Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Our Daily Bread



Tinker

The prayer as it occurs in Matthew 6:9–13

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
That is one of the most inspiring prayer that I can imagine and I am still in wonder over how Jesus said it so easily. Because almost ever word of what he said has a deep meaning to people in our every day life.

Our daily bread carries the substance by witch we feed our attitudes trying to stay healthy and strong walking through our life. Then one of the most important abilities in our mentality is our attitude. Some people say that our attitudes is everything if we really do want to succeed in life.

Everyday delights that make our life worth living are in fact dependent on what we study, learn, and do, with yourself in your daily life. So of course what goes into our natural life is in turn going to be what come out. The laws of nature are very real in our every day life. Did you ever try to really understand the laws of gravity?

The laws of gravity is a lifetime study, and real worthwhile real life mystery are made up of worthwhile subjects that are life time studies. Studying to really learn all that we can about real life subjects take a lifetime of devotion. To learn the knowledge that we need to understand the subject of our interest.

The real life of our life is a great life to live when and if you really want to live in it, and are not distracted with different endeavors. The people with good attitudes have taught me a lot about human behavior that I just can't imagine living my life without remembering their logical illustrations from their good attitudes.

Because of the men and women who had the gumption to learn and somehow became passionate to love knowledge about what they learned, that you and me now have the opportunity of a life time. To carry on where they left off, to persevere in the turbulent of social storms that keeps blowing about in every witch way.

We have the ability to truly become friends with one another, to study and learn from each other, to sincerely try and apply our knowledge to create, instead of destroy, to love, instead of hate, to really try to teach our children, instead of use them like a business venture.

We are the real life accumulation of the men and women in our time from the good attitudes that help us to learn. Bad attitudes have hurt humankind throughout our history, you are very well aware of the crimes of that kind of bad behavior. The heart breaking harm that we feel to our human spirit because of the men using death from savage wars. Trying to govern with terror that becomes foreign to people trying to survive peacefully in their everyday life.

Crime, death and destruction, trickery, is not in a good persons real life ambitions, and certainly not in a good attitudes vocabulary.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/26/rush-limbaugh-reveals-what-a-lot-of-democrats-are-privately-telling-him/

Rush Limbaugh Reveals What ‘A Lot of Democrats’ Are ‘Privately’ Telling Him…

Aug. 26, 2013 6:45pm

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Monday said “privately, there are a lot of Democrats” that tell him they would “love to be able to stop Obamacare.”

“Folks, let me tell you something,” he began during his radio show. “You know, privately there are a lot of Democrats that tell me that they are just distressed over what Obama has done to the health care industry and to jobs. They are afraid to say anything about it because of recriminations, because this regime fights back. I mean, this regime does not take internal criticism at all, just like they try to eliminate all conservative opposition.”

Limbaugh also said “it could be curtains” for any member of the Democratic Party who decides to go public with the “slightest disagreement or problem with what Obama’s doing” to the health care industry.

“I have a lot of Democrats privately telling me they would love to be able to stop Obamacare, but that they know they don’t have the votes in the Senate, and I just want to get that out there,” he added. “It’s not new. I mean, I’ve been hearing about this from Democrats for a couple of years now.”
Listen to the segment via the Daily Rushbo:
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Flustered MSNBC Anchor Hangs Up on Conservative Radio Host in the Middle of Explosive Debate: ‘I’m Not Doing This Game with You!’

Aug. 26, 2013 11:10pm
MSNBC host Karen Finney called into conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt’s program on Monday for the first, and likely final, time. She ended up hanging up on Hewitt after she grew increasingly frustrated with the host’s persistent questions on “McCarthyism” and whether communists had actually infiltrated the U.S. government in the 1950s.

Hewitt began the interview with a clip from Finney’s weekend MSNBC show in which she compared Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to Joe McCarthy in their shared “paranoia” and “fear-stoking” behavior. Things just got more and more tense from there.
MSNBC Anchor Hangs Up on Conservative Radio Host During Explosive Debate on McCarthyism Karen Finney (MSNBC)
Hewitt then pressed Finney on whether she believed there was any actual communist infiltration of the government during the McCarthy-era.

After being extremely evasive, Finney finally said: “No, there weren’t communists that infiltrated our government. That’s like Michele Bachmann accusing my friend Huma Abedin of being Muslim Brotherhood…”

“This is just a historical question,” Hewitt pressed. “Was Alger Hiss a communist?”
The MSNBC host further deflected, saying she didn’t want to “go down a rabbit hole.” She also repeatedly referenced the “environment” McCarthy promoted with his accusations.

When Hewitt asked again whether Alger Hiss was a “communist spy,” Finney said, “Hugh, I’m not doing this game with you! It’s not about who was a communist and who wasn’t a communist.”
After some heated cross talk, Finney hung up on Hewitt.
Listen to the tense exchange below via Mediaite:
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Police Make Arrest in the Cold-Blooded, ‘Senseless’ Murder of 99-Year-Old Woman
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Police Make Arrest in the Cold-Blooded, ‘Senseless’ Murder of 99-Year-Old Woman

“Nobody should [live to be] 99 and die this way. It was a truly senseless killing.”
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MSNBC Host: Bringing Attention to Murders of Chris Lane, Delbert Belton Is the Right’s ‘Vile New Tactic’

Aug. 26, 2013 8:29pm

MSNBC Host Toure Neblett has uncovered what he believes to be conservatives’ “vile new tactic” to “make some point about race in America.” Apparently, the tactic is bringing attention to cases like the horrific murders of Australian student Chris Lane and 88-year-old WWII veteran Delbert Belton.
Toure explains his logic:
The killing of Australian Chris Lane was tragic and horrifying and evidence of depravity and soullessness. The two black boys and one white boy how allegedly killed him are less than human if they did this…A racist tweet sent by one of the alleged killers says perhaps there was racism. In a previous year, the name Chris Lane would sadly recede into the background quickly, but now, in the post-Trayvon days, the right has a vile new tactic which is to thrust his name and that of Delbert Belton into the media to make some point about race in America.
The MSNBC host went on to claim that even several Fox News regulars find the tactic “silly,” airing a clip of former Democratic strategist Kirsten Powers to make his point.
Watch the clip below via MSNBC:
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Today’s Hot List: NSA Oversight; Israelis Stock Up on Gas Masks; Teacher Nearly Upstages Singing Star

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Jesse Jackson: ‘Tea Party Is Resurrection of the Confederacy’
Jesse Jackson has no doubt that on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Republican opposition to President Obama’s policies is motivated by racial animus reminiscent of the Civil War-era South. “The tea party is the resurrection of the Confederacy, it’s the Fort Sumter tea party,” Jackson told Politico’s Glenn Thrush.

Jackson, who Thrush describes as the man “who more than anyone occupies the no man’s land between his mentor King and Obama,” is “absolutely” convinced that attempts to thwart the president’s agenda are motivated by his race.

The question “To what degree is the partisan gridlock that is frustrating his attempts to govern racially driven?” is one that President Obama himself is “begging to ask,” according to Pulitzer Prize–winning author Taylor Branch. The president can’t broach the topic, Branch said, because “the slightest mention of race could alienate the millions of white Americans who voted for him.”

The half-dozen aides Thrush interviewed for the article disagree with this assessment, saying that they have never heard Obama suggest that race is a factor in the opposition he faces from the GOP. “Bill Clinton was a white guy from the country, and they were just as vituperative,” said one. “But I don’t know what the president thinks about it.”
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LSU/TCU betting line  (Posted on 8/27/13 at 1:51 pm)
Has moved from -3 to -5.5 LSU in the last two weeks on sportsbook. All you gambling experts, tell us where the line will be by game time.

My guess is -7.5
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report

LSU picked up two big-time commitments for the class of 2015 last night in Nick Brossette (RB, 6'0", 207, University High) and Xavier Lewis (CB, 6'0, 175, East St. John). Brossette is widely regarded as the best 2015 running back prospect in the state, and Lewis is certainly one of the top 2015 corners in the state. The two are great additions to a 2015 class that already included 5-star safety Kevin Tolliver from Jacksonville, Florida.

Good morning, Tiger Fans,

 Coach Les Miles held his first Lunch with Les press conference yesterday and spent about half an hour speaking about Saturday's season-opener and taking questions from the media. You can read a full transcript of the conference here, and below is a summary of the more interesting points:

• When asked about Jeremy Hill's status, Coach Miles remained true to his earlier statements without giving any more specifics, saying that Hill will sustain discipline and will be withheld from play, but without stating how much time he would miss. Whether it's a quarter, a half, one game or more is anyone's guess. When asked whether Hill would travel with the team to Dallas, Miles refused to comment other than saying, “I wouldn't be surprised that he would be on our trip.”

• When asked about Josh Williford’s condition, Coach Miles confirmed what I suspected - that because of his concussion, unfortunately Williford will not be able to continue playing, but that he will operate as a student coach and be very involved with the team.

• When asked about Coach Cam Cameron and whether the dynamic in the meeting room is different with him than it has been with other coordinators, Miles answered affirmatively and spoke of the trust factor the two have with each other.

 Also, an updated depth chart was passed out to those in attendance, and although my schedule didn’t allow me to attend I was able to get my hands on a copy so that I could update the one I’ve got here. For the most part, my previous unofficial depth chart was pretty accurate, though there were a few differences. First of all, the official depth chart only goes two-deep at most positions and as far as four-deep at others like running back. I've adjusted mine to match. A few things that I found interesting were the TEs listed as Travis Dickson, Dillon Gordon and Logan Stokes (I was kind of expecting Desean Smith to be at No. 3), and the omission of Jeryl Brazil on special teams. I thought sure the speedster would make the chart as a return specialist. The only true freshmen to make the depth chart were Josh Boutte as the No. 2 left tackle, Ethan Pocic as the No. 2 center, Anthony Jennings as the No. 2 quarterback, Tashawn Bower as a backup left end, Christian LaCouture as the No. 2 defensive tackle, and Rickey Jefferson as the No. 3 free safety and strong safety.

 One more tid-bit before moving on: Just as Coach Miles was rather vague about Jeremy Hill's status, TCU's Coach Patterson seems to also be playing the cat and mouse game as he has listed DE Devonte Fields, whom he said earlier would be suspended for the game, as a possible starter against LSU.

 Now, with only four days remaining until kickoff, let’s continue our jersey countdown by looking at one of my childhood heroes who wore No. 4 - Charles Alexander. “Alexander the Great,” as he was know, was a two-time All-American and Heisman Trophy finalist who played running back at LSU from 1975-78. Some of my earliest football memories include going with Dad to Tiger Stadium to see Alexander take the field. During his time at LSU, Alexander set nine SEC records and tied for another. At the end of his stellar career, which included a pair of All-America and All-SEC honors, Alexander’s name sat atop 27 LSU records. In fact, he still holds the school records for most rushes in a game (43), most yards in a season (1,686) and most yards gained per game in a season (153.3). After his days as a Tiger, Alexander was selected with the 12th pick in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft by Cincinnati where he played for seven years and participated in Super Bowl XVI. In December of last year, Alexander became only the eighth player in LSU history to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and one of just four living LSU members along with Billy Cannon, Tommy Casanova and Jerry Stovall.
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College Football Nation Blog

Irish defense avoids encore talk

August, 27, 2013
By Matt Fortuna | ESPN.com
 
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Bob Diaco wants to know if you are addicted to his culture. The reigning Broyles Award winner asks this after leading a mad-dash to the middle of Notre Dame's three practice fields once the team breaks for its first preseason session on campus. Over there, he will instruct a defense that returns a majority of its key pieces from a 2012 season that saw it finish second nationally in scoring.

He does all of this, mind you, while wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants in the second week of August.

"I like to get a sweat on out there," he says with a laugh, "and then when you're running around, if you slam into somebody or they slam into you, you've got a little extra cushion."

The 2013 season is now four days away, and Diaco and his players have been peppered with questions about turnover, expectations and encores.

Can Notre Dame function as well without Heisman Trophy runner-up Manti Te'o in the middle? Will another strong recruiting haul allow for more flexibility? And what, really, is the personality of this defense as it enters year No. 4 under this regime?

"I think it's going to be just a collective group of guys that enjoy each other, enjoy playing hard, enjoy doing and playing defense the way it should be and not necessarily that person that's going to be out in front, you know?" Diaco said. "I think it's just a group of guys that really love each other and love what they're preparing to do and collectively just want to be the best they can be."

Notre Dame defensive coordinator Bob Diaco
Matt Cashore/US PRESSWIREBob Diaco thinks his Notre Dame defense could keep up its high-level of play this season despite losing Manti Te'o.
The Irish were almost the best last year, running the table and leading the nation in scoring defense until Alabama ran and threw all over them en route to a six-touchdown display that most around here figured to forget rather quickly.

Diaco instead used that as a teaching moment this past spring. Diaco taught his players about Dan Gable, the Iowa State wrestling great whose only prep or collegiate loss came in the finals of his senior year. Gable, Diaco told his players, was able to turn his worst moment into his greatest, as the lone defeat propelled him to gold at the 1972 Olympics.

"Going back to the Alabama game, it wasn't how anyone wanted it to be and you've just got to remember those types of things," noseguard Louis Nix said. "You've got to remember, like, you don't want that to happen again; you want to be competitive, you want to go out and do great things -- 12-0 was all great, but we lost when it counted, and you think about that every day.

"Me? I watch the national championship at least three times a week, honestly, to remind myself I don't want that to happen again. Alabama's a great team, great O-line, great coaches, great quarterback -- you have to emulate a team like that. They work hard, they go out and compete very game. They leave no doubt that they should've been national champs; that's what we've got to do and I feel like if you compete and you go out and practice hard and you do all the things that are right -- because life is a circle, when you do good things you get good things out of it, when you do bad things it comes back to haunt you — so we've just got to keep working and hopefully maybe we'll make it back to the game and probably win."

Notre Dame seems to have the necessary pieces. Nix and fellow defensive linemen Stephon Tuitt could be high first-round draft picks with another year of output similar to that of 2012. The duo, along with sophomore Sheldon Day, form what figures to be among the best defensive lines in the country.

Eight starters were slated to return to the defense until dog linebacker Danny Spond announced his retirement during camp following a series of hemiplegic migraines. But there seems to be enough bodies from a 2013 recruiting haul that ranked No. 4 nationally to create more desirable alternatives than Notre Dame had in the past. (One of the newcomers, five-star linebacker Jaylon Smith, has joined the ever-improving Ben Councell in place of Spond.)

"So I think you have to look at it that we have some other pieces that might be a little bit stronger than they were last year, so I think you have to look at all 11,” head coach Brian Kelly said. “We lose a great player in Manti Te'o but we gain some other pieces that I think are stronger this year across the board."

Diaco avoids big-picture talk, instead focusing on individual aspects that can be improved upon.

Where most look back to last year and see a defense that exceeded expectations, he harps on "the myriad, bucketful, bushel basket-full of things we did wrong."

"We're not a flavor-of-the-month, flavor-of-the-year group in terms of tweaking, changing, creating energy propaganda to get the unit going," Diaco said. "We believe in our culture, we believe in our unit culture, we believe in our unit identity and those are based on core principles that we believe create a great defense. And what we're interested in is improving and raising the level -- even if it's .0001 percent, we're interested in raising that level, every player and every coach in that unit."

The man in the middle of it all last year recognizes that culture, and he sees no sign of it slowing down just because he is no longer there among it again.

"They have the potential to be good," Te'o, now with the Chargers, said. "Any year that they line up, they have the potential to be good, and they have a lot of weapons on defense. I'm confident that they'll carry on what they did last year and everything will be good."

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Thomas Williams · Im not telling u
Wake up the echoes for "cheer cheer for old Notre Dame." The college football fans up in the northern part of America have been on the wrong end of the big talking college football noise coming from down south in the SEC.


After Alabama beat the Irish in a convincing manner for another SEC BCS Crystal Football, even some of the blue blooded big 10 die hard are starting to say the same thing. That kind of talk is hard for me to except. That the Yankees are starting to get a inferior complex these day. Say it ain't so Ohio State, Michigan, and independent fighting Irish?

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NOTEBOOK: LSU could pick up the pace against TCU

August 26, 2013   -   © 2013 Tiger Rag

Alfred Blue eagerly anticipating kickoff



By LUKE JOHNSON
Tiger Rag Assistant Editor
 
It’s officially the first day of game week, but that doesn’t mean LSU has waited until now to start preparing for TCU.

When asked how much film he’s seen of the Horned Frogs, LSU wide receiver Jarvis Landry repeated the words “a lot.”
“It’s all we’ve been doing,” Landry said.

Then it’s safe to say LSU is doing everything in its power to make sure its offense under the direction of new offensive coordinator Cam Cameron doesn’t fall flat on its face come game day. Part of that equation might be picking up the tempo.

While LSU’s offense surely won’t be confused for a vintage Chip Kelly Oregon offense, it’s been cranking up the tempo in the weeks leading in to its first game.

LSU coach Les Miles said Monday that while the team’s standard pace shouldn’t change much, fans could potentially see some no-huddle thrown in there, saying, “there will be some variance there” between the huddle and no-huddle offense.

Senior running back Alfred Blue said the team has uses fast-paced offense in eight-play bursts in practice, which was difficult at first under the hot August sun. But Blue followed by saying the team is getting acclimated to working at a quicker tempo.
“I think it’s going to be a regular thing,” Blue said. “Coach Cam is going to keep the up-tempo offense out there and just keep moving the ball. As long as you keep moving it fast, we’ll keep running it fast.”

Landry echoed Blue, saying that he’s excited about the opportunities a momentary change in pace could present for the offense. Of course, that excitement only started to build once he got over how tired it made him.
“It’s one of those things that helps us, I wouldn’t say to have an advantage, but it helps us call plays faster, have an ability to wear a defense down and get our play count higher,” Landry said.

READY TO GO

Blue, who unsurprisingly was listed as the Tigers’ top back in its first official depth chart, said he is raring to go after a torn ACL left him on the shelf for nearly a full year.
The senior feels so good that he feels like he never injured his knee in the first place. While there’s still a little trepidation to go full bore in a game, he feels it’ll be gone by the time he gets hit for the first time.

“After that first hit, I don’t think I’m going to worry about any hits any more after that,” Blue said. “But, in my mind, I want to deliver that first hit. I’m going to bring it to somebody before they try to bring it to me.”

Blue tore his ACL in the Tigers’ third game last season and hasn’t touched the ball in a game situation since. But Blue isn’t worried that he’ll make a mistake because he’ll be too amped up.
“Oh no, I’m letting it out,” Blue said. “It’s been a whole year, I’m going to let it out, man. I’m going to be excited, I’m going to get my teammates rallied up and get them hyped too. It’s time to go to war, it’s time to play ball.”

QUOTABLE

“It’s not really about the outside doubt or anything on the perimeter. It’s all about us, it’s all about the things we do inside those white lines. That’s the attitude that coach Cam, and all the offensive guys took to the practice field from the meeting rooms this fall.” Jarvis Landry on people doubting the wide receiver group.

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Be wise with your spirit to fight, then fight, fight, fight for all your worth. Win at the time you fight.
Mahatma Gandhi: ‘An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.’
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Source: Manziel questioned by NCAA

Updated: August 27, 2013, 2:37 PM ET
By Travis Haney | ESPN.com
Manziel Says He Wasn't Paid For Signings
ESPN college football insider Travis Haney discusses Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel's meeting with NCAA investigators about allegations he accepted payments for autographs, and whether he will start Saturday's home opener.Tags: Texas A&M, Travis Haney, Johnny Manziel
NCAA investigators spent a large chunk of Sunday with Johnny Manziel, questioning the Texas A&M quarterback about allegations from memorabilia dealers that he accepted payments for autographs, a source familiar with the investigation told ESPN.com on Monday night.
The governing body's officials met with Manziel, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, for nearly six hours on the College Station, Texas, campus, the source said.

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Manziel denied in the meetings that he ever took money for signing autographs, CBSSports.com reported, citing sources close to the player.

It was unclear whether the NCAA was satisfied with the initial meeting with Manziel or if it would require additional time with the redshirt sophomore. Texas A&M's season begins Saturday, at home against Rice. Manziel has taken all of his practice reps with the first team, and barring a decision by the NCAA, the school has until kickoff to make any decision on whether he starts.
Attorney Jim Darnell, hired by Manziel's family, did not return calls to ESPN on Monday night seeking comment.

Earlier this month, ESPN reported that the NCAA was looking into whether Manziel was paid for signing autographs at several locations, including in South Florida around the BCS title game.

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Also, ESPN reported that a set of autograph dealers claimed that Manziel accepted payments to sign more than 4,000 items, including footballs and photographs, at an event in Connecticut in late January.

In his first season, Manziel accounted for 5,116 total yards and 47 touchdowns, becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman. Manziel led the Aggies, in their first year in the SEC, to an 11-2 record that included an upset of eventual national champion Alabama and a Cotton Bowl victory against former Big 12 rival Oklahoma.

When ESPN.com visited Texas A&M's preseason camp from Aug. 17-19, sources close to the program indicated that the school's administration had discussed whether to sit Manziel in the face of the ongoing investigation. In the days after that visit, however, the university's higher-ups strongly defended and backed the Aggies' star player.

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Chancellor John Sharp, in an interview last week with a local TV station, called into question the original reporting by ESPN and maintained Manziel's innocence. An ESPN spokesman issued a statement Thursday, saying: "We stand by our reporting."

A school source told ESPN.com on Saturday night that things "seemed to be OK" regarding Manziel's playing status and that it was "business as usual, or as close as possible" going into the team's first game week.

On Monday, Manziel was listed as the starter on Texas A&M's game notes and athletic director Eric Hyman, in a statement, put an informal gag order on those close to the program regarding Manziel.
"The focus of our coaches and student-athletes is solely on preparing for Rice this Saturday," Hyman said in the statement, "and in the best interests of Texas A&M and the 100-plus student-athletes on the team, I have instructed Coach [Kevin] Sumlin, his staff and our student-athletes to refrain from commenting on or answering questions regarding the status of our starting quarterback, Johnny Manziel."
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Linda Ronstadt, Michael J. Fox Soften 'Cruel' Hand of Parkinson's ...

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Linda Ronstadt, Michael J. Fox Soften 'Cruel' Hand of Parkinson's Disease ... Fox has said that his first symptom was a shaking pinky finger.

And that she can't sing another note. Good Grief!...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmTddmYmwEo

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