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Some of the pictures have been showing up from WFC and it's pretty clear from them that we all had an exceptional time. This one, snapped by jlassen early Sunday morning, sums up the weekend.
Yep, three sips away from actually being (a) conscious and (b) not undead. That is the sight of a man who stayed up way too late, got up way too early, and didn't hydrate nearly enough between attempts at killing his liver. Thank goodness I have 360 days to recover.
WFC Flickr Pool. Yeah, there's another picture out there of me doing the chicken dance (what? I wanted a free book. I am that sort of whore.), and I'm sure darinbradley will be along soon to remind me where it is.


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Magnetic swirls
Physicists of the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf investigated an unusual arrangement of three magnetic "swirls" - so called magnetic vortices - in a thin magnetic film. Their experiments performed at the Swiss Light Source (Switzerland) unravelled the dynamic core movements of these magnetic swirls for the first time. The results were published in the journal "Physical Review Letters" recently.
The 2007 physics Nobel Prize awarded achievements in the field of magnetism. When they started their fundamental research, the laureates Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg did certainly not foresee in how little time their results would be used for everyday applications in computer hard disks' drives. Dr. Karsten Küpper and Dr. Jürgen Fassbender from the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) tackle similar fundamental questions concerning the physics of magnetism whose potential applications are unpredictable today. More precisely, they study magnetic vortices, which are like magnetic swirls on the nanoscale (one nanometer is the billionth part of a meter). These magnetic cores, located in the center of the magnetic swirl, have a size of only about 10 nanometers and a very stable magnetization. Hence, experts consider them as potential candidates for future non volatile magnetic memories.
Today researchers study the basic physical phenomena of magnetic vortices, observed experimentally for the first time only a few years ago. A vortex can be described as a round, thin ferromagnetic disc with a diameter of only a few micrometers showing a circular magnetization, to some extent similar to the wind in a tornado. In the center of the disk a very small core of about 20 atoms only exhibits a perpendicular magnetization (like the eye of a tornado storm points towards the earth). Applying a magnetic field to a magnetic vortex pushes the vortex away from the center of the disk towards the frame. If one then turns the field off abruptly, the vortex moves either clockwise or counter clockwise on a spiral like trajectory back into its initial position in the center of the disk. This special movement is called gyration. In principal, the perpendicular magnetization of the vortex core can point either upwards or downwards, and four different kinds of movement can be found: right- and left rotating magnetic swirls, combined either with an up- or downward directed perpendicular core magnetization.
Micromagnetic simulation showing the magnetization pattern of a single cross-tie in the ground state (top) and after a field puls excitation (bottom).
Analogous to any other physical particle or particle like property one can find an anti-particle, i.e. an antivortex in the present case. The physicists of the FZD could now tackle the dynamic magnetic properties of two vortices and an antivortex, i.e. the movement of the three cores in response to a short magnetic field pulse. Usually a vortex and an antivortex annihilate immediately under emission of energy. However, two vortices located around an antivortex can built up a pretty stable micromagnetic unit, a so called single cross-tie wall. The experiments concerning the magnetization dynamics and the subsequent core movements were performed at the Swiss Light Source of the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Fundamental questions were the driving force for these investigations: How do the two vortices and the antivortex influence the dynamic properties of the overall structure and the movement of the cores themselves? Do antivortex and vortices attract or repel each other in this specific arrangement? Are the subsequent spiral motions of the cores amplified or damped? Are other components of the overall cross-tie like the domain walls important for the overall dynamics?
Dr. Jürgen Fassbender sums up the outcome: "We could study some intriguing effects, in particular the gyrating movement of an antivortex has not been investigated experimentally so far. Due to comparison with complementary simulations we now understand details of the dynamic interaction between the three cores. Furthermore we could unravel the orientation of the three cores via analyzing their movements, although the lateral resolution of the used microscope is not high enough to extract the core orientation directly."
What's next? Dr. Jürgen Fassbender's nanomagnetism team is now ready for its new challenge: to create a single antivortex and to experimentally investigate the magnetization dynamics of it for the first time. All this will certainly help in understanding the magnetization dynamics of even more complex micromagnetic structures, which might lay the basis for unforseen technological advances in the future.
Kuepper, K., Buess*, M., Raabe*, J., Quitmann*, C., J. Fassbender: "Dynamic Vortec-Antivortex Interaction in a Single Cross-Tie Wall", in: Physical Review Letters 99, 167202 (2007). * Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Schweiz
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The short, tragic life of the circus elephant which killed her trainer
Anna Bracewell-Worrall
Mila the elephant in New Zealand (Newshub)
A former circus elephant that crushed her keeper to death at a New Zealand zoo in 2012 has died in San Diego.
Mila was retired from the circus in 2009 after years of campaigning by animal rights groups, who say she was psychologically damaged by 30 years spent as a circus elephant.
She was released from the circus only to kill her keeper, who was trying to calm the elephant after something gave Mila a fright.
The average lifespan for an African elephant living in the wild is 70 years. Mila was just 44 years old when she died at San Diego Zoo on Tuesday morning.
Hans Kriek from Save Animals From Exploitation (SAFE) told Newshub life in captivity led to her early death.
"It's quite typical that elephants in captivity live a much shorter life. It's mainly because they don't get enough exercise, so their whole body can't cope," Mr Kriek said.
"It's quite sad. We just hope this will be another reason for people to reflect and think back and realise that keeping these magnificent wild animals in captivity is just no longer acceptable."
A study published in 2008 found elephants in large reserves live twice as long as those kept in zoos. The researchers compared the mean life expectancy of elephants in European zoos with Kenya's large Amboseli National Park over a 45-year time period. They attributed the stark differences in life expectancy to obesity and the stress of zoo life.
An African elephant in the wild (Reuters)
Critics at the time said the data failed to account for recent advances in zoo welfare.
Despite Mila's early death, Mr Kriek said her years spent with other elephants at San Diego Zoo would have been the best of her life.
"At least we can take some comfort that in the last years of her life - she had companionship, she had probably the best life she ever had during her entire 44-year life, but she was still in captivity and she still died a premature death."
Video filmed by San Diego Zoo when Mila had recently been moved showed her settling into her new life and socialising with the other elephants.
Animal activists campaigned for two decades to have Mila removed from the circus, a life Mr Kriek says was cruel.
"Elephants live in family groups and she lived by herself for decades and suffered mentally very badly. Anyone could see her stereotypical behaviour. She was chained up, she was swaying from side to side, and that's a clear sign that the animal's not coping with her environment.
"We were very pleased that after decades of campaigning, she was finally released and she then ended up at a local New Zealand zoo, where she was very much loved and very much cared for, but the problem was she was still by herself and she had no companionship."
Mila spent two-and-a-half years at Auckland's Franklin Zoo after her release from the circus. She was due to be shifted to a sanctuary in the United States when she crushed keeper Dr Helen Schofield to death.
The Ringling Bros' elephants performed their last show in the US in May 2016 (Getty)
The coroner's report, released in 2013, found the elephant had become agitated, probably after being shocked by the electric fence surrounding her enclosure.
Dr Schofield entered the enclosure to help calm the elephant, but Mila moved toward her quickly, the Coroner said.
When Dr Schofield turned to leave the enclosure, she slipped and fell. Before she could get away, Mila reached Dr Schofield and put her trunk around her, in an action described by a witness as "protective".
The coroner found Mila was being "gentle" to Dr Schofield until the end.
The African elephant
They are the largest land mammals on Earth, bigger than their Asian cousins.
African elephants have two opposing 'lips' at the end of their nose. They can be used like fingers to grab small items. This is one of the key differences to Asian elephants who have one 'finger'.
African elephants are threatened by the ivory trade. Many have been killed for their tusks.
The elephants travel great distances in search of food. They are herbivores and some need to consume more than 100 kilograms of food every day.
Infant elephants are dependent on their mother's milk for the first two years of their life.


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Tommy Robinson has been banned from Facebook and Instagram
Facebook said the pages "violate our policies around organised hate"
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Tommy Robinson (centre) ahead of a march with members of the Football Lads Alliance through Birmingham city centre in a protest against extremism in March (Image: Aaron Chown/PA Wire/PA Images)
Tommy Robinson's Facebook and Instagram accounts have been removed because they are said to violate their policies on organised hate.
The founder of the English Defence League has a huge following on social media.
But Facebook said today in a statement: "Tommy Robinson's Facebook Page has repeatedly broken these standards, posting material that uses dehumanizing language and calls for violence targeted at Muslims.
"He has also behaved in ways that violate our policies around organized hate.
"As a result, in accordance with our policies, we have removed Tommy Robinson's official Facebook Page and Instagram profile."
Earlier this year YouTube suspended adverts from on the far right activist's channel saying that they violate "hate speech or content that promotes or incites violence", reports The Mirror.
The YouTube account belonging to the anti-Islam activist remains active, although he claims the firm is trying to ban him.
Last year, Robinson was banned from Twitter, which said he violated rules governing "hateful conduct".
In November PayPal said it would no longer process payments for Mr Yaxley-Lennon, saying he had broken its policy on acceptable use.
Former EDL leader Tommy Robinson might be permanently blocked from Twitter
Shadow Culture Secretary Tom Watson said: "I welcome Facebook's decision to remove Tommy Robinson pages under their "Organised Hate" policy.
"But for far too long this violent thug's hate-spewing, anti-Islamist tirades were given a platform by Facebook. Today's decision comes far too late.
"The public interest demands an end to laissez-faire regulation, so we can create a place where reasonable debate can take place without trolls, extremists and racist thugs seeking to damage and undermine society.
"That requires an independent social media regulator with teeth."
In May 2018, Mr Yaxley-Lennon was jailed for potentially prejudicing two court cases - in Canterbury and Leeds- by live-streaming outside them on social media.
The Court of Appeal later quashed the Leeds conviction and ordered that it be reheard in its entirety.
He is still waiting for a decision on whether he will face a full trial for the alleged contempt outside Leeds Crown Court - the ruling that he committed contempt of court by live-streaming in Canterbury still stands.
UKIP's leader Gerard Batten has come under criticism for his apparent courting of the far right which includes appointing Mr Robinson as an advisor.
As a result the Eurosceptic party has lost members including former leader Nigel Farage, Suzanne Evans and Patrick Flynn.
Mr Batten wants to lift a ban on the EDL founder, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, joining the anti-EU party by holding a postal ballot of all UKIP members.
Facebook's statement in full:
One of the biggest questions we face is around what we allow on Facebook – and we spend a lot of time trying to get this right. This is hard and critically important. We want Facebook to be a place where you can express yourself freely and share openly with friends and family. At the same time, when people come to Facebook we always want them to feel welcome and safe.
This is something we take incredibly seriously. So when ideas and opinions cross the line and amount to hate speech that may create an environment of intimidation and exclusion for certain groups in society – in some cases with potentially dangerous offline implications – we take action. Our public Community Standards state this sort of speech is not acceptable on Facebook – and when we become aware of it, we remove it as quickly as we can. Our rules also make clear that individuals and organizations that are engaged in "organized hate" are not allowed on the platform, and that praise or support for these figures and groups is also banned. This is true regardless of the ideology they espouse.
Tommy Robinson's Facebook Page has repeatedly broken these standards, posting material that uses dehumanizing language and calls for violence targeted at Muslims. He has also behaved in ways that violate our policies around organized hate. As a result, in accordance with our policies, we have removed Tommy Robinson's official Facebook Page and Instagram profile. This is not a decision we take lightly, but individuals and organizations that attack others on the basis of who they are have no place on Facebook or Instagram.


No, that giant ad isn't in the way of a hole-in-one.
To promote its Document Cloud, Adobe is debuting an experiential TV spot during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the Golf Channel, what is billed as the first-ever native integration to use the green of a golf course.
The 'PDF Like A Boss' logo will appear between tournament play. After the leader board goes up, the camera will swing to a shot of the 18th hole showing the slogan while the broadcasters will namedrop Adobe as one of the tournament's sponsors.
Knowing how much business is done on the golf course, Adobe vice-president of experience marketing Alex Amado said the integration is a cross between a B2B campaign targeting boardroom executives and a B2C campaign aiming to educate everyday office workers about Adobe Document Cloud products Acrobat DC and Adobe Sign.
"We're targeting multiple levels of the potential buying audience, all the way down to office workers to boardroom executives, and we have different and hopefully relevant messages for different layers of those audiences. The PGA Tour piece and the story that we're telling on the green is definitely about the B2B executive or the B2B audience who are going to look at Acrobat and Adobe Sign as tools to help them make their business run faster in a more modern way.
"We also have aspects of this campaign that are really speaking to the individual knowledge worker and helping them get control of their documents and their approvals and processes that every day can slow people down," Amado told The Drum.
Adobe Studio, the company's in-house creative agency, and Wavemaker worked together on the experiential piece.
Creative agency 72andSunny ideated the 'PDF Like A Boss' tagline, while Adobe studios worked on the larger 30-second spot and accompanying campaign, which will be seen across social channels and during other golf tournaments on NBC.
To watch the spot, click the Creative Works box below.


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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned in strong terms the murder of little over 135 people among them women and children after the Dogon militia already blamed for scores of attacks in central Mali over the past year attacked Peuhl village.
Condemning the attack, the Chairperson underlined the need to do everything possible to identify the perpetrators of this despicable attack and bring them to justice.
"It is crucial that strong measures be taken to address the root causes of this violence, the persistence of which can only further complicate ongoing efforts to promote peace and stability," an AU statement said.
UN Security Council President Francois Delattre, also condemned the killings as an "unspeakable attack" late Saturday.


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My family moved recently. We moved to a new city, a new state, a new climate, a new region of the country. We've been through this before and my three-year-old handled it pretty well. I know many coping tools and ways to help kids with moving. I anticipate different behavior and I'm not surprised when it does happen. But, the undesirable behavior is still frustrating. It's still a struggle and it still takes its toll, even when I expect it.
I'm currently struggling a bit with my three-year-old's behavior. For about a month, he's been an excessive bully toward his older brother, and throwing tantrums that are not like his usual demeanor. He's always been outgoing, risk-taking, loving, and a bit "wild," but despite my best efforts and techniques I'm losing my patience faster and have been talking with my husband a lot about how I've been approaching this issue. I even talk to my seven-year-old about things he can do or say so he feels more empowered to show his little brother that he won't let him continue to treat him badly. My three-year-old has figured out how to push his buttons... and mine. So we listen to each other, we come up with ideas together, we spend more time playing together, we spend time playing apart, we talk, we hug, we keep trying.
I am mentally spent. I've been using everything I know, everything I have been taught, everything I have read to help me stay calm and deal with this rationally, but sometimes I still yell, or take something away instead of teaching what to do because I am exhausted over the number of times I need to practice this with my kids. It always takes longer than you think it will, even when you know it won't be a short ride.
All is not lost in my household. I have seen improvement, undesirable behavior is changing, and some techniques are sinking in and being used by both of my kids. I am being more patient, slowing myself down, and taking a moment to collect myself back to where I'd like to be so I don't make things worse.
Working on behavior issues with your own children?
Or working on behavior issues with children that are not your own?
I have worked with many children that are not my own. In my experience, I have found that I'm more patient with someone else's child. It feels awful to write it but it's true for me. I want to be just as patient with my own and I try very hard to, but there is a history, a pattern, an emotional tie that is hard to ignore. You would think having a relationship with a child would make it easier, and there is truth to that, but because I intimately know everything I have done, and all the work I've put into helping my own child I struggle more. I struggle to not get too emotional about it and use all the wrong words. I struggle to give my own children the extra time they need to practice their behavior because I hear that little voice in my head saying, "they should know better by now."
My husband thinks it's easier to work with our own children than other children because of that relationship. It's the relationship that links our disagreement. He feels more patient teaching our boys what is and isn't appropriate, and I feel more patient with a child I have no relationship with because I don't know what they have experienced in their lives or coping mechanisms they may or may not have been taught.
Not knowing their background as intimately as I do my own children is what makes me more patient. I cannot meet a child where they are at and build on what they do have if I don't know where they are coming from yet. I don't have the same kind of emotional connection with another child, so my head feels a little more clear of the personal history that can clog up my head when working with my own.
and look at their behavior (and my own) from another angle.
Because people, young and old, grow and evolve so that their relationships can progress too.
What are your thoughts? What do you find easier? Is that relationship a little bit of a barrier, or more of a bridge?
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Super Bowl window has closed!
By SquibKickAnyone on Jan 23, 2023, 7:14am EST +
As i witness another disappointing Bills season that had so many expectations, I believe the Bills need to make some wholesale changes, and that many of these players on this team will not get us to the ultimate goal if we keep them.
For starters, I heard that the Bills players didn't have the energy for a playoff game! Does that mean the Bills are too laid back, don't play with intensity like I see on the Ravens defense, who should have beat the Bengals without Lamar Jackson! I don't like our defensive line one bit, especially with an undersized Ed Oliver, and they cannot stop the run or generate a pass rush! If the Bills players cannot get up for a game like this, then it is either the coaching or the players themselves. Milano is the exception for this defense, as well as Von Miller, but he is not out there. And the signing of Von Miller, who is nearing his mid-30's, and his better days are behind him, Beane overpaid and now we are stuck with him!
The 4-2-5 scheme cannot generate a pass rush, doesn't blitz enough, and Tre White is not the same player after his injury, I am sorry to say! Poyer will probably demand big money that the Bills cannot afford and it Micah Hyde could be damaged goods. So the strength of our defense, the secondary, faces many questions next year! And for a #1 pick, Elam didn't pan out as expected, when compared to other top cornerbacks drafted in the first round that make contributions right away.
Bills also need to get a #1 running back, like the Bengals have with Joe Mixon, so they can have a rushing attack and take pressure off Josh Allen. Gabe Davis had one good game in his career against the Chiefs, and is not a top #2 receiver, and was a major disappointment.
Meanwhile, the Dolphins and Jets are much improved, with young talent and superior players on both lines. If either of those teams get a good QB, then watch out, the Bills will finish 3rd in their division!


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Editor's Note: For more on patient advocacy groups, like the Porphyria Research Consortium, check out our AM Last Page, entitled "Realizing the Potential of Patient Organizations in Translational Research-Delivering Treatments for Rare Diseases."
The American Porphyria Foundation (APF) has been instrumental in facilitating porphyria research for over thirty years. The porphyrias are a group of disorders caused by enzyme deficiencies in the heme biosynthetic pathway that affect the Central Nervous System and/or the skin. The collaborative relationship we enjoy with our Scientific Advisory Board is vital to the success of our research projects. This relationship became even more productive when we formed the Porphyria Research Consortium with these porphyria experts. The Consortium is now funded by the National Institutes of Health Rare Disease Clinical Network.
The success of this partnership was evident during the recent Afamelnotide clinical trials. In only one month, we located and registered 90 Erythropoietic Protoporphyria patients for the Phase II trials and 100 more patients for the Phase III trials. This unprecedented accomplishment was achievable because we maintain a well-developed research strategy that includes the Consortium in every step. Their participation, in turn, substantiates our research efforts and gives credibility to the medical information we publish. Such research and educational validation is important to gain the respect of primary care physicians.
Together, we and the Consortium created the National Porphyria Research Registry as a source of research patients and a means to determine incidence. Prior to the initiation of research projects, we prepare patients by educating them on the value and process of clinical trials, introducing them to the researchers, and encouraging them to join the Registry. We reduce patients' fears and provide reassurance about the Registry, clinical trials, the expertise of the researchers, and the merit of the research by publishing articles on our website, in our newsletters, and on social media, (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, and blogs). We use these same methods to tout former research patient volunteers, who by sharing their experience, increase the number of future research volunteers.
Researchers in turn assist us by preparing the clinical trials announcements for patients and physicians, which we then distribute via our vast database. Another unique and successful collaboration occurs at our patient education meetings held around the country, during which we locate and register research participants. Three to five experts volunteer for these gatherings to make presentations, answer questions, register patients for their research, and often collect DNA samples.
Also important to our research efforts are the young physicians who participate in the Protect the Future (PTF) program, an APF-supported, mentor project to train the next generation of porphyria experts. The Consortium educates these physicians so they become well versed in both the clinical and basic sciences of the porphyrias and become ready to take on the role of future academic leaders in the field. As part of their training, PTF physicians also conduct mentored research and serve as clinicians at our "satellite clinics" where patients are given the rare opportunity to meet with a physician with porphyria expertise. In turn, at these clinics, PTF physicians interact with a new pool of research participants.
Our synergistic relationship with our Scientific Advisory Board of experts is key to the success of our research programs.
Sometimes the pain takes hold of the psyche and then takes over your life completely. At such moments, I have often wished that my illness could somehow be more apparent to others. Sometimes when I am treated with condescension because the pain – which feels like boiling oil on my skin – is not visible, I think about people who are blind or paralyzed. Nobody doubts a person's disability when they see them with a white stick or a wheelchair.
Thoughts like this are irrational – of course I am thankful that I don't suffer from the additional problem of a visible disability. Despite this, the disease has a significant effect on my quality of life and it is hard to get away from the negative mindset – especially when doctors downplay the symptoms because they don't know what they are talking about or as a result of their lack of specialist knowledge about the illness. I always get angry when I hear similar stories from other sufferers.
While I would like to experience more understanding and sympathy for my condition, I can't stand pity at all. I have the disease, but Rocco Falchetto is not the disease – he is much more than that. While my illness has partly shaped who I am today, I still lead a fulfilling life and have achieved things that I can be proud of. This is another reason why it is so difficult for me to talk about it. People should get to know me first without knowing anything about the illness.
However, I now know just how important it is to tell my story.
It is high time that society takes the needs of sufferers of rare illnesses and diseases into account and the difficulties we face in finding treatments.
EPP meant that my childhood and teenage years were difficult. The many associated problems and limitations were difficult to accept. The desire to be "normal" was often much greater than common sense dictated, and put me in situations that led to a lot of pain and suffering.
I will never forget the day when I first received the drug– I summoned all my courage and went to sit in the sun. I then waited, afraid of what was going to happen.
The situation was also difficult for my parents, especially as one of my two older brothers also suffered from EPP. They tried their hardest to support us in leading as normal a life as we could. Of course, this was not always possible. I still remember their helplessness when my brother died of liver complications at the age of 16 in 1974, something which can occur to EPP patients in rare cases. Back then, the doctors could do nothing for him. Nowadays, his life could have been saved by a liver transplant and immunosuppressants.
The thought that this might happen to me as well – together with the need for such a complicated operation – is always at the back of my mind and becomes apparent in certain situations. For example, I am always nervous as to whether all my liver values are normal after every check-up.
Sometimes they deviate from the norm, meaning additional tests are then necessary to make sure that they don't deteriorate further. In such moments, I often think about my brother's death and what my parents had to go through at the time – the hospital visits, the trip by ambulance to the University Children's Hospital in Zurich and the moment that the doctors announced they could no longer help him. I was too young to really understand what was happening back then. However, I clearly remember my mother's devastation at losing her child and the feeling of helplessness and injustice.
After living with EPP for many years and unsuccessfully trying out various remedies and products in an attempt to alleviate the debilitating symptoms, I finally began to accept the illness.
Whenever possible, I didn't leave the house at all on sunny days. When going to work, for example, I was always afraid of the painful symptoms of EPP. I walked in the shade as far as possible, wore long-sleeved shirts and gloves, and even covered my face in extreme cases.
However, keeping up these precautionary measures for long periods was not realistic as it would have led to almost complete social isolation. I then had to expose myself to dangerous situations from time to time, even though I knew about the possible adverse effects that may have occurred as a result.
The turning point for me came when I first learned about research by another company into a substance produced naturally in the body that stimulates tanning of the skin. I discovered it online completely by accident at a time when it was still being tested in other applications. I saw its potential in treating EPP and talked to my doctor. Within a matter of months, she and the researchers concerned had organized the first human clinical trial for it.
I was one of five patients in Switzerland who took part in the clinical study.
I will never forget the day when I first received the drug– I summoned all my courage and went to sit in the sun. I then waited, afraid of what was going to happen. Ten minutes passed, then 20, then 30 (where I would normally already be in pain), then 40 minutes and more in the sun – and all without the typical painful symptoms! After over 40 years with the illness, I was convinced that I had finally found a drug that I believed tackled the EPP symptoms.
I took part in a further clinical trial. I had to travel to Zurich every two months for a new injection of the drug implant, which was a small price to pay given what I felt was its positive effect on my quality of life.
I am currently benefitting from a compassionate use program which allows me to continue using the drug and, thanks to special legislation, most Swiss health insurance companies now reimburse the cost of such medication.
However, the current situation is only temporary – if the product is not formally approved, then the reimbursement and the treatment can be withdrawn. This would be a heavy blow.
I don't like to think about what would happen in this case, but the increasingly challenging context surrounding drug approvals does make me nervous as a patient.
Some countries have even started to put a price on the quality of life. For example, at the end of 2010 the Swiss Federal Court passed a judgment ruling that health insurance companies were not obliged to reimburse the costs for treating Pompe disease, a rare, serious metabolic disorder. Treatment of Pompe disease can cost several hundred thousand Swiss francs a year. While this is undoubtedly expensive, the therapy can significantly ease the symptoms and allow patients to lead a relatively normal life.
This shows how difficult it still is for people with rare diseases to make their voices heard, not to mention how inadequately their needs continue to be met. I am also worried that our modern society is not more committed to discovering creative and innovative solutions for the benefit of these patients.
This medication has radically changed my day-to-day life I can now do things that I would never have been able to do before without pain. Not only my friends and family benefit from this – my working life has also become much easier.
I can now go to the office without having to always move about in the shade and go on business trips without thinking so much about the unfamiliar surroundings. Lastly, I can now move freely around at work, meet with colleagues and simply enjoy our wonderful working environment.
The EPP sufferer community is a small one in Switzerland, gathered in a patient organization that I chair. We all know one another. It is very moving to hear how patients who have undergone treatment with the drug felt the sun warm their faces for the very first time without causing pain and suffering.


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The Ghost of Ronald Reagan Authorizes Most NSA Spying
By Cora Currier and Ryan Devereaux
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U.S. intelligence agents have broad authority to spy on U.S. companies as long as they are "believed to have some relationship with foreign organizations or persons" — a description that could conceivably apply to any company with foreign shareholders, subsidiaries, or even employees—according to newly released government documents published this morning by the ACLU.
The trove, which includes documents from the NSA, Department of Justice, and Defense Intelligence Agency, confirms long-standing suspicions that the bulk of U.S. foreign surveillance operations are governed not by acts of Congress, but by a 33-year-old executive order issued unilaterally by President Ronald Reagan.
The documents were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the ACLU and the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, and they detail the extent of the order — which is extraordinarily broad and until recently largely obscure — and which underpins expansive U.S. surveillance programs, like siphoning internet traffic from Google and Yahoo's overseas data centers, recording every call in the Bahamas, and gathering billions of records on cellphone locations around the world.
They also point to a gap in the public reaction to Ed Snowden's revelations about those programs. Despite that fact that most of the NSA's spying relies on Reagan's directive, Executive Order 12333, the vast majority of reform efforts have concentrated on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and other legislative fixes. "Congress's reform efforts have not addressed the executive order," notes Alex Abdo of the ACLU, "and the bulk of the government's disclosures in response to the Snowden revelations have conspicuously ignored the NSA's extensive mandate under EO 12333."
The documents assert that mandate baldly. A legal factsheet from the NSA, dated June 2013, states that the FISA, which requires judicial oversight over spying on Americans, "only regulates a subset of the NSA's signals intelligence activities. NSA conducts the majority of its SIGINT activities solely pursuant to the authority provided by Executive Order 12333."
Often referred to as "twelve triple three" or EO 12333, the executive order came into being in 1981 under Reagan. Much of the post-Snowden debate, particularly with respect to the bulk collection of Americans' phone records, has focused on the interlocking legal authorities of Section 215 of the Patriot Act and the 2008 FISA Amendments Act. But, the ACLU notes, "because the executive branch issued and now implements the executive order all on its own, the programs operating under the order are subject to essentially no oversight from Congress or the courts." The documents describe procedures for safeguarding the rights of Americans whose information might be "incidentally" collected under 12333, but those procedures are overseen by the director of national intelligence or the attorney general.
Numerous passages in the newly released documents from the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel are redacted, and dozens of pages are withheld in full. The few sentences left, for instance, in a 2001 memo by Bush counsel John Yoo are all assertions of the president's inherent power to conduct surveillance to "protect the national security." (Once such sentence—"intelligence gathering in direct support of military operations does not trigger constitutional rights against illegal searches and seizures"—substantially aligns with King George III's position on the matter.) The majority of the FBI documents obtained by the ACLU are similarly censored.
Among the stand-out revelations in the documents:
The Defense Intelligence Agency permits collection on U.S. persons, a category which includes not just human American citizens, but also American companies, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., and more — so long as the information collected falls into one of 16 broad categories, which include "[c]ommerical organizations believed to have some relationship with foreign organizations or persons" and "[p]otential sources of assistance to intelligence activities."
The order, which was established long before the era of social media, permits collection of "publicly available" information on Americans, opening the door for massive data-mining operations.
The Pentagon draws a distinction between information that is "gathered" and information that is "collected." According to a 2004 DIA intelligence handbook, information is first "gathered" but is not "collected" until "an affirmative act" has been taken "in the direction of use or retention of that information." In other words, information is not collected until it has been officially retained in a database, a report or elsewhere. "We see that 'collection of information' for DoD…purposes is more than 'gathering' —it could be described as 'gathering, plus,'" the handbook reads.
The materials also confirm that EO 12333 information on Americans that has been "incidentally" collected can be passed to other agencies if the collector has reason to believe the information points to evidence of a crime or may contain information pertinent to understanding foreign intelligence. In August, an Intercept investigation revealed extensive information sharing between federal law enforcement and in the intelligence community—including DEA, FBI, CIA and the DIA—through a Google-like search engine known as ICREACH.
A review group appointed by Obama recommended last December that the government should be more cautious with the American data gathered under 12333. Those proposals were rejected, The New York Times recently reported. In July, John Napier Tye, a departing section chief for internet freedom in the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, came forward to publicly to raise concerns about the government's reliance on 12333.
"Public debate about the bulk collection of U.S. citizens' data by the NSA has focused largely on Section 215 of the Patriot Act, through which the government obtains court orders to compel American telecommunications companies to turn over phone data," Tye wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post. "But Section 215 is a small part of the picture and does not include the universe of collection and storage of communications by U.S. persons authorized under Executive Order 12333."
"I believe that Americans should be even more concerned about the collection and storage of their communications under Executive Order 12333 than under Section 215," Tye added.
Explore the documents in full here.
Photo of former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, the same year Executive Order 12333 went into effect. Express/Getty Images.
Email the authors: cora.currier@theintercept.com, ryan.devereaux@theintercept.com
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Chloe Hosking Giro Rosa blog: Stage 9
By Chloe Hosking's Giro Rosa blog published 13 July 14
We raced as a great team
Chloe Hosking in her 2013 Hitec Products team kit (Image credit: Hitec Products)
And that's a wrap. Today my seven Hitec Products teammates and I finished the 25th edition of the Giro Rosa. Lauren Kitchen, who at 23 has already ridden the Giro five times, said it was the first time she has finished with a full team. High fives all round.
But we have more to high five about than just finishing. Despite the tour being dominated by one team, Rabobank – they ended up finishing first, second and third on the general classification – we (or more precisely Elisa) finished fifth overall and won the best Italian rider jersey. We also had five top ten finishes.
But what is most satisfying was how we raced together as a team. Even the super team, Rabobank, commented to our director how well we were racing. So with nine days of racing behind us we were determined to keep the trend going in the ninth and final stage from Trezzo sull'Adda to Madonna del Ghisallo.
With half the peloton's heads already on the plane home I told the girls in the the team meeting to stay focussed, "this is the last stage, it's easy to check out and say 'okay I'm done' but it's only 80km, just give 100 per cent one more time."
With Elisa placed fifth on GC but less than 30seconds off the podium we still had everything to fight for and, unlike the final stage of the Tour de France which is merely a procession, the 80km stage offered the parcours to claw back those 30seconds.
The first 70km of the race was undulating, racing along lake Como before turning uphill for the last 10km. The finishing climb was actually a climb made famous by the Giro di Lombardia; the Madonna del Ghisallo. It's is known for the church that sits at the top which is more a shrine to cycling than anything else.
From the beginning the pace was on. Two riders from Astana-Be Pink escaped from the long, strung out peloton but behind we were racing like there was no-one away.
One attack after another. One rider would fire off to the left of the peloton before another would counter on the right. My Hitec Products teammates did a fantastic job of making sure if anything was escaping we were going to be in it.
You wouldn't have thought we had been racing for nine days already because the pace was just crazy; we covered the first 45kms in under an hour. While I tired to have a go through a technical section of the course and did manage to gain a small advantage with a group of riders the high pace meant it all came back together.
From then on, it was a race to the bottom of the climb.
Our director had warned us of some tunnels that we had to ride through just after 50km and it appeared that most teams were more than a little stressed about them as full lead out trains started appearing. I think memories from Giros past where the peloton were forced to ride downhill through barely lit tunnels probably inspired this sudden organisation of lead out trains.
Finding Elisa I started surfing the trains keeping us in the top ten of the peloton. United HealthCare were controlling the pace so I moved us up onto their train. Then Giant Shimano appeared so I jumped right. Then Orica-AIS, left again.
As we came out of the tunnels we hit the lake and it was game on. Still more than 10kms from the bottom of the climb I hadn't expected teams to be pushing the pace so hard so early but since Elisa and I were there I decided to keep surfing trains. By this time Rabobank had appeared and there were now three teams fighting for control of the peloton. It was fast!
With 2km to the base of the climb I dropped Elisa off onto Emma Johansson's wheel and watched the front of the peloton race away. I was shocked to look behind me and see a splintered peloton. Only 15 or so girls remained at the front and behind was carnage.
As I dropped backwards like a stone through water I saw Mara Abbott pulling a group behind that included riders like Evie Stevens and Emma Pooley. They had obviously been caught out by the surge of pace.
Riding 'piano' up the final climb of the 2014 Giro Rosa I was proud of my – and my teams – last stage despite not knowing the results. We had stayed focussed and raced 'full gas' to the end.
Crossing the line I heard that Emma Pooley had taken her third stage win. Rolling up to the camper I was met by a smiling Elisa, "I finished fifth and kept fifth in the general."
She was happy. I was happy. We finished the Giro; 10 days of racing, 953kilometres, 3 mountain top finishes, 20 hours of transfers, seven different hotels.
No days left.


It was worldwide news when Dante Exum decided to forgo college, declaring instead for the 2014 NBA draft. The 6'6 point guard is turning out to be the most talked about Australian basketball prospect in recent memory, and for good reason.
With standout performances in the FIBA U19 World Championships and the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit, Exum has shown that he's more than capable of competing with the best in the world in his age group. It's because of these performances that his stock has risen to the point where he's considered to be the best point guard in this draft class.
Exum is the son of Cecil Exum, a sophomore benchwarmer for the North Carolina Tar Heels in 1982 when UNC won a national championship with Michael Jordan and James Worthy leading the way. Cecil Exum also had a professional career in Australia, playing seven years in the NBL as a member of the North Melbourne Giants, Melbourne Tigers and the Geelong Supercats.
NBA general managers have already labeled Dante Exum as a future NBA All-Star, and his style of play is inherently pleasing. The most talked-about detail regarding Exum's recruitment, since July of 2013, is the mystery that surrounds him. He hasn't had the same exposure as the other players in this draft class, nor an illustrious mix-tape on YouTube and he didn't go to college. Yet he's universally billed as a top-5 talent. How does that work?
We bring you the Ultimate Dante Exum guide – from his junior basketball days in Melbourne, Australia to now just days away from being drafted and donning that elusive NBA cap.
Exum joined the AIS at the tender age of 15, under the direction of Ian Stacker and Paul Gorriss.
The structure of the AIS involves ten male and ten female athletes living at the Canberra residence, under the direction of some of the best basketball coaches in Australia – kinda like a season of the reality TV series 'Big Brother', but with actual talent. Or perhaps, think of it as an un-televised season of 'The Ultimate Fighter' and you're halfway there. The athletes attend Lake Ginniderra for their secondary education and to learn important life skills. The aim of the AIS is to improve the athletes and aid their skill development both on and off the court.
Before attending the AIS, Exum received an invitation from former Australian Boomers head coach and current Philadelphia 76ers head coach, Brett Brown, to join the Australian men's national team in a training camp. At that time, Exum was the youngest athlete to ever train with the Boomers.
During his tenure at the AIS, Exum participated in 2 junior world championships, an adidas Nations tour and a Nike Hoop Summit appearance. Toward the end of his stint at the AIS, Exum received the 2013 AIS Junior Athlete of the Year award at the Australian Sports Commission Awards.
The FIBA U17 World Championships for Men in Lithuania was the first opportunity for Exum to perform in front of an international audience.
The Australian U17 squad, led by Exum and top 2015 prospect, Ben Simmons, performed extremely well throughout the tournament. A flurry of wins was sandwiched between two losses to the powerhouse USA squad, good enough for 2nd place.
Throughout the tournament Exum excelled in the open court, penetrating extremely well and finishing efficiently around the rim. An upside that was evident throughout this tournament was Exum's passing game. Although he only averaged 2.5 assists, his kick-outs were on point and he made smart plays in transition.
Exum averaged 17.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.5 apg, 43.9 % FG, 17.1% 3pt for the tournament.
This connection with Ben Simmons was the play of the tournament and illustrates how dangerous Exum is in the open court.
After Exum's impressive performance at the FIBA U17 World Championships, efforts by colleges to recruit him began to heat up.
Offers began to flow in – Indiana, Boise State, Georgetown and Oregon among those to immediately offer Exum a place in their respective programs. Indiana seemed to be the clear front-runner, with Exum attending the campus on an official visit in early 2013.
It wasn't until after his breakout performance at the FIBA U19 World Championships that more colleges began to show strong interest in the point guard. In August of 2013, Exum disclosed to ESPN the final list of colleges that he would choose from, if he were to attend. Those schools were Indiana, North Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan and Oregon.
Dante Exum (@daanteee) told ESPN that he still intends to set up college visits to 5 finalists soon — Indiana, UNC, UK, Michigan, Oregon.
After much deliberation with his family, whilst meeting with NBA player agents throughout the month of January, 2014, Exum officially decided to declare for the 2014 NBA draft.
Exum agreed to hire agents Rob Pelinka and Brandon Rosenthal of Landmark Sports Agency as his representation. Pelinka is most widely recognized as Kobe Bryant's agent. He also represents James Harden, Andre Drummond and Andrew Iguodala to name just a few.
In April of 2013, Exum was selected to play with and compete against some of the most highly respected juniors in the world at the annual Nike Hoops Summit.
Playing for the talent packed World team, he joined Dennis Schroeder (17th overall pick in 2013 NBA Draft), Andrew Wiggins (Kansas Freshman), Lucas Nogueira (16th in 2013 draft), Sergey Karasev (19th in 2013 draft) and Livio Jean-Charles (28th in 2013 draft).
At this point, he was still a relative newcomer and somewhat of a mystery to scouts and coaches alike.
Coming off the bench, Exum quickly silenced any doubters. He had an immediate impact, chipping in 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in just 22 minutes. While the Nike Hoops Summit was one of the only times the world has seen Exum excel against genuine talent, this performance was enough to help solidify his place as a top prospect in the 2014 draft class.
In this interview with ON POINT Basketball, Exum talks about how the AIS has helped his game as he progresses in his career and wanting to guard Andrew Wiggins throughout the Hoop Summit trainings.
Exum had a somewhat slow start to the FIBA U19 World Championships, coming across as quite passive initially and very turnover prone. His performance against the USA, a 51-94 loss, did not help his cause. Exum scored just 7 points in 11 minutes, struggling against the intense defense of Marcus Smart, before succumbing to an ankle injury.
Smart's ball denial of Exum did just enough to take the Aussie point guard off his game before injury struck. The loss to the USA put Australia at 2-5 and at risk of not advancing to the knockout rounds.
Rising to the challenge, from that point on, Exum showed the world what has been arguably his most impressive stretch of basketball to date.
A standout 20-point, 6 rebound effort against Russia assured Australia's place in the knockout rounds. Exum followed that up with his most memorable game of the tournament, a 33-point performance in an upset victory against the top-ranked Spanish team. Exum showed off his repetoire of skills right then, getting to the rim with ease. On top of that, he showed poise when it counted, making 12-of-13 from the free throw line.
Australia would eventually advance to the bronze-medal game, ultimately losing to Lithuania in an overtime thriller.
An obvious improvement is Exum's outside game, particularly his 3-point shooting. This rose from 17.1% to 33.3% between his 2 junior World Championship appearances.
After Exum's brilliant performance in the tournament, he finally became recognised as one of the best talents in his draft class, and the talk began.
ESPN College basketball analyst Fran Fraschilla was the first to label Exum as a player who could sneak into the top 5 of the NBA Draft.
Mark this down: Dante Exum could go in Top 5 next June.
Immediately after the tournament, Jonathan Tjarks of SB Nation wrote a feature titled, "Dante Exum: The best NBA prospect you probably don't know". Tjarks was quick to point out how good he thinks Exum can be.
It was initially uncertain whether Exum would participate in the Australian Schools Championships, with news of a foot injury a few weeks before tip-off potentially holding him back. Of course, Exum recovered quicker than expected and was 100% as he suited up for Lake Ginninderra.
Exum was dominant throughout the tournament, proving that his talent level was of a different standard to all competition. He was unstoppable on offense when he so desired, and at the other end, a defensive pest.
Jared Zwerling of Bleacher Report was in Melbourne for the tournament covering Exum's every move and though never verified, rumours that representatives from the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat were in attendance began to float around the State Basketball Centre.
Exum had a number of memorable performances throughout the week. He set the tone from his opening game against fellow Australian representative Michael Luxford, dropping 32-points and 8 rebounds in a win. An impressive triple-double in the semi-final matchup against Launceston was another highlight.
Although Exum shot just 33% from 3pt, it must be noted that he was intentionally extremely passive, making a conscious effort to shoot more jumpshots, an area that needed improvement entering the tournament. Another part of his game that was questioned entering the tournament was Exum's slight frame. This was exemplified during the Grand Final game as he struggled with the strength of fellow Australian representative point guard, Jonathon Mbakwe.
After signing with Pelinka, Exum made his way to Los Angeles, California, to begin pre-draft training. In that period of time Exum also agreed to a deal with sporting giant adidas, becoming the first player in the 2014 draft class to sign a sponsorship deal.
It's important to note the improvements Exum made in that workout period before the draft, clearly shown by his physical improvements since his previous measurements. Below shows Exum's 2013 Nike Hoop Summit measurements compared to those taken at the more recent NBA Draft Combine.
As you can see, his athleticism is up to par with some of the best point guards in the NBA – a stat that should be reassuring to NBA execs who are considering drafting the young Aussie.
Last month, AUS BBALL Prospects and The Pick and Roll contributed to CBS Sports Fantasy Basketball to give an insight on Exum and our thoughts on him as the draft approaches.
We described Exum as a Russell Westbrook type of athlete, with more of a Tony Parker type of mindset and approach to the game – based on our observations watching Exum over the past few years.
Just a week later, during his 2014 NBA draft combine interview, Exum told the media that he sees a lot of Russell Westbrook in his game – so this seems to be a fair comparison, albeit premature.
As for his readiness for the NBA?
So where do we, the supposed 'Exum Experts', see the Aussie phenom being selected in the draft?
We've heard from some Australian sources that Brett Brown, the former Australian National Head Coach and current Philadelphia 76ers head coach, is extremely high on Exum, and visa versa. The two reportedly had a long phone conversation, leaving Exum with the impression that the 76ers are strongly considering using their pick on him. That information we gathered, along with Joel Embiid's recent injury, would slot him right into the #3 spot. ESPN's Chad Ford also has Exum going at the #3 spot in his latest mock draft (ESPN Mock Draft 8.1).
Dante Exum has all of the tools to be a success in the NBA. His ceiling is unlimited and, from what we can see from his improvements over the past year, he's willing to work to be the best. Not only could Dante be the face of basketball in Australia, he has the ability to make an impact on the way we see the NBA as a global game.
The mystery behind Dante Exum is what makes his rise to stardom such a great story. Even Dante himself is aware of his anonymity and he's willing to make fun of it in a series of Foot Locker ads titled ""Life Changes After the Draft". Check out the videos in the links below!


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Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing
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The acoustic music duo of guitarist Brownie McGhee and harmonicist Sonny Terry were named National Heritage Fellows in 1982 in recognition of their distinctive musical contributions and accomplishments. Although primarily considered to be blues musicians, McGhee and Terry transcended the genre by including American folk songs and ballads in their repertoire. This 1958 recording, their first for the Folkways label, provides a small but inspiring example of the range of Americana and down-home blues music the duo performed throughout their 40-year partnership.
The vinyl reissue of Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing, which includes a liner notes booklet with the song lyrics and is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series, revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albums released on the record label.
We are offering Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing along with the vinyl reissues of Dave Van Ronk's Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual, and Lead Belly's Easy Rider as a Vinyl Bundle with Bonus Folkways Slipmat.
Better Day Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 3:04
Confusion Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 3:20
Dark Road Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 2:45
John Henry Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 4:05
Make a Little Money (Let Me Make a Little Money) Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 3:47
Old Jabo Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 2:13
If You Lose Your Money Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 2:44
Guitar Highway Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 2:37
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Preachin' the Blues Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 2:33
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Good Behaviour
Molly Keane (Author)
A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS)
'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' Vogue
'I really wish I had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the First World War. A real work of craftsmanship' Hilary Mantel
I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known . . .
Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. This elegant and allusive novel established Molly Keane as the natural successor to Jean Rhys.
'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist, tragedian and dissector of human behaviour. I love all her books, but Good Behaviour and Loving and Giving are the ones I return to most' Maggie O'Farrell
BBC2 Between The Covers Autumn 2021 Book Club
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