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• Hydaburg mayor named chairman of Federal Subsistence Board

  22-11-2016 23:39
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Hydaburg Mayor Anthony Christianson has been named chairman of the Federal Subsistence Board.
  The appointment was announced Tuesday by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in a news release.
  Officials say Christianson is a lifelong Alaskan who was named in October as the interim chair of the board, which oversees fish and wildlife management resources on federal lands and waters in Alaska for subsistence activities.
  Christianson initially was appointed to the board in 2
  
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• Toyota recalling 834,000 Sienna minivans in North America

  22-11-2016 23:09
  
  PLANO, Texas (AP) – Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 834,000 Toyota Sienna minivans in North America because the sliding doors could open while the vehicle is moving.
  The recall involves Sienna minivans from the 2011-2016 model years. A majority of the minivans – 744,000 – were sold in the U.S.
  Toyota says the problem happens when the door’s opening is impeded and the motor’s circuit gets overloaded. If the door is unlatched, it could open while the minivan is drivin
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016

  22-11-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/20161122-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Donald Trump stays quiet on Alaska and Arctic energy news,
  environmentalists sue over the Alaska Railroad’s plans to move liquefied natural gas,
  half of the first Alaska Class Ferry under construction in Ketchikan rolls out, and
  Salmon Beyond Borders releases an study estimate of the value of transboundary salmon in Southeast.
  
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• Possible shutdown for Bethel buses. Who’s riding?

  22-11-2016 22:47
  
  The city of Bethel is taking a look at ending its public transportation program due to low ridership and high expenses, according to a story by KYUK Public Media. However, the bus system serves some of Bethel’s most marginalized communities, who depend on it for basic needs.On a cold and snowy Thursday afternoon, riders on one of Bethel’s city buses stare out the windows while sitting in warm seats and listening to country music on the radio.
  At rush hour, the bus is neithe
  
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• The Standing Rock resistance is unprecedented (it’s also centuries old)

  22-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  As resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, N.D., concludes its seventh month, two narratives have emerged:
  We have never seen anything like this before.
  This has been happening for hundreds of years.
  Both are true. The scope of the resistance at Standing Rock exceeds just about every protest in Native American history. But that history itself, of indigenous people fighting to protect not just their land, but the land, is centuries old.
  Over the weekend, the situation at Standi
  
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• Group releases study on fishing, tourism dollars from Southeast Alaska rivers

  22-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Three major rivers that flow out of Canada into Southeast Alaska could provide a combined $1 billion in value for tourism and fisheries on this side of the border over the next three decades.
  That’s one findings in a new study commissioned by a group seeking to highlight potential impacts to those rivers from the mining industry in British Columbia.
  The study puts some numbers to the arguments that Southeast Alaska fishermen, tour operators, tribal leaders and communities have been ma
  
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• After all the buying this holiday, participate in Giving Tuesday

  22-11-2016 21:12
  
  After the dust settles on this year’s holiday shopping days, find a way to give back on Giving Tuesday. This global event can be as simple as buying the next person in line a coffee, or donating time or food items to those in need. Doing one of those can be shared on social media with the hashtag #givingtuesday.
  Sponsoring this year’s event is United Missions of Hope, which set a goal of 1,000 calls to action on Nov. 29 to be shared on social media. In addition to that goal, United M
  
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• How to complete Bean’s Cafe’s wishlist

  22-11-2016 21:07
  
  There are only two days left until Thanksgiving, and Bean’s Cafe has been working hard to prepare about 1,000 meals for its clients. But there’s still a few things left the nonprofit needs to make this holiday a little brighter for those in need.
  Bean’s Cafe needs:
  Turkey
  Ham
  Stuffing cubes
  Dinner rolls
  Butter
  Canned cranberry sauce
  Corn
  Green beans
  Sweet potatoes
  Cream of mushroom soup
  French fried onions
  Salad dressing
  Whipped cream in cans
  Store bought pies
  Coffee
  Fresh frui
  
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• Ketchikan council supports proposal for Akeela’s sobering center

  22-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Ketchikan City Council agreed unanimously Monday to support Akeela-Gateway’s application for a state grant to develop a sobering center at Ketchikan’s former state-run juvenile detention center.
  The state recently shut the center down in response to budget cuts, and the facility reverted to the City of Ketchikan.
  The city asked for proposals from community groups interested in using the building, and Akeela was the only one that submitted.
  Akeela’s Joel Jackson said the com
  
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• Inmate dies in Anchorage after apparent suicide attempt

  22-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska Department of Corrections inmate has died following an apparent suicide attempt.
  This is the 10th inmate death in custody this year.
  Kristoffer Reuer, 37, died Monday afternoon at Alaska Regional Center in Anchorage, a department news release said.
  He was found unresponsive in his cell in Anchorage on Friday.
  Department of Corrections spokesman Corey Allen-Young confirmed Reuer was an inmate at Anchorage Correctional Complex.
  Reuer was
  
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• Obama hits 1,000 mark for commutations granted

  22-11-2016 20:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has surpassed the 1,000 mark for commutations granted during his presidency after shortening sentences for 79 people.
  Obama has been granting commutations at rapid-fire pace in his final months in office. The White House says he’s commuted more sentences than the past 11 presidents combined.
  Most of those who have received clemency are nonviolent drug offenders, though many were also convicted of firearms violations related to drug crimes.
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• Top aide implies Trump won’t pursue further investigation of Hillary Clinton

  22-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t definitively said whether he’ll try to prosecute former political rival Hillary Clinton, but top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway implied on Tuesday that the president-elect has no further plans to investigate Clinton. Later in the day, Trump said it was still on the table but that he didn’t feel strongly about it.
  Conway’s comments came on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, after the show cited an anonymous source to report that Trump wasn’t
  
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• Ferry study recommends management changes

  22-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The ferry Malaspina makes a rare appearance near downtown Sitka in 2010. A new report suggests a public corporation be formed to manage ferry operations. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  The Alaska Marine Highway System should break into two agencies to prepare for the future.
  That’s the conclusion of a new ferry governance study released by the Southeast Conference, a regional development organization. The study examined ferry operations in Alaska and elsewhere.
  Report autho
  
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• Crowds greet Kenai’s first marijuana store

  22-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  KENAI — Dozens of people waited in line to be the first ones in Kenai’s first marijuana shop on Monday.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports that Red Run Cannabis Company opened its doors Monday to a line across the parking lot.
  Red Run was selling nine strains of marijuana on its opening day. Though Red Run is licensed to cultivate marijuana, its own product is not yet ready to be sold. Red Run was able to open with product grown outdoors by a Kasilof-based cultivator, Greatland Ganja
  
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• Anchorage School Board recommends $58.5 million bond package

  22-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — The Anchorage School Board approved a $58.5 million bond package that would cover the costs of several construction projects, including work at two schools hit by an earthquake.
  KTUU-TV reports that that the board voted in favor of the bond package Monday.
  The money will fund roof replacements at eight schools, heating and ventilation upgrades at three schools and seismic upgrades at the schools struck by the January quake. Proposals to improve fire suppression systems at two h
  
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• Nunapitchuk man faces multiple sexual assault charges

  22-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska State Troopers arrested a man from Nunapitchuk on a warrant connected to multiple sexual assault charges, but they believe that there are other incidents involving the accused that they don’t know about.
  On Nov. 7, Troopers received a report of a sexual assault in Nunapitchuk, an online dispatch said.
  After investigating, authorities arrested Gregory Tobeluk, 37, of Nunapitchuk on Nov. 16.
  Tobeluk was arrested on a $100,000 warrant.
  Over the last six months there
  
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• Community helps recover stolen car through social media

  22-11-2016 08:10
  
  Dozens of Facebook pages are dedicated to crime in Alaska. However, one of them is particularly popular. Stolen in Alaska allows people to post pictures of their stolen property and explain the circumstances under which it was taken.
  Monica Lee used the page when her Volkswagen Jetta was stolen from outside her parents’ Bayshore neighborhood home earlier this month.
  “It was amazing what the community did,” Lee said. “Everyone came together.”
  During the days followin
  
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• Pope Francis extends permission on abortion forgiveness to priests

  22-11-2016 05:53
  
  Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of the “grave sin” of abortion, extending indefinitely the special permission he had granted for the duration of the just-ended Holy Year of Mercy.
  Francis wrote in the Apostolic Letter made public by the Vatican on Monday that “there is no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled” with God.
  But he also wrote: “I wish to restate as firml
  
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• New report paints picture of where, how sexual crimes happen in Alaska

  22-11-2016 05:42
  
  If you live in Alaska, chances are high that you or someone you know is a victim of sexual abuse. Thanks to a new report released by the Alaska Department of Public Safety, we now have a better picture of how and where those crimes happen.
  The report is the product of legislation passed in 2010, which requires the department to collect statewide data on felony sex crimes and send that information to the FBI. According to the document, Western Alaska ranks worst in the state for se
  
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• New report paints picture of where, how sex crimes happen in Alaska

  22-11-2016 05:42
  
  If you live in Alaska, chances are high that you or someone you know is a victim of sexual abuse. Thanks to a new report released by the Alaska Department of Public Safety, we now have a better picture of how and where those crimes happen.
  The report is the product of legislation passed in 2010, which requires the department to collect statewide data on felony sex crimes and send that information to the FBI. According to the document, Western Alaska ranks worst in the state for se
  
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• AWARE increases presence at university campus

  22-11-2016 05:20 via ktoo.org
  
  University of Alaska Southeast campus on Nov. 15. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
  One out of every eight UAS students said they experienced some form of sexual misconduct or sexual assault between 2015 and 2016. That’s according to the Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
  Lori Klein tracks reports of sexual discrimination for the university as its Title IX coordinator.
  “Dating violence, domestic violence, gender-based discrimination, sexu
  
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• Anchorage community gathers for Transgender Day of Remembrance

  22-11-2016 04:58 via ktoo.org
  
  Community members gather for the Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20, 2016. (Photo by Anne Hillman/Alaska Public Media)
  Standing in a wide circle around the edges of the sanctuary at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon, more than 80 community members held candles and read the names of some of the transgender individuals from around the world who were killed this past year.
  International Transgender Day of Remembrance honors those who lost their lives because of transphobi
  
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• Alyeska Resort to open Thanksgiving Day

  22-11-2016 04:32
  
  While Anchorage doesn’t have much snow, the staff of Alyeska Resort in Girdwood say the ski area will have plenty in time for its traditional Thanksgiving Day opening.
  Skiers, however, won’t have many options when it comes to where they will be allowed to ride. Alyeska Resort plans to only have two runs operating on opening day.
  “We are expecting to have a run down from the top of Ted’s Express to the base of Ted’s Express and also be able to ski a run on
  
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• Southcentral’s first marijuana retail shop opens in Kenai

  22-11-2016 04:26
  
  Southcentral Alaska now has its first recreational marijuana retail store.
  Red Run Cannabis Company opened its new shop at 5455 Kenai Spur Road at noon on Monday. Owner Eric Derleth said the shop had more than 200 people come through in the first couple hours.
  Red Run is approved to grow and sell marijuana. Derleth said because the company’s licenses weren’t issued until last Friday, their crop is still in the beginning stages and won’t be ready for processing until January.&nb
  
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• North Slope schools expand curriculum to ‘reflect ideologies of the Inupiat’

  22-11-2016 03:36
  
  North Slope government and history is now part of high school graduation requirements for all North Slope Borough schools. The borough school board passed a new policy this month making this curriculum change mandatory for students, effectively beginning with freshmen who start in 2017.
  Pausauraq Jana Harcharek, the Inupiaq education director for the North Slope Borough School District, said this change has been years in the making.
  “And it goes back probably to the formation of the N
  
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• What happens when a child is reported missing in Alaska

  22-11-2016 03:20
  
  David GrunwaldCourtesy Edie Grunwald David Grunwald's vehicle, found abandoned and burnedKen Kulovany/KTVA David Grunwald's vehicle, found abandoned and burnedKen Kulovany/KTVA
  David Grunwald, 16, disappeared on Nov. 13 after dropping off his girlfriend at her Palmer home. The next day, his vehicle was found abandoned on a back road and destroyed by fire.
  Since the teen’s disappearance, many people have asked why an Amber Alert wasn’t issued. But as Alaska State Troopers, 
  
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• Largest Haines State Forest timber sale in a generation goes out to bid

  22-11-2016 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The largest timber sale in the Haines State Forest in at least 20 years is out to bid.
  The State Department of Natural Resources is offering the 855-acre Baby Brown timber sale for a minimum price of $250,000.
  A local conservation group worries the extensive logging project could harm wildlife and tourism.http://khns.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/21BabyBrownwINTRO.mp3In the past 15 years, the Haines State Forest has been utilized mainly for small sales that go to local timber operators.
  Baby Br
  
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• Students jump for classmate battling heart problems

  22-11-2016 02:30
  
  A true bond of friendship is seemingly growing among four boys at Bowman Elementary School in Anchorage. On a recent school day, Bronson Howard, Kael Harrod and Tristan Atherton huddled on a bench outside of the school’s gymnasium with their friend Joseph Farless-Dommek. 
  The boys are supporting Joseph, known by his classmates as Joe, who’ll go through a heart procedure next month — one of many he’s undergone already in his short life.According to
  
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• Pebble seeks renewed use permit amid new concerns of site maintenance

  22-11-2016 02:30 via ktoo.org
  
  The Pebble Limited Partnership is asking the state to renew the land use permit for its mineral claims northwest of Iliamna.
  Pebble has no immediate plans for further exploration or ground-disturbing activities, the partnership said, but will continue to operate under “care and maintenance” status.
  Work at the Pebble site has been almost entirely shut down since Northern Dynasty lost the financial backing of partner and mining company Anglo American in 2013.
  Still, there are limited
  
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• Driver who allegedly led police in pursuit is headed to trial next year

  22-11-2016 02:01 via ktoo.org
  
  The Juneau Police Department say this vehicle was involved in a dangerous driving spree across Juneau on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. (Photo courtesy Juneau Police Department)
  A jury trial is scheduled for February for a Juneau man accused of trying to run down police officers during a pursuit over a week ago.
  Cecil Trent Yeisley, 23, faces five felony assault charges and one charge of failing to stop for a peace officer.
  Yeisley was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday and arraigned in J
  
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• Trump adviser dismisses potential business conflicts, defends children’s roles

  22-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Kellyanne Conway, a Trump transition senior adviser, defended President-elect Donald Trump’s handling of his business interests, telling NPR in an interview that concerns about the influence his children may have in mixing their roles and the Trump companies with advising their father are unfounded.
  “They’re going to support their father as president of the United States the way they’ve always supported his presidential candidacy, and they’ll continue to be supporti
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 11-22-16

  22-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Tuesday on A Juneau Afternoon, Ben Brown will be your host.
  We’ll learn about Perseverance Theatre’s new production, “Hold These Truths”;
  Lauren Anderson, from the Treadwell Ice Arena, will be here to highlight Annual Turkey Bowling;
  We’ll meet the Juneau Artist Gallery’s Featured artist for December, Devita Writer;
  And Gastineau Elementary School Principal Brenda Edwards will talk about the Gastineau Kindness Crew activities for the month.
  That’s on Tue
  
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• JPD arrests man thought to be using stolen bank cards

  22-11-2016 01:48 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau police announced Monday that it had arrested the man believed to be using stolen bank cards at area businesses.
  According to a department news release, William “Billy” Moy Jr., 23, was arrested Nov. 15 on outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court for misdemeanor trespass and larceny charges. Police also believed he used and attempted to use stolen bank cards at about 10 businesses since Nov. 1.
  Moy also is a person of interest in an
  
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• Telling Tales – 11-15-16

  22-11-2016 01:34 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Telling Tales with MsG and Poetry for the People with Woosh Kinaadeiyí Poets.
  “A Life of Errands” by Leonard Cohen — recited by Bill Merk“Somedays” by Erika Bergren“Supermoon” by MC Literally (aka Mike Christenson)“Push Back the Catastrophes” by Jayne Cortez — recited by MsG“Mission” by Leonard Cohen — recited by Bill Merk“The Anatomy of Hope” by Erika Bergren“THIS” by MC Literally (aka M
  
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• State Dept. warns of ‘heightened risk’ of attacks in Europe

  22-11-2016 01:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department is advising U.S. citizens traveling in Europe to be aware of a “heightened risk of terrorist attacks” during the holiday season.
  The advisory issued Monday says “credible information” indicates that Islamic State and al-Qaida militants continue to plan attacks in Europe around the holiday season. It also warns that “extremist sympathizers or self-radicalized extremists” may try to execute attacks.
  The department is
  
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• Front half of Alaska-class ferry Tazlina rolls out

  22-11-2016 01:30 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The forward half of the Alaska Class Ferry Tazlina moved out of the assembly hall at the Vigor Alaska shipyard in Ketchikan. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)
  Ketchikan’s Vigor Industrial rolled out the forward half of the Alaska-class ferry Tazlina on Sunday.
  With that 800-ton portion out of the assembly hall, shipyard employees now can get started on the back half.
  http://krbd-org.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/21TazRollout.mp3It takes coordination and planning to move 800 tons o
  
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• Older patients can benefit from lung cancer surgery

  22-11-2016 01:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Every year when Morton Pollner had his checkup, he worried that doctors would find something on his lung. For years, they didn’t. Then his luck ran out.
  “My reaction was, ‘Well, you smoked for 30 years. You got away with it for another 30 years and this is it.’ I thought it was a death sentence,” he says.
  Pollner, who lives in Monroe, N.Y., was 76 when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Like many patients his age, he didn’t expect there would be any effective
  
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• Small earthquake felt in Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula

  22-11-2016 00:03
  
  A light earthquake was felt throughout the Kenai Peninsula and in the Anchorage area, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
  The Alaska Earthquake Center says the magnitude 4.0 quake hit just before 1:30 p.m. Monday, and was centered about 30 miles southwest of Anchorage.
  The temblor was located at a depth of about 24 miles.
  (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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• Palmer man dies in Glenn Highway crash

  22-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  PALMER — Alaska State Troopers are investigating a weekend crash on the Glenn Highway that left a Palmer man dead and another person seriously injured.
  Gary Saloka, 73, died at the scene of the early Sunday morning crash near mile marker 37 in Palmer, troopers said.
  A passenger in Saloka’s GMC Sierra was seriously injured and flown to an Anchorage hospital, troopers said.
  Rufelia Blackmer, 44, of Wasilla was heading south on the highway in a Volvo when the ve
  
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• North Slope schools expand curricula to ‘reflect ideologies of the Inupiat’

  22-11-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  North Slope government and history is now part of high school graduation requirements for all North Slope Borough schools.
  The borough school board passed a new policy this month making the curriculum change mandatory for students, effectively beginning with freshmen who start in 2017.
  This change has been years in the making, said Pausauraq Jana Harcharek, the Inupiaq education director for the North Slope Borough school district.
  “And it goes back probably to the formation of t
  
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