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• Oregon teens push for lowering voting age to 16

  27-03-2019 23:56
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of teens spent their spring break pleading with Oregon state lawmakers to consider lowering the voting age to 16, saying young people deserve a say on issues that will directly shape their future including gun control and global climate change. “The decisions our election officials make now will affect us […]
  
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• Dunleavy relents, will pick new judge from council nominees

  27-03-2019 23:55
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has relented and said Wednesday he now will fill a Palmer Superior Court seat with one of two remaining candidates sent to him by the Alaska Judicial Council. His announcement followed a meeting Tuesday with Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Joel Bolger, who serves on the council. Bolger […]
  
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• Trump turns to health care with an eye on 2020

  27-03-2019 23:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Buoyed by word that the special counsel didn’t find collusion with Russia, President Donald Trump is voicing new interest in policymaking, including a fresh effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare.” But Trump has few detailed policy proposals to back up his words, suggesting he’s as focused on highlighting issues that appeal to […]
  
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• Safety concerns close Seward Highway water collection site

  27-03-2019 23:47
  KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Alaska transportation officials say they are closing a water drainage site on the Seward Highway that’s become a popular water collection spout for motorists. Kenai radio station KSRM reports the closure announced Wednesday was prompted by safety concerns about the site located at milepost 109 of the highway. Alaska Department of […]
  
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• Kids get measles vaccine after county declares emergency

  27-03-2019 23:36
  NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Some parents who had resisted having their children vaccinated reluctantly brought them in for a measles shot Wednesday as a state of emergency took effect in a county in New York City’s northern suburbs. Rockland County enacted the emergency order Tuesday night to fight a measles outbreak that has infected […]
  
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• Alaska white supremacist gang members face federal charges

  27-03-2019 23:35
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Several members of a white supremacist prison gang operating in Alaska correctional facilities and two other states have been charged in a racketeering enterprise that includes counts of murder, assault, kidnapping and distribution of drugs and firearms. Six men, including one who legally changed his name to Filthy Fuhrer, are charged […]
  
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• Senate endorses bill to allow coal power purchase

  27-03-2019 23:31
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The state Senate on Wednesday endorsed a bill to allow NorthWestern Energy to buy an additional portion of a coal-fired power plant in eastern Montana for $1 without the approval of state utility regulators. The bill, which was endorsed by the Senate 32-18, faces a final vote before moving to the […]
  
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• Washington state poised to raise legal age for buying tobacco and vaping products

  27-03-2019 23:19
  After bipartisan votes in the House and the Senate, House Bill 1074 now goes to the desk of Gov. Jay Inslee for signature. It will make Washington the ninth state to raise the purchase age for vaping and tobacco products.
  
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• Washington state poised to raise age for buying tobacco and vaping products

  27-03-2019 23:19
  After bipartisan votes in the House and the Senate, House Bill 1074 now goes to the desk of Gov. Jay Inslee for signature. It will make Washington the ninth state to raise the purchase age for vaping and tobacco products.
  
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• Man awarded $80M in lawsuit claiming Roundup causes cancer

  27-03-2019 23:12
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded more than $80 million in damages to a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, in a case that his attorneys say could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits. Edwin Hardeman proved that Roundup’s design was defective, it lacked […]
  
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• Flash Deals: We've Got Exclusive Discounts on These Events!

  27-03-2019 23:06 via thestranger.com
  Flash Deals: We Have Exclusive Discounts for These Upcoming Seattle Eventsby Stranger Things To Do StaffAt Stranger Things To Do, we're on a constant mission to make your life as full of as many fun events as possible, at as little cost as possible. Beyond just our lists of cheap & easy things to do, we're now offering exclusive deals on some of this weekend's hottest events—just for you! Read on to see this week's crop of flash deals, all of which are on sale for up to 65% off when yo
  
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• Flash Deals on Upcoming Events

  27-03-2019 23:06 via thestranger.com
  Flash Deals: We Have Exclusive Discounts for These Upcoming Seattle Eventsby Stranger Things To Do StaffAt Stranger Things To Do, we're on a constant mission to make your life as full of as many fun events as possible, at as little cost as possible. Beyond just our lists of cheap & easy things to do, we're now offering exclusive deals on some of this weekend's hottest events—just for you! Read on to see this week's crop of flash deals, all of which are on sale for up to 65% off when yo
  
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• US jury awards $80M in damages to California man in high-stakes trial over claim Roundup weed killer caused his cancer

  27-03-2019 23:01
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — US jury awards $80M in damages to California man in high-stakes trial over claim Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.
  
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• Meyer among participants at White House-hosted event

  27-03-2019 22:45
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer was among the participants at a White House-hosted discussion on trade, the economy and workforce issues. The White House says it hosted 30 lieutenant governors or secretaries of state from around the country on Wednesday, including Meyer. The White House says the participants met with acting chief […]
  
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• Senate committee kills Idaho Medicaid expansion bill

  27-03-2019 22:44
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation requiring some Medicaid expansion recipients in Idaho to work failed in a Senate committee on Wednesday, upending the bill crafted to make it through both the House and Senate and get Gov. Brad Little’s signature. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted 7-2 to hold the bill in committee, killing […]
  
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• More than 300 Yellowstone bison removed so far

  27-03-2019 22:31
  BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — More than 300 bison have been culled from Yellowstone National Park during the current effort to keep the park’s herd at a manageable level. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the number removed so far was as of last Friday either by hunting or by capture-for-slaughter operations, which were still occurring […]
  
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• Woman who shoved friend off bridge gets jail, work crew

  27-03-2019 22:26
  Video posted on YouTube that went viral shows the teenage victim being pushed.
  
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• Oregon governor signs ban on offshore drilling

  27-03-2019 22:08
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has permanently banned offshore drilling in the midst of a federal push to open 90 percent of federal waters to oil exploration. Gov. Kate Brown signed a measure on Wednesday to extend a temporary 10-year ban that was set to expire next year. There is currently no oil production in […]
  
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• Got a Question for Preet Bharara, the Federal Prosecutor Fired by Trump? Let Me Know and Maybe I'll Ask Him at The Neptune Tonight.

  27-03-2019 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersOne of President Trump's first acts was to fire US Attorney Preet Bharara of New York. Why? And what does Bharara make of all that's happened since, including the recent "Barr Report"? I'll be asking Bharara tonight at The Neptune. Drew Angerer / Getty Images
  After Donald Trump was elected president, Preet Bharara, the US Attorney in Manhattan, received a number of "uncomfortable" phone calls from the incoming president.After Bharara didn't return one of Trump's calls, Trump fired
  
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• 2,000 at Temple University get shots amid mumps outbreak

  27-03-2019 21:46
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Over 2,000 students and staffers at Temple University took advantage of free vaccine booster shots Wednesday as the number of mumps cases at the school topped 100. Philadelphia health officials said 2,285 people were given shots during the first of two clinics offering the MMR vaccine. The number of confirmed and probable […]
  
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• Alaska seeks to delist Arctic ringed seals as threatened

  27-03-2019 21:31
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials say they are seeking to remove threatened species protection from an Arctic seal species. KTVA-TV reports the state Department of Fish and Game announced Tuesday that has petitioned the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to delist the ringed seal from the federal Endangered Species Act. State Division of Wildlife […]
  
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• Seattle police officers to appeal dismissal of defamation lawsuit against Councilmember Sawant

  27-03-2019 21:27
  A pair of Seattle police officers who sued Kshama Sawant for statements made after the death of Che Taylor plan to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of that lawsuit to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
  
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• Man fatally shoots brother at Spanaway construction site, police say

  27-03-2019 21:06
  Police say his older brother initially fled but later turned himself in to police at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
  
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• Her Husband's "Ultimate" Fantasy Is a Big Ask

  27-03-2019 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageI'm madly in love with my husband and very satisfied with our sex life. My only concern is his “ultimate” fantasy, which is to watch me with another man. This has been his main fantasy over our ten year relationship and he has increasingly tried to escalate this. I just am not interested in other men—I love my husband! But of course I slept with other men before my husband, I am not a prude and I want to make him happy and I don’t
  
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• Get Ready for a Huge Stock Market Crash That'll Be Caused by the Buyback Bubble

  27-03-2019 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe crash is around the corner? JCROSEMANN /gettyimages.com
  There are two things that make it very clear that the next major crash of markets in the US will be caused by a bubble currently caused by a buyback bonanza. One, the real danger of this practice has not been properly appreciated by mainstream media. Two, it has reached a scale (or size) that can be described as much too big to fail. In 2018, buybacks, a mechanism that transfers profits to stockholders by using a signif
  
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• Pioneering Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky dies at age 84

  27-03-2019 20:34
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency says pioneering Soviet-era cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, has died at age 84. Roscosmos said Bykovsky died Wednesday, but it didn’t state a cause of death. Bykovsky was one of 20 Soviet military pilots in the first group picked […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Plastic, Fantastic "Silicone Gel Implant" by Mad-Genius Electronic-Music Conceptualists Matmos

  27-03-2019 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Ingenious electronic-music conceptualists Matmos do magical things with plastic-object samples in the bouncy "Siliocone Gel Implant."by Dave SegalBreast new music. Theo Anthony/Thrill Jockey PR
  Matmos, "Silicone Gel Implant" (Thrill Jockey)
  Matmos—the long-running, Baltimore-based duo of Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt—continue to be the most rigorous conceptualists in American electronic music. As with the work of British producer Herbert, every Matmos album's built around a theme that
  
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• Stories of loss and anxiety emerge in Colorado’s oil debate

  27-03-2019 20:20
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s long-running battle over oil and gas drilling in suburban neighborhoods has erupted again, and this time the stakes are deeply personal. As state lawmakers debate whether to clamp stronger health and safety regulations on the industry, stories of loss and anxiety are emerging on both sides. “Nobody should ever have to […]
  
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• Proceedings stalled in case against mass stabbing suspect

  27-03-2019 20:14
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A lawsuit against a man accused of fatally stabbing a 3-year-old girl — and injuring eight others — during the child’s birthday party at a Boise apartment complex is being put on hold due to concerns about the defendant’s mental health. Fourth District Court Judge Samuel Hoagland expressed concern on Tuesday […]
  
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• Release the Full Report, Mr. Barr.

  27-03-2019 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 191 talks about what needs to happen now that the Mueller Report is finally done. Plus: Trump's latest ACA attack and Jussie Smollett's alleged "exoneration." Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  Dan Savage, Eli Sanders, and Rich Smith wade through the confusing arrival of “The Mueller Report.” After two years, the report is finally in. But only Attorney General William Barr and a small handful of people at th
  
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• Whooping cough case at Texas Capitol leads to vaccinations

  27-03-2019 19:44
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nearly 50 people who work at the Texas Capitol have been vaccinated this week because a page contracted whooping cough, a health scare that comes as legislatures around the country grapple with the extents to which parents should be allowed to not vaccinate their children. Texas health officials have been offering […]
  
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• Landowner liability bill signed into law by Idaho governor

  27-03-2019 19:37
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to protect private landowners who allow the public on their land from liability under Idaho’s recreational immunity statute has been signed into law. Idaho Gov. Brad Little late last week signed the legislation that clarifies that the state’s recreational immunity statute applies to private landowners. Some state programs allow landowners […]
  
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• US to require breast density information after mammograms

  27-03-2019 19:34
  WASHINGTON (AP) — All U.S. women getting mammograms would receive information about breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot, under a government proposal released Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed rules would standardize the information given to millions of women following scans to detect breast cancer. Some states already require the […]
  
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• Report: OHA falls short on fixing Medicaid payment problems

  27-03-2019 19:22
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The secretary of state’s office says the Oregon Health Authority still needs to strengthen its efforts to detect and avoid improper Medicaid payments. The office’s audit division on Wednesday released a follow-up report to a 2017 audit that found widespread problems in the Health Authority’s payment system for Medicaid. The Statesman […]
  
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• Man wounded in shootout with Federal Way police charged with robbery, assault

  27-03-2019 18:43
  Prosecutors say the man shot at Federal Way police during a traffic stop, prompting officers to return fire and wound him. He remains hospitalized.
  
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• Senate OKs 18-year-olds carrying concealed guns in cities

  27-03-2019 18:17
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation lowering from 21 to 18 the age limit for carrying a concealed handguns within city limits in Idaho without a permit or training is heading to the governor. The Senate voted 28-7 Wednesday to approve the bill backers say is needed to align gun laws in urban areas with rural […]
  
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• Trial set to resume in Harry Reid exercise device lawsuit

  27-03-2019 18:10
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Testimony is set to resume in former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s civil negligence lawsuit against the maker of the exercise device TheraBand. Product development chief Allison Ryan of Ohio-based Hygenic Intangible Property Holding Co. is due back on the witness stand Wednesday. Reid blames the company for injuries he suffered when […]
  
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• Harry Reid due to testify in Vegas exercise device lawsuit

  27-03-2019 18:10
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys say former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is due to testify Thursday in his negligence lawsuit against the maker of the exercise device TheraBand. Product chief Allison Ryan of Ohio-based device maker Hygenic Corp. returned to the witness stand Wednesday. Reid blames the company for injuries he suffered when his grip […]
  
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• What questions do you have about transportation in the Seattle area? Ask us

  27-03-2019 18:04
  Let’s face it: Traffic in the Seattle area is brutal. Sure, sometimes it feels good to blow off steam and complain. But at Traffic Lab, we’re interested in debunking myths, watchdogging projects and finding solutions to traffic woes. Our region’s transportation system is complicated. It involves numerous agencies that spend billions of dollars to build […]
  
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• A House Democrat Is Trying to Kill a Comprehensive Sex Ed Bill For No Damn Reason

  27-03-2019 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Wow.by Rich SmithRep. Santos—a democrat—wants to kill sex ed.COURTESY OF WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATUREA bill that would require all Washington state schools to teach inclusive, scientifically accurate, comprehensive sex education is about to die in the House Education Committee because the Democratic chair, Sharon Tomiko Santos of Columbia City, didn't like "the politics and the process" of its construction.That's right. One Democratic lawmaker is about to use her power to kill a bill
  
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• Senate OKs bill protecting Idahoans from foreign defamation

  27-03-2019 17:53
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation intended to protect authors, journalists and speakers in Idaho from defamation judgments originating in courts in other countries is heading to the governor. The Senate on Wednesday voted 32-3 to approve the legislation backers say is needed to protect Idaho residents’ freedom of speech, the rule of law and due […]
  
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• Vancouver dentists to pay $1 million to Medicaid

  27-03-2019 17:40
  It is reportedly the second-largest resolution of a Medicaid False Claims Act case in Washington.
  
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• 1 of 2 proposed Idaho committees on federal issues advancing

  27-03-2019 17:35
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation creating an Idaho Council on Federal Lands appears to be dead while another amended bill creating a Committee on Federalism remains viable. The bill creating the Idaho Council on Federal lands has stalled in the Senate’s amending process, and Republican Sen. Mark Harris said Wednesday that it’s likely dead this […]
  
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• Seattle extends 3 tiny-house villages, weighing whether to move or close them

  27-03-2019 17:00
  Georgetown Nickelsville, Camp Second Chance in West Seattle and Othello Village will stay where they’ve been for six additional months while the city evaluates options for the future.
  
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• The Inky Black Depths of a Dark Room

  27-03-2019 16:50 via thestranger.com
  by Jasmyne KeimigView this post on InstagramA post shared by Shay Bredimus (@shaybredimus) on Feb 25, 2019 at 5:30pm PSTArt that is meant for the body does not always translate well on the flat confines of 2D work. But what is so clever and interesting about Dark Room, a joint painting and photography show over at Pioneer Square gallery Koplin del Rio, is the use of tattoo ink to give dimension and depth to paintings. It feels fresh, inspiring, new.Dark Room features the work of two Californian
  
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• Georgia’s abortion ban author says support may be wavering

  27-03-2019 16:49
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Republican author of a “heartbeat” bill that would ban almost all abortions in Georgia says he’s worried his colleagues are starting to waver. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a Facebook video posted this week shows Rep. Ed Setzler expressing concern about pressure from abortion rights advocates. Setzler says in the video […]
  
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• Slog AM: China Cheats on Boeing with Airbus, Seattle Likes the Green New Deal, Logan Paul is a Flat Earth Youtuber Now

  27-03-2019 16:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyLet us go green, you assholes.HUANGYIFEI/GETTYIMAGES.COM
  A Vancouver man is suing the FBI for allegedly stealing six figures: He was on a flight from Portland to Phoenix last April carrying just over $120,000 when the FBI escorted him off the plane and intensely interrogated him about the money. He says they went through his text messages, took the money, and didn’t allow him to reboard the plane. They apparently thought he was a drug dealer because of the suspicious looki
  
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• 1 dead, 1 injured in shooting at home in Wasilla subdivision

  27-03-2019 16:29
  WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers are investigating a shooting in a Wasilla subdivision that left one person dead and another wounded. Troopers just after 5 p.m. Tuesday took a call of gunshots fired. Upon arrival, they found one person dead and a second injured outside a home. The names, ages and genders of […]
  
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• Rules governing weedkiller linked to tree deaths delayed

  27-03-2019 15:57
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — A statewide rule that would limit the use of a weedkiller linked to thousands of dead trees outside Sisters, Oregon, won’t be in place as early as state agriculture officials had hoped, following a surprise last-minute request from the company that produces it. The Bulletin reports the state agriculture agency announced […]
  
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• Senate committee OKs interim committee on Medicaid expansion

  27-03-2019 15:51
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to create an interim committee comprised of lawmakers from the House and Senate to study Medicaid expansion and potential savings or costs to counties is heading to the full Senate. The Senate State Affairs Committee on Wednesday introduced the legislation and sent it directly to the Senate in a step […]
  
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