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Durham Review (1897), 12 Apr 1923, p. 6

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+4 * «€* y 4 L8% t€ i+ #\% #% C % Have you heard and read the word "malnutrition" and wondered whether it was a disease or merely something painful* Unfortunately it is not a disemse, or stepns to control it would disease, or steps to C( have been taken long is it painful, or someth been Jdone to remove might be defined as a of health and body # show you what this m PCeqtRREEET 0 CM00CT O m lisease, or steps to control it would | have been taken long ago. Neither | is it painful, or something would have ° been Jdone to remove the pain. . It | might be defined as a "‘ow condition â€" of health and body substance." . To show you what this means, & descripâ€" tion of a malnourished child will picâ€" ture it in your minds. Nature meant a child to be a hapDpYy und healthy young animal. A walâ€" nourished child could never be characâ€" terized by this statement, for he lacks the qualities to make him happy and healthful. He is usually thin, and his skin is either pale and delicate or is sallow or pasty in appearance. He has dark circles under his eyes, his hair is rough, his skin is loose: and his flesh and muscles are flabby and useless. This lack of tone in his musâ€" ;;-t' ces allows his shoulders to slump wel until he is round shouldered almost to _;, the point of having "wings." His gd chest is flat and narrow. Decayed .. teeth and diseased tonsils and adet" w olds may also be present. | cht Such a child is likely to be listless, wi] and does not care to play and romp A Yike other children. He tires easily cp, and may be considered lazy. There, / wil be a lack of mental vigor also. sh The power of concentration and attenâ€" s#le tion, and a child‘s natural curiosity ro and menta)} alertness, are absent. His T expression is dull, he is irritable and af bard to manage. _ Nervousness and in restlessness will be evident and he or WIl be "finicky" about his food. es There are many degrees of malnuâ€" fr @ritionâ€"from the very severe Cases hi where al} these symptoms are evident| ce to the cases where only one or two c wiH be noticed. A child is pronounced , &1 undernourished when one or more of | ge these symptoms . become marked,| e especially if he is underweight for his| t: height amd shows flabbiness of floshil a and muscles When he is found 10 )n per cent. underweight he is considerâ€"} t ed subâ€"normal. It is estimated that) a nearky 25 per cent. of the school chilâ€"] c dren in Canada are in this condition.| g In one country school district 40) $ per cent. of the children were underâ€"| 1 nocrishedâ€"a much larger percentage| I than is found in the cities. With the|} abundance of food on the farms this} gondition is unnecessary and is genâ€" C eraily due to indifference on the part of the parents. With so much agitaâ€"[! tion toward the bettering of theset! conditions, the mothers will need to ,| be the generals in charge of the camâ€"| paign to secure a strong and sturdy | generation. 1 ‘ The most important cause of this condition is improper diet, and not so much insufficient food or unsuitâ€" wbie food. The first requirement of w growing child is food. The diet! should be a generous one, properly'i prepared and correctly divided for, the three meals. Each meal should| #urnish an adequate amount for that time of day, for if the child eats no breakfast and little Tunch, and a large supper, the body can not take cars of this overabundance st one time and the food does no good, leaving the â€" body undernourished. A child should not be allowed to eat large amounts . of sweets or highly seasoned foods, . nor to eat between meals, to stay up . Jate, nor to sleep in an unventilated toom; any or all of theso will result. t a "finicky" appetite and the taking of too little food. | To be well nourished a child must have each day, protein to build up his body. This is necessary to enable his muscles to develop normailly and to, Keep his internal organs in condition.! Animal protein found in milk, eggs and meat are more valuable for growth than those found in cereals and vegetables. A child should have at least a pint of milk a day and three pints would be better. It is not exâ€" pected that the child should drink all this mill Serve it to him in cream What Do You Feed Your Children? Mincral matter is also needed. It: Builds bone and teeth, makes red blood, and keeps the body proceues’. in good condition. Milk, vegetables.‘ #ruits, whole cereals and egg yolks are particularly rich in minerals, Milk is the most valuable source of lime which strengtbens the bones and teath. & f There are C ertain MAIDA M. JOHNSON. grow quantity and sft ing gkm?l!fill called ME. £POOPERRCCTCCCC ing elements called "vitamines" which are absolutely essential to the develâ€"] opment of the hody. One of these is% found in all natural foodstuffs and in : a properly varied diet will not be} lacking. Another, not so common, but | which is just as necessary, is found in‘ milk, fat, ege yo‘k, glandular organs,, and leaves of plants. Still another is found in oranges, tomatoes, ca'b‘bage,! spinach and milk. All these must be| included in the diet to insure normalk growth. The ecntinued lack of these, causes serious nervous trouble; in se-} _ vere cases, blindness and scurvy. ‘ |_ After providing proper and properâ€" y ty prepared food, the next thing is to ; se that the meals are regular and . unburried, with no eating between â€" meals. d slsn h ScaKe When a chiid is examl schools, his height and _ taken and from the _cbatts schools, his height and weight are; taken and from the charts which give‘, the proper . weights for certain heights, it is determined whether or not he is underweight. If he is underâ€" weight a special record is kept, he is given particular attention and is urgâ€" ed to do and eat what is good for him, and his improvement is noted earh .week. It is surprising how anxious & child will be to do the things which .0 1040 id 0t ul o is t dn e will bring him up to normal condition. | , A table giving the correct weights for _ certain heights will be found here. | The child who is underweight | should have from nine to ten hours‘. sleep every night in a wellâ€"ventilated room, the windows being wide open.‘ There should be exercise and play, after school hours, instead of reading, in the house. The child should drink,| or get in some form, a quart of milk’i every day. Welâ€"cooked cereals and! fruit make the proper breakfast !or‘ him. Cereals cooked in milk are exâ€" cellent, increasing the food value. The common breakfast of pancakes andI syrup is lacking in most growth esâ€" sentials and will prove harmful if} \eaten every day. A variety of \'ege-I : tables is also necessary in the diet,\ | along with a moderate amount of | meat. _ Have some vegetable other | than potatoes every meal; tomatoes ti are especially good for children. Eggs, â€"| cheese dishes and fish add variety and .\.‘glve the necessary protein. Candy 1 1 . PRERCTEIRT 07 21 dn is on ts Nes in + d should not be eaten between meals. Tea or coffee are forl_vidden, and rich pastries and cakes should be given very seldom. Milk and cocoa, fruit, custards, gelatin, and simple pudâ€" dings are all advised. It is not well to try to change all food habits at once. Make it a conâ€" test for him. Have him see whether he can drink a glass of milk every day for a week, avoiding tea or coffee. If he succeeds a good habit is formed and the improvement he makes froml week to week will reward him. Keepi on in this way until all bad foodi habits are changed to good ones. Comâ€" plete relaxation for ten or fifteen minâ€" utes before meals will do much to put a child‘s body in readiness to assimilâ€" ate his food. Diseased tonsils and adenoids also help to bring about a subnormal conâ€" dition. They obstruct the passage to the lungs, preventing a sufficient amâ€" ount of oxygen from reaching these organs, so that they become diseased. The poisons from these diseased organs spread throughout the body. Bad teeth may be the result of malâ€" nutrition, or they may cause mainuâ€" trition by preventing proper masticaâ€" tion of the food. Poverty, ignorance, and lack of parâ€" ental control are underlying causes of malnutrition. Poverty is not of so much importance, for many children from rich homes are found to be subâ€" normal, The other reasons seem mote plausible. Have you not seen parents giving their children food they shouldn‘t have, just because the chilâ€" dren cried for it? The malnourished child tends to beâ€"| come weak and incapable of resisting | disease. â€"Stunted growth, anaemia, nervousness, irritability and diminishâ€" ed cnergy are the sure effects of | faulty nutrition. These effects follow| the child into manhood and make him| unfitted to do his part in the worl-d.\ He is an incfficient man, with few chances for guccess in life. The unfitâ€" ness of such a large proportion of the \ men called to take part in the recent\ war was due to improper care in | ehildhood. ‘ If you have a child who has these symptomsâ€"and watch carefully, for at first they may not be glaringly noticeableâ€"first find the cause by careful study of the child‘s methods of living and then work to remove the cause. Every child should have a complete pbysical examination once child is examinet_l _in the to beâ€" | a year. Defective hearing Enight. abscesses in teeth, ot | in breathing, spinal curvat ankles, all may influence th | down of the child‘s health | these faults, for the future | tion depends upon how seri | ents consider this problem. ;\ Tables for Height and + Boys Wantedâ€"may refer to the baggage in this ca ple are wanted by Cavada, and hundreds more 1i homes, and later, by the firms and industries of t wood, aged four, and his threeâ€"yearâ€"old ndsg.er_Dal of a fatherly interest, were members of" aâ€"part from a Liverpool bome on board the Can@dian T They have come to seek a new home in a new being, located at Birt‘s Sheltering Home, Bellev goon, in small measure perhaps, help to determin and as they can be trained in Canadian nation they are the type of immigrant which will be of may keep smiling because he has come to a frie Average weight for Height height Inches Pounds 85 32.0 36 33.5 87 84.5 38 36.0 39 87.5 40 39.0 [ sbk 40.5 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 58 bDo 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Defective hearing and eyeâ€"| bscesses in teeth, obstructions | thing, spinal curvature, weak) all may influence the breaking | f the child‘s health. â€" Correct] wlts, for the future of the naâ€" pends upon how seriously PaAYâ€" nsider this problem. 1 les for Height and Weight ys Girls Average Average weight for weight for height Height height Pounds Inches Pounds 32.0 35 31.0 33.5 36 82.5 84.5 37 38.5 36.0 38 35.0 87.5 39 36.5 39.0 40 38.0 40.5 41 39.5 42.0 42 41.0 43.5 48 48.0 45.5 44 44.5 41.5 â€" 45 46.5 49,5 46 48.5 K1R 47 51.0 When I was crippled by the fiu, it seemed my end was near, and every time I sneezed, kerchoo, I thought of hearse and bier. By day and night 1 coughed and barked, with dull and sick‘ning thud; to Old Doe Casket I remarked, "I guess my name is Mud. Â¥You‘ve done your best with pill and yarb to save me from death‘s snare; but I must don the ghastly garb that only dead men wear. When I have heavod my final smilo, I wish you‘d see James Skow, and tell him I‘m the sinuer vile who shot his bobâ€"tailed cow. And kindly tell old Mrs. Pete remorse is in my CUP} I scattered chunks of poisoned meat, and killed her Maitese pup. And Grocer Jimpson will recall a certain bogus y; I turn my shamed face to the wallâ€"he got that bill from me. And tell Asgessor Jinks, kerchoo, when I the ghost skall yield, that what I told him wasn‘t trueâ€"my assets I concealed. ‘Tell all these people 1 regret these crimes and many more; confession is the safest bet, when on® is at death‘s door. I‘ll sleep much better meath the dew, in solitudes unfenced, it you will bear my words, kerchoo, to those I‘ve sinned against. What‘s that you say? The crisis past, and I‘ll recover soon? Well, just forget those pipe dreams vast you tately beard me croon. One caunot keep the truth in view when he is racked with pain, and, as you know, bcvearnackh kerchco. I was not strictly sane." 43.5 45.5 471.5 49,5 515 53.5 55.5 59.5 63.0 102.5 110.5 116.0 69.0 12.0 15.5 19.5 83.5 81.5 97.5 kerswoosh, kerchoo P io awue 48 49 50 Dl 53 54 57 59 60 61 62 63 IANCE TO BE G@ooDn ciTIZENS aggage in this case, but these two little peoâ€" hundreds more like them are wanted by the d industries of this country. Tommy Collingâ€" earâ€"old sigter DaisÂ¥, in whom he takes more mhers of acpar(y 6t sixty young emigrants 1 the Can@adian PaciGéMteamer "Montcalm." home in a new tand, and are, for the time ng Home, Belleville, Ont. Their future will help to determine the future of the Dominion, Canadian national ideals and ways of living, which will be of most service to it. Tommy as come to a friendly people. 55.6 58.5 61.0 64.0 67.0 71.0 75.0 18.6 83.0 87.0 91.5 05.0 105.0 109.5 conression '\ The Final Curtain Drops. | _ Sara Bernhardt, the world‘s greatest‘ stragediexme. died March 26, in l'zu’is.§ | She was not only an actress, but also & | writer, an artist and geulptor. She | was accorded a state funeral asd was | buried in a coffin which she purchased %thirty years ago and in which she ofâ€" ‘ten slept. She was the idol of three lsenerutions, having been 61 years on the stage. As a gitl she was forced on ‘Lhe stage against her wishes, as she wanted to become a nun. By making use of number has been invented in D¢ transmitting finger prints graph Finger Prints by Wire. wa mtunctmcn® woni e mb nds e ns numbers a system in Denmark for nrints by teleâ€" TIME FOR SPRING OVERHAULING. |W* Now is the time for all good autoâ€" dirt is thus blown into the tank and assu mobile owners to come to the aid of therefore should be done before the ant their cars. Most automobile owners fuel tank is drained. lmec fall into one of two classesâ€"tho8@! Drain the oil reservoir of the el‘_‘tlvo who have used their machines right gine and put in a new supply of oil. gin« through the winter and those whO5® Where there is a screen at the pump,“‘d cars have been hibernating in a F4"â€" this should be taken out and cleaned. vell age during the cold winter months. In| Take the battery to a service station,‘ its either case, and especially where the have it tested and recharged if neces. | L9r® cars have not been used, this is th¢ gary,. The interruptor points should | **" time for a general going oveT of the be cleaned and adjusted. Inspect the{ *9" various parts. While the housewife commutators of the starting motor anal, " is cleaning house and the robing Ar€ generator. Clean if necess@ry. us is bu" announcing the advent of spring the i; not smooth remove and smooth in a but auto owner should be getting his CA" lathe. Check up the tension on the suy in shape for the coming season‘s USCâ€" springs or brushes to be sure the|PN There are two ways to do this. OP8° brushes contact with the commuteâ€"| his is to undertake the job personallyâ€"‘ tors, Lubricate the bearings of the| °* Another is to take it to a service 8t2â€" starting motor. Take off the ignitton | de tion. Some may be able to combin®‘ gistributor head and wipe it out | cls these two methods by doing part o!‘ T 1001 the work personally and leaving some | CHECK UP THE BRAKES. | pr of the more technical phases of it to| Check up the brakes to determine i at the expert skill of the auto mechanic.| they need relining. If not, make sure | Of Each owner will have to decide for they are properly adjusted,. Drain the | th himself how it shall be done. The imâ€"; transmission gear case and the differâ€"| | portant thing is to be sure the needed ential gear case, Wash thoroughly| i8 work is done. lwith kerosene and put in a fresh lJubâ€"| ! Probably many CATrS needed attenâ€"| ricant. Fill the steering gear housing | tion before they were put away, but| with lubricant. | h the owners kept running them with The universal joints in particuhr'“‘ the idea that they would stoon be should receive attention, as they are| * the idea that they would soon. be 1, apt to be neglected during a season‘s | were forgotten. The garage is usualâ€"| running. â€" Lubricants should be supâ€"| c | ty cold and consequently is 20f 2 very| plied to all parts taken care of by!{ towitine environment compared with a) grease cups; the grease cups should t | hey q. ELâ€" $Khew anute that m-e: d e n ofi id 532 d antaetstitete mo d in shape for the coming season‘s use. There are two ways to do this, One is to undertake the job personally. Another is to take it to a service staâ€" tion. Some may be able to combing these two methods by doing part o!‘ the work personally and leaving some | of the more technical phases of it to the expert skill of the auto mechanic.| Each owner will have to decide for himself how it shall be done, The imâ€" | portant thing is to be sure the needed | work is done. | e T h cantiehnn s Probably many CATS C""" " ue with tion before they were put away, but| with lubricant, * the owners kept running them with| ‘The universal joints in pm-t,iculm"1 the idea that they would stoon be| should receive attention, as they are y the idea that they would soon. be ,‘ apt to be neg]ec‘_ed during A semn'g:‘ were forgotten. The garage is usualâ€"| running. â€" Lubricants should be supâ€"| 1y cold and consequently is not a very| plied to all parts taken care of by‘ inviting environment compared with a) grease cups; the grease cups should good book and a cOZY fireplace. ‘be refilled; also those parts that are| CAR NEEDS ATTENTION. lntend.cd to be lubricated by oil from | A car which has been run only one"‘ a squirt can. | | season needs certain attention, It is| All wheels should be removed, bearâ€"| | well to have the carbon removed from ings inspected for excessive wear or \ the cylinders and the valves inspected , breakage, cleaned thoroughly, reâ€" ‘and ground if necessary. The spark packed with fresh grease and careâ€" ‘plugs should be cleaned and the points| fully adjusted. At this time make 'ievenly adjusted to get an even ruD sure the rear wheels are perfectly \ ning engine. The vacuum tank should tight on their axles, Where wheels \be drained. The strainer located at| are keyed on there should be no play .the top where the gnm“ne feeds into between the wheel and the axle. ‘it should be taken out and cleaned. Where wheels are fastened by flanges \ The float should be tested. Fill with be sure the boits are tight. |gasolino to see if the float rises nnd‘ The body springs should be lubriâ€" | closes the valve. | _ | cated with graphite cither by removâ€" lt rquir Prl c uad Atcnnnmcnline tham ar ht istks 1405 0. MB 1. s ids lt The strainer located at the carburâ€" etor should be taken out and cleaned. At the same time the carburetor float chamber should be drained to remove any water or sediment that may have collected. The same should be done to the main fuel tank. ; While the gasoline fuel line is disâ€" eonnected from the vacuum tank it should be blown out with compressed air. This may be done with a tire pump. In this case the fuel line is left \ connected to the main fuel tank. The A plant that belongs to the lc ulcei ' yG family and that is now culttvated in 2 »a ,G_, 0 ;â€"* upper Egypt and can be grown with > + t t ~ profit in certain parts of the Sudan is <>4 \ & M a new source of edible oil. The seed ’ "‘fl‘.‘fl“d‘l“ yvie‘ds under pressure from 37 to 88 en e _ per cent. of ofl and cortain specimens | ~e of fresh seed from the Sudan, which‘ P wonmmmmem mm areemnet e contained less than 4 per cent. of Every Littie Heips. water, yielded more than 44 per cent.| "What‘s the matter? Whal iThe oil is odoriess, of a light yellow | ning for?" !oolor and without disagreeable taste, "Got a cinder in my ey@&â€" | The seed is so small that it cannot be | home to add to my plle of : \haudled with ordinary equipment, but| ‘thp oil product is so valuable that new | * & s ‘machinery will no doubt be built to do I Sh.“ Fmet_ | the work. | | An 1 shaill formet you I t uin | _A pair of forked tongs, the prongs of | | which resemble those of a pitchfork, | i have been made by a Quebec farmer | ‘tor picking up stones and logs lying labout the farm. The bandles run ‘about 2 feet high, the pivot bolt being | fixed just above the heads of the forks, Pientiful Supply. Bobbieâ€""Booâ€"hooâ€"0, I‘ve broken my slate to bits!" Lift Stones or Logs Easily With Forked Tongs. Motherâ€""Don‘t cry, dear; you can find plenty of nice, large pieces in the coalâ€"bin." Source of Edible Oil. â€"Câ€"m> * "f"/ ,1 | , n/[(/sfimu = m o ONTARIO TORONTO Oh, 1 shall forget you In the vivid spring, When again the jonquils bloom Aud returning thrushes sing! 1 shall not remember : Kestasy or hate When I watch the wind astir In the birchâ€"trees delicate On, I shall forget youâ€"â€" Exquisite and dearâ€" ‘ When the rains shall wash the dead, Clinging old things from the year! â€"Zoe Akins. hame 7. 4R 5 ocrtrntstt , ome ud lopmmmmmemmmmmermercemmuâ€"â€"â€"â€"| Toronto Professors Honored. WWe S ol e 10 cce l aet \" 3 > } t L‘m(‘i .@ ‘ E: e |5 ) \CAW * Nhâ€"â€"â€"> C ~EAwont JE 4 . a cinder in my eyeâ€"taking it to add to my plle of coal." y * What you run ant role; he is no longer on‘ly the mechanic making repairs to the dolec. tive human being, but, also, the en gineer who superintends the wo‘fare and the adaptation of that most mar vellous machine, the hurian | to its greatest power of productio 9 foresees | the interpal and external | causes which might interfere | te ; working capacity and its durat engineer has appreciated the \his engine as well as the difl. \bo overcome in bringing th destination. â€" He is trained cise the best possible judgm selection of fuel and oil, in propriate distribution accord +\ atmospheric conditions, the « .&ot grades, the length of the | the weight to be carried. _| The assessment of physi | is certainly as important a> .\ tion of the inorganic qua‘!i !‘1 metailic motor, "The eficie human organism and the fac "influence it is one of the m« 6 ant problems of the day. | ..‘al causes are the basis :« )_i curate gange of efficiency «1 f | reckoned with as a factor lt’i‘trilllsm." "\| +ime Loss Through Sick "A locomotive may armyE tundred mile run in perfect « but it will require a period of supervision in the round hou MBE PRPCCCYC ERUTEN England the los& of work arising from lilâ€"health, sickness, undue fatigue and preventable accidents entails a waste of £2,000,000 a week. Pr. Collis es timates that proper medical organizaâ€" tion would decrease this amount by 70 per cent. Service to the Community. The word education means the deâ€" velopment of the physical, intellectual and moral faculties of the human beâ€" ing. In our modern instituions for the culture of the yonth great care is taken to give a good human training for the soul and the brain, but the same sound basis does not exist for the adaptation of the body to the conâ€" ditions of existence. In the family of the laboring classes no attempt i8 made to guide the children towards the career or the calling for which they are best Atted by their physical qualities, No thought is taken to de termine the proper correlation between the intellectual and physical child‘s aptitudes. Too frequently the need of money to eke out the family budget the casual advice of a neighbor, ar0 the only reasons which bring a boy into a definite field of action. Industrial medicine can guide the young man in his cholce of a calling but its greatest service to the com lmunlty is that it helps the industrial ,worker to protect his capital, 1.°., his , | health and his capuacity to do a ful | day‘s work. Medicine, has been asks & to delive‘ \ the famous Cameron Series of modical lectures at the University of Edinâ€" | burgh during next October, and the Board of Governors, at a recent moe! ing, granted Dr. Macleod leave of ab sence for the month of OQctober & that he may deliver these lectures Dr. Samuel Beatty, Associate Profe | sor of Mathematics, has been grantt \leave of absence for next year to joi s / the staff of the University College © ‘Wales at Aberystwyth. For ove! year Dr. W. H. Young, head of U ‘Deyt. of Mathematics in the Unive ul 1 dn in C ES L0 B es Apncarby By J. A Rather especial honors have J come to two members of the staff the University of Toronto. Dr. 3. R. Macleod, Professor of Physiol and Associate Dean of the Faculty Medicine, has been askod to deli A.. famane fC‘ameran S('ri(‘s’ flf m(‘d pMAne C Nee cce Dept. of Mathematics in the Um sity College of Wales, has been tr to secure Prof. Beatty‘s services one year. Prof. Beatty will give undergraduate course and one more graduate courses while in W While eome protection for the eves is necessary in motoring, many arivers and tourists object to the common form of goggles. To overcome this ob jection, an English manufacturer has devised a folding eyeskield of nonâ€"inâ€" flammable celluloid. It is notched to fit the wearer‘s nose. samo smevest en Cns 0 W world is the Sutle}, in India, which rises 15,200 feet above the sea and falls 12,000 feet in 180 miles. New Folding Eyeshiclid Through Sickness, A dents, etc. Montrsal Attaches to Cap. I can guide the ce of a calling. a to the comâ€" s the industrial capital, 1.°., his ty to do a fall h@ m} river in 0 0 aof the mno i Of MIXED FARMING Marks a New Era cultural Life of Possibly the most astriki the harvest \andscape * termerse who have sisited West during recent years i m prevalence of excel corn and the rich and geen on every band. MHayi believe, left the corn belt they are astounded at the this direction of the Ca A «till more nove] feature their attention is the eubst ago devoted to eanfiowen erop in which the Wester of the Domtnion have done work in proving the value & «utilization and which is eorn &# & silage crop for Canadian farme! The increasin« use of vear i8 respongible for 4 Western Cani( there were 876 Suction of fod: precorded areas of 537,100 bus} ©00 were raise the greator ¥« the grea‘e to Manito Regsser qu< age devol« 4s the bes utilization Western J a new tc methods thes« bene ment #@))] t1 th $ RF #1 in Cansada‘s LarQ 17e 100 not equal n rI 1 Two Tt lik .ngli‘h Swa South tha 3M t lows Atric

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