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The new Epson Stylus SX400 (and apart from the LCD screen, the otherwise identical SX200 variant) is a stylish and relatively compact all-in-one inkjet printer, scanner and copier.
The "cost effective" tag from Epson suits too as the SX200 costs £79.99 while the SX400 tested here retails at £119.99, so both are indeed cost effective given the triumvirate of features on offer.
However, I'm not sure the 2.5-inch colour screen is worth the extra (almost) £30. Despite that, the machine is easy to set-up, slipping free of its polystyrene protection and packaging quickly.
The software install is a bit more protracted and takes almost 15-minutes to get everything held on the supplied CD ROM installed onto the computer (here I used my G4 iBook) but once safely installed the driver Adobe profiles, and scanner software, is all straightforward to use.
The SX400 has a grey and black plastic body that actually looks rather nice and provides A4 scanning and copying via its flatbed scanner that hides beneath the black lid. A4 printing is dealt with by Epson's four separate DURABrite Ultra inks of the usual cyan, magenta yellow and black variety.
Print head alignment can be achieved after the software installation and/or directly from the device and is recommended to ensure good output; it's simple to do either way; the controls on the SX400 are easy to use with directions for any such operations displayed on the colour screen.
Memory cards can be inserted into slots on the front of the device (it accepts Memory Stick, CompactFlash, SmartMedia, SD, SDHC, MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick PRO and IBM Microdrive) just to the left of the paper feed exit and its articulations that pull out to support printed media. Paper feed is via the top, again small articulations pull out to support the paper and a moveable guide must be moved across to accommodate the paper in use.
Scanning is excellent with up to 1200 x 2400ppi optical resolution able to create detailed scans and software such as the Epson Easy Photo Fix package, that can fix colour on faded photos at the scanning stage makes it even better. PhotoEnhance is also included, this helps produce refined skin tones, and it can even help reduce dust and dirt on a scan too. So all very good given the SX400's price tag.
Copying uses the same scanner unit and is able to create excellent copies be they photos or text based documents although I noticed a distinct increase in grain, something that scanning via the computer does not create.
In terms of usage, the market this is designed for will almost certainly use it predominantly for "normal" text and graphics plus a bit of copying and photo printing. Given that, however, print times are not what Epson claims: 34-pages per minute for colour and mono output.
Sure, in fast economy mode a single page of text takes about 15-seconds to print a very grey sheet of text, in normal mode, that rises to 24-seconds and the print quality is more than adequate, though text is slightly fluffy. In high quality (photo) mode, it takes 59-seconds to print a page but text quality is excellent. And so, for ten sheets of A4 text and graphics the SX400 takes around 3 minutes and 45 seconds in normal mode.
Photo printing is another matter. To print a borderless A4 photo in best photo mode it takes much longer, time enough to make a cup of coffee anyway as it took 9 minutes and 35 seconds to do it.
However, print quality is simply excellent, with good colour and detail and particularly when you consider this is a printer lacking the light cyan, light magenta inks of "photo output" inkjets; this is some compensation for the tardy speeds if you want to output some top quality prints.
And, the SX400 provides a good balance between features and cost without compromising on print quality but only if you're prepared to wait if top quality is what you need.
Great print quality and good pricing (particularly if you don't want the LCD and can save around £30 for the SX200) combined with ease of use and direct printing unfortunately offset by the sluggish performance when compared to Epson's figures. Nevertheless, the SX400 provides a good balance of features and pricing that should make it very appealing to those on a tighter budget and is certainly worth a look.
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1. Which villager does Rutledge recall in Chapter 4 that he saw during his own time in the war?
2. Who is Ian Rutledge?
3. Why does Lettice Wood lie to her maid about her crying jag in Chapter 9?
4. Does the doctor think Hickam will be able to provide helpful information in the investigation?
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2. What does Rutledge find unusual about Lettice Wood's manner in Chapter 2?
3. What skill does Rutledge fear he has lost in his experiences in the war?
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6. Why does Mrs. Davenant urge Captain Wilton to visit Lettice Wood at Mallows?
7. Who does Rutledge learn that Catherine Tarrant blamed for the death of her German lover?
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Who is Lizzie Pinter? Why is she traumatized? What does the doctor think of her condition? What does he do to help her? What does Rutledge find of Lizzie's in the meadow where Harris' body was found? What does Rutledge think Lizzie saw in the meadow? How does this change Rutledge's assumptions about the murder?
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Who is Mrs. Davenant? How is she related to Wilton? What did Mrs. Davenant do during the war? How does this suggest to the reader that she is in love with Wilton? Is she? What evidence does she give to Rutledge regarding Wilton's relationship with Lettice Wood? How does this give Rutledge motive on Wilton's part for murder? Is Mrs. Davenant attempting to protect or prosecute Wilton?
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What is shell shock? Who experiences shell shock in this novel? What symptoms of shell shock does each character experience in the novel? What is the modern equivalent of shell shock? How does shell shock influence or take away from the investigation into Harris' murder? How has shell shock have the power to ruin the reputation of a main character of the novel?
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VALDESE — "I've whittled all my life," said Jesse Wilkinson, master woodcarver and longtime member of the Valdese Heritage Arts Center.
Wilkinson is the center's featured artist for July. His work can hardly be called whittling.
His father brought home discarded wooden carts from the hosiery mill where he worked. The soft wood was ideal for making the cars and toys young Wilkinson enjoyed while growing up in the 1940s.
From there, it was one step after another bringing Wilkinson closer to his craft. Basically self-taught, he's had boosts along the way. Sharpening his knife was an important first step. A neighbor taught him how by the time he was age 10. A Greensboro neighbor later got him interested in actual carving. He bought himself a modest set of tools and began.
A former scoutmaster, who was also a professional woodcarver, taught him how to order more specialized tools from New York.
"These were tools I never knew existed," said Wilkinson. "You couldn't just go into a hardware store and buy them."
His interests and skills developed and Wilkinson became a master of his craft. He has won numerous awards and ribbons over the years. For four years, he won the gold medal in the Senior Games Woodcarving and Sculpture competition. "You had to pick one category," he said. "It was a bit of a squeeze for some items, but we chose to compete in sculpture."
The sculpture was made of mahogany. His Lord's Supper is a full 20 by 54 inches in size. Wilkinson carved it for a lady a few years ago. He said it was a mammoth undertaking, one-of-a-kind, a museum piece, and so it remains. "Another lady asked me to make her one," Wilkinson admitted. "But I just couldn't do it."
Wilkinson works in a variety of woods, preferring mahogany or walnut. He starts with an idea of what he wants to make, then moves on from there. His work is realistic.
"I don't do caricatures," Wilkinson said. He often works on commission. He's been carving for one woman's grandchildren for years, ever since they were born. For the first child, he made different kinds of animals; for the second, breeds of dog; for the third, pairs of animals for his Noah's Ark. He also made the Ark.
A visit to his booth at the Heritage Arts Center reflects Wilkinson's carving skill and range. There are walking sticks with individualized handles, miniscule decoys, Noah's Ark creatures, people and animals of all descriptions, even a great white flying horse - Pegasus. A great favorite is the tiny colt, beguiling in its innocent youth.
"We sell those colts as fast as Jesse puts them in the shop," said Blaka Abee, a fellow VHAC member. Wilkinson's prices are modest. He says he carves for pleasure, not for profit.
Wilkinson grew up in Hickory, and then joined the Marine Corps after graduating from high school. Seven years later, he was at N.C. State in Raleigh, graduating with a mechanical engineering degree.
Years have passed, but Jesse Wilkinson says he's never really retired. He's worked as plant engineer, machine designer, production manager, and more with companies as varied as Carolina Steel, Gilbarco, Jemco, Crain Industries, Design Tools and Exxon. Wilkinson holds several patents for mechanical devices.
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That's not all. Wilkinson has another interest, music. For years he sang with the Moonlighters, a close-harmony men's group, and he still sings with his church choir.
His work on pipe organs, cleaning, repairing and tuning. That sideline carries him all over the Southeast. The rains and summer temperatures make organs "just go crazy," he said, necessitating frequent retuning. Humidity swells the wood. The temperatures work on the metal, causing it to expand and contract. By contrast, wood carving is a steadying undertaking, one Wilkinson sees more as an avocation than a vocation.
Wilkinson lives in Conover. He has a son, a daughter, and three granddaughters, all of whom live in the Hickory area. Two of his granddaughters are nurses; the third is still in school. Nobody else in the family does wood carving, but Wilkinson has shared his skills. He's taught carving classes at Guilford Technical Institute, High Point University and at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute. He shares his skills at the Valdese Heritage Arts Center, where on a Thursday afternoon he can be found with his materials and his tools, shaping animals or people from inanimate wood while one of his students watches the magic.
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The Blankenship family knows deja vu.
In 2002, their daughter, Kristan, was diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a rare syndrome that causes the bone marrow to produce an excess of cells, which causes inflammation and eventually damages organs. In 2007, their son, Ethan Lee, was diagnosed with the same disease.
Kristan, now 7, had a successful bone marrow transplant in 2002. Ethan's transplant in December proved unsuccessful. Doctors tried other procedures but eventually decided Ethan, who was 7 months old when he was diagnosed, would have to have another transplant.
Now 18 months old, Ethan received his second bone marrow transplant Nov. 17 at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis affects one in 1.2 million people and can be fatal without a bone-marrow transplant.
Lee Ann Blankenship, Ethan's mother, said, "His physical therapist says he's a little miracle." Unlike Kristan, who didn't walk until she was 21 months old, Ethan took his first steps shortly after his first birthday, at 14 months.
"The steroids they have to be on make their bones brittle, so you have to watch," Lee Ann said. "Kristan broke her leg when she was learning to walk."
Bleeding is also concern because Ethan's blood platelet count is 20, when a normal count is 150 to 450.
Ethan and his parents left their home in Scott City for St. Louis Children's Hospital on Nov. 11 for the transplant.
The family of seven was too large to stay at the Ronald McDonald House, and the cost to stay in a hotel was not feasible. At midday Ethan and his parents said goodbye to Morgan, 12, Logan, 10, Kristan, 7 and Addison, 4, who stayed with their grandmother in Scott City.
"It was one of the worst days ever," said Lee Ann when she thought of leaving behind the remainder of the family and knowing that seeing them would be limited because of the concern for infection and the cost of traveling. "Last time the other children were just two miles away in a hotel that the hospital helped to pay for."
Lee Ann talks to the children once or twice a day. "The littler ones, Addison and Kristan, don't always talk on the phone because it hurts too much. They miss their mommy and daddy. We've seen our kids only once in two weeks, and we won't get to see them again till we get out -- possibly the first week in December -- if there's no fever. Anything can delay that, even the sniffles."
Kristan, diagnosed six years ago, understands what's going on.
"She realizes there's someone else in the family who has HLH. She knows she's a survivor and expects him to be one too," Lee Ann said.
When visitors come, they are separated by a glass barrier to avoid infection because of Ethan's weakened immune system.
The first 100 days are critical, but it takes one to two years to have a normal working immune system, Lee Ann said.
"One of the biggest complications that can happen is infection from having no immune system," Lee Ann said. "The other risk is graft-versus-host disease, a common side effect."
In that scenario, the immune cells from the donated bone marrow attack the body of the transplant patient. Graft-versus-host can range from mild to life-threatening.
Ethan's donor is a 26-year-old woman from outside the U.S. The donated bone marrow was divided into three bags, two of which were frozen for future use. Ethan was given fresh bone marrow in his first transplant in December 2007. The second transplant was from the donor's frozen bone marrow.
"There's really no difference between fresh or frozen bone marrow," said Amy Chadkhtzian, bone marrow transplant coordinator at St. Louis Children's Hospital. "The stem cells are frozen in a preservative so we give premedication to counteract any reaction to the preservative or stem cells."
Ethan's medical condition has not caused the family to lose hope. To raise a little money the family began making beaded bracelets to offset medical costs. They're called Hope bracelets because it's the name the family gave to Ethan's donor since her identity is confidential.
Ethan has visitors to Caring Bridge (a free, personalized website for anyone facing critical illness), and the congregation of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Scott City and friends and family are praying for him.
"He's looking pretty good so far," Lee Ann said in a telephone interview more than a week after the transplant.
Ethan's sister, Kristan, had a bone-marrow transplant six years ago at a time when the syndrome was not known to be genetic. Her brother, Logan, then 4, donated the bone marrow to his sister.
"It's scarier this time around because we know what could happen. We've had so many years of this we're just tired," said Lee Ann, who feels blessed that her other children are unaffected by HLH. "We have so much hope with a survivor in our house."
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Research Article
Borderline traits and symptoms of post-traumatic stress in a sample of female victims of intimate partner violence
Article first published online: 6 JUL 2010
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1331
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Stress and Health
Volume 27, Issue 3, pages 206–215, August 2011
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Kuijpers, K. F., van der Knaap, L. M., Winkel, F. W., Pemberton, A. and Baldry, A. C. (2011), Borderline traits and symptoms of post-traumatic stress in a sample of female victims of intimate partner violence. Stress and Health, 27: 206–215. doi: 10.1002/smi.1331
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- Issue published online: 10 AUG 2011
- Article first published online: 6 JUL 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 5 MAY 2010
- Manuscript Revised: 29 APR 2010
- Manuscript Received: 25 SEP 2009
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- borderline;
- victimization;
- intimate partner violence;
- abuse
Research has shown that symptoms of a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are prevalent among victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Furthermore, positive correlations have been reported between IPV victimization and borderline traits, and borderline traits and PTSD symptomatology. Although there is some evidence that individuals with a borderline disorder are vulnerable to developing PTSD after experiencing trauma, to our knowledge, this has never been studied empirically among a sample of victims of IPV in specific. However, the presence of borderline traits might place these victims at higher risk for developing PTSD symptoms as well. In the current study, associations between PTSD symptoms and borderline traits were examined in a Dutch sample of female help-seeking victims of IPV (n = 120). As hypothesized, it was found that borderline traits significantly add to the vulnerability for development of PTSD in IPV victims, above and beyond the severity of IPV. Results are discussed in the light of practical implications like an early screening for borderline traits in treatment of victims of IPV. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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The Bible comes to us out of a patriarchal culture. At the same time, I believe firmly that the hand of the Spirit of God shaped what was recorded, however troubling or puzzling; however, these recordings may reflect the dynamics of oppression in this world rather than the creative liberation I feel is core to the reign of God. I hold these two realities in tension.
Because of this conviction, I pay constant attention to the stories of women who do break into scripture. Most of them are, predictably, relegated to the margins. They can appear sidekicks to the "real" stories of the (male) prophets, kings, patriarchs, warriors, and holy men. Yet hidden precisely within these "narratives of the margins" are the rankling questions that upset the power structures and interrogate our assumptions about God.
For more than ten years, I have been working with the story of the Shunammite woman of 2 Kings 4:8-37. You may remember this woman—she offers to build an upper room for the prophet Elisha to stay in when he comes to town. In return (and unasked), Elisha tells her she will have a son. (She does.) When the boy is twelve, he is struck down with sudden illness while working in the field and he dies. She lays his body in the holy room, the room she built for the prophet to stay in, and goes, unaccompanied by her husband, to find the prophet. Ultimately, the prophet himself comes, though he does send some intermediaries, and after some fits and starts, the child comes back to life.
Thus goes the narrative. Yet read more closely. Buried in the text are some astonishing holy insurrections. Like the following:
- The holy man asks her what she would like in return for her generosity (while making it clear that he has the ear of powerful other men, kings and generals.) She looks at him and says, simply: "I live among my own people." She refuses the game of paybacks. I love this boldness, and I have spent a lot of time asking myself who my own people are. Which is a way of asking myself about identity as well as remembering what grounds me. These are rich, holy questions to ask ourselves.
- This woman does not fall for the culture of favors. She does not ask for a son. Since she doesn't play the game, Elisha and his servant, Gehazi, decide that she could use a son to which she has a cheeky and amazing response: "Don't lie to me." (Really, you have to go read this story! It is peppered with feisty surprises.)
- When the child dies, she boldly lays the dead body on the bed in the room of the holy prophet. Not telling her husband any of her plans, she sets off to find Elisha on her own. She won't deal with his intermediaries. She insists that he himself come. When she finally does reach him, she repeats one, haunting line: "I told you not to lie to me." (Twelve years later, she remembers that first interchange. She wants him to understand her pain, and she will not be silenced. Often the women whose stories make it into scripture are "those women"—the ones who will not shut up, who do not follow convention, who positively insert themselves into the text.)
- Elisha, holy man who had asked for a double portion of his mentor Elijah's power, has to work hard to bring this child back. He tries three different things. The final step is to lay himself out on the child's body. Scripture tells us that he does this "eye to eye, mouth to mouth." It is powerfully, creepily intimate. The story is in scripture because Elisha succeeds, but the hidden narrative is how closely he flirts with failure. This is important, because this is much more our human experience—not the grand, triumphant successful gesture, but the stumbling persistence and the experience of failure.
As a longtime follower of Jesus, I know this failure, and I want to be as honest and bold as this woman is in this text. I want to talk back with God, ask God why the gifts God put in my path die, and find spiritual understandings that include failures, with all their hidden powers and gifts.
If we cannot deal with failure, if we do not know how to put our deepest losses in our holy room, and if we do not know who our people are, we can never fully join the joy and power of God's story. Many of my Christian mentors did not teach me to navigate these waters with more than simple truisms about God working in mysterious ways and having a plan that I didn't grasp. I don't disagree with either of those, but they are simplistic ways to shorten a spiritual journey that could be much deeper and more complete.
For the last few years, I have been working on these themes and this upstart woman whom I love. The fruit of this working is my first book, The Soulmaking Room, published, appropriately, by Upper Room Books. It is an exploration of becoming authentic. I love that a woman thousands of years ago who decided to build a holy room is still such a powerful teacher.
Dee Dee Risher's book, The Soulmaking Room, further develops this story as a way of talking about radical hospitality and living out justice over the long haul. Dee Dee edited The Other Side magazine, and CONSPIRE magazine, published by the Simple Way and a larger group of Christian communities. At present, she is doing property rehab with the Vine and Fig Tree community, an intentional community in Philadelphia.
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I have been struggling with the large Matrix piece so I decided to take a break and do something easy.. lol found this green mystery stone pendant at Walmart the other day so i thought i would play with it..
Components:Mystery stone pendant, Russian Serpentine, Peridot Jasper, Lemon Quartz, base metal peace sign , silver plated bead caps and clasp with peridot green swarovski
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Fave! It's beautiful, it's cool, and best of all…. ::drumroll::: It's GREEN! Woot! ::happy dances:: lol
really beautiful
Very pretty!
Pretty Peace! LOL, loving this, nice wrap job, pretty green!
Shannon this is gorgeous what a wonderful job you did! I love it and it's a fav!
Beth you pretty much summed up my feelings on this design!!! Shannon this really is gorgeous!!!
Oh this rocks! I love that peace charm!
This is so pretty … peace charm is cool!! SLS
Beautiful design!
Love the colors and your design! Whatever that mystery stone is, it is beautiful.
Very pretty !!! Love the pendant !!!!
This is a great mystery stone, a great wrap too.
Coool and I love the name fits greatly
Thank you so much everyone I love posting on here because everyone is always so sweet!! Thanks again!!
I'm with Ravin — green, yeah!!! this is beautiful, great, great wrapping.
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U.S. Sen Claire McCaskill pledged to continue "rattling some cages" in Washington, D.C., in her fight to save rural post offices during a Southeast Missouri stop Friday at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority.
McCaskill has been touring the state in recent days to tout her efforts to save more than 100 of Missouri's rural post offices from closure, including Cape Girardeau's Richard G. Wilson Mail Processing and Distribution Facility. McCaskill, a Democrat, is locked in a Senate race with Republican rival, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a candidate still smarting from comments he made about a woman's ability to thwart pregnancies caused by "legitimate rape."
McCaskill told a small crowd gathered at the port's offices in Scott City that post offices are a critical lifeline for Missouri's rural communities and claimed that her opponent "is part of the problem" as he and other U.S. House Republicans repeatedly refuse to act on legislation to keep their doors open and their workers employed.
Earlier this year, McCaskill attached an amendment to the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012 that imposed a one-year moratorium on closing rural post offices. Supporters of McCaskill say the amendment saved jobs and made sure Missouri's outer areas did not lose the crucial services provided to them by the Postal Service. Beyond the moratorium, the McCaskill amendment put in place guidelines for closing post offices that the service must abide by to ensure that they are properly serving rural communities.
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Gold Reserve Announces Expiration And Final Results Of Offer And Notice Of Right Of Repurchase For 5.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2022
SPOKANE, WA, June 21, 2012 /CNW/ - Gold Reserve Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GRZ) (NYSE-MKT:GRZ) (the "Company") announced today the expiration and final results of its previously announced offer regarding the Notice of Right of Repurchase for its 5.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2022 (the "Notes"), which offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 15, 2012. As required by the Indenture (the "Indenture"), dated May 18, 2007, by and among the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor in interest to The Bank of New York, as Trustee ("Trustee") and the Co-Trustee named therein, the Company offered (the "Offer") to each holder of the Notes ("Holder") the right to sell (the "Put Option"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Notes, for cash, to the Company. At the time of the Offer, an aggregate of $102,347,000 in principal amount of Notes were outstanding.The paying agent for the Offer has advised the Company that as of the expiration of the Put Option, $18,036,000 in principal amount of outstanding Notes have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. In accordance with the terms of the Offer, the Company has accepted all of the tendered Notes that were not validly withdrawn for payment of cash equal to the outstanding principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, June 15, 2012. Pursuant to its previously announced agreement with three Holders (the "Large Noteholders") of approximately $77,187,000 in principal amount of Notes remaining outstanding after the expiration of the Offer, the Company intends to restructure the Notes held by such Holders ("Restructuring") and offer to Holders of the remaining outstanding Notes an opportunity to participate in the Restructuring as soon as reasonably practicable but no sooner than 10 business days after the expiration of the Offer, subject to applicable legal requirements and compliance with the terms of the Indenture. Following completion of the Restructuring transactions, the Company intends to redeem all Notes that have not been repurchased pursuant to the Put Option or restructured pursuant to the Restructuring as soon as practicable, subject to applicable legal requirements and compliance with the terms of the Indenture.
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