medicine is that it should predict the future course of the disease if left untreated (its natural history), as well as the response to specific forms of treatment. Kraepelin (1913) reported that only 13% of his patients suffering from dementia praecox (schizophrenia) recovered, but the evidence from more recent long-term outcome studies of people with the diagnosis shows that in broad terms 50% or more of people improve significantly (Bleuler, 1978; Ciompi, 1980), and many recover fully. Recent work in Singapore and Madras confirms this. Kua et al (2003) found that two thirds of patients in Singapore had good or fair outcome at 20 years. In Madras, Thara et al (2004) found that only 5 out of 61 subjects followed up over 20 years had been continuously ill. More than three quarters were in employment. There is simply no evidence to support the view that the diagnosis of schizophrenia predicts poor outcome.
Moreover, there is no evidence that there are any specific biological treatments for schizophrenia. Although antipsychotic drugs are sometimes claimed to reverse a biochemical imbalance, no such imbalance has been demonstrated. The drugs are more likely to work through their general suppressant effects, which they exert in anyone who takes them and not just in people diagnosed with schizophrenia (Moncrieff, 2008). The condition is not only unscientific but a barrier to recovery.
The diagnosis of schizophrenia is harmful
Some people appear to be happy to receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia. It is one way in which they can make sense of their experiences (Jameson, 1996). However many find it unhelpful (Rogers, et al, 1992). A large-scale study in nearly thirty countries involving face-to-face interviews with over seven hundred people diagnosed with schizophrenia found that 54% reported that the diagnosis had been a disadvantage (Thornicroft et al, 2007). Similar findings emerge in personal stories of those diagnosed with schizophrenia (Read & Reynolds,1996). In our view there are four main reasons why the diagnosis of schizophrenia can be harmful; it is a barrier to recovery, it forecloses the importance of meaning, it invokes powerlessness, it obscures the importance of contexts.
A barrier to recovery
The word 'recovery' is strongly tied to the medical model; we speak of people recovering from cancer or open heart surgery. But for many survivors and service users the word has a different meaning, one that implies speaking out, an act of reclamation, or, as Coleman (1999) says, 'having a voice'. Without a language to speak, a voice to speak with, and opportunities to be heard by others, there can be no story and no recovery. Through social action the survivor movement has created safe spaces in which individuals can start the process of telling their own stories. The point here is that the meaning of recovery for service users and survivors in Britain (Coleman, 1999; Faulkner & Layzell, 2000; May, 2000) and in the USA (Chamberlin, 1978; Deegan, 1996) is very closely tied to the struggle of survivors to have the right to tell their own stories in their own way.
The real problem with the diagnosis of schizophrenia as far as recovery is concerned is that it imposes a narrative of despair on those so identified. The late Robert Barrett, an Australian psychiatrist and anthropologist, examined the cultural preoccupations that shaped the origins of the concept of schizophrenia in the nineteenth century (Barrett, 1996). One was the contrast between the integration and disintegration of the individual. Another was a concern with the Enlightenment ideal of progress and its opposite, degeneration. Both had a great influence on the emerging discourse about schizophrenia, and this persists today. It is seen in the belief that schizophrenia is a condition that inevitably has a poor prognosis, and from which the chances of recovery (restitutio ad integrum) are slim. It is to be found in words like 'deterioration', 'deficits' and 'defect state', and instantiated in services whose purpose is to ensure the rapid and early drug treatment of young people in their first episode of psychosis to prevent 'deterioration'. These are narratives of hopelessness and despair.
It forecloses meaning
Diagnosis obliterates meaning by transforming significant experiences into a narrow disease framework. Louise Pembroke (1996) found that when her psychiatrist diagnosed her as 'schizophrenic', he not only disregarded her own spiritual understanding of her experiences, but problematised this by regarding it as a symptom of her illness. O'Hagan (1996) describes how her psychiatrist's preoccupation with her diagnosis and medical treatment meant that he turned away from her suffering and failed to engage with it. The requirement to render patients' experiences in terms of a diagnostic category means that complex and important experiences are stripped of their meaning by identifying them as symptoms.
Brunner (1996) understood her psychosis in terms of her mother's experiences of madness after moving from Jamaica to England in the 1950s and through their shared experiences as Black women in a predominantly white culture. Likewise, Dewan (1996) understood her psychosis in terms of her mixed cultural heritage (Indian and Irish Catholic). Racism features prominently in both women's understandings of their psychoses. They contrast their contextualised understandings with reductive psychiatric diagnosis in terms of disordered brain function that requires medication. This is particularly significant in the light of evidence that African and African-Caribbean people are much more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia (e.g., Cochrane, 1977; Carpenter & Brockington, 1980; Dean et al, 1981; Harrison et al, 1988; van Os et al, 1996).
It invokes powerlessness
Peter Campbell (1996) saw the power of psychiatry in terms of the influence and control it had in many areas of his life. Although his psychiatric diagnosis was manic depressive psychosis, his experiences reflect more generally those of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. He makes two points about the power of psychiatry. First, the judgement that a person 'lacks insight' is profoundly disempowering, especially when 'insight' means agreeing that you are suffering from schizophrenia. To say that someone lacks insight is not to state a fact but to make a judgement, one that reduced him to a '…category of persons whose experience is devalued, status diminished and rational evidence dismissed…' (ibid: 57). He also points out how diagnosis and the biomedical model it implies is now the dominant framework through which society interprets psychosis. This has two implications; it means that it is only possible to talk about recovery in terms of symptoms control, which many service users find very unhelpful, and it contributes to the predominantly negative view, in society, of people who experience psychosis. We will return to this shortly.
It obscures the importance of contexts
We have already seen that the use of the diagnosis of schizophrenia pays scant regard to cultural contexts and personal narratives rooted in this. However, the contexts that we are particularly concerned with here are those that involve experiences of trauma and abuse. This is important because there is a substantial body of evidence linking the experience of hearing voices and other psychotic experiences to trauma and abuse in adults and children (Romme & Escher, 1989, 1993; Honig et al, 1998; Escher et al, 2002; Greenfield et al, 1994; Goodman et al 1997; Mueser 1998; Read et al 2003; Morrisson, 2003; Bebbington et al, 2004). This resonates powerfully with the experiences of the Hearing Voices Network. Speaking at a conference in Manchester in 2006, the National Chair of the organization described how it had listened to the experiences of people who hear voices for fifteen years, many of whom had been diagnosed schizophrenic, but whose life experiences included sexual, physical and racial abuse, poverty, neglect and stigma (Dillon, 2006). This is why it is so important to attempt to understand psychotic experiences in the context of the person's life story. Not to do so can be harmful because it obscures and mystifies the origins of problematic experiences and behaviour that has the potential to be understood (Romme & Escher, 2000).
The diagnosis of Schizophrenia leads to stigma
It is widely believed that improving public understanding of schizophrenia in biomedical terms will improve public attitudes towards people with the diagnosis, and thus reduce stigma. This because it is assumed that if the causes of psychosis are attributed to biological factors over which the person has no control, then the individual cannot be blamed or held responsible. In fact recent research evidence refutes this view. Angermeyer & Matschinger (2005) subjected two representative population surveys of public attitudes to psychiatric patients (using vignettes of schizophrenia and depression), conducted in the Länder of the former German Federal Republic in 1990 and 2001 to a trend analysis. Over the period of the study an increase in public acceptance of biomedical explanations of psychosis was associated with a public desire for increased distance from people with schizophrenia. These trends did not hold for major depressive disorder.
Read et al (2006) have comprehensively reviewed the literature on stigma and schizophrenia to assess whether the 'schizophrenia is an illness like any other' approach helps reduce prejudice towards those with the diagnosis. They found an increase in biological causal beliefs across Western countries in recent years, suggesting that this approach is gaining hold. However, biological attributions for psychosis were overwhelmingly associated with negative public attitudes in 18 of 19 studies, whereas psychosocial attributions were associated with positive attitudes in 11 of 12 studies. Biological attributions are thus strongly linked to negative public attitudes, or stigma. This appears particularly to be the case for the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Sayce (2000) has described in detail the implications of stigma, particularly the loss of citizenship associated with being a psychiatric patient. A label of 'chronic schizophrenia' interferes with a person's identity and biography (Riemann, 1987). In addition, the presence of "insight" in schizophrenia lowers self-esteem and leads to despair and hopelessness (Bassman, 2000), and also predicts higher levels of depression and risk of suicide attempts four years later (Crumlish et al, 2005). Hasson-Ohanon et al (2006) found that the presence of 'insight' was negatively correlated with emotional well-being, economic satisfaction and vocational status. Accepting a diagnosis of schizophrenia means that the person must also accept the negative public attitudes and stigma associated the diagnosis. As we have seen, the diagnosis brings expectations of a gloomy outlook with lifelong dependency on psychiatric treatment and little chance of complete recovery. Thus rejecting the diagnosis (or 'lack of insight') may be understood as a positive way of coping with the implications of the diagnosis for personal identity.
We have set out three major objections to the continued use of the diagnosis of schizophrenia. It has no scientific basis, it is harmful, and it makes stigma worse. In addition to this, it is a barrier to recovery, and it is an obstruction to the possibility of finding meaning in psychosis. It invokes powerlessness, and disregards personal contexts of trauma and abuse.
Diagnosis in psychiatry involves much more than simply 'carving nature at the joint', which lays the emphasis on diagnosis as a scientific project. Diagnosis is not only about identifying disease but also about understanding the reasons for action. The value-laden nature of diagnosis is a sign of its meaningful nature. Assuming schizophrenia is an entity of some kind directs attention away from important clinical features of diagnosis, especially those narrative aspects that are important in teasing out the different meanings of suffering, from the patient's perspective, the family's and the clinician's. We are certainly not opposed to this, but there can be no justification for the continued use of a diagnosis like 'schizophrenia' that serves to obscure meaning, is unscientific and harmful.
We fully support the Campaign for the Abolition of the Schizophrenia Label, and will work with them and others committed to getting rid of it. The onus is on clinicians and academics in the field of mental health to work much more closely with service users and carers to find more acceptable ways of identifying and naming psychosis.
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Discovering Detroit's Techno Roots
Modified: February 11, 2020
For those not already aware of this stronghold community, Detroit's best kept musical secret remains: the city that automated the world and gave us the sweet, smooth sounds of Motown, also created dance floor euphoria for the masses with the birth of techno.
Every year, as the magic of Detroit summer rolls in, so do the welcoming, pulsing, groove-inducing beats, resonating from Hart Plaza – Movement Festival (formerly DEMF) acts as a once-a-year Mecca for techno fans from across the world. In beautiful, sweaty crowds, Berliners and Parisians dance alongside westside and eastside Detroiters to classic acts like The Belleville Three and sets from modern DJs who have continued to evolve the genre.
Pulling from the region's industrial roots, Detroiters introduced the world to a sound unlike any other and every year, Movement serves as a culmination of a truly unique musical heritage. But Detroit's techno roots staked their ground in the city far before DEMF's first year – and the city keeps the sound alive long after the last stage is deconstructed in the Plaza. Techno is part of the Detroit hearts that continue to pulse in clubs, warehouses and intimate home venues all year long.
Jumping into Detroit's techno and house scene can be the focal point for a whole Detroit trip within itself (there's even a techno museum, available by appointment only!) and truly takes years to fully immerse into, understand, and become a regular at your favorite DJs sets. A protective yet welcoming community, Detroit's techno scene continues to survive on their closeness, in turn, maintaining authenticity.
Images, clockwise from left: Stacey Pullen by Paxahau; crowd at 2019 Movement Detroit by Doug Wojciechowski; 1492 Gratiot, where techno in Detroit began, by Bill Bowen; the Belleville Three
"The Detroit Techno sound still resonates around the globe. Four African American teenagers created this - deeply inspired by life in Detroit, the "marriage" of cold synthesized sounds and warm George Clinton-esque funk is unmatchable. Long live Detroit Techno!" - Adriel Thornton
How Detroit became Techno City
Open any "history of techno" book, blog, etc. and The Belleville Three appear as the origin point for modern techno – Belleville being a small suburb southwest of Detroit where the originators Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson went to school and began creating together. But many other acts from the early days of Detroit's techno and rave scene remain heavy hitters in modern techno, like Eddie Fowlke and DJ Stingray. Several waves of DJs have followed these creators, influenced by their craft and evolving the sounds they originally put forth.
In an era of 1980s social conservatism outside Detroit city lines, the early shows served as safe havens for youthful listeners, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community. To this day, techno gatherings continue to provide a refuge from the mainstream for marginalized groups and listeners.
Detroit's style of techno and house music may have originated on streets stemming from Woodward Avenue, but its intoxicating style transcended the Midwest, and even more broadly, the United States itself. Europeans – most specifically, Berliners – took a liking to the sounds pumping out of the Motor City.
"After the wall fell in 1989 it was new," says Walter Wasacz, a long-time techno journalist from Detroit. "It was like now we can do things that we couldn't do before, there was a freedom to do more things creatively, [and] Detroit techno fit into that. It was a reunification of east and west Berlin, of east and west Germany, and Detroit techno was the soundtrack of reunification," recently told the Metro Times
Historical context linked Berlin and Detroit in their unique struggles post-industry and as they continued to find their footing on the way back – techno was the soundtrack and soother in these transitions. Forever united by these sounds, the sounds of Detroit techno remain a mainstay in Berlin nightlife.
Places to go to get-down:
Though most of the clubs and spaces that hosted the techno diehards of the 1980s and 1990s are now just a memory, venues across the city still become the gathering place for those looking for a techno night (and maybe early morning) out.
TV Lounge: Known for hosting some of the biggest names in techno and its perfect outdoor party space, TV Lounge remains a go-to for the ultimate techno experience.
Marble Bar: A relatively new music-heavy venue in the city, Marble has made a name for itself quickly, hosting iconic DJs and parties for techno-lovers.
Leland City Club: House and sound shows find a home at this gritty club, housed in the historic Leland Hotel building.
Temple Bar: A Cass Corridor staple, Temple Bar has the feel of a basement party you stumbled upon – the only difference is the DJ is a talented professional and not your friend's cousin's friend.
The Grasshopper Underground: This underground dance party in Ferndale showcases live techno. Book a table through their website.
El Club: A favorite smaller concert venue among locals, El Club in Southwest Detroit hosts upcoming techno acts and other genres. They serve some great food, too.
Various pop-ups across the city – whether it's a spare warehouse on the eastside, or a backyard at a friend's house, techno is everywhere – for many techno-listeners and DJs, the beauty of the genre is believing in its accessibility and communality.
Images, clockwise from left: The Berlin Wall's Bradenburg Gate by Sue Ream; TV Lounge in Detroit by Bill Bowen; ZGTO Ghostly's DJ at Movement Opening Party at Marble Bar by Doug Coombe; Mayer Hawthorne DJ set at Deluxx Fluxx by Doug Coombe
"Detroit not only stemmed the soundtrack to of the revival of the most thriving dance music city in the world, Berlin, but what is even more exciting is that Detroit has not stopped since then. It continues to boast a brilliant, supportive, unparalleled, internationally-recognized creative community that's grinding to keep it thriving as one of the most exciting places to live, visit, and dance every day of the week." - Gin Ebony
What does Detroit techno mean to locals?
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With a techno thriving scene in the city, locals, Detroiters, enthusiasts and experts alike fight to maintain the inclusive, exciting community it has always been. What does Detroit techno mean to those who are a part of it? From its origins to its influence today, techno clearly remains a piece of the heart and soul of the city and its people.
"Detroit's Techno heritage is just as important as Motown's. The fact that what is currently the most popular music in the world was created here is astounding. The Detroit Techno sound still resonates around the globe. Four African American teenagers created this – deeply inspired by life in Detroit, the "marriage" of cold synthesized sounds and warm George Clinton-esque funk is unmatchable. Long live Detroit Techno!" – Adriel Thornton
"I choose to be here because there is no place like Detroit. I have toiled with this truism and challenged it in many ways and only recently have come to accept this. I just returned home from a month long tour to gather interview content for my radio show, visiting other dance music cities (DMC's) to have conversations about the differences between DMC's, the histories that have formed them, and what challenges and strengths they currently hold. Any person (underground dance music community organizer) that I spoke with who had been to Detroit claimed there was no place like it, and anyone who hadn't been, couldn't wait to go. Detroit not only stemmed the soundtrack to of the revival of the most thriving dance music city in the world, Berlin, but what is even more exciting is that Detroit has not stopped since then. It continues to boast a brilliant, supportive, unparalleled, internationally-recognized creative community that's grinding to keep it thriving as one of the most exciting places to live, visit, and dance every day of the week." – Gin Ebony
"Detroit Techno was part of the rebirth of the City of Detroit. We put a worldwide spotlight on Detroit in the 1990s, when it was mostly cast negatively. Detroit Techno was started by a few individuals who had a vision of what the music and what the culture could convey. Being a pioneer of the scene, I personally feel how the culture has evolved has a direct impact with today's musicians. As a person who didn't originally have a passion for scenes and the music industry, it is amazing how deeply entrenched my roots are in this music, aka Detroit Techno!" – Tim Price
Who to see today:
Some of Detroit's biggest DJs are still busy touring the world, many of them will return to Detroit for hometown shows and packed dancefloors. The beauty of Detroit? You may stumble upon a techno legend playing a set at a small, intimate venue and wind up dancing alongside diehards.
Wanting to dip your toes into Techno City sounds today? Dive into some live set recordings and tracks before you venture to the Detroit venues:
DJ Beige
DJ Holographic
Stacey "Hotwaxx" Hale – The Godmother of House
A community who has upheld a sound and movement for decades, techno is a pillar in the city's social and musical history. As the stages go up at Hart Plaza every year, we are reminded of what was created by the spirit of dedicated, creative Detroiters – explorable anytime of the year. May brings the city's biggest celebration of this heritage, but the scene remains forever.
Author: Chloe Seymour
Images, clockwise from left: Haleem "Stringz" Rasul performing in Eastern Market by Bill Bowen; Stacy "Hotwaxx" Hale by Andrew Stefanik; DJ at Marble Bar by Paxahau; Mike Ellison at Submerge Record Distribution by Andrew Stefanik
Hero image: Movement Electronic Music Festival by Joe Gall
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Author's Note: The author herself is an enthusiast and continues to learn about Detroit techno's every day - she is deeply grateful for the experts and longtime members of the techno community who shared themselves for this article.
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You Should moderate buy Your Position in Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (OVID): Analyst's Opinion
Colin Adrian
Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (OVID) saw downtrend of -3.20% in the recent trading with $2.42 being its most recent. The current price level -74.26% lower than the highest price of $9.40 marked by the stock while trading over the past 52-weeks, whereas it is 34.44% higher than the lowest price of $1.80 the company dropped to over past 52-weeks. The latest news story on OVID appeared in GlobeNewswire under the title "Ovid Therapeutics Announces Addition to the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index" on Dec-16-20.
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Squeezing the time span to 30 day period shows us the stock is currently trading -15.38% below one month high and is +7.56% above of the lowest during that time. Looking into the simple moving average, Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (OVID)'s stock stands at a SMA-50 of $4.06 while that of 5-day is reading $2.45.
Daily rise and fall of price influence many of the traders, and in order to overcome the fluctuating effect of that and to watch the stock closely, traders focus more on stock's 200-day moving average. At various points in trading activity, investors are more likely to be making use of that measure as a strong indicator in figuring out their support and resistance levels, and OVID's SMA-200 as of now is $5.23.
Coming around sales and income figures, publically trading companies under normal circumstances post earnings and revenues near to average estimates by the Wall Street analysts, but those could came either above or below estimates and known as surprise factor. Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (OVID) last released financial results for the quarter that ended 9/29/2020, posting a surprise factor of 22.20% for net revenue. During the reported three-month period, company's sales were $6.91 billion while analysts on average were estimating the same to be $4.16 million.
The perspective of Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:OVID)'s current quarter earnings identifies that analysts are in consensus over the estimate of -0.36 for stock's EPS in the current quarter. 7 analysts covering the stock at Wall Street were agreed upon that EPS consensus. Company's EPS for the last quarter was -0.28.
Investors get the exact data about the key information of institutional ownership in a listed company through its 13F filings at the Stock Exchange Commission (SEC). The total number of common shares currently owned by the public is 59.41 million. OVID does have institutional investors; and they hold 39.80% or $285.56 of the stock.
Moreover, the latest SEC filings also revealed that stock came across 0 new insider purchases involving 0 shares. On the other hand, OVID declared 0 shares have been sold in 0 insider transactions over the past three months.
As on Sep 29, 2020, BVF Inc. was the top most holder in Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:OVID) with an ownership of 3.62 million shares of the company or 5.71% of the stake worth $20.79 million. The filing also reveals Blackrock Inc. as the second largest holder in the company with a control over 4.35% of the outstanding shares. Its stake is worth $15.84 million for having 2.76 million shares in hand.
Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) also came holding a key position in the company during the recent quarter and it now holds 4.09% of the outstanding shares. With this there are now 118 institutions which have possession in OVID's shares.
Investors are for sure keenly observing the recommendations of analysts at Wall Street about the Ovid Therapeutics Inc. And review of current evaluations agreed by the analysts discloses a Buy rating for OVID. The simple numeric range of brokerage firm referenced at the scale of 1 to 5 reads a current average recommendation of 2.00 for the stock. Lower value of between 0 and 2 implies a Buy recommendation whereas the value in the range of 2 to 3 suggests Hold while above 3 recommends the investors to Sell the stock. Currently, the stock has been recommended as Moderate Buy by 7 of the Wall Street analysts.
The liquidity is a key characteristic of any stock and is the main point of focus of both short-term as well as long term investors before start trading into a stock. In recently reported quarter, current ratio recorded by Ovid Therapeutics Inc. was 7.58 while posting a debt to equity ratio of 0.00.
Ovid Therapeutics Inc.'s return on equity, or ROE, is -141.00%, compared to the industry average of -46.26% for Healthcare – Biotechnology. Although this indicates that OVID fails to use its equity well, the metric will vary significantly depending on the industry.
To comprehend better with the trade moves and investors' behavior, exploring the short, medium and long term technical indicators along with average volume of a stock is an effective way to make use of. When looking into those indicators for Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (OVID), we notice that the stock's 20-day average volume is at 1,826,610 shares and 100% of short term indicators are suggesting the stock as Sell. Medium term indicators at an average of 100% are spotting the stock at Sell with its 50-day average volume of 1,780,570 shares. And to end, OVID's 100-day average volume is 1,422,242 shares with 100% of the long-term indicators pointing towards Sell for the stock.
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Mercedes-Benz to launch Level 3 self-driving system in 2022 after gaining regulatory approval
Mercedes-Benz has been granted regulatory approval in Germany for a new Drive Pilot Level 3 self-driving system, the automaker said on Thursday. The basis of the approval is the internationally valid UN Regulation 157 dealing with automated lane-keep systems, meaning Mercedes will be able to offer the system internationally, provided individual countries allow it.
On the SAE scale of self-driving capability, Level 3 denotes systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road in certain situations, but are far short of true autonomous driving as the driver still needs to be ready to take back control at any time. Mercedes said Drive Pilot will work in dense traffic on pre-mapped stretches of highway, at speeds up to 37 mph, with the system handling steering, acceleration, and braking.
With approval from the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) in hand, Mercedes plans to offer Drive Pilot on the S-Class sedan starting in the first half of 2022. Mercedes said regulatory approval also applies to the EQS electric hatch, but the automaker didn't say when the system would be available on that vehicle.
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The Road Traffic Act of 2017 created a legal framework for Level 3 systems in Germany, but the specific regulations that allowed Drive Pilot to be certified didn't come into force until the beginning of 2021, Mercedes noted.
Drive Pilot builds on the sensor suite from the S-Class' Driver Assistance Package, adding lidar, as well as a camera in the rear window and microphones designed to detect the lights and sirens from approaching emergency vehicles, Mercedes said. It also adds redundant steering, braking, and electrical systems, according to the automaker.
If the driver fails to take back control when prompted, the car will automatically slow to a stop, and activate its hazard lights, Mercedes said. Drive Pilot will also place an emergency call and unlock doors and windows to give first responders access in case of a health emergency, the automaker noted.
Mercedes said it will initially offer Drive Pilot on 8,196 miles of highway in Germany. The automaker also said test drives are underway in the U.S. and China, but didn't discuss when Drive Pilot might be available in those markets.
Other automakers are beginning to roll out their own Level 3 systems. Honda launched its own version on the Legend sedan (formerly sold in the U.S. as the Acura RLX) in Japan earlier this year, after getting regulatory approval in that country.
BMW is also expected to launch a Level 3 system developed with Intel's Mobileye division on the next-generation 7 Series, and later expanding availability to the 5 Series, X5, X7, and iX electric SUV.
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Mayo College Girls School (MCGS) came into being on August 1, 1988 as a purely residential English medium school. Known as the "sister school" of Mayo College, the school strives to meet the vision envisaged by its founders the Mayo College General Council and the Board of Governors to ensure that the girls acquire a broad range of skills, love of learning, tolerance and respect for the beliefs of others and basic values of truth and honesty. State of the art facilities for games and extra/co-curricular activities speak for the emphasis laid on the development of the child outside and beyond the classroom.
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Mayoor School, a co-educational day school was constituted on July 9, 1980 under the auspices of the Mayo College General Council, Ajmer. Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, the School aims to provide the best in holistic education. Set against the scenic backdrop of Madar Hill, the school premises encompass the historic Waddington Grounds, which at one time were the best football grounds of Mayo College. The School, situated on the Mayo College campus, offers a wide range of diversified sports and extra-curricular activities, which have now become a hallmark of the institution.


Thursday: Is Amendment 2 the gateway to legalizing pot?
To hear the oppoinents tell it, Amendment 2 will not only usher in recreational use. It will erode the family-friendly culture that is Florida. Sodom and Gomorrah will have nothing on South Florida, the I-4 Corridor and the "Redneck Riviera all buzzed up on the high of legal cannabus.
Don't believe the hype, folks. Amendment 2 isn't quite the end of days. Knowing our leaders in the state Capitol like I do, there's no way the Sunshine State goes the route of Colorado. No way!
The Florida Legislature already approved the Charlotte's Web bill, in part to thwart efforts by the likes of Orlando attorney and uber Democrat John Morgan and his partner, Charlie Crist, from capitlalizing on a more expansive medical marijuana amendment to the state Constitution.Gov. Rick Scott signed that bill into law, but that didn't slow down enthusiasm for Amendment 2.
If it passes, and I still think it will, state lawmakers will rally to craft implementing legislation that will be restrictive enough to kill any buzz recreational users might think they'll get with the amendment. The new rules going forward will limit marijuana to medical use -- and don't be suprised if some rather obvious medical ailments get short shrifted under the new rules.
Sorry, folks. The Rocky Mountain High will remain in Colorado. No chance of it occurring here.


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US strikes pro-govt forces in Syria, shoots down drone
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The US-led coalition has struck Syrian pro-government forces near its training base of At Tanf, and shot down an armed drone outside its deconfliction zone. The previous airstrike close to At Tanf on Tuesday was condemned by Damascus and Moscow.
Today was the third set of kinetic strikes the U.S. conducted in response to threats posed to #Coalition forces operating out of At Tanf.
— OIR Spokesman (@OIRSpox) June 8, 2017
U.S. conducted strikes against two technical vehicles that we were assessed to be posing a threat to #Coalition forces at At-Tanf garrison.
"U.S. conducted strikes against two technical vehicles that we were assessed to be posing a threat to Coalition forces at At-Tanf garrison," Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Colonel Ryan Dillon tweeted.
"Today was the third set of kinetic strikes the U.S. conducted in response to threats posed to Coalition forces operating out of At Tanf. The Coalition does not seek to fight Syrian regime or pro-regime forces. However, we remain ready to defend ourselves against any threat," said Dillon, deploying the same language that was used to explain the strikes on May 18 and June 6.
READ MORE: US strike on Syrian pro-govt forces: 'Aggression masquerading itself as defense'
Despite broad similarities with previous incidents, there were key differences. Dillon said that a US patrol went outside the 55km deconfliction zone, when it was fired on by a drone belonging to pro-government forces analogous to the US MQ-1, which it then destroyed.
Syria does not recognize US deconfliction zones inside its sovereign territory. While the US previously said that Russia approved a safe zone outside At Tanf, where American forces are training anti-Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militias, this week Moscow said that "unilaterally-declared" deconfliction zones are "illegitimate."
Dillon said that the second strike earlier on Thursday was against a weapons-laden pickup truck near the training base, where several hundred US personnel are stationed. Its allegiance was not specified and no casualties were sustained by coalition forces in either incident.
Earlier this week, the coalition began a full-scale assault on Raqqa, the Islamic State "capital", located to the north of At Tanf, which is likely to take months. Despite rising diplomatic tension, US troops are unlikely to leave at least until its fall.
"Coalition forces have been located at At Tanf for more than a year. The garrison is a temporary Coalition location to train vetted forces to defeat ISIS and will not be vacated until ISIS is defeated," said a statement from the US Central Command.
The establishment of the so-called "deconfliction zone" in At Tanf is an attempt by the US to regain influence in Syria and the whole of the Middle East, security analyst Charles Shoebridge told RT.
Washington "lost ground in the region" due to the Russian and Iranian policies which saw the Syrian "war turning against the rebels, especially, the ones of the more extreme nature that were in one way or another supported by some in the West," he said.
"This third attack in three weeks will bolster the impression – that many had for some time – that the true aim of the American and British special forces there (At Tanf)… is to train those rebels as proxies to, actually, extend or rather recover lost American influence in this very crucial from the strategic perspective location," Shoebridge explained.
Those new militant groups "are now being trained; and armed; and funded; and assisted by the Americans; and indeed given air support," he added.
As President Trump "seems to be directing most of the American policy in the region against Iran," it's likely that the Americans are now acting in Syria with Tehran in mind, the analyst said.
US claims that their attacks on the pro-government forces were in self-defense cannot be justified, Jan Oberg, director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, told RT.
"I'd say who is offensive in this? The Americans are in Syria without anybody having invited them to be there and they seem to be both fighting ISIS (Islamic State) and through allies supporting ISIS," he said.
Oberg pointed out that it's Syria, which has the right to self-defense under the UN Charter, warning, the "Americans in Syria, they should expect to be shot at."


There's just something about six-year-olds and jokes. My grandson was visiting recently and I couldn't help but notice that he was really into the joke and riddle phase. What I also couldn't help but notice was that the jokes haven't changed since his dad, Rory, was six, or even when I was.
Actually, the worst culprit was Rory's younger brother, Henry, who pretty much made all of us insane for his entire first grade year with his passion for jokes.
But even at the time, I couldn't help but wonder if this were not my father exacting karmic revenge on me. The summer between my freshman and sophomore years in college, I worked in New York City as summer fill-in at Scholastic Magazines, which also published youth market books and magazines. One of their kiddie magazines (I think it was My Weekly Reader) had a joke column theoretically written by this cute little dinosaur named "Funny Bones" to whom children could submit jokes for publication. Old FB had gotten quite backlogged and they needed someone to come in and read his mail then write back to these kids. Well, as opposed to typing manuscripts with eight carbons, this sounded really fun. I still think back on it as My Summer as a Male Dinosaur.
Then there were the "trick ya" varieties, but I caught on pretty quick. I wasn't going to an Ivy League school for nothing. (Q: "Name five animals that live in the Arctic." A: "Four polar bears and a walrus.") Some of them sent in jokes they'd heard Daddy tell that Penthouse wouldn't have printed. I would write back and thank little Joey for his jokes and inquire how all the boys and girls in Mrs. Holtzer's room were doing. No computers then, so every response had to be individually composed.
"But Dad," I said, "you're gonna love this one. What's red on the outside and gray on the inside? Dad? Dad?" And thus I found myself alone. Dad never did find out that it was Campbell's Cream of Elephant soup.


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Pragmatic Play is a provider of games for online casinos. These gaming sites accept players from most countries, and most of the websites use HTML5 technology. The majority of the sites offer a range of games, including slot machines and scratchcards. Some of these games have jackpots worth millions of dollars. Many of these games are available in free-play and real-money versions. This company's games are mobile-compatible, and there are also versions for iOS and Android devices.
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Ernest Lee has been honored with Carson-Newman University's 2016 Outstanding Educational Service to Appalachia Award.
Sponsored by the university's Appalachian Cultural Center, the award has recognized outstanding individuals for their contributions to the region.
'Throughout his career, Dr. Lee worked tirelessly to celebrate and to promote Appalachia, its arts, culture, and people,' said Dr. Jennifer Hall, director of the Appalachian Cultural Center. 'He inspired generations of students to appreciate and preserve Appalachia's 'sacred space' — to love its mountains, hills, and valleys, its voices, cultures, and literature; and to claim them proudly as part of themselves.'
Lee joined Carson-Newman's faculty in 1988 and served in such roles as director of composition and acting chair of the English Department before retiring in 2013 as professor of English and director of the Appalachian Cultural Center.
As center's director for more than a decade, Lee is credited for his dedicated work in promoting the voices, arts and culture of the Appalachian region.
Lee earned his bachelor's of science and master's of arts degrees from Western Carolina University. He received his doctorate from the University of Tennessee.


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Weird legal case still dogs Royal Bafokeng Platinum
A two-year feud over a fence – the mining group must rue the day it brought in a small contractor to do some work at one of its mines.
Adriaan Kruger / 11 July 2019 00:52 9 comments
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Documents filed in the High Court make for interesting reading of almost comic proportions. Image: Shutterstock
Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) had to issue a formal Sens announcement last week to once again refute allegations that the mining company was part of a plot to defraud a small financing company, Ithemba Financial Services. This time it was The Star newspaper that offered Ithemba a soapbox for its most recent attack following a court battle lasting nearly two years.
RBPlat says in the Sens announcement that there is no merit to the allegations of fraud that Ithemba has been touting since late 2017: "RBPlat concluded a written contract with a local construction company on July 20, 2017, in terms of which it would fence an overland conveyor at our operations. The contract was of a limited duration and the contractor was paid all the monies due to it in terms of the contract.
"During December 2017, Ithemba alleged that it had concluded a financing arrangement with the contractor. However, RBPlat was not a party to this arrangement and did not consent to any such arrangement."
RBPlat approached the court in April last year to seek an interdict against Ithemba to force the company and its proprietor, Themba Buthelezi, to refrain from defaming RBPlat and its directors, and to not continue harassing the company, its directors or its employees.
The court granted the order, but it seems Buthelezi is simply ignoring the court and is continuing his campaign against RBPlat.
Documents filed in the original case in the High Court reveal that Buthelezi has complained to anybody and everybody who would listen to his story.
His latest complaint was to the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) on the rather dubious grounds that Saica should investigate six RBPlat directors for fraud because they are chartered accountants and members of the body that oversees chartered accountants.
RBPlat is unfazed by the latest threat and says that neither the company nor the affected directors have been contacted by Saica in this regard as yet. The Sens announcement states that "RBPlat is willing to cooperate fully with Saica when required to do so".
The facts leading up to the disagreement and subsequent court order seem straightforward: RBPlat contracted a local company, Gootshepa Construction and Projects CC, to erect a fence at its Styldrift mine. Gootshepa was only able to complete part of the work and RBPlat contends that it paid in full for the work that was completed.
'Collusion'
It seems Gootshepa approached Ithemba for financing to buy the necessary materials to be able to do the work, but apparently neglected to repay Ithemba. Buthelezi alleges that RBPlat and Gootshepa colluded to defraud Ithemba.
He tried to convince the court that Ithemba was a party to the original contract as he entered into a joint venture with Gootshepa. He argued in letters to RBPlat that payments should not have been made to Gootshepa's bank account, but to an account that he instructed RBPlat to use. He contends that RBPlat's failure to pay the money into his bank account amounts to fraud.
RBPlat countered that it never had any agreement with Ithemba and presented to the court the original contract between the mine and Gootshepa. The terms of the contract include, among others, the standard provision that the contractor is not allowed to subcontract the work without the written consent of RBPlat and also that Gootshepa acts as an independent contractor and that "no partnership or joint venture is created by this contract".
The court accepted RBPlat's arguments and the documentary proof and granted an interdict against Ithemba and Buthelezi.
Evidence …
The evidence presented to court makes for interesting reading. John Cleese fans would find a lot of the submissions particularly entertaining.
It seems that Buthelezi has no proof that he was party to the contractual agreement. In an e-mail to RBPlat, he laments that the file with all the documents pertaining to the contract were stolen from his offices by one of his own employees, who had been dismissed immediately.
In another e-mail Buthelezi instructs RBPlat to stop all payments to Gootshepa until RBPlat is willing to meet with him to discuss the issues as it "would amount to fraud".
Despite another explanation that RBPlat only dealt with Gootshepa (this time by Bowmans, acting for RBPlat), Buthelezi sent another e-mail to several RBPlat employees, thanking them for helping him to "resolve this high profile criminal case".
In another e-mail he says that he has opened a case of fraud against Gootshepa and RBPlat. He says he already had Gootshepa listed on the South African Fraud Prevention Services database and that all their bank accounts have been frozen.
"We would like to request from you the reasons why The Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine should not be listed for fraud and have all their bank accounts frozen, as they have been equally sighted for fraud," he writes in the e-mail submitted as evidence in court. "If there is no response, we will go ahead and do the necessary as we are already guided by the Specialized Commercial Crime Unit (Hawks)."
He also threatened to report RBPlat's directors and employees for fraud and see to it that all their personal bank accounts are frozen.
In February 2018, Buthelezi enlisted the help of an attorney from Kempton Park, Leoni Naude, to claim damages of more than R2 million from RBPlat on the basis of a document said to be a joint venture agreement between Ithemba and RBPlats. The document apparently proved that RBPlat agreed to the change of banking details.
The partly-handwritten document was said to have been signed by Adrian Burn, who Ithemba contended was a director of RBPlat. Burn is not a director (his LinkedIn profile states that he is a senior project manager), and the High Court later accepted that his signature was forged.
Attorney threatened
In March 2018, Buthelezi threatened Bowmans attorney Bongumusa Sibiya: "I will discuss your conduct with the Hawks, this matter is very serious but your actions amount to deafening (sic) the ends of justice. You have demonstrated your ignorance of dealing with criminal cases. This matter contains both criminal and civil cases, you should have stick to your civil case and stop imposing threats to prevent us from reporting this high profile organised crime.
"There is no interdict that can prevent the prosecution of crime," he continued. "You are missing the point, you can go ahead with your interdict. Your threats of interdict to prevent crime reporting is another crime of its own."
Buthelezi also employed the services of a private investigation and debt counselling firm, Standard Charter Management, which issued a letter of demand to RBPlat for the amount of R2 million, pus interest and costs. The letter of demand threatened RBPlats with "attachment of your salary" and property. "We shall seek to have you liquidated," warns the printed form letter, parts of which were filled in by hand.
Quinton Bailey, senior investigator at the debt collection agency, also threatened RBPlat that a case of fraud had been opened.
Hawks attacked
The Hawks did not seem overeager to investigate the case. Buthelezi concludes an e-mail to the National Prosecuting Authority by explaining the reason for this: the investigating officer told him that the investigation leads to her superiors, who he says are also part of the fraud syndicate. He alleges that the officers are part of a Nigerian fraud syndicate, and he fails to understand why the Hawks are protecting them. "They are just common criminals trying to run the treasury system," according to an e-mail he sent to a brigadier in the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Buthelezi also tried to convince politicians to take up his torch. In March 2019 he sent a letter to Paul Mashatile, chairman of the ANC Gauteng region: "I have the utmost respect and gratitude for what the ANC to liberate us South Africans from apartheid and colonial rule. I believed that apartheid and oppression was buried when we voted the ANC in 1994, but unfortunately Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine has proved me wrong, apartheid is still alive and exist at Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine."
It is unclear from court documents whether Mashatile responded to the letter.
Buthelezi believes the amount due to Ithemba has now increased to R3.9 million, including interest, legal cost and loss of business.
Meanwhile, Gootshepa seems to have quietly disappeared – presumably with the money it was paid for the work that it partly completed.
Adriaan Kruger
After earning a B. Comm (Communications) degree, Adriaan spent 10 years working as a financial reporter. After spending 15 years as analyst at different stockbroking firms and a stint as lecturer in economics, he decided to feed his need of reading annual reports, business news and whatever financial articles he can find. He also admits to serving a term as ward councillor.
Africa Pragmatist 7 days ago
The royalties that the Royal Bafokeng get should go to a sovereign wealth fund for all the citizens to enjoy, not just one tribe.
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Think_B4U_Reply 6 days ago
Really..!
So which are the other tribes forming part of the Bafokeng tribe that should not be ignored?
The tribal land is state land and the mineral rights are not land or property that belongs to the Bafokeng or the Bakagtal tribes for example, so therefore the royalties from the exploitation of these rights should belong to all South Africans.
The above are just two examples.
Good news. They don't get ignored as citizens of SA, just that the redistribution is not concentrated in their hands alone.
In as much bad light as Themba may be cast in this article. One believes in the possible merit of complaint, perhaps part of it.
It is common practice, especially among cash-strapped companies, to strike a deal with a financing company under the following terms.
– Financed company A won a "tender" from XYZ but lacks cash to implement.
1) Company A obtains financing arrangement from Financing company B
2) A and B open a joint account at FNB
3) Companies A and B approaches XYZ to arrange to have the payment for the tender to paid into the joint account
4) Company A completes the tender
5) XYZ pays into the joint account.
6) FNB calls A and B to distribute the money and closes the account
However, it does happen that A can approach XYZ and change the account details; surely in order to defraud B.
Speaking from experience
ps 7 days ago
Well that was good for a laugh…..
Louise BCook 7 days ago
Does anyone still read The Star (and other Independent group newspapers), let alone BELIEVE any of it's contents?
LuluAlert 7 days ago
The fickle masses hysterically worshiping virtue reality through Facebook & Instagram etc will believe anything on social media.
Incitatus 7 days ago
Gootshepa clearly does not share the Good Shepherd's moral values, hahaha!
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CDTA announces routes for Montgomery County service
by: Harrison Gereau
Posted: Jun 30, 2022 / 05:55 AM EDT
Updated: Jun 30, 2022 / 05:55 AM EDT
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) announced service details for Montgomery County at their monthly board meeting Wednesday. Service will begin on Sunday, August 28, and feature four routes of transit service that will provide Montgomery County with a fortified route system.
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"We are thrilled to announce the start date and service routes for Montgomery County," said CDTA CEO Carm Basile. "These four routes will provide increased mobility for people living in the community and connect them with the rest of the Capital Region. The routes will transform the quality of life for residents in Montgomery County. We are thankful to be working with elected leaders and community partners in Montgomery County to provide better access for everyone."
Montgomery County route network:
Route No. 600 (Neighborhood Belt Line) will serve Amsterdam neighborhoods via Church Street, Clizbe Avenue, Guy Park Avenue, Division Street, and Route 30. This route will run Monday through Friday from 6:15 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 8:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Route No. 601 (South Side and Route 30) will serve South Amsterdam and Route 30 via Bridge Street, Market Street, and Wallins Corner Road. This route will run Monday through Friday from 6:15 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
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Budget allows CDTA to expand into Montgomery County
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Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents a reading celebrating the life and works of the fourteenth century mystic, Margery Kempe, featuring authors whose recent works speak on her legacy: poet and novelist Robert Glück, Margery Kempe, poet Daniel Tiffany, Cry Baby Mystic, and poet Pattie McCarthy, Wyfthing, moderated by scholar Julie Orelmanski, Symptomatic Subjects: Bodies, Medicine, and Causation in the Literature of Late Medieval England, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
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