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By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice JohnsonOn June 24th, the Supreme Court

of the United States upheld a critical provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This decision was a victory for millions of hardworking Americans who are now secure in the knowledge that they can enjoy the benefits of affordable, life-saving health coverage.

In the case, King v. Burwell, challengers to the ACA argued that people who applied for health care in states that did not establish their own exchanges were ineligible for federal subsidies.

Since Texas did not set up its own exchange millions of residents, who enrolled in health plans using the federal exchange, were at risk of losing subsidies which would have made the purchase of health care insurance unaffordable.

Fortunately, a majority of the justices on the Supreme Court rejected the plaintiff’s argument and upheld the ACA. As a result, those at-risk Texans, as well as millions of Americans in the 27 states that did not establish exchanges, will continue to receive subsidies to help pay for health insurance. In Texas, where the state refuses to expand Medicaid while 17 percent of the

population remains uninsured, this makes a big difference.

In the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health care markets, not to destroy them.” Roberts agreed with the writers and supporters of the ACA, who argued that federal subsidies were always intended to be available to every single American, not just those in certain states.

The ruling will enable Congress to preserve the best and most necessary provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Following two attempts in the Supreme Court, and 60 votes in the House of Representatives intended to undermine the ACA, one thing is clear, the Affordable Care Act works.

Five years after the enactment of the ACA, more than 16 million

Americans have enrolled, and the rate of uninsured Americans is now 11.9 percent—the lowest in U.S. history. It is time to end the attacks on the Affordable Care Act.

I am looking forward to working with my colleagues in Congress to find even more ways to improve the health care law’s affordability, availability, and quality.

Our goal should be to perfect the law so that every American has health insurance coverage. With the success of the ACA, we have the ability to fight chronic disease, invest in medical research and improve our focus on preventive measures. I am committed to finding ways to improve health outcomes for my constituents, and for every American.

JOHNSON: The meaning of the health care decision

Eddie Bernice Johnson represents Texas’ 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first registered nurse elected to the US Congress.



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What part of this history needs to be preserved?

DALLAS -- Texas made national headlines, ironically on of all days - June 19, when the United States Supreme Court upheld the unanimous, 2011 vote of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to deny an application by the Texas Division - Sons of Confederate Veterans to have issued, a license plate that depicted the Confederate battle flag. However, it is the Sons of Confederate Veterans who bemoan that their First Amendment freedoms have been abridged. In its decision, the Court ruled that the state can in fact prohibit the creation of plates that carry messages that it does not promote. I agree with the decision of the high court and so do most all who have had comment since the decision was announced. It is hard for most African Americans, particularly those who have Southern roots, to look at images tied to the Confederacy and not associate them with slavery, subjugation, murder and racial hatred. The Sons of Confederate Veterans consistently say now, as they have since 2009, that the plates have nothing to do with slavery or race. Their claimed purpose is to preserve the memories of the valor of their Civil War ancestors. But how can you separate one from the other? Especially when one supremacist group after the other has co-opted the battle flag as the symbol of their cause? Unfortunately, a hate-filled reminder arrived just two days earlier in

Charleston, South Carolina when yet another disturbed shooter, rose from a Wednesday night bible study at his chosen target, a historical Black church, and purposefully murdered nine, innocent victims, including the pastor, a South Carolina state senator. The day after his capture, police investigators released photos from the killer's social media entries showing him holding the Confederate battle flag and noted more than 50 other photos of his visits to Confederate-theme locations. The 21 year-old killer also had Confederate plates on his car.

While the Confederate heritage group's website says "the preservation of liberty and freedom was the

motivating factor in the South's decision to fight the Second American Revolution," history will bear out that the cause of liberty and freedom was not intended for Black slaves. In its Declaration of Secession signed February 2, 1861, the writer declared the Union's, "doctrine of equality of all men," to be "a doctrine at war with nature, in opposition to the experience of mankind and in violation of the plainest revelations of Divine Law."

Writing for the majority, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said to issue the Confederate plates would be

consistent with "government speech" which is not protected by First Amendment free speech rights. "As a general matter," wrote Breyer, "when the government speaks, it is to espouse a policy or take a position." Breyer also wrote, "A person who displays a message on a Texas license plate likely intends to convey to the public that the State has endorsed that message."

In 2011, I joined other elected officials including members of Congress, Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee and Rep. Al

Green, Texas House member Rep. Senfronia Thompson and my Senate colleague Rodney Ellis and others to testify against the issuance of the Confederate plates at a Department of Motor Vehicles hearing. "Why should we as Texans, want to be reminded of a state-sanctioned system of segregation and repression?" I asked the panel.

The high court's 5-4 decision provided value-added in another regard. It is one of the rare times I have agreed

with a vote cast by Justice Clarence Thomas.

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Descant ; ˈdeskant / 1 . an independent treble melody usually sung or played above a basic melody.

Descant is a 7 letter word. And for a local musical genius named Harold Shaun Martin, the number 7 has a lot of significance. On 7/7/15, his long awaited CD Project entitled #7 Summers will hit iTunes and the quest for a 5th Grammy, (yes…Him already got 4) will begin.

Let me fo l low the usua l introductory protocol and then I will explain why the term descant came to mind.

Shaun Martin is a native of Dallas, Texas where he began to study music at the age of 4 under the ins t r uct ion o f Caro l yn Campbe l l . Af ter attending Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, he enrolled and graduated from Weatherford College and The University of North Texas where he received his Bachelors of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Shaun (Fingers) Martin still serves as the Minister of Music at Friendship West Baptist Church where Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III is the Senior Pastor. He admits openly and often that Dr. Haynes who hired him as a teenager is a major reason and motivation for his success and for finally completing his first personal project.

Kirk Franklin, who is the s i gn i f i cant Gospe l Mus ic equivalent to James Cleveland and the Hawkins Family in prior generations, is also a mentor and friend. Franklin’s successful “Hello Fear” release in 2011 cited Shaun as its musical director and suddenly the world knew a secret that had been safely hid within Dallas’ city limits.

Shaun is a Grammy Award winning producer. He earned three with Kirk Franklin and one last year with a group called Snarky Puppy. Although Snarky

Puppy i s an o ver s i zed , overzealous , over- ta lented garage band with friends who mostly grew up together at the

University of North Texas, they have toured extensively and mostly outside the United States.

There are some big names in the musical itinerary that you would recognize. Shaun has worked with, written for or produced for artists such as Er ykah Badu , Mar yMar y, Donnie McClurkin, Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond, Kurt Carr, Kim Burrell, Chaka Kahn, Vanessa Be l l Armstrong , Trinitee 5:7, Men of Standard, Isaac Caree, God's Property and rap genius, Timbaland.

Shaun i s known for h i s musical diatribes, are as my mama would say, he can make them keys talk!! As I sat during a recent CD listening party, he was actually playing new riffs

and descants on the piano as we listened. When you can hear a new melody in the melody that you created, you are musically

superior to most. The fact that he had a music

teacher who taught all types of music and demanded equal time to music theory made all the difference. Carolyn Campbell was a short older White woman whose small Oak Cliff studio produced a number of great musicians. In fact, Shaun’s best bud and hope-to-die road dog R.C. Williams studied under Campbell as well. R.C is the band leader for Erykah Badu, has his own CD, and cultivates local talent weekly via venues l ike the Prophet Bar and Sandaga. That’s a hint...go check these guys out. The reason they call them “starving artists” is because we refuse to invest in their gifts…Duh!!

Shaun's sty le i s ec lect ic , e l ec t r i c and cannot be contained to a categorical listing or a canonized genre. His CD is literally the same. You will find it under jazz, but there is more. Shaun is a tangential thinker and his musical improvisations bear that out. Playing a chord in “O Promise Me” can invoke a movement in Handel’s Messiah. And he can turn any tune into a Michael Jackson classic in less than sixteen bars.

For smooth jazz aficionados, the music is painted or tainted if you will, with the residues of artists like Spyrogyra, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ramsey Lewis and Chuck Mangione. It’s the kind of music and sway that allows you to escape the overt me lod ies o f r ac i sm and Confederate Flags and terrorism and all that stuff that robs us of comfort and quality thinking.

There is a big band, New Orleans second-line snap that could incite a riot of praise and party in the Big Easy or in a remote Georgia peach orchard. There are also a couple of love songs . Shaun uses a ne w sensation out of Houston Texas by the name of Nikki Ross and a couple of other friends that will a s tound you l y r i ca l l y and musically. Two others songs were inspired by his trips to South Africa.

#7 Summers is a project whose ma jor work wa s completed seven years ago and is now ready for release. In the time since he began to write, he ha s heard the me lod ies thousands of times and as a result the final product includes a descant. Shaun plays a melody o ver the me lody that i s mus ica l l y maddening and majestic. Shaun’s major desire is to shine a light on the large number of talented musicians in Dallas. But we can help by buying and never “burning” this CD.

#7 Summers…Let’s do it!!

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News roundup

Pres. Obama to address NAACP

National Convention

A little over a year before he leaves office, President Barack Obama will address the NAACP for the second time as POTUS. He will address the 106th NAACP Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, July 14th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

In a statement NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock said, “We are honored to welcome President Obama back to our NAACP Convention. Our members are looking forward to President Obama delivering a powerful message that reinforces our commitment to being champions for civil and human rights in the 21st century.

The 106th NAACP Convention will run from July 11 to July 15. The theme is “Pursuing Liberty in the Face of Injustice.”

TV Land cancels reruns of The

Dukes of Hazzard

Nick at Night’s TV Land network has pulled reruns of the 1980s action comedy “The Dukes of Hazzard,” over its Confederate flag imagery.

The pulling of the popular 80’s show – which ran from 1979 to 1985 on CBS - is the latest in a string of high-profile efforts to banish the Confederate flag from culture after various states began

debating whether to remove the flag.

Series producer Warner Bros. recently stopped production of toy replicas of the “General Lee,” the 1969 Dodge Charger stock car driven by the characters in the show, Southern cousins Luke and Bo. The car also features a replica of the Confederate flag on its roof.

Retailers including Walmart and eBay have stopped selling merchandise bearing reproductions of the flag.

Black Churches are Burning

again in AmericaAmerica’s black churches

are under fire. In the weeks since the murder of nine people at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church after a Bible study by a white man, several fires have broken out in at least 6 predominantly African American churches

These latest major acts of violence conducted against predominantly black churches makes many relive a time in our nation’s history where black churches – a core institution of the black community - were set on fire, often at night because of hate.

Churches that have been burned in recent days include Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina and God's Power Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia.

Two other predominantly black churches have been the target of possible arson in the past few nights. These include Glover Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Warrenville, South Carolina, which caught fire on Friday, and College Hill Seventh Day Adventist, which burned on Monday in Knoxville, Tennessee. All of the fires are under investigation.

Pres. Obama lifts U.S. Trade Embargo on Cuba

On July 1st, President Barack Obama lifted the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba and urgd Congress to follow his decision to reopen the American embassy in Havana.

“The best way to support our values is through engagement,” President Obama said during a press conference at the White House. “Americans and Cubans alike are looking to move forward. I believe it’s time for Congress to do the same.”

The American embassy will reopen on July 20 and Cuba will reopen its embassy in Washington. President Obama said that Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Havana for the opening and will “proudly raise the American flag” over the embassy.

Jeffrey DeLaurentis, who heads the U.S. Interests Section in Havana and would be the initial envoy heading the reopened embassy, delivered a letter from Obama confirming the plans addressed to Cuba President Raul Castro, according to the Foreign Ministry.

According to an administration official, the president hasn’t decided on who might be nominated as ambassador or whether he would make the nomination in the immediate future.

Ex-Cowboy Emmitt Smith

drops out of 2015 Miss USA Pageant

Pro Football Hall of Famer and ex-Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith has dropped out as a judge in the 2015 Miss

USA pageant on the heels of comments from pageant organizer Donald Trump. He is the latest person to distance from the presidential candidate’s empire.

Smith tweeted out the following message: “In light of Mr. Trump’s statements and the subsequent decisions made by NBC, I have decided not to participate as a judge in the 2015 Miss USA pageant. Knowing firsthand through my wife, Pat Smith, how much the women prepare for this event, I continue to send my support and best wishes to everyone competing this year.”

Smith joins NBC, Macy’s and others who have severed ties with Trump after his initial remarks declaring his candidacy for president of the United States.

During his presidential kickoff speech, Trump said Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists and some, I assume, are good people.” He also called for building a wall along the southern border of the United States. Trump later said that his remarks were directed at U.S. policymakers, not the Mexican government or its people.”

The Supreme Court rules in

favor of same-sex marriage

nationwide Gay rights advocate scored

a historic victory on June 26, 2015 when the Supreme Court, in a landmark opinion, ruled that same-sex couples can marry nationwide. The 5-4 ruling by the divided Supreme Court essentially established a new civil right and assured same-sex couples equal rights in the eyes of the law. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority with the four liberal justices. Each of the four

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conservative justices wrote their own dissent.

The gay rights movement began nearly 46 years ago after a riot at New York's Stonewall Inn. The controversial decision could settle one of the major civil rights fights of this era.

In his opinion Kennedy wrote, "No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family," Kennedy wrote. "In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than they once were."

"Their hope," Kennedy wrote, "is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right."

Bree Newsome tells why she

removed Confederate Flag

Bree Newsome, the woman who climbed a flagpole and removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse June 27th - only to be arrested and have the banner raised again less than an hour later, is speaking out on why she did the act that has captured this nation’s attention.

In a statement posted on Blue Nation Review, Newsome cited the June 17th killings of nine people at the Emanuel

AME church in Charleston was the tip of the iceberg.

“A white man had just entered a black church and massacred people as they prayed. He had assassinated a civil rights leader. This was not a page in a textbook I was reading nor an inscription on a monument I was visiting,” Newsome wrote. “This was now. This was real. This was—this is—still happening.”

On June 27th she climbed the 30-foot pole using a harness just after dawn. She took down the flag, citing the Bible ad prayers as she did so. When she reached the bottom, State Police took the flag out of her hands and arrested her and her collaborator, a white man, fellow activist James Tyson. They were jailed over the weekend and later freed on

bond. The flag was later replaced.

“We made this decision because for us, this is not simply about a flag, but rather it is about abolishing the spirit of hatred and oppression in all its forms,” Newsome added.

The event spawned the social media hashtag #FreeBree and a fund to raise money for her legal costs.

After she removed the flag, Newsome quoted scripture saying, “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?” She said the same thing in her statement Monday. “I refuse to be ruled by fear. How can America be free and be ruled by fear? How can anyone be?”



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Servicemen 3

Perspectives 4L5

Community Calendar 6

Lifestyle 12

Swagger Puzzle 15

Business 17

Martin named NABJ Journalist of the Year

See Martin, page 11

Roland S. Martin

INSIDE

+ Nationally+ syndicated+ radio+

personality+ Michael+ Baisden+ an*

nounced+a+hiatus,+from+his+radio+on+

his+ Facebook+ page.+ Baisden,+ who+

commands+a+daily+audience+of+over+

seven+ million+ listeners,+ said+ he+ is+

unable+to+discuss+the+particulars+but+

concluded+ that+a+deal+could+not+be+

made+on+mutually+agreeable+terms.+

Recognized+as+one+of+the+most+in*

& �� "�� *ed+ afternoon+ drive+ radio+ programs+

heard+in+the+top+urban+markets.++

He+ is+ also+ a+ TV+ talk+

��"� �� %�� New$

York$Times+best*selling+author+with+nearly+two+million+books+in+print.+

Now+ in+his+ tenth+ year+ on+ the+ air,+

Baisden+ wants+ his+ radio+ family+ to+

know+he+did+everything+in+his+pow*

�� *�� "�� "�� $�� the+air+as+soon+as+possible+in+a+way+

�� "��!�� "�� "�� %�� *� ��$�� Exum,+his+business+manager.

Baisden+ began+ his+ career+ as+ an+

See Baisden, page 6 Michael Baisden

Michael Baisden leaves airwaves -- Skip Murphy moves to slot

GWENDOLYN JONESAsk The Advocate

D’LYTE & EBONYMusic Happenings

VALDER BEEBEThat Celebrity Interview

MISS RAYGoing Deep in the Roots

YVETTE BROOKSYour Curlfriend!

KENNY JAYMaking Women Happy!

Single Mom Chronicles

p.12

Say NO to any ASSAULTBy Cheryl Smith - Texas Metro News

Just+ like+ a+ potential+ target+ can+ not+ immediately+

identify+ a+ predator,+ it+ is+ often+ hard+ to+ point+ out+ the+

victim+of+sexual+assault+or+domestic+abuse.+ +There’s+

no+ big+ letter+ tattooed+ on+ their+ forehead+ or+ a+ certain+

look,+smell+or+hairdo+that+will+alert+you+that+the+person+

you+are+looking+at+is+the+survivor+of+what+many+have+

� ��%�� # ��assault.

April+is+Sexual+Assault+Awareness+Month+(SAAM)+

and+there+are+full*scale+efforts+to+“raise+public+aware*

ness+ about+ sexual+ violence+ and+ to+ educate+ commu*

nities+and+individuals+on+how+to+prevent+sexual+vio*

lence.”

This+year’s+campaign+“focuses+on+healthy+sexuality+

and+ child+ sexual+ abuse+ prevention.”+ +Advocates+ are+

encouraging+“everyone”+to+join+the+conversation+and+

start+talking+about+“healthy+childhood+development+to+

prevent+child+sexual+abuse.”

Almost+two+decades+ago,+January+1,+1996,+Tamecka+

Grate+was+ violently+ attacked+

and+ her+ recovery+ has+ been+

called+ a+ “miracle.”+ It+wasn’t+

long+ after+ the+ attack+ before+

the+ valiant+ 24*year*old+ was+

giving+ interviews,+ telling+ of+

the+brutal+assault+ that+almost+

ended+her+life+as+doctors+op*

erated+for+over+13+hours+to+re*

move+a+pair+of+scissors+from+

her+skull.+

If+you+saw+her+today,+you’d+

see+ just+ another+ beautiful+

woman+who+ is+ in+ love+with+her+ life,+her+ family+and+

living.+

Ms.+Grate’s+attacker,+Emanuel+Moffert,+26,+who+ac*

tually+ dated+ her+

neighbor,+ was+

caught+ before+

he+ was+ able+ to+

rape+her,+but+the+

assault+ was+ so+

brutal+ that+ the+

scars+left+behind+

could+have+con*

tinued+to+assault+

her,+ if+ not+ for+ a+

loving+ family,+

church,+ com*

munity+ and+ her+

faith.

Gwen d o l y n+

Jones+ was+ as*

saulted+ by+ her+ step*father.+ + She+ asked+ herself+ the+

� �� $� !�� $� �� *son+act+this+way+toward+me?+Am+I+responsible?++Did+I+

do+something+to+cause+this?++Did+my+caretakers+know+

�� "�$��$��stop+it?

She,+like+so+many+other+young+victims,+was+not+be*

lieved+**+which+caused+considerable+trauma+as+the+vic*

tim+is+twice+victimized.++

Admittedly+some+“victims”+have+lied,+producing+an*

other+level+of+victims+in+the+wrongfully+accused,+but+

there+ are+ other+ levels,+ like+ that+ victim+who+ remains+

silent+ for+whatever+ reason+and+ the+ family+and+ loved+

ones+ of+ the+ aforementioned+ who+ oftentimes+ don’t+

know+what+to+say+or+do.

Now+who+is+the+victim?+

It+ could+be+a+newborn+baby.+ +Of+course+you+ think+

that+this+couldn’t+be+the+case.+Unfortunately+there+are+

so+many+cases+of+very,+very+young+babies+being+as*

Tamecka Grate Frazier

Debra Mars

See Sexual Assault, page 18

Welcome Home Ambassador

Ron Kirk!p.7

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By Patrice J. [email protected]

Studies by theUniversity of Texas atDallas Institute of UrbanPolicy, United Way andTexas A&M are takingplace now to assess thequality of life in the SouthDallas community beforebillion dollar projectsinvolving the new DARTLight Rail and the Trinity

Toll Road are brought tothe area. Some construc-tion has begun with thedemolition of homes tofollow later this year.At a meeting held by the

three institutions, a focusgroup of sorts dished ideasand findings on the surveysthat have told the story of theresidents of South Dallas.“We are measuring con-

ditions that may vary fromstreet to street,” said Dr.

Timothy Bray, director ofthe Institute of UrbanPolicy Research. He helps

oversee the The FieldResearch Team whichunderwent 80 hours of

training in administeringthe anonymous surveys.“Over three to four yearsthere are changes in condi-tions and we want to knowhow it affects the area.”

In having the conversa-tion about building withinSouth Dallas, many issuesarise with respect toeducation and business in

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Political analysts, both mainstream and Black news

media and intellectuals around the country have given their

grade evaluation on President Barack Obama’s first 100

days in office, marked on April 30. Here’s how several

people from the local front graded the new president.

Congresswoman EddieBernice Johnson

Grade:A“I am deeply impressed with the progress that

President Barack Obama has made during the first 100days of his administration. Already we are seeingevidence of the administration’s plan to dig our countryout of recession and develop long-term, sustainable pros-perity. President Obama has made two trips abroad,proving to us and to the world that he intends to

repair our frayed alliances and restore ourinternational leadership.

Finally, the Obama adminis-tration’s code of ethicshas broughtmuch-neededtransparency andaccountability to theWhite House.

President Obamais delivering on thechange that hepromised.”

Senator Kay

Bailey HutchisonGrade: C

“In just 100 days, we’ve seen an alarming accel-

eration of policies that will take America down the

wrong track. The administration has proposed

trillions of dollars in new spending, which will

result in higher taxes on Americans, while sharply

raising our indebtedness to foreign creditors.On the national security front, I am

very concerned aboutthe President’s intention toclose Guantanamo without aworkable plan to relocatedetainees. It is mysincere hope that,movingforward,

theadminis-

tration willadopt the productive,

responsible approach to ournation’s challenges thatAmericansdeserve.”(The office of John Cornyn of

Texas was contacted but did

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Dallas is abuzz at theelection issues beforethem on May 9 whencitizens are asked tovote on the controver-sial ConventionCenter Hotel that isbeing backed byMayor

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remember that thepropositions are toamend the Dallas CityCharter which, amongother things, gives thecity the power to acquireproperty for any publicpurpose. The propositionsare worded to prohibit thecity from acting on thesebefore stated powers.Therefore, if a citizen wouldlike the city to maintainthose powers, they are tovote NO and vice versa.

Evaluating President Obama’s First 100 Days

THE HUNDRED DAY SCORE

WhyYES means no

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