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Senate to clear debt limit increase for Obama
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate Thursday took up must-do legislation to permit the government to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars more to meet its obligations, putting off one Washington showdown even as others loom in coming weeks...
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Urban deer hunt opponents to meet today
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
A group of local residents opposed to allowing deer hunting with the city limits of Cape Girardeau plans to meet today to discuss the April election. Keep Cape Safe will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Hirsch Community Room at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. The meeting is open to the public...
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Judge Lipke: "I never wanted to have a showdown with a semi"
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
In the half-second between realization and impact, Scott Lipke's world seemed to slow Tuesday night. Still, from where he found himself sitting -- in his Nissan Maxima, on Interstate 55, almost home -- the Cape Girardeau County judge recalled only having time for the basics: A semi, formerly plodding its narrow course northward, somehow was slithering sideways at a very sharp angle across the wet roadway...
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Storm derails train; causes damage
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
High winds and heavy downpours that swept across the area Tuesday night are reported to have damaged property, blown two tractor-trailers over and caused several Union Pacific rail cars to derail. No local fatalities were reported. ..
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Analysis: 8th District local panels don't reflect populations; together, sparsely populated Carter and Reynolds counties carry as much weight as Cape Girardeau County
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Missouri's laws for replacing members of Congress who leave in the middle of a term require that teams of political activists bypass a traditional primary election. Instead of voters-at-large determining who the next Republican or Democrat nominees will be, 86 Republicans and 68 Democrats -- and a handful of Libertarians -- will offer names that will appear on a special election ballot...
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Beautiful sunrise
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/31/13)
Taken over toward Chaffee. Just one of the many beautiful sunrises I get to see on my drive to work.
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The sun peeking through again
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/31/13)
Taken by Laura Childers near Delta January 30th after the rain.
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The sun peeking out again.
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/31/13)
The sun shining through after the rain near Delta, January 30th
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PC Wellness Centers is growing
(Submitted Story ~ 01/31/13)
PC Wellness Centers is growing. With the addition of Becky Bailiff to the massage therapy staff, PC Wellness Centers' massage therapy department is now open Monday through Saturday. Angela Engelen continues to provide massage therapy services Tuesday through Friday and Becky Bailiff is now providing massage therapy services Monday, Thursday evening, and Saturday morning. ...
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Blockbuster to close Cape Girardeau store
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
A local Blockbuster store will stop renting movies and video games Saturday in preparation to close its doors permanently. The Cape Girardeau location was identified as one of 300 lowest-earning stores nationwide slated for closure, said manager Maryjane Gibbens....
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Ferry to resume operations today
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
DORENA, Mo. -- The Dorena-Hickman Ferry has halted operations due to high winds. The ferry shut down upon reaching the Kentucky shore about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Capt. Ed Floyd expects the ferry to be able to reopen to traffic Wednesday morning. ...
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OVC honors pair from Southeast
(College Sports ~ 01/31/13)
The Southeast Missouri State track and field program earned a pair of Ohio Valley Conference indoor co-field athlete of the week awards on Tuesday. Junior Courtney Gapelu received the honor on the women's side with senior Craig Robinson getting the nod on the men's side. They were recognized for their performances over the weekend at the Indiana Relays...
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St. Vincent tips Windsor
(High School Sports ~ 01/31/13)
Trenton Gremaud led three players in double figures with 15 points as host St. Vincent held on to defeat Windsor 51-49 in boys basketball action Wednesday night. St. Vincent (13-5) trailed by a point entering the final period before establishing an eight-point lead late in the game. Windsor was able to convert on a couple turnovers to pull within two, but missed its final shot and the Indians rebounded with a half-second remaining...
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Smith helped revive 'Hawks program
(College Sports ~ 01/31/13)
Marland Smith came to play basketball for Southeast Missouri State when the program was at its lowest level. Four years later, the member of coach Dickey Nutt's first recruiting class at Southeast is on the verge of breaking the school record for career 3-point baskets while continuing to draw praise for his enduring character and commitment...
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And Sunday's winner will be ...
(Professional Sports ~ 01/31/13)
NEW ORLEANS -- The San Francisco 49ers never have tasted defeat in a Super Bowl, going 5-0. It's the most impressive mark for any franchise in the big game. Baltimore also is undefeated, with the Ravens winning their only appearance, in 2001. Someone will have the Super Bowl blahs for the first time after Sunday's title game in the Superdome...
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Storms boost river levels; some near flood stage
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Some drought-starved Midwestern rivers that had been near record low levels were on the verge of flooding Wednesday, after storms dumped up to 3 inches of rain on some parts of the region. Forecasters said rivers would see a dramatic, if temporary, rise over the next few days, with some waterways expected to swell by as much as 15 feet. ...
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Wallingford hangs up pursuit of 8th District nomination
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
One of 12 hopefuls for the Republican committee's nomination to run for Congress in Missouri's 8th district announced Wednesday he is leaving the race. State Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, said in a statement he has chosen not to seek the nomination because he feels "that my most important duty is to continue to serve our region in the state Senate."...
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'Jungle' creative in membership drive
(Sports Column ~ 01/31/13)
You know teenagers really want something when they start offering up money out of their own pockets to get it. So it caught my eye when the leaders of the Central Jungle, the student cheering section for athletic events, started offering a cash prize for bringing underclassmen to Tuesday night's game against Notre Dame via its Twitter account...
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Porter scores 20 as Hoyas roll Seton Hall
(Professional Sports ~ 01/31/13)
WASHINGTON -- Otto Porter scored 20 points, and Georgetown made a season-high 15 steals and got a rare first-half boost from a walk-on Wednesday night in a 74-52 win over Seton Hall. Markel Starks added 16 points as the Hoyas (15-4, 5-3 Big East) never trailed, taking advantage of Seton Hall's turnovers to take a 20-4 lead less than 81/2 minutes into the game...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
Today is Thursday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2013. There are 334 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 31, 1963, during the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-black Union regiment composed of former slaves, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, S.C...
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Cowan is interim U.S. senator in Massachusetts
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
BOSTON -- Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday appointed William "Mo" Cowan, his former chief of staff, to serve as the interim U.S. senator for Massachusetts until a special election is held June 25 to fill the seat left vacant by John Kerry's confirmation as U.S. Secretary of State...
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High-tech cargo airship being built
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
TUSTIN, Calif. -- The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military hangar floor during flight testing south of Los Angeles. That the hulking 230-foot-long Aeroscraft could fly for just a few minutes represents a step forward in aviation, according to the engineers who developed it. ...
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Priest, teacher convicted in abuse case
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
PHILADELPHIA -- A jury convicted a priest and teacher on Wednesday in a pivotal church-abuse case that rocked the Philadelphia archdiocese and sent a church official to prison for child endangerment. The verdict upholds the stunning account from a troubled 24-year-old policeman's son that he was sexually abused as a boy by two priests and his sixth-grade teacher...
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Ala. gunman kills bus driver; seizes, holds boy
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. -- A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 6-year-old hostage kept law officers at bay Wednesday in an all-night, all-day standoff that began when he killed a school bus driver and dragged the boy away, authorities said. SWAT teams took up positions around the gunman's rural property and police negotiators tried to win the kindergartner's safe release...
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Police: 1 dead in Ariz. shooting, suspect at large
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
PHOENIX -- A gunman opened fire at a Phoenix office complex on Wednesday, killing one person, wounding two others and setting off a manhunt. Police warned the public that he was "armed and dangerous." Authorities identified the suspect as Arthur D. Harmon, who they said opened fire at the end of a mediation session. They identified a man who died hours after the late morning shooting as 48-year-old Steve Singer...
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Israel hits convoy in Syria
(International News ~ 01/31/13)
BEIRUT -- Israel conducted a rare airstrike inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, hitting a convoy of trucks, foreign officials said Wednesday, amid fears President Bashar Assad's regime is providing weapons to the Islamic militant group Hezbollah...
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Chamber awards
(Editorial ~ 01/31/13)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner is one of the local highlights of the year for leaders in this community. It's an opportunity for the hundreds of chamber members to socialize, network and recognize the efforts of individuals and businesses...
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Response to Beussink letter
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/31/13)
Mr. Beussink, do you understand that a person's choice to have an abortion does not directly affect you or your children? It may indirectly affect society by not having another child available for adoption by couples wanting children, or one less potential Einstein in the world, but it has no direct effect on you or your children. The moral choice is between them and God...
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Craig showed kindness to family
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/31/13)
It was with some dismay and a great deal of sadness that I read the allegations against Father Craig, especially some 40 years after his death. Due to Father Craig's kindness to my mom [a single mother] and me, I lived with him in the rectory at St Ambrose in Chaffee, Mo., for some six weeks in the fall of 1946, and again in the summers when I was a seminary student and he was pastor at St Matthew's in St Louis. ...
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Pot fugitive jailed after two years
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A former Dexter man implicated in a large marijuana operation in October 2010 was arrested Tuesday. Don Murphy, 32, escaped capture at the time of the original raid on the house south of Dexter, Mo. Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said Murphy fled to California, where he also was almost arrested for marijuana production before going on the run again, coming back to Missouri...
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Patton man charged with sexually assaulting 15-year-old
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A 30-year-old man is facing criminal allegations in the statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl, who he would tell police he has known "since the day she was born." Dwaine L. Ragsdale of Patton, Mo., was arrested Friday on four felony counts that claim he performed sexual acts on the victim during a nearly two-month period until a teacher reported the suspected abuse...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Administrative Office Building 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Routine business Discussion and possible action: County advisory boards...
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Who's neXt
(Community ~ 01/31/13)
The following students earned scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2013-2014 academic year: Frangello earns scholarships March earns nursing scholarship Eleisha Renae March, of Doniphan, was awarded the Madduri Scholarship at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff. March is a fourth-semester nursing student at Three Rivers...
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Oak Ridge School sets kindergarten events
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
Kindergarten screening and enrollment and also screening for preschoolers ages 3 and 4 is scheduled for March 21 in the multipurpose building at the Oak Ridge School. Those children eligible for kindergarten must present at the time of enrollment their immunization record, official birth certificate, Social Security card and proof of residency. Parents must also attend with their child to fill out necessary paperwork...
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Hwy. 34 pipe replacement set
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Highway 34 in Wayne County, between Route M and Route OO, will be reduced to one lane today as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. Weather permitting, work will be done from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m...
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Senate panel considers open-records measure
(State News ~ 01/31/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri Senate committee has heard testimony on legislation aimed at strengthening the state's open meetings and records law. Sponsoring Sen. Kurt Schaefer said during a hearing Wednesday one significant change focuses on complaints about violations...
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Storm flips cars, decimates homes; 2 dead in South
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga.-- A massive storm system raked the Southeast on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes and dangerous winds that overturned cars on a major Georgia interstate and demolished homes and businesses, killing at least two people. In northwest Georgia, the storm system tossed vehicles on Interstate 75 onto their roofs. The highway was closed for a time, and another main thoroughfare remained closed until crews could safely remove downed trees and power lines from the road...
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Next Calendar 1/30/13
(Community ~ 01/31/13)
TODAY NEW MOVIES EVENTS FRIDAY EVENTS Saturday SUNDAY NEXT WEEK New Movies Games CDs DVDs...
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Speak Out 1/31/13
(Speak Out ~ 01/31/13)
I'm outraged at the university's plans to demolish the handball court, the oldest of its kind in the country. Their halfhearted plan to preserve some of the bricks is a joke. If the university had saved some of the bricks from every other historic landmark they've destroyed over the decades, they would probably have enough material to build a dam across the Mississippi by now...
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Out of the past 1/31/13
(Out of the Past ~ 01/31/13)
The Rev. L. Wallace Brown is installed as senior minister of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Lt. Col. M. Lee Hickam installs Maj. and Mrs. John Robinson as the new officers for the Cape Girardeau Salvation Army; Hickam is the divisional commander for the Midland Division of the Salvation Army, with headquarters in St. Louis...
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Births 1/31/13
(Births ~ 01/31/13)
Daughter to Joshua James and Autumn Spring Witcher Sr. of Chaffee, Mo., Southeast Hospital, 3:11 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Name, Hayvin Ryleigh. Weight, 2 pounds, 9 ounces. Eighth child, fourth daughter. Mrs. Witcher is the former Autumn Dean, daughter of Salina Dean and David Dean of Chaffee. She is employed by Little Charley Tree Service. Witcher is the son of Nancy Dudley of Dixon, Mo., and the late John Witcher Jr. of Cape Girardeau. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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Jackson fire report 1/31/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/31/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:...
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Jackson police report 1/31/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/31/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/31/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/31/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Bill Randolph
(Obituary ~ 01/31/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bill E. Randolph, 81, of Perryville died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 13, 1931, in Houston, Mo., son of C.G. and Iva Mathais Randolph. He and Jewell Bollinger were married Sept. 23, 1950...
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Marilyn Horman
(Obituary ~ 01/31/13)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Marilyn A. Horman, 68, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at the family home. She was born Feb. 4, 1944, in New Hamburg, Mo., to the late Oscar Charles and Vera Marie Dannenmueller Griffin. Marilyn married Rob Horman July 7, 1962...
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Barbara Halter
(Obituary ~ 01/31/13)
Barbara "Bobbi" Foster Halter, 89, of Delta was called home by Jesus to her mansion in the sky Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born July 15, 1923, in Delta to Will and Anne Leta Ashby Foster. Bobbi married Eugene Halter Dec. 25, 1945. He preceded her in death Aug. 31, 1998...
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The Olivia Act brings caring into focus
(Community ~ 01/31/13)
A local teen photographer has accepted the nationwide challenge to take part in the Olivia Act. Begun by a photographer from Texas, the Olivia Act is named after one of the children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, whose family had taken family photos only days before. ...
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Economy shifted into reverse in late 2012
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy shrank unexpectedly late last year, a reminder of the biggest threat it faces in 2013: sharp government spending cuts and prolonged political budget fights. A plunge in defense spending helped push the economy into negative territory for the first time since mid-2009. The contraction in the October-December quarter came in at an annual rate of 0.1 percent, according to a government estimate released Wednesday...
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Hooked on Science: Shaving cream rain
(Community ~ 01/31/13)
Using a few ingredients from around the house, you can get a better understanding of how rain falls from the clouds. Materials Instructions STEP 1: Fill the transparent cup 3/4 of the way with cold water. STEP 2: Spray the shaving cream on top of the cold water...
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Quake awareness event slated for Feb. 16
(Local News ~ 01/31/13)
The American Red Cross is hosting an Earthquake awareness event at 10 a.m. Feb. 16 at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau. The Red Cross is partnering with federal, state and local agencies to provide information about earthquake preparation, safety and survival. ...
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K.C. records 6 homicides in 2 days
(State News ~ 01/31/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police are investigating the fatal shootings of two men at a recording studio in the southern part of the city. The killings brought to six the number of homicides in Kansas City since Monday. The latest was reported around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Witnesses reported an armed man ran from the scene...
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Prayer 1/31/13
(Prayer ~ 01/31/13)
O Lord God, may we always remember to speak to one another in love. Amen.
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Barbra Streisand, Adele will sing at the Oscars
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/13)
NEW YORK -- Barbra Streisand will perform at the Oscars next month, the first time she's performed during an Academy Awards broadcast in 36 years. Streisand won the Academy Award for best original song for "Evergreen" in 1977. She also sang the theme from "A Star Is Born" that night...
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Giffords pleads for gun curbs
(National News ~ 01/31/13)
WASHINGTON -- Former representative Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotional hearing Wednesday to act quickly to curb firearms because "Americans are counting on you." Not everyone agreed, underscoring the national political divide over gun control...
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More gun laws are not the answer
(Column ~ 01/31/13)
The issue of gun control has come up again recently, with the president and a number of his supporters in Congress proposing drastic measures. A former chief of staff for President Obama, Rahm Emanuel, famously said to "never let a catastrophe go to waste." The current administration has taken heed of this philosophy and used the Newtown school massacre to propose a number of measures they say are urgently needed in order to prevent another mass school shooting...
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Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters rallied troops
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/13)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Patty Andrews never served in the military, but she and her singing sisters certainly supported the troops. During World War II, they hawked war bonds, entertained soldiers overseas and boosted morale on the home-front with tunes like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" and "I Can Dream, Can't I?"...
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