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Welcome Coach McNeil

 

 

ECU ‘s Coach McNeil stopped by WOOW Joy 1340 am studios to give an on air interview
and took time t6 pose for our M’ Voice camera. The Management and staff of the Minority
Voice newspaper congratulates coach Mc Neil and wishes him many wins and much success!
Pictured left left to right Larry Turner, Coach McNeil and publisher Jim Rouse

Photo by Steve Johnson /

 

 

 

 

 

Pictured above is members ofthe Pitt County NAACP along with the Superintendent of Schools
at the Lucille Gorham Intergenerational Center. the M’ voice salute these fine men and women
for always putting our children first. eas, 3 photo by Jim Rouse

 

 

 

African American scholar, author visits ECU

7) The Daily Reflector

Trudier Harris, a scholar of African
| American literature and culture and
professor emeritus at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
visited the Lucille Gorham
Intergenerational Center recently
before delivering the Sallie Southall
} Cotten Lecture on. Wednesday
night at ECU, About 30 people met
| with Harris at the center, including
‘| teachers, professors, and
-| community members, to talk with
‘|.her about her career and
| experiences. Harris also spoke on
“Little Old Ladies and the Last

|| and Risque’ Behavior in African
-| American Folklore” in ECU’s
| Wright Auditorium ‘as part of the
Thomas Harriot College of Arts

| , and Sciences Voyages of Discovery
: ——— ———-r-"_ Lecture Series. She is a recipient

of the UNC System Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching, the William C. Friday
Award for Excellence in Teaching and the John Hurt Fisher Award of the South Atlantic Association
of Departments of English, for outstanding contributions in English scholarship. During her 36

 

 

 

 

years of full time teaching, Harris has served on the faculties of the College of William'and Mary

and Emory University, She also has lectured throughout the United States, Canada, England,
France, Germany, Itlay, Jamaica, Norther Ireland, Poland, South Africa and Spain. Harris is the
author of many books, including her most recent, “The Scary Mason-Dixon Line: African American
Writers and the South.” he .

 

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of it while Mr. Jenkins was still
|| holding on to it. At this point they
| began to struggle for the weapon
while the Sheriff’s partner simply
stood in the doorway laughing at
the situation. The altercation went
on for a few minutes longer until
the officer grab held of Mr. Jenkins
1} neck Mr. Jenkins states “He
|| grabbed held of the gun with one
| hand and the back of my neck with
| other twisting and turning my body

Mr. Jenkins’ wife had seen all she
could take as she screamed out , “Let
go of my sick husband!” She ran to-
ward the two men and began to
struggle with them as well to get pos-
| Session of the gun. A few seconds had
| past and she manage to get hold of the
| gun and quickly left the room with it.

 

 

m they heard beating at the side door of their home. Convinced
| that someone was trying to break into their home they called.

4 Jenkins after he informed the 911 operator of his location
“she immediately began asking himr he had a gun: Mr: Jenkins
informed the operator that yes he did in fact own a gun. She
also asked if he had been outside or knew if the person was

+ Flustered with what he thought appeared to be pointless

- again asked me if Thad any guns!”

    

-} Word: An Exploration of Sassiness”

‘Money, Barry obtained a

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Tired, exhausted and possibly a little
frighten Mr. Jenkins tells the officer
that he should not be treating him like
this, that he is 79 years old and very
ill. . According to Mr. Jenkins the of-
ficer simply responded that he did not
care. The other Sheriff who had been
standing in the doorway watching the
events unfold finally asked if Mr.
Jenkinsneeded an ambulance and told
the"Ist Officer to wait in the car.

by Stephen Johnson editor

On Feb.6, 2010 between the hours of 7:00 - 8:00 PM. Mr.
Jenkins and his wife were resting in their bedroom, when

911 and requested that someone come out. According to Mr.

The Minority Voice newspaper was
unable to contact anyone from. the
Vansboro Sheriff Dept, for comment .
We asked if the original complaint re-
garding the break-in had been investi-
gated or if the officers involved had
been reprimanded.for their actions.
According to our sources neither have
taken place. The following day the
Jenkins family says they spoke with
Chief Bundy to ask why the sheriffs
had come into his home and attacked
him as they did. He in formed us that
he was told that the Department would
take of

Continued page two

White or Black. He responded “ No, ‘I have not gone outside

questions Mr. Jenkinssagain requested that someone come
out and hung up the phone. A short time later Vansboro
Local Sheriff Dept. pulled up and the beating outside sud-
dently stopped. Mr. Jenkins states “I can’t believed what hap-
pened next. After answering the door the sheriffs just walked
into my home without any introduction or invitation and

“yes”, He responded “I am a 79 year old Veteran and I have
a right to have a gun in my own home and I have permits for
them.” — |

He showed them a gun that he normally keeps in the front
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2010

A team of investigators hired by
the D.C, City Council accused :
council member Marion Barry

of public corruption Tuesday
for securing a $15,000 contract |:
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convictions for drug possession |
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to the council by Washington ¢Ndeavors we are sure Ms. Huggins will do an excellent job and
continued page2 /00k forward from seeing great things from her in the future.
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sy eg ges don’t like the term ‘African. Xamining the allegations since they became public in July. 5 does not follow any typical
American’ because “they Bary might have violated the law, they said, but prosecutors procedures when trying to secure a.
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term ‘Black’. But in this
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capture all of those groups. So
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we think that it’s a good idea.”

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the extent of damage inflicted by the powerful earthquake that accurately as possible.” There

_ hit the Haitian capital. Massive rebuilding efforts will be needed | is power in numbers, and the —

 

and the World Bank is already preparing for that phase of the outcome of 2010 Census data
Haiti relief. (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) ae will determine how more than
ree re ee $3 trillion in federal funding will

be allocated over the ‘next
decade as well as how

GEORGIA, United States, February 12, 2010 — A Us  ecade as well as ho
delegation to Haiti led by civil rights veteran Joe Beasley is Will be represented in ©

calling for a US$30 billion restitution payment by France to And so, the flow of federal.

help Haiti rebuild after the devastating January 12th e .. funds into Blick communities

and the end of what Beasley refers to as an unofficial blockade and

_ than anything I’ve ever seen before or been able to imagine in how ever they selt- ide - ty. The
my mind,” Beasley told IPS. “One third of Port-au-Prince was | inclusion of ‘Negro’ ona U.S.
destroyed,” added delegation member Bruce McMil

 

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billion could really put Haiti on path to being a prosperous, “America.
fund the government has established to receive foreign aid with headcounts, according to
the promise of complete transparency. “We believe the NGOs Chived versions of the 1990
_ in Haiti are just as much of the problem as they are the solution,” 204 2000 forms on the Bureau's
he said. “According to certain officials in Haiti, only 20percent Website. So will ‘Negro’ ever
of the aid sent to Haiti works its way down so it’s actually be phased out? “The Census is

reaching the people.” “It’s our belief the Haitian people should 0t created to help transform

control their own fate and destiny,” he added. Beasley and others the thoughts of these

Say they are working teducate the US public aboutthe situation Communities but to, make sure.
in Haiti, particularly the political context that led‘ to Haiti’s it ¢oflects’ that information,

‘extreme poverty. “I think there are so many preconceived notions Shelton said. “And so, the
about Haiti that are negative and that need to be clarified,” he Census will stop using it if the
noted. “I think this earthquake has provided us an apportunity American people decide that
to not only talk about the disaster, but to tell the truth about it’s not helpful and that no one
Haiti, the historical reality around Haiti and why if happenedto Telates.toit any: more. As long

be the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.” (Adapted 8 people relate to it and, again,
from IPS) * : me to’ capture that data as
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travelled to Haiti just over a week after the 7.0-magnitude quake . determined by how accurate the
devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince. “It’s absolutely worse © Black popnlanion 6 eounted, :

“There’s homelessness and hunger everywhere. The US$30 ¢Ve2 in _post-segregation
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series of tests were conducted

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the “Black or African
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person having origins in any of
the black racial groups of
Africa,” and stipulated that
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‘Negro’ can be used in addition
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questionnaire is because testing CONtINUEM.....Rober S.

NNPA _ National prior to Census 2000 indicated Bennett. To get some of his
Cocesindeei that a large “numbet ‘Of money back, Barry at one
respondents self-identified with _ point delivered a city check to

WASHINGTON (NNPA)- In _ the term. They decided against " Watts-Brighthaupt, drove her
March, many of the estimated  mitting the term in order to to.a bank and waited in the car
Ponte avoid an unintendedundercount ~ yntil she came back with the

cash. Barry, 73, denied the
allegations leveled against
him. “T have been in office 55
years, and even my public
enemies, my political enemies,
my other enemies have never
implied that I ever took a
penny that wasn’t owed to
me,” Barry said from the
council dais in reaction to
Bennett's report. The report
also says Barry “provided
substantial financial benefits to
some of his close friends and
supporters” and called for the
case to be referred to federal
prosecutors. “We conclude
Mr, Barry breached the
highest ethical standards
expected of him,” Bennett
told the council during the
public hearing, “We find his
conduct not only appeared to
be improper, but was
improper. We find Mr, Barry
breached the public trust and
violated the conflict-of-
interest laws of the District of
Columbia.” ‘The report also
_ found that Barry (D-Ward 8)
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The Black Caucus is a
Fund-Raising Powerhouse

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
  
 
  

By ERIC LIPTON and ERIC ACH oo
Soon enough, in 2008, a jazz band was playing at what
amounted to a mortgage-burning party for the $4 million
town house..Most political groups:in Washington would
have been barred by law from accepting that kind of direct
aid from corporations. But by taking advantage of political
finance laws, the caucus has built a fund-raising juggernaut
- unlike anything else in-town. It has a traditional political
fund-raising arm, subject to federal rules. But it also has a
network of nonprofit groups and charities that allow it to
collect unlimited amounts of money from corporations and
labor unions. From 2004 to 2008, the Congressional Black
Caucus’s political and charitable wings took in at least $55
million in corporate and union contributions, according to
an analysis by The New York Times, an impressive amount
even by the standards of a Washington awash in cash. Only
$1 million of that: went to the caucus’s political action
committee; the. rest poured into the largely unregulated
nonprofit network. (Data for 2009 is not available.) The

 

" disadvantaged African-American by providing scholarships
and internships to students, researching policy and holding
_ Seminars on topics like healthy living. But the bulk of the
money has been spent on elaborate conventions that have
become a high point of the Washington social season, as
well as the headquarters building, golf outings by members
of Congress and an annual visit to a Mississippi casino resort.
In 2008, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation spent
more on the caterer for its signature legislative dinner and
conference — nearly $700,000 for an event one organizer
called “Hollywood on the Potomac” — than it gave out in
scholarships, federal tax records show. At the galas, lobbyists
and executives who give to caucus charities get to mingle
with lawmakers. They also gef seats on committees the
caucus has set up to help members of Congress decide what
positions to take on the issues of the day. Indeed, the
nonprofit groups and the political wing are so deeply
connected it is sometimes hard to tell where one ends and
the other begins.

Even as it has used its status asa civilrights Organization to
become a fund-raising power in Washington, the caucus
has had to fend off criticism of ties to companies whose
business is seen by some ds, detrimental to its black
constituents. These include cigarette companies, Internet
poker operators, beer brewers and the rent-to-own industry,
which has become a particular focus of consumer advocates
for its practice of charging high monthly fees for appliances,
televisions and computers. Caucus leaders said the giving
had not influenced them. “We're unbossed and unbought,”
said Representative Barbara Lee, Democrat of California
and chairwoman of the caucus, “Historically, we’ ve been
known as the conscience of the Congress, and we're the
ones bringing up issues that often go unnoticed or just aren’t
on the table.” But many campaign finance experts question
the unusual structure. “The claim that this is a truly
philanthropic motive is bogus — it’s beyond credulity,” said
Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal
Center in Washington, a nonpartisan group that monitors
campaign finance and ethics issues, “Members of Congress
should not be allowed to have these links, They

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| cept many thi
_ from many others, At one time the

caucus says its nonprofit groups are intended to help.

tion, we were informed that any of-
ficer must be invited into a home
without a prior warrant being issued.
The Jenkins are still very frightened
and concerned for their safety. They
are even hesitant to call the Sheriff
Dept. in case of future break-ins.
Unfortunately, the Jenkins family is
no stranger to trouble i. Living in
_ Vansboro for over 79 years, a town
with a long history of racial tension
Mr. Jerikins has seen his fair share of

a racist behavior by local lawenforce-

~ ment . He recalls Like many African-

m= Americans growing up in the segre-

_ gated South, he has learned to ac-
things and walk away

Jenkins Family lived on one of the

| largest farms in Vansboro, a place
- where he still resides. At one point

“after being told by-someone wishing
‘to buy his property he was asked —
_ have youever seen a Black man with
_ this much property. Shortly after re-
~~ fusing to sell the original family home
- had been destroyed a fire set by sus-
~ pected Klu Klux Klan members.
Years after rebuilding crops were set:
ablaze shortly after harvest. He has
awoken to the sight of several burn-
ing crosses in his front yard even as
recent as1982. His home has been
shot upon countless times while ra-
cial slurs rang out from the car. Un-
believably, in all these cases: no
charges were ever filed. The Jenkins
remained silent they are a living ex-
ample of Black History a tmuepic-
ture of what perseverance and hard
-work can accomplish, It is Mr.
Jenkins belief that all these attacks
that he and his family have endured
over the years stems from-one thing
» to get him to sell his property, a
long time ‘request from other local
* farmers. Mr. Jenkins and his wife
however are resilient pedple and
have no intension on selling. It is
their wish for their grandchildren to
one day inherit the land and they will
Not be scared off. After a prelimi-
ary inyestigation by local NAACP
\ leaders the State NAACP has filed
an official report and a complete in-
vestigation of the violation of the
_ Jenkins Civil Rights by local law en-
forcement is underway, The Minor-
ity Voice newspaper offers our com-
__ plete support to the Jenkins family
and hopes others will offer their gup-
port as well |

Blacks Suffer More

From Lactose
Intolerarice

Loma Low

Among those over the age of five,
approximately 90-95 percent of
black individuals throughout the
world will have partial or complete
lactose intolerance. Milk intolerance
occurs when lactase, the enzyme
required to metabolize the milk sugar
lactose, decreases or becomes absent
inthe strointestinal tract, Children
are born with

*

the correctly

another pocket, and a very deep pocket, for special-interest functioning enzyme. However, when:
money that is intended to benefit and influence * tld teaches around the age of five

officeholders.”

Not alll caucus members

support the donors’ goals, and some

years old, for reasons unknown,
black children partially or completely
lose the lactase enzyme, Children

issues, like a debate last year over whether to ban menthol below the age of five, who have

cigarettes, have produced divisions. But caucus
have attracted increasing scrutiny from ethics i

All eight open House investigations involve caucus

members severe bouts of diarrhea or another
_ severe illness, may also develop

temporary or permanent lactose

members, and most center on accusations of improper ties: intolerance, Because thé level of
to private businesses, And an examitlation by The Times. lactase deficiency varies between

shows what can happen when companies offer financial
‘support to caucus members, |

individuals, some will be able to
drink more milk before symptoms
occur than others,
 

 

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Of Mrs. —
Beatrice Maye

   

The Editor: Work to live, don’t
live to work. Americans take

less vacation time than any other
people in the world. According

to the Bureau of Labor

Statistics, 25% of Americans

receive no paid vacation time.

Many people feel so pressured

by the everyday demands of life
that they are exhausted,

struggling to keep pace, and

dreading the work that piles up

when they choose to take a

break. To determine if you are

working. too much, consider

your responses tO these

statements: |

: & *. * pos = BF te 2

1. You talk about work more
than any other topic.

~ 2. Your work often replaces time
with friends and social outings.

3. Your home is a second office.

4. You consistently work
overtime whether there is a
pressing deadline or not.

5. You take work, labtops, or
palm pilots on trips (such as
family reunions , vacations, and
weekend getaways),

6. Work provides more joy in
your life than anything else. ,

7. You feel that sleep and
personal time cut into your work
time.

8. The last time you took a
vacation. was: more than six’
months ago.

The Challenge: Healthy

relationships and self-care are

a higher priority to me than
overworking, ,

WITH EVERYDAY
EXERCISE

1. Take the stairs instead of the
escalator even when you’re
tired.

2, Rake your own leaves instead
of paying the kids next door.

3. Wash your car by hand and
follow up with a triceps-toning
wax.

4. Park far away and walk to
your destination.

5; Try grocery bag curls as you
carry them inside.

6. Rent a bike instead of a car
on your next vacation.

7, Walk the terminal when your ©

plane is late. Before you know
it, being active will become
_ Second nature.

‘The Editor:

 
  

arate.
Se

ry |

Jo you want to be happy? ‘Thy!

freedom and the voice of the

heart. Having no choices or
options feels like beingin jail.
It leads to depression, anxiety,

and learned helplessness.

Anyone can choose the
courses of their lives, but only
happy people do it.

** Personal Power guides
your power over your feelings
and power over your fate.
Personal power has two
components: taking
responsibility and taking
action. .

** Leading with your
strengths. Leading with your
strengths feels good and will
never be complete-until you
learn to lead with your
strengths everyday.

** The power of language.
We don’t describe the world

we see, we see the world we
describe. We think in words,
and these words have the

power to limit us or to set us
free. .

** Multi-faced living. There
are three components of life:
relationships, health, and
purpose. Happiness comes
from:a full life instead of
putting all our energy into just
one area.

Happiness‘has no expiration

date. Therefore, practice
positivism, gratitude and
generosity daily,

Books To

Read :The
M’ Voice
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Erica Smith
10" grade

The best boxer in the world, the

former Cassius Clay.

Has made more money at the sport,
Than anyone ever may,

Boxing in junior high, You would “

find him working out. Learned
from a policeman, And knew
what his life was about,

His father was a sign writer, His

mother was a maid, Cooked and ‘|

cleaned others houses, So all the
bills got paid.

Plans set out for life, Had already,
made up his mind. To go to the
Olympics, Because he was one-
of-a-kind.

Accomplishments are many,

There is plenty he has done,Won —
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Which was much more work than

fun.

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The world champ of heavyweights,
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What a hard workingman has |

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No others have been like him, Not

_ four, not six, but none.

“I am the Greatest” (C.T. Evans)
A quote which he has said.

For he is quite good at his game,
Maybe others shall be led.

Ironic that good tempers he has,
And always something to Say.
Whether to two or fifty
people, Whatever is at bay.

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changed his name.From Cassius
Marcellus Clay.to Muhammad
Ali,

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1967 inducted into military, For
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refused to serve. Most people
thought this wasn’t right.

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thousand dollar fine,

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1996 Muhammad lit the Summer
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to'a higher power - and praise higher learning.

whose remarks were also
carried live on KDYA the

Light, « gospel radia SONI: © Wile black ‘stadeats repeeiehg.

February, Qayoumi and other

— ¢ducation in a program they
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never too early to:pn _ a Ne Undergraduate ‘enrollment of

_. black students also has increased.

| American students is eligible
| for CSU,” Qayoumi told the
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summer programs for middle and
high school students that focus
intensely on math but include .
‘Visits to companies so students
€an see engineers and other math .
professionals at work.

Education summit

Qayoumi also wants students and
parents to come to Cal State East
Bay on Saturday for'a college fair
billed as “Education Summit:
Closing the Achievement Gap for
African American and Latino
Youth.” ;

Super Sunday premiered five

_ Yeats ago at 24 black churches

in Oakland and Los Angeles, and
has grown steadily since then.

only about 6 percent of all CSU
students (compared with about —
8 percent of high school seniors
in California), CSU applications ~
from black students have soared
between 2005 and 2009,
Qayoumi told the worshipers.

Records show a 78 percent —
increase - from 8,737 to 15,550.
+ compared with a 26 percent
increase in the five years before.
-the program. os,

Between 2004 and 2008, black

enrollment grew by 20 percent,

to 22,167 students across 23
campuses. By contrast, it grew
just 8 percent in the previous five

a time when cash-strapped CSU
is set to reduce enrollment by
tens of thousands of students
next year, and closed its doors

   

  

  

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Chancellor Charles Reed said

the church program is not at. -

odds with the university’s plans.
“Even with the budget climate
the way it is, we need to get

across to the young students .

and their parents what it takes

to go to college,” Reed said. .

“You really have to start in
middle school to take the
Sequence of classes to be
eligible.” Don Juan Hutchinson,
16, could not have agreed
more. “If I had started.in middle

-$chool, it would be easier for

me now,” said the 10th-grader
at the Oakland Military
Institute, a public school. Don
transferred there after last

year’s Super Sunday program
featured a representative from.

the school who touted its ©

college prep program.

“If I didn’t go, then I’ d probably
be farther behind and have no_
chance at college whatsoever,”
said Don, who wants to become
a chef.and own a restaurant
someday. :

‘I want to be successful’ :
Several of the children in the

. Congregation, girls and boys,

said they. hoped to become
basketball or football players -
not exactly the scientists and
engineers that Qayoumi talked
about from the pulpit. But the
children all wanted to. go to
college. “ ‘Cause I want to be
successful,” said Marcus Royal,
14. “You have to have good

grades to play for Cal,” said
Destiny Woods, 11. As they
chatted, their mothers and

grandmothers scooped up the

brochures and flyers at the CSU
information table in the church |

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