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Mo. unlikely to follow Michigan lead on union law
(State News ~ 12/11/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri legislative leaders said it would be difficult to follow the lead of Michigan lawmakers who approved a right-to-work plan Tuesday banning requirements that workers pay dues to unions for negotiating contracts and other services...
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Three teens get probation in Cape burglary
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
A judge placed three Cape Girardeau teenagers on probation Monday after all three pleaded guilty to their roles in the October burglary of a house on Briarwood Drive. Judge Benjamin Lewis suspended imposition of sentences for all three -- Ombreis D. Watson, Melvine Stuckey and Aaliyah B. Curry -- instead placing each on five years of supervised probation...
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Cape Girardeau convenience store burglarized
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
The Cape Mart convenience store in Cape Girardeau is the latest business in the city to be burglarized. Police responded to the store at 238 N. Fountain St. at about 2 a.m. Monday. A caller reported that a window on the building was busted. Police found no one inside, but discovered an undetermined amount of money was taken from a video game machine, said Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Darin Hickey. Nothing else was taken...
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Dorena-Hickman ferry resumes normal winter operations
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
Rising water levels on the Mississippi River have allowed the Dorena-Hickman ferry to resume normal winter operating hours and transport commercial trucks. Because of widespread rainfall over the weekend, the water will be high enough for the ferry to maintain normal winter operations for at least a week, according to a news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet...
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Jackson man pleads guilty to assault charges
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
A Jackson man will be sentenced next month following his guilty plea Monday, admitting that he pulled a gun on a Cape Girardeau County deputy in June. John S. Davis, 52, pleaded guilty to one felony count of assaulting a law enforcement officer. Police say they responded to Davis' home when they got a 911 call of a possible suicidal man. ...
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Kelly girls basketball team falls to East Prairie in OT
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/12)
BENTON, Mo. -- It didn't happen the way East Prairie coach Steven Douglas drew it up, but he'll take the result just the same. Eagles guard Kaitlyn Shands hit a buzzer-beating, game-tying 3-pointer in regulation, then hit two free throws moments into overtime to lift East Prairie to a 51-48 victory over Kelly in girls basketball action Monday night...
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Small tornado confirmed in Ripley County
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- The National Weather Service confirmed that a small tornado was responsible for destroying up to 200 trees and a few outbuildings in Southeast Missouri during the weekend. A survey team inspected the damage in Ripley County on Monday and concluded the area was hit Sunday afternoon by an EF-1 twister, with peak winds of 100 mph...
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Fiscal cliff stalemate spurs anxiety in states
(State News ~ 12/11/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A plunge over the federal "fiscal cliff" may sound like a terrifying risk for many state officials anxiously watching as Washington struggles to avert automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to start with the new year. Yet their greatest angst may stem not from the potential loss of billions of dollars, but the confusion surrounding it all...
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Friedheim woman pleads to animal abuse four years after charges
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
A 43-year-old Friedheim woman was issued a court summons Oct. 27, 2008, after a sheriff's deputy came upon her nine dogs, diseased, emaciated and abandoned in a rural area of Cape Girardeau County. The summons was ignored for four years until Catherine Ann Lee finally made it to court Monday, in jailhouse garb and shackles, to plead guilty to a charge of animal abuse...
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Only one seeking signatures for Cape Ward 6 seat
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
Petitions awaiting the signatures of at least 50 registered voters in Cape Girardeau's Ward 6 -- which will determine who is on the ballot in an upcoming election for city council -- haven't been in high demand since becoming available Wednesday. As of 3 p.m. Monday, only Wayne Bowen, chairman of the history department at Southeast Missouri State University, had picked up a petition...
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State House speaker pitches priorities on Cape tour stop
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
Missouri's Speaker of the House, Tim Jones, R-Eureka, outlined a three-part priority plan for the upcoming legislative session Monday when he stopped at My Daddy's Cheesecake in Cape Girardeau to meet with local legislators and the public. Jones' appearance was part of a multiday tour this week through 21 Missouri cities where the representative is pitching his "Triple E Plan" of economic development, energy and education issues. ...
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Incoming Perryville superintendent says he won't micromanage
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The new superintendent of the Perry County School District said he is taking the position with no reservations, and plans to implement his own style of management when he comes aboard next year. "I'm very straightforward," said Scott Ireland in a telephone interview Monday. "There's no flash when it comes to my approach. I'm the kind who just wants to get the job done."...
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Proposal would create funding formula for Missouri higher education
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Ten percent of state funding for Missouri's colleges and universities would depend on whether they can meet performance goals such as improved graduation rates, according to a plan presented Monday to state lawmakers. It's part of an initiative, required by state law, to develop a funding formula for higher education institutions similar to what exists for public K-12 education. ...
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More than $5 million in gaming revenue in first full month of Cape casino operation
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
The numbers are in from Isle Casino Cape Girardeau's first full month of operations, released Tuesday by the Missouri Gaming Commission. Isle Casino Cape Girardeau had gross receipts, minus winnings paid, of $5.37 million in November; it paid 21 percent of that, $1.12 million, to the state in taxes. The company also paid to the state $414,310 in admission fees during its first full month of operations...
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Ex-head of children's fund says no wrongdoing
(State News ~ 12/11/12)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- The former executive director of a taxpayer fund to help St. Louis County children is blaming a misunderstanding for an FBI investigation that led to her firing. Kate Tansey was head of the St. Louis County Children's Service Fund until she was let go in October. She told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that a $1,700 personal check to her from a consultant was at the heart of the FBI investigation...
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Major pipeline among ideas for aiding arid West
(State News ~ 12/11/12)
Editor's note: The following story has been corrected. ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Even as drought-stricken Midwestern states squabble over diminishing water supplies in the region, a new federal-state study raises the idea of constructing a 670-mile pipeline to divert water from one of the Mississippi's major tributaries to help seven arid states in the West...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/11/12)
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 11, the 346th day of 2012. There are 20 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17's lunar module landed on the moon with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt aboard; during three extravehicular activities (EVAs), they became the last two men to date to step onto the lunar surface...
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Births 12/11/12
(Births ~ 12/11/12)
Son to Timothy Scott and Tamra Elizabeth Noel of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:46 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Name, Tanner Scott. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Fourth child, second son. Mrs. Noel is the former Tamra Steger, daughter of the late Malvin and Margaret Steger of Scott City. She is employed at MedAssets. Noel is the son of Larry and Bonnie Noel of St. Charles, Mo. He is a chiropractor...
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Tribe prepares to bury 5 slain members in Calif
(National News ~ 12/11/12)
PORTERVILLE, Calif. -- Gravediggers work the old-fashioned way on the Tule River Indian Reservation, chipping away at the hard ground by hand with pickaxes and shoveling the dirt aside. They say it's a sign of respect not to use machinery, but never has the crew had to dig so many graves at one time...
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Jackson police report 12/11/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/11/12)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/11/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/11/12)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Fleecy Yates
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Fleecy G. Bauer Yates, 97, of Miller City passed away Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 3, 1915, in Miller City, daughter of Carl and Novella Simpson Bauer. She and Lawrence D. Yates were married May 14, 1934, in Miller City. He preceded her in death Dec. 3, 1978...
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Gene Thompson
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
David Eugene "Gene" Thompson, 75, of Scott City went to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at his home, surrounded by loved ones. He was born Aug. 19, 1937, in Wittenberg, Mo., to Martin Rudolph "Rudy" and Ruie Evelyn Thompson. He and P. Faye McAlister were married Sept. 9, 1963, in Perkins, Mo...
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Elsie Streeter
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
ORAN, Mo. -- Elsie Glodean Streeter, 91, of Oran passed away Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Bertrand Nursing Center. She was born March 26, 1921, in New Madrid County, daughter of James Fred and Nancy Louise Wilburn Calhoun. She and Kyrous Mabrey Streeter were married Dec. 19, 1940, in New Madrid County. He preceded her in death Jan. 11, 2004...
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Vernon Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Vernon Leon Smith, 83, of Marble Hill, formerly of Advance, Mo., passed away Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Clara Deville Nursing Center in Fredericktown, Mo. He was born Nov. 16, 1929, in Jackson, son of John William and Hattie Alberta Crader Smith. He and Dortha E. Riegert were married July 3, 1948, in Piggott, Ark...
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Virginia Rudluff
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Virginia Lee Rudluff, 69, of McClure died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 7, 1943, in Cairo, Ill., to Sidney Gerald and Ruby B. Farris Miller Sr. She and Roger Leon Rudluff were married April 30, 1965, in McClure...
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Helen Garrott
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
ANNA, Ill. -- Helen Elizabeth "Betty" Eagle Garrott, 94, of Anna died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Union County Hospital. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Richard Keeley and John Ruzich officiating. Burial will be in Anna City Cemetery...
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Cecil Franklin
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Cecil E. Franklin, 80, of Jonesboro died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna, Ill...
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Margaret Cain
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Margaret Cain, 86, of Tamms died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 8, 1926, in Union County, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Messamore Brown. She and Ed Cain were married Jan. 13, 1944. He preceded her in death Aug. 18, 1987...
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Scott Bryan
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
Kenneth Scott Bryan, 38, of St. Louis died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born July 26, 1974, in Cape Girardeau to Kenneth and Diane Naeter Bryan. Scott was married to Tina Ballance of Wolf Lake, Ill., on Nov. 28, 1998. Scott was employed by SFP Landscaping Inc. of St. Louis, and previously worked at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau...
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Gail Brown
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Gail Richard Brown, 79, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at his home in Jonesboro. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service Wednesday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jack Richardson officiating. Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery...
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Della Brooks
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Della Martha Brooks, 76, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at her home in Chaffee. A private memorial service will be at a later date. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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David Blackburn
(Obituary ~ 12/11/12)
VIENNA, Ill. -- David W. Blackburn, 53, of Vienna passed away Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Zion, Ill. David was born Jan. 12, 1959, in Sikeston, Mo., son of William Robert and Doris Virginia Redden Blackburn. He and Angela Marie Persinger Large were married July 31, 2010, at First Baptist Church in Vienna...
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April election
(Editorial ~ 12/11/12)
Though the election is still months away, the process to determine who will be on the ballot in April begins today as filing opens for several municipal and school board contests in the area. In Jackson, voters will cast ballots in the mayor and four alderman races. Seats on several other boards in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Perry and Scott counties will also be up for election...
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Speak out
(Speak Out ~ 12/11/12)
All area schools should install carbon monoxide detectors. ATMs, Braille I can't believe area banks are so backward that few have complemented their ATMs with Braille. American dream? It seems that anyone who has made any money in their life is vilified by the Obama administration as mean old people who don't pay enough taxes. ...
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Route H reduced for bridge work
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
Southeast Missourian ~ Route H in Scott County, between county roads 450 and 528, will be reduced to one lane as contractor crews perform drainage work at the bridge over Interstate 55. Weather permitting, the work will be done from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday...
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High school roundup: Meadow Heights girls basketball team defeats St. Vincent 39-21
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/12)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Southeast Missouri State's Peiffer collects third postseason All-American honor
(College Sports ~ 12/11/12)
The accolades continue to accumulate for Southeast Missouri State senior linebacker Blake Peiffer. Peiffer, already named the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year, was selected a third-team Football Championship Subdivision All-American by the Sports Network on Monday...
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Former Notre Dame standout Bass earns All-America at Rockhurst
(College Sports ~ 12/11/12)
Former Notre Dame Regional High School standout Ryan Bass has been named to the 2012 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Divsiion II Men's Soccer All-America Team for the second consecutive year. Bass, a junior goalkeeper for Rockhurst Universtiy in Kansas City, Mo., ranked 12th in Division II with a 0.73 goals against average. ...
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A string of ugly wins is thing of beauty to Rams' Fisher
(Professional Sports ~ 12/11/12)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams have their first three-game winning streak since the end of the 2006 season, and they make no apologies for the way they're doing it. Rams coach Jeff Fisher said Monday he's less concerned about how his team wins than getting the victory. The Rams, coming off a 15-12 victory at Buffalo, held the fourth-ranked rushing offense to just 61 yards and saw its special teams stymie one of the best return teams in the league...
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Singer Jenni Rivera dead in plane crash
(Entertainment ~ 12/11/12)
MONTERREY, Mexico -- U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash, and the board said Mexican authorities had informed them that Rivera had died in the accident...
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Health beat: Chickenpox can be serious
(Community ~ 12/11/12)
Chickenpox is a very contagious disease. You or your child may be at risk if you have never had chickenpox or have never gotten the vaccine. Chickenpox causes a blisterlike rash, itching, tiredness and fever. This can make you feel sick and very uncomfortable and cause you to miss five to seven days of school or work...
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Report: Calif. stem cell agency needs overhaul
(Community ~ 12/11/12)
LOS ANGELES -- California has transformed into a major player in stem cell research, but the taxpayer-funded institute responsible has "significant deficiencies" in how research dollars are distributed, experts said last week. A report by the Institute of Medicine found too many members on the board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine represented schools that won funding and recommended a restructuring to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest...
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Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue
(Community ~ 12/11/12)
KEY WEST, Fla. -- Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the risk of dengue fever in the tourist town of Key West...
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Alleged child kidnapper faces more sex charges
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Accused kidnapper and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Dean Shelton has been charged with sodomizing and sexually exploiting a Poplar Bluff girl he allegedly kidnapped from her home. Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Barbour filed a second amended complaint Friday, adding two counts of forcible sodomy and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor to the case against Shelton, who is being held without bond...
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Out of the past 12/11/12
(Out of the Past ~ 12/11/12)
A warehouse supervisor for Wetterau Inc. becomes the third person to file for the Cape Girardeau City Council; Hugh White, who was an unsuccessful candidate for the council in 1986, will join incumbents Peter Hilty and David Barklage on the ballot. About $7,000 was raised for downtown Christmas decorations at the first annual holiday auction held by the Downtown Merchants Association last night at Port Cape Girardeau; serving as auctioneer was Charles Hutson...
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Right-to-work debate lacks solid evidence
(National News ~ 12/11/12)
LANSING, Mich. -- Gov. Rick Snyder says one reason he supports right-to-work legislation in Michigan is the economic boost a similar law has given Indiana, although officials have provided no conclusive evidence that the policy by itself has drawn new businesses to the state next door...
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Fiscal cliff negotiations seem at standstill
(National News ~ 12/11/12)
WASHINGTON -- With a year-end deadline approaching, negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" appeared at a standstill Monday. Republicans pressed President Barack Obama to name specific spending cuts he will support, while the White House insisted the GOP agree explicitly to raise tax rates on upper incomes...
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Prayer 12/11/12
(Prayer ~ 12/11/12)
O Lord God, may we not be self-seeking but instead lift one another up in love. Amen.
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Change in the weather Monday
(Local News ~ 12/11/12)
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Southeast Missouri State University senior Erika Stewart bundles up on her trek to the University Center between classes Monday afternoon. ...
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2012 year in review for Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 12/11/12)
We have had a very exciting and productive year in the Cape Girardeau area. I will devote this space to a review of 2012 on economic development, infrastructure progress and internal governmental issues. There has been a lot of action in business and economic development this year, highlighted by the completion and opening of the Isle Casino on Oct. ...
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Tax plan will hit small businesses
(National News ~ 12/11/12)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's plan to increase taxes on top earners would have only a small impact on the nation's economy, according to congressional budget experts. Don't tell that to small business owners facing a tax increase. Obama's proposal would hit about 940,000 people who report business income on their individual or household returns, says the Joint Committee on Taxation, the official scorekeeper for Congress. ...
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