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Bayer HealthCare and Compugen signed a preclinical research agreement centered on antibody-based cancer immunotherapies. Bayer will get the rights to further develop and market the drugs arising from the collaboration. The deal entitles Compugen to $10 million upfront and as much as $530 million in milestone fees plus sales royalties.
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Here are recent Police Department reports from Laguna Beach:
Shots fired. 11:20 p.m. 1400 block Dunning Drive. A caller reported hearing possible gunshots, followed by a woman screaming.
Disturbance. 10:53 a.m. 1400 block Hillcrest Drive. A caller said a former tenant walked into her home demanding pillows.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 9:57 a.m. 300 block Forest Avenue. A caller said three men were drinking beer and taking pills and that one of them was holding a large amount of cash.
Petty theft. 11:11 a.m. 1200 block South Coast Highway. A caller said someone stole a copper drain pipe from outside his business.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 8:17 p.m. Circle Way at Crescent Bay North. A man said someone shot at his girlfriend with a BB gun while they were on the beach.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 12:17 a.m. Ocean Front at Cress Street Beach. A caller said two men in their 20s appeared to be pushing a 5-year-old girl onto the sand.
Disturbance. 4:27 p.m. 200 block Broadway. A business employee said someone called and threatened to blow up the store if an employee whom the caller was upset with wasn't fired.
Suspicious person/circumstances. 8:02 p.m. Dumond Drive at Victoria Beach. Several residents reported a man wearing shorts and a hooded sweat shirt who was "acting weird." One resident said he woke to find the stranger in his garage. Another said he saw the man defecate near rocks.
Citizen assist. 5:07 p.m. Cliff Drive at Picnic Beach. A caller said people were taking crabs from tide pools.


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Cracked Wheat Bread
|Active dry yeast
|1 Tablespoon
|Warm water
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Cracked wheat
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1 Cup (16 tbs), scalded then cooled
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1 Tablespoon
|2 Teaspoon
|Whole wheat flour
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1 Tablespoon, softened
|Cracked wheat
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
Dissolve yeast in warm water in large bowl.
Add 2 cups all-purpose flour, the cracked wheat, milk, molasses, shortening and salt.
Beat on low speed until moistened; beat on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes.
Stir in whole wheat flour and enough all-purpose flour to make dough easy to handle.
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up.
Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about 1 hour.
Punch down dough; roll into rectangle, 18x9 inches.
Fold 9-inch sides crosswise into thirds, overlapping ends.
Roll up tightly, beginning at narrow end.
Pinch edge of dough into roll to seal well; press in ends of roll.
Press each end with side of hand to seal; fold ends under.
Place loaf, seam side down, in greased loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
Brush with margarine; sprinkle with cracked wheat.
Let rise until double, about 1 hour.
Heat oven to 400°.
Place pan on low oven rack so that top of pan is in center of oven.
Bake until loaf sounds hollow when tapped, 30 to 35 minutes.
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pregnancy and weed
The same length of time it is in your system
Some smokers it can take months before it's completely out of your system, others only a week or two. Depends usually on the amount and how often.
I really hope you do stop, it's not good for you or the baby.
And that's coming from someone who smoked multiple times a day for 6 years. When I found out I was pregnant with my first son I quit both marijuana and tobacco.
If there is something wrong with your baby (whether you end up being the cause or not), you will never be able to not blame yourself, and that's not an easy guilt to live with.
Just saying.
How long will it stay in the baby's system? How about how much will it damage your babies development, and how much it already has? How stupid and selfish are you? You should have gotten an abortion if you can't handle staying clean while pregnant. You now have 17 weeks to get your act together and hope that your baby is not damaged already. That is, if you do not go into early labor because of your weed habit. Maybe you should think about adoption if you are not equipped to be a parent. There is nothing wrong with smoking weed occasionally, but if you care more about that than the healthy development of your baby, then you should not be a parent.
Welcomed a much waited-for baby girl in February of 2013, and now unexpectedly pregnant again and due February 2014. Irish twins. Holy Cow.
I don't think yelling at this mother or calling her stupid is an effective means of getting her to change her behavior. Obviously she realizes it's been a mistake and I think she's brave to admit it here and reach out for help. I agree she's made some bad decisions, which we can only pray will not have life long lasting effects on the baby. It seems to me she also realizes what she's done and is scared.
Csiara, you can only change what you do from here on out. I have already said a prayer for you for strength and wisdom. What some of the other moms said is completely true, that if there was even one hair damaged on your baby you'd never forgive yourself, whether it had anything to do with the weed or not. Your baby is innocent and needs to be protected. I don't know how long the baby could test postive, but I also am pretty sure unless the hospital knows or sees a reason to, they don't just perform drug tests on babies. You can change, start making the decision you know is right today. And never go back. Good luck.
Zach(31) and Daphny(23) Happily married since November 8, 2010
Super Soggy mommy and daddy to Sydney Starr, born Nov.2, 2011 via c-section.
Zach(31) and Daphny(23) Happily married since November 8, 2010
Super Soggy mommy and daddy to Sydney Starr, born Nov.2, 2011 via c-section.


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For Tam, "basically, it was just a meeting between the two groups, nothing more than that. I didn't even remember him then after the event since they had lots of members," she laughed.
For AR, though, "the memory is still as vivid as the moment it was made. She entered the door, late, simply gorgeous in shorts and plain white shirt." But AR said that "I didn't get to actually meet her there (STRAP's event). She was introduced as she came in, but that whole evening, we never got the chance to talk, me and her. Or I didn't took the chance to even say hi (torpe problems)."
The two met each other again on various occasions a few months after that, but it was always in a group setting. And in those instances, when they managed to chat, all we talked about (were) trans stuff."
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Electron-beam computed tomography (CT; also known as ultrafast CT) uses an electron gun rather than a standard x-ray tube to generate x-rays, thus permitting very rapid scanning. Spiral CT scanning (also referred to as helical CT scanning) also creates images at greater speeds by rotating a standard x-ray tube around the patient such that data are gathered in a continuous spiral or helix rather than in individual slices.
While both electron-beam CT (EBCT) and spiral computed tomography (CT) scanning may be valued as an alternative to conventional CT scanning due to their faster throughput, their speed of image acquisition also permits unique imaging of the moving heart. For example, the rapid image acquisition time virtually eliminates motion artifact related to cardiac contraction, permitting visualization of the calcium in the epicardial coronary arteries. EBCT software permits quantification of calcium area and density, which are translated into calcium scores. Calcium scores have been investigated as a technique for detecting coronary artery calcification, both as a diagnostic technique in symptomatic patients to rule out an atherosclerotic etiology of symptoms or, in asymptomatic patients, as an adjunctive method for risk stratification for coronary artery disease.
EBCT and multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) were initially the primary fast CT methods for measurement of coronary artery calcification. A fast CT study for coronary artery calcium measurement generally takes 10 to 15 minutes and requires only a few seconds of scanning time. More recently, CT angiography has been used to assess coronary calcium. Because of the basic similarity between EBCT and CT angiography in measuring coronary calcium, it is expected that CT angiography provides similar information on coronary calcium as does EBCT.
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The use of computed tomography (CT) to detect coronary artery calcification is considered experimental, investigational and unproven.
The rationale for measuring calcium in coronary arteries is that it measures coronary atherosclerosis. Coronary calcium is present in coronary atherosclerosis, but the atherosclerosis detected may or may not be causing ischemia or symptoms. Such a measure may be correlated with the presence of critical coronary stenoses or serve as a measure of the patient's proclivity toward atherosclerosis and future coronary disease. Thus, it could serve as a variable to be used in a risk assessment calculation for the purposes of determining appropriate preventive treatment in asymptomatic patients. Alternatively, in other clinical scenarios, it might help determine whether there is atherosclerotic etiology or component to the presenting clinical problem in symptomatic patients, thus helping to direct further workup for the clinical problem. In this second scenario, a calcium score of zero usually indicates that the patient's clinical problem is unlikely to be due to atherosclerosis and that other etiologies should be more strongly considered. In neither case does the test actually determine a specific diagnosis. Most clinical studies have examined the use of coronary calcium for its potential use in estimating the risk of future coronary heart disease events.
Coronary calcium levels can be expressed in many ways. The most common method is the Agatston score, which is a weighted summed total of calcified coronary artery area observed on computed tomography (CT). This value can be expressed as an absolute number, commonly ranging from 0 to 400. These values can be translated into age and sex-specific percentile values. Different imaging methods and protocols will produce different values based on the specific algorithm used to create the score, but the correlation between any 2 methods appears to be high, and scores from one method can be translated into scores from a different method.
This policy is based, in part on a 1998 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Technology Evaluation Center (TEC) Assessment. (1)
Coronary calcium for coronary disease risk stratification
Many prospective studies have shown evidence for predictive capacity of calcium scores in addition to assessment of traditional risk factors. In a study of 1,029 asymptomatic adults with at least 1 coronary risk factor, Greenland et al. (2) showed that a calcium score of greater than 300 predicted increased risk of cardiac events within Framingham risk categories. A study by Arad et al. (3) showed similar findings in a population-based sample of 1,293 subjects who had both traditional risk factors and calcium scores evaluated at baseline. A study by Taylor et al. (4) studied the association of the Framingham risk score and calcium scores in a young military population (mean age 43 years). Although only 9 acute coronary events occurred, calcium scores were associated with risk of events while controlling for the risk score. LaMonte et al. (5) also analyzed the association of calcium scores and coronary heart disease (CHD) events in 10,746 adults. In this study, coronary risk factors were self-reported. During a mean follow-up of 3.5 years, 81 CHD events occurred. Similar to the other studies, the relationship between calcium scores and CHD events remained after adjustment for other risk factors. Other studies (6-8) show similar findings. Additional studies have defined how the incorporation of calcium scores into risk scores changes risk prediction. In a study by Polonsky et al., (9) incorporation of calcium score into a risk model resulted in more subjects (77% vs. 66%) being classified in either high-risk or low-risk categories. The subjects who were reclassified to high risk had similar risk of CHD events as those who were originally classified as high risk. A study by Elias-Smale et al. (10) showed similar findings; reclassification of subjects occurred most substantially in the intermediate risk group (5-10% 5-year risk) where 56% of persons were reclassified.
A growing body of literature now addresses the relationship of traditional risk factors, calcium scores, and risk of CHD. Current treatment guidelines for coronary disease prevention recommend specific treatment based on prediction of coronary disease risk. The cited studies enrolled different populations, assessed different traditional risk factors, and assessed different coronary disease outcomes. Different calcium score cutoffs were analyzed in the studies. Given the variation in the studies, the magnitude of increased risk conferred by a given calcium score is still uncertain. The results of the study by Greenland et al. (2) would suggest that a high calcium score, as defined as a score greater than 300, does not change risk appreciably for those with Framingham risk scores less than 10% or greater than 20%. Given that there is no direct evidence that risk stratification using calcium scores in addition to traditional risk assessment improves patient outcomes, a consensus approach that integrates existing evidence with a modeling approach to predicting patient outcomes would aid in determining whether calcium scoring is of value.
Numerous studies have also evaluated the predictive ability of coronary calcium using CT angiography. (11-14) These studies have included different population, such as patients with or without risk factors or patients with an intermediate risk of CAD. Similar to studies that use EBCT, these studies have demonstrated that calcium scores derived from CT angiography provide incremental predictive information for the overall risk of CAD, as compared to coronary angiography and for the future occurrence of major cardiac events.
Coronary calcium for ruling out atherosclerotic etiology of disease in symptomatic patients
In certain clinical situations such as patients presenting with chest pain or other symptoms, it is uncertain whether the symptoms are potentially due to CHD. Coronary calcium measurement has been proposed as a method that can rule out CHD in certain patients if the coronary calcium value is zero. Since coronary disease can only very rarely occur in the absence of coronary calcium, the presence of any coronary calcium can be a sensitive but not specific test for coronary disease. False positives occur because the calcium may not be causing ischemia or symptoms. The absence of any coronary calcium can be a specific test for the absence of coronary disease and direct the diagnostic workup toward other causes of the patient's symptoms. In this context, coronary calcium measurement is not used to make a positive diagnosis of any kind but as a diagnostic "filter" used to rule out an atherosclerotic cause for the patient's symptoms.
For example, in a study by Laudon et al. in the emergency department setting, 51% (133/263) patients with chest pain and low-to-moderate probability of CAD had calcium scores of zero. (15) One of these patients was found to actually have coronary disease. The others were presumed to not have coronary disease, and it is claimed that these patients could have been safely discharged from the emergency department. However, the study is not rigorous in its methods regarding the alternative workup of potential coronary artery disease in the emergency department or in the long-term follow-up of patients.
Evidence regarding the use of coronary calcium scores in the assessment of symptomatic patients has been reviewed in a 2007 clinical consensus co-written by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Hospital Association (AHA). (16) Calcium scores have similar sensitivity and specificity to other tests such as exercise single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of anatomic obstructive CHD. It is difficult to determine the validity of these diagnostic performance characteristics given the possible referral and confirmation biases. If the performance of the reference standard for coronary disease such as angiography is based upon the results of the diagnostic tests under study, diagnostic test characteristics are biased.
Impact on cardiac risk factor profiles
There have been a small number of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) of the impact of electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) on cardiac risk factors. In 2012, Seamus et al. published a meta-analysis of RCTs that evaluated the impact of coronary calcium scores on cardiac risk profiles and cardiac procedures. (17) There were 4 trials identified with a total of 2,490 participants; the individual trials ranged in size from 50-1,934 patients. The authors pooled data from 4 trials on the impact of calcium scores on blood pressure, 3 on the impact on low-density lipoprotein, and 2 on the impact on high-density lipoprotein. Pooled analysis did not show a significant change in any of these parameters as a result of calcium scores. Similarly, in 4 studies that looked at the rates of smoking cessation following calcium scores, there was not significant change found. There were 2 studies that included rates of coronary angiography and 2 studies that included rates of revascularization. Pooled analysis of these studies did not show a significant change following measurement of coronary calcium.
Two RCTs representative of this evidence are discussed further here. O'Malley et al. (18) randomized 450 subjects to receive EBCT or not and assessed outcomes 1 year later for change in Framingham Risk Score. Thus, EBCT was to be used as a guide to refine risk in patients and possibly provide motivation for behavioral change. The study was not powered for clinical endpoints. EBCT did not produce any benefits in terms of a difference in Framingham risk score at 1 year.
An RCT was published in 2011 evaluating the impact of computed tomography (CT) scanning for coronary artery calcium on cardiac risk factors. (19) A total of 2,137 healthy individuals were randomized to CT scanning or no CT scanning and followed for 4 years. At baseline, both groups received 1 session of risk factor counseling by a nurse practitioner. The primary outcome was change in 12 different cardiac risk profile measures, including blood pressure , lipid and glucose levels, weight, exercise, and the Framingham risk score. At the 4-year follow-up, there was differential dropout among the groups, with 88.2% of follow-up in the scan group versus 81.9% in the no-scan group. Results demonstrated differences in 4 of the 12 risk factor measurements between groups: systolic blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein, waist circumference, and mean Framingham risk score.
This trial highlights the potential benefit of coronary artery calcium screening in modifying cardiac risk profile but is not definitive in demonstrating improved outcomes. Limitations of this study include different intensity of interventions between groups and differential dropout. It is possible that the small differences reported in the trial were the result of bias from these methodologic limitations. In addition, this trial does not compare the impact of other types of risk factor intervention, most notably more intensive risk factor counseling. Finally, the generalizability of the findings is uncertain given that this was a volunteer population that may have been highly motivated for change.
Future research needs
The current research mainly establishes that coronary artery calcium screening improves risk prediction for coronary artery disease. The 2011 RCT suggests that scanning may favorably impact cardiac risk profiles but is not sufficient in itself to demonstrate improved outcomes. In order to demonstrate that use of calcium scores improves the efficiency or accuracy of the diagnostic workup of symptomatic patients, rigorous studies that define exactly how coronary calcium scores are used in combination with other tests in the triage of patients would be necessary. Study designs need to explicitly evaluate diagnostic strategies that compare one strategy which uses calcium scores, to an alternative, which does not use calcium scores. Ideally, patient outcomes and resource utilization would need to be prospectively evaluated.
Practice Guidelines and Position Statements
In 2006, the American Heart Association (AHA) issued a scientific statement (20) on the use of cardiac CT. Most of the document reviewed the utility of calcium scoring for the use of determining prognosis and diagnosis. In addition to reviewing a large body of evidence regarding calcium scoring, clinical recommendations were also offered. No indications received a class I recommendation, i.e., evidence and/or agreement that the procedure is useful and effective. Several indications received a class IIb recommendation, which means that there is conflicting evidence and/or a divergence of opinion regarding usefulness or efficacy. The "b" qualifier indicates usefulness/efficacy is less well established. The indications that received an IIb recommendation were:
Four indications received a class III recommendation, which means that there is evidence that the procedure or treatment is not useful or possibly harmful. These indications were:
The 2006 AHA scientific statement (20) also cited several other studies showing an association between calcium scores and CAD events after adjustment for traditional risk factors. The report recognized that despite growing evidence that calcium scores are an independent predictor of CAD, studies have not demonstrated improved clinical outcomes as a result of calcium score screening. This scientific statement reflected these uncertainties in the utility of calcium scoring in their clinical guideline statements.
A 2007 clinical consensus document co-written by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the AHA (16) reviewed much of the same evidence as the 2006 AHA scientific statement. It should be noted that this type of consensus document represents the best attempt of the ACCF and AHA to inform clinical practice where rigorous evidence is not yet available. Thus formal grading of evidence and classification of clinical recommendations are not reported in this type of document. This document essentially concludes that the indications receiving an IIb recommendation in the 2006 scientific statement "may be reasonable.…" Recommendations from the 2010 ACCF/AHA Guidelines are noted below.
In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued recommendations regarding the use of nontraditional or novel risk factors in assessing CHD risk in asymptomatic persons. (21, 22) Calcium score was 1 of 9 risk factors considered in the report. They concluded that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of using any of the nontraditional risk factors studied to assess risk of coronary disease in asymptomatic persons. In their focused review of 5 studies, which they judged to have valid study designs, they found wide variation in the estimates of the risk ratio for higher calcium scores. Higher quality studies had lower relative risks for a given difference in calcium score. This review disagrees with the ACCF/AHA 2007 clinical consensus document (16) regarding the effect of calcium scores on reclassifying risk of coronary disease. Rather than the 4 studies that the ACCF/AHA document claims provides information about reclassification, the USPSTF report only finds one such study.
Recommendations on calcium scoring from the 2010 ACCF/AHA Guidelines (19) are as follows:
Class IIa
Measurement of CAC [coronary artery calcification] is reasonable for cardiovascular risk assessment in asymptomatic adults at intermediate risk (10% to 20% 10-year risk). (Level of Evidence: B)
Class IIb
Measurement of CAC may be reasonable for cardiovascular risk assessment in persons at low to intermediate risk (6% to 10% 10-year risk). (Level of Evidence: B)
Class III: No Benefit
Persons at low risk (<6% 10-year risk) should not undergo CAC measurement for cardiovascular risk assessment. (Level of Evidence: B)
A systematic review by Ferket et al. (23) identified 14 guidelines that evaluated diagnostic imaging for asymptomatic coronary artery disease, which included those reviewed above, and additional guidelines from New Zealand and Canada. Ten of the guidelines addressed use of calcium score as a method to improve coronary risk assessment. Four guidelines concluded that there was sufficient evidence for consideration of its use, and 1 guideline recommended for its use. The only group of patients for whom its use was recommended was that of intermediate-risk patients. For subjects at low risk or high risk, guidelines were unanimous in not advocating calcium scoring.
There is extensive evidence on the predictive value of coronary artery calcium screening for cardiovascular disease, and this evidence demonstrates that scanning has incremental predictive accuracy above traditional risk factor measurement. High-quality evidence is lacking comparing the use of coronary artery calcium screening to other methods of enhanced risk prediction, and as a result, there is uncertainty as to which methods are preferred in specific populations. Limited evidence from clinical trials suggests that scanning may lead to improved risk factor profiles, but this finding has not been consistent and methodologic limitations preclude definitive conclusions on this question.
Evidence-based guideline statements regarding calcium score measurement give, at best, a reserved recommendation in favor of the use of EBCT and recognize the incomplete evidence base that supports those recommendations. Review of several guidelines shows disagreement regarding the utility of calcium score measurement. The USPSTF review highlights the inconsistency of the relative risk of coronary disease associated with calcium scores, thus making risk estimates based on it imprecise. Because of the lack of high-quality evidence demonstrating improved outcomes and the lack of strong recommendations from authoritative sources, the use of computed tomography (CT) to detect coronary artery calcification is considered experimental, investigational and unproven.
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A girl everyone teabags.
Get your balls off my chin. You think I'm fucking Kelly?
Beküldő: teabagkelly 2010. június 28.
A Big WHORE who will do anything for FREE.Kelly likes to stick big penis in her ass.
Kelly is a whore.
Beküldő: Nick Valentine64 2011. március 14.
An overweight woman with really bad hair. Some one who controls every move their husband makes becuase she is a narcassis and plays on the emotions of others. A lazy out of shape unemployed person who has nothing but hate and poison coming from her ugly mouth.
I dont know how he has stayed with Kelly all these years.
Beküldő: thepretty1 2011. július 3.
A lying cry baby she'll tell your best friends about stuff that never even happened. She'll lead you to think she's cool then, out of nowhere MEGA BITCH! She doesn't care how but, she wants her way. She's a flirtatious slut that has a horrible taste in style. If she makes a avatar it's always the UGLIEST thing. She's also an annoying scene kid. (:
"Have you seen Kelly?"
Yeah she's over there being ugly and annoying. :)
Yeah she's over there being ugly and annoying. :)
Beküldő: whowutwhenwherewhy 2011. április 18.
some bitch who is stealing the guy you like/ are with.
"wtf? shes being such a kelly!"
Beküldő: mileybabee 2010. február 25.
A fake, annoying, slut.
EW, look at her slutting around him, being all fake! What a Kelly!?
Beküldő: jdfkjdfjhdsj 2010. december 8.
Another word for whore. She gets ALOT of guys, but that is because she is easy, and has huge boobies. Kelly's favorite activities are making out, checking out boys, and stroking guy's cocks. Guys only like her for her hoo-ha's, but we all know that her face is terrible. She is a horny-ass, weed smoking, white-trash, bitch. She gives blow-jobs and says "I love you" to EVERY one of her boyfriends. Her life goal is to probably have sex with 200 different guys.
God, she is such a Kelly
Beküldő: You_dont_need_to_know_goshhhhh 2010. december 10.


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Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, one of the 14 accused in the Adarsh scam case, had written to the CBI, saying that the investigation agency must seek Maharashtra governor's sanction before prosecuting him in the case.
But, was the governor's permission to prosecute the former Maharashtra chief minister in the case a legal must? According to documents available with dna, two legal officers of the CBI stated that no permission was required to prosecute Chavan, because "entering into conspiracy and cheating were not part of his official duty."
Even special director VK Gupta had put his seal on legal officers' opinion before retiring in February 2013.
However, CBI director Ranjit Sinha reversed the decision and ruled that prosecution against Chavan could only be initiated after the state governor gave permission.
Ranjit Sinha went ahead and thus sought sanction from Maharashtra Governor K Sankarnaryanan. The governor refused permission.
Chavan had asked the CBI to invoke Section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) before chargesheeting him. Sanction of prosecution under Section 197 of CrPC is required against a public servant if the omission and commission constituting the offence has nexus with the discharge of official duty of the public servant.
But the majority opinion in the CBI was that Chavan has also been charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC). And Section 19 of Act says that no sanction is required if a public servant ceases to hold office, which was misused at the time of taking cognizance of the offence.
Sources in the CBI say the issue of "prosecution" or "no prosecution" triggered around mid-November 2012, when Chavan sent a representation to the then CBI director AP Singh, saying that the "CBI has not sought sanction against him from the competent authority under Section 197 of CrPC, although on that subject sanction was sought against two other public servants".
These two public servants – Dr Jairaj Pathak, the then municipal commissioner of Mumbai, and Dr Pradeep Vyas, the then collector of Mumbai – are accused in the Adarsh scam.
Chavan, in his representation, also drew parallels with Mayawati's Taj Corridor case.
In December 2012, Ranjit Sinha took over as CBI chief and began discussions on Chavan's representation.
Sinha told dna: "Decision was taken on legal advise of the prosecution wing. The matter was not referred to attorney general GE Vahanavati. The CBI decides on merit and not to pander to popular demand."
But documents with dna tell another story. A letter from joint director Keshav Kumar (CBI-Mumbai) stress on the urgency to address the matter in view of Chavan's written representation.
Kumar forwarded Chavan's letter to the department of prosecution, following which the two legal officers gave their opinions.
The legal officers argued that no sanction under Section 197 is required.
Endorsing the legal officers' view, special director VB Gupta had stated that prosecution against former telecom minister A Raja was not obtained in 2G case before filing charge sheet as he had already ceased to be a public servant.
On Chavan's reference to Mayawati's case, Gupta said: "The said reference for seeking sanction for prosecution against Ms Mayawati and others under Section 197 CrPC and section 19 of PC Act was made under the directions of Special Judge before whom a report was earlier presented."
But subsequently, Gupta says, many Supreme Court judgments, including in the Parkash Singh Badal case, have made it clear that no sanction is required in such corruption cases. "Thus it will not be worthwhile to draw any comparison between the two cases, that is, case of Ms Mayawati and Shri Ashok Shankarrao Chavan,'' wrote VK Gupta.


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With Railway Age since 1992, Bill Vantuono has broadened and deepened the magazine's coverage of the technological revolution that is so swiftly changing the industry. He has also strengthened Railway Age's leadership position in industry affairs with the conferences he conducts on operating passenger trains on freight railroads and communications-based train control.
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Wabtec Corp. announced that it has signed a contract valued at about $12 million to provide braking equipment to Bombardier Transportation Canada, Inc., for 100 new passenger rail cars on order from New Jersey Transit.
The contract, which also includes draft gears and bench test equipment, includes an option to supply Bombardier for up to 79 additional cars.
New Jersey Transit awarded the car order to Bombardier in 2010.
Passenger flows were nearly normal Monday morning at PATH's Hoboken Station following an accident Sunday, when a train ran through its bumper block and into the station platform, injuring about 35 people, some of whom were treated in nearby hospitals.
Wabtec Corp. said Monday it has signed a US$21 million contract with mining company Rio Tinto to provide electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) braking equipment for a portion of the company's freight cars and locomotives in Australia. The equipment will be delivered in 2011-12. Under the contract, Wabtec will provide about 3,600 carsets of ECP equipment so that Rio Tinto can retrofit its fleet of iron ore cars, most of which currently use Wabtec's standard pneumatic brakes. In addition, Rio Tinto will install ECP brakes on six locomotives initially, with potential for more in the future. "The advantages of electronic braking – including significantly shorter stopping distances – have been proven in commercial use by railroads around the world," said Albert J. Neupaver, Wabtec's president and chief executive officer. "Rio Tinto's investment in this technology is a further demonstration that heavy-haul railroads can deploy ECP to reduce cycle times and improve train handling, and we are pleased to be part of the project."
Wabtec said that with standard pneumatic brake equipment, the brakes are applied and released throughout the train sequentially, one car after another. ECP equipment uses an electronic signal to apply and release the brakes simultaneously in every car.
New Jersey Transit Corp. unveiled the ALP45-DP, its first dual-powered locomotive, noting it also is the first of its kind in North America, at Newark-Penn Station Wednesday, immediately following its Board of Directors meeting. The locomotive was on static display on Track A (as seen below).
NJT says its has ordered 26 dual-powered locomotives from Bombardier Transportation. It did not disclose whether it still plans to exercise an option for an additional 10 units.
The single-cab locomotives, which can operate in both electrified (catenary) and non-electrified territory, will give NJT added flexibility within its rail network. One strong possibility is direct service to New York-Penn Station from all stations on its North Jersey Coast Line; at present, only municipalities under wire on the NJCL are served in such a manner. NJT could also use the Bombardier dual-power locomotives for services on its Hoboken Division, which also include a mix of electrified and non-electrified right-of-way.
M&ET currently operates seven Railpower GenSets, achieving reductions in diesel fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions of up to 45% and nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulates by 80%-90% per locomotive, according to Malay. "Since the beginning of the M&ET-Railpower relationship, both groups have worked hard in partnership to develop customer-friendly options for the GenSet locomotives," he says. "M&ET is truly a pioneer in the green locomotive movement, as well as a respected contributor toward the evolution of the RP Series GenSets. We are excited to continue our partnershipwith the delivery of this order,"
R.J. Corman Railpower will deliver the remaining four RP20BDs later this year, providing on-site training, remote diagnostics, and field support.
New York City Transit broke new ground in North American rapid transit when it procured a radio-frequency-based Communications-Based Train Control system on the Canarsie "L" line. The innovation apparently hasn't stopped with CBTC, because the L was recently the scene of a unique dining experience. Though not approved (or for that matter, appreciated by) the New York MTA, the event, as reported by The New York Times, was typical of the many unusual and offbeat things that make the Big Apple's subway system unique in the world.
We would like to add to The Times' coverage of this event by clearly stating that, in our opinion, it would not have gone off with such precision and success without the smooth train operation afforded by the Canarsie line's state-of-the-art CBTC system from Siemens. In full ATO (Automatic Train Operation) mode, the L's CBTC system as deployed on the Kawasaki Railcar USA R143 cars provides far smoother, more-consistent acceleration and braking profiles than manual operation. So, a hearty toast (non-alcoholic, of course) off to the railway supply industry and the engineering consultants that support it for making CBTC feasible and affordable, and fine dining on the L train just another typical day on New York's subways. Read on.
—William C. Vantuono, Editor
Aboard the L Train, Luncheon is Served
By Melana Ryzik
Published in The New York Times, May 3, 2011
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In the era of pop-up restaurants and speakeasies, flash mobs and social stunts, it was perhaps inevitable that a formal luncheon for a dozen people would be staged aboard the Brooklyn-bound L train. Inevitable, but still impressive.
"So, is there a dining car?" one of the guests asked, as the group descended into the subway station at 14th Street and Eighth Avenue on Sunday, shortly after 1 p.m.In fact, there was. Within moments, a car of the waiting train was transformed into a traveling bistro, complete with tables, linens, fine silverware and a bow-tied maître d'hôtel. "Is this your first time dining on the second car of the L train?" he asked, as guests filed in.
They had been lured by the promise of a clandestine dining experience. ("Please go to the North East Corner of 8th Ave and 14th St," read the instructions e-mailed early that morning. "There will be a tall slender woman there with jet black hair who is holding an umbrella. Please just go up and introduce yourself. Her name is Michele and she is quite lovely, but no matter how hard you press she won't tell you about the adventure you are going on.")
The event was the work of several supper clubs, and the menu they devised was luxurious: caviar, foie gras and filet mignon, and for dessert, a pyramid of chocolate panna cotta, dusted with gold leaf. All of it was accessible with a MetroCard swipe (Michele handed out single-ride passes) and orchestrated with clockwork precision. The six-course extravaganza took only a half-hour.
It wasn't rush hour, so seating was easy. The tables (lap-width black planks, with holes cut to fit water glasses) were tied to the subway railings with twine. Tucking in behind them felt something like being buckled into a roller coaster. At 1:30 p.m., a few minutes ahead of schedule, the train lurched off.
"Remember, if you see anything, say something," said the maître d'hôtel (actually an auctioneer who gave his name only as C. K.). He added, "This train will be making all local stops." Assistants decorated the tables with sprigs of lavender and offered water, sparkling or still.
At the next stop, Sixth Avenue and 14th Street, the chefs and main organizers, Daniel Castaño and Michael J. Cirino, of the supper club A Razor, A Shiny Knife, hopped on, joined by gloved waiters with trays. They presented the first course, an amuse-bouche of fluke crudo with bone marrow mayonnaise and trout roe, served in porcelain spoons borrowed from the pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini.
"We might mention that we really love the slow food movement," said another bowtied host, Jonathan Cristaldi, "but today we're not really about slow food. So eat quickly."
Because of a few no-shows, there was room for walk-ups (or rather, passengers). "We'll show you to your table right now," C. K told Nicolas and Ana Brandstader, a brother and sister from Buenos Aires heading to Williamsburg who stopped and went wide-eyed as helpers rigged up another plank.
Paul Smith, a CUNY professor, encountered the meal on his way home to the East Village and was invited to join. "I had this fantastic lunch," he said, "very exquisite. And then I thought, am I going to get arrested?"
There was no sign of the police or even a conductor, but officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, reached on Monday, were not amused. "A dinner party on the L train?" said Charles F. Seaton, a spokesman for the authority. "No. Subway trains are for riding, not for holding parties."
In deference to the authority's rules, the hosts did not offer alcohol. This did not assuage Mr. Seaton. "No beverages at all with open containers," he said.
(Editor's comment: Sorry Charles Seaton, but even though we know you must follow official MTA policy, you're being a REAL party pooper!)
At Third Avenue came foie gras en brioche, with pots of homemade port-and-raisin jelly. Guests scrambled for knives and salt cellars that slid around the tables. As the subway rumbled, water refills sometimes missed the mark, and C. K. got on his knees to stabilize the tables and proffer wet wipes. Other riders gawked or — this is New York, after all — continued staring ahead and listening to their iPods.
Under the river and out to Brooklyn, where, at the Lorimer Street stop, the soup got on: purée of ramps, poured warm from a silver teapot, over black garlic, morels and a prosciutto crisp. Among the guests was Helena De Pereda, who is helping open a members-only club in SoHo and was considering hiring A Razor, A Shiny Knife for events. "They wanted to impress me," she said. "They got the job."
Like some counterparts in the underground dining scene, Mr. Cirino and Mr. Castaño aim for a punk theatricality. Halfway to the last stop, in Canarsie, Mr. Cristaldi, who performs as Jonny Cigar and hosts an itinerant wine saloon, began reading aloud from a copy of "The Great Gatsby" that he pulled from the pocket of his bespoke suit. The subway luncheon was his idea.
Naturally, it was heavily documented; at times the photographers outnumbered the staff. Mike Lee, of the dining club Studiofeast, the chef in charge of the entree, arrived at Morgan Avenue with a video camera strapped to his forehead. His runners carried boards with precisely plated cubes of filet mignon, swipes of mashed potatoes and pickled asparagus tips.
Mr. Lee had drawn a map of the Morgan Avenue platform, complete with the benches he used as work stations, and clocked dry runs of assembling his dish. Like the others, it was cooked at an apartment along the L route. Timing was crucial, but waiting for the right train was torture. "It was 50 minutes of sitting around and 10 minutes of sheer terror," Mr. Lee said.
In a final flourish, the last two courses — a gooey spoonful of St. André cheese and the dessert — were finished aboard the moving train. As the L rose above ground and the car filled with sunlight, Mr. Cirino added a raspberry coulis from a whipped cream dispenser to the panna cotta; plates were quickly spooned clean. The Argentines gloated over their good fortune. "You expect crazy things to happen in the subway, like people getting naked, but this ... " Mr. Brandstader said, trailing off.
With the dirty dishes packed away and the tables stacked, the organizers took stock at a beer garden in Williamsburg. The whole event involved more than 50 people and the cost to the hosts was about $1,600, Mr. Cirino estimated, not including donated supplies (Mast Brothers chocolate for the desserts) and prep space (courtesy of the Brooklyn Kitchen).
Tickets were $100, but the money was refunded as a sort of good-will adventure gesture. "We wanted to challenge ourselves," Mr. Cirino said. "We raised the bar," Mr. Castaño added. Coming from a crew whose idea of a meal out is recreating a 20-course Thomas Keller-Grant Achatz feast and serving it in three cities, this is high praise. Over lagers and sausage they toasted a future filled with sizzling hot pots.
"Next year," Mr. Lee said, "we do shabu shabu. What could go wrong?"
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LOS ANGELES The FBI started seeking information about the business and political dealings of state Sen. Ron Calderon and his brother Tom, a former state assemblyman, as long ago as 2005, though the investigation only came to light this week when agents raided Ron's Sacramento offices.
Three people who have spoken multiple times with the FBI told The Associated Press on Thursday that agents initially were interested in virtually anything involving the brothers but more recently narrowed their questions to issues surrounding the Central Basin Municipal Water District, which paid Tom $11,000 per month as a consultant. Agents also wanted to know about Ron's involvement in legislation affecting the district.
The three include a current and former elected official in Los Angeles County, and a man who runs a local watchdog website under the pseudonym Pedro Paramo.
All spoke on condition of anonymity because of concern the FBI would be upset by public comments about an ongoing investigation.
The former elected official said the FBI encouraged him to attend fundraising events or other social activities where he might encounter the Calderons. He said agents instructed him to only attend events he would go to anyway so he wouldn't raise suspicion.
The FBI hasn't disclosed any details on the investigation, which burst into the public realm late Tuesday when agents executed search warrants at Ron Calderon's two offices. The search warrants are sealed so it's unclear what authorities were after.
Calderon, D-Montebello, hasn't commented on the investigation. His attorney, Mark Geragos, has denied any wrongdoing by his client.
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Joseph Legaspi, a spokesman for Central Basin, said the district hasn't been contacted by the FBI and will cooperate if agents want information.
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He is termed out of the Senate next year and is considering running for state controller.
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up to 6X9, but only came with a 35mm negative carrier. ......Would be interested in finding other negative carriers and a spare lens board or two.
Yes, I would like to get my hands on other negative carriers. I have 6x6 and 6x9. would like 6x7 6x4.5 and 35mm. In case there really is a Santa Claus, I thought I'd mention that!
I love the wilderness and I love my trail cameras, all Fuji's! :) GA645, GW690 III, and the X100 which I think is the best trail camera ever invented (to date).
You don't even need special carriers since you have 6x9 and 6x6 carriers. You can print 6x7 in your 6x9 carrier just fine, and 6x4.5 in your 6x6 carrier just fine. (Also, I doubt a 6x4.5 carrier was ever made for it, given the vintage.) The film will lie just as flat as it would with special holders. I always tape my negs to the carrier anyhow, as it holds them flat and also keeps the top of the carrier from contacting them.
For 35mm, it would be nice to have a dedicated carrier. Until you find it, however, you can just print your 6x6 negs in the 6x9 holder, and convert the 6x6 holder to 35mm by laying some strips of 3M Photo tape across the 6x6 hole at right angles to make a window for 35mm. You can use some construction paper as well, but I trust the tape more with the emulsion side of my negs, as it is more smooth. This may be a stupid fear, but for me the tape works fine.
P.S. Make sure it is photo tape, and not gaffer tape. Gaffer tape would be a bad choice for this purpose. Photo tape is black masking tape that blocks light well.
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Hey, 2F/2F, I'm interested in what you say about taping negatives. I have a number of Polaroid 665 negs that I need to get scanned, and of course they don't fit any standard carrier for my flatbed. I could try to lay them on the glass but (like you) I'm concerned about things touching the emulsion side. I was considering getting a thick plastic sheet of some sort, cutting the proper-size hole in it, and taping the neg on top. But of course I want to use a tape that is easily removed and leaves no residue -- do you think 3M Photo Tape is suitable? Thanks!
Originally Posted by 1SharpMonkey
Yes, I would like to get my hands on other negative carriers. I have 6x6 and 6x9. would like 6x7 6x4.5 and 35mm. In case there really is a Santa Claus, I thought I'd mention that!
I have picked up too many free enlargers over the weekend. I am thinking of getting rid of my Kodak enlarger. If you can post some photos of your existing carrier with measurements, I can tell you whether my 35mm carrier will work with your enlarger. If so, we can discuss how to get it to you... when I make a decision on what I am keeping.
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Originally Posted by p3200TMZ
If you can post some photos of your existing carrier with measurements, I can tell you whether my 35mm carrier will work with your enlarger.
I just took some photos of the 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" (6 x 9) carrier, along side a fabric tape measure. Apparantly the flash on my digital camera is too potent for close up shots and it has drowned out some details, one being the tape measure. But you can see the shaping of the carrier, it is not a simple flat machined sheet metal with a hinge. It is stamped with an inset, chrome plated to allow the negative to be slid in and out even while the carrier is mounted in the enlarger. The lever on the curved part is what allows the carrier to be spread apart slightly allowing the play for the negative to be slid. And the bottom side of the carrier that appears inside the enlarger facing down to the lens is painted black, so that will not scatter light.
The measurement along the hinge, side to side is 5 1/4" or 13.3 cm. The measurement from the hinge to the edge of the rounded side (while folded) is 4 3/8" or 11.1 cm.
Does this look like what you have?
Hi all,
just saw this at eBay:
it looks to be the condenser for 35mm film, 2"/50mm lens.
no connection, just saw it.
Originally Posted by phfitz
it looks to be the condenser for 35mm film, 2"/50mm lens.
no connection, just saw it.
Oh there IS a connection! This looks like the condenser in my enlarger! I wonder if there's a difference. This one says #3. Maybe there is a #1 and #2 (by deduction). I pulled mine out to have a look at it. The label on it flaked off where there was printing and it is too far gone to read. So I don't know what I have.
This seller has something else for this enlarger. It is listed as "EXPOSURE METER BRACKET A for KODAK PRECISION ENLARGER". http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MakeTrack=true
Don't quite know what to make of that.
Oh wow! Thanks to the post by phfitz, I did some looking around on eBay. I looked for several weeks up until a week or so ago and nothing on eBay, but now there are three listings. Look at this! KODAK PRECISION ENLARGER HEAD WITH PARTS,CARRIERS http://cgi.ebay.com/KODAK-PRECISION-...QQcmdZViewItem
I'm buying this for the spare parts, and for the 35mm carrier. Looks like my hunt for the carrier is now over! And there's a spiffy 6x9 glass carrier included and an appropriate lens for the 35mm. Hopefully I've bid high enough to ensure my win, at $200
I won the auction! $9.99. Nobody else bid. WOW! I'm so stoked! Now is the time to find a home for my Beseler printmaker 35 since I will not need it.
You are one lucky Monkey!
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Research plumbing schools in New Jersey, which currently has two colleges offering programs. Read an overview of degree programs, tuition info and program options for these schools and decide which program is right for you.
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Most individuals learn the plumbing trade through on-the-job training. However, out of the 170 institutions of higher learning in New Jersey, there are two schools offering plumbing courses and apprenticeship programs: Bergen County Technical School and Ocean County Vocational-Technical School. It will take seven months to complete Bergen County's program, while the latter school's plumbing program is two years long. Overviews of both schools' plumbing programs are offered below; a comparison table contrasting degree offerings and tuition info between the two schools is also provided.
Bergen County Technical School
Bergen County Technical School is a public institution that offers adult and continuing education programs to working individuals in Hackensack. The school provides education and training to more than 100 students each year. Options for studying plumbing at the school include courses and an apprenticeship program. The plumbing courses are designed to provide individuals with a broad understanding of the trade. Courses cover the basic tools and skills related to the plumbing industry, with hands-on work emphasized. Applicants are expected to be high school graduates with basic reading and writing, computer and business math skills. The school also offers customized employee training courses in plumbing for companies and businesses.
Bergen County Technical School also offers a plumbing apprenticeship for aspiring plumbers. The apprenticeship programs at the school allow students to learn a skill through on-the-job training and a minimum of 144 classroom hours per year. Most individuals enrolled in an apprenticeship program must be sponsored by an employer, and apprentices are paid about half the salary of a working plumber. The apprenticeship program also prepares individuals to receive state licensure in plumbing. Apprentices study safety procedures, pipe sizes and materials, plumbing hand tools and installation techniques.
- Program Offered: Plumbing Apprenticeship Program
- Tuition & Fees (2012-2013): $9,900 (all students)*
- School Type & Setting: 2-year, public; suburb
Ocean County Vocational Technical School
Ocean County Vocational Technical School is attended by nearly 600 students at its Toms River campus and conferred a total of 369 1-to-2 year certificates to students in the 2011-12 academic year. Among the certificate programs offered at the public school is a construction trades program in plumbing, in which students learn the basics of plumbing fixtures and equipment, blueprint reading and sketching, plumbing code and workplace safety. Completion of this 2-year program counts toward 1 year of the school's adult education plumbing apprenticeship program. Many students who enroll in the plumbing program work as apprentices until they gain more experience, but others have also gone on to careers in pipefitting, pipelaying and steamfitting.
- Program Offered: Construction Trades Course of Study
- Tuition & Fees (2012-2013): $9,845 (all students)*
- School Type & Setting: 2-year, public; suburb
School Comparison: At a Glance
|School Name
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|Bergen County Technical School
|2-year, public; suburb
|Plumbing Apprenticeship Program
|$9,900 (all students)*
|Ocean County Vocational Technical School
|2-year, public; suburb
|Construction Trades Course of Study
|$9,845 (all students)*
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Mom of three - (2.5 yrs, 7yrs, and 11yrs). Birthing Doula, editor, and wife to my soulmate. I've had a c/s, hospital VBAC, UC and not yet decided what I'll do about this next little one
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UC can mean different things to different people. let's remember that. while I am not saying anyone should blindly go into hunky dory, there are MANY people that are on the side that you do not need to know everything in order to give birth. in other words, you need basic ideas of what is happen, but mostly you need intuition and trust. some feel it's dangerous to know TOO MUCH b/c it creates doubt about your body's ability to work without you mentally understanding it. let's remember our bodies work regardless of us consciously understanding it in full.
if some of us don't agree with this midnset, that it totally ok. but it's not our decisions about what other people UC. let's remember how much the OBs "know" from study and "mentally" understanding everything. what has that proven? to only cause doubt of the but, not encourage faith and understanding on a deeper level.
if we have real concerns and mean them "gentle" truly the gentle thing would be to PM the person about it privately, not by making them feel stupid in front of the entire group. even if it was done in concern. but we should never publically disgrace another, as that only put doubt in their heart and in their abilities. If there is concern and it's taken gently to them in private, it's much more receptive and helpful. as truly, sometimes there IS cause for concern in these situations
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