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Northeast Ohio would get a new, $83.7 million psychiatric hospital under a capital-spending plan rolled out Monday in Columbus.
The new state facility was the biggest ticket item among dozens of local bricks-and-mortar projects tucked away in the $1.3 billion spending blueprint.
The capital budget bill, known as House Bill 542, still must be approved by state lawmakers before they break for the summer. The 300-bed hospital would replace the antiquated state hospital off West 25th Street, Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare.
The 1920s-era hospital in Cleveland and a Northcoast facility in Northfield would close when the new one opens.
The state hospitals house primarily indigents and people sent by the courts.
Amy Cooper, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Mental Health, said that although her agency recently closed two hospitals -- one near Dayton and the other in eastern Ohio -- a new hospital is needed in the Cleveland area.
William Denihan, executive director of the Cuyahoga County mental health board, said he favors combining the hospitals in a single Cleveland facility because "most of the consumers live in Cleveland."
In addition to the new hospital, Cuyahoga County residents would see $48.7 million in tax dollars flow back to the area. The projects include $3 million for Cleveland Museum of Art renovations, $1.8 million for Gordon Square Art Center, $1 million for the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame and Museum and $500,000 for the Cleveland Institute of Art.
A pair of University Hospitals projects would get funded in the bill -- $3 million toward building the $250 million Ireland Cancer Center and $1 million toward the Geauga Medical Center. Cleveland State University got $4 million for the Rhodes Tower renovation and $3.5 million for the Law Building renovation.
It is not clear yet where the new psychiatric hospital will be built, although a potential site identified in 2006 was state-owned property of the Warrensville Developmental Center in Highland Hills. At that time, local officials were pushing to locate a new hospital on Quincy Avenue on the East Side before shelving the idea to put it there.
Denihan said Monday he didn't know where a new facility would be built, but he still wants the hospital in Cleveland.
"I don't know if that door is closed or if it will open again," Denihan said.
State officials would say only that they are looking inside Cuyahoga County.
Cleveland Health Director Matt Carroll said a new hospital would help fill a shortage of psychiatric services in Cleveland.
"To have local resources, that would be a great benefit to the people here," he said.
Rep. Matthew Dolan, a Russell Township Republican and former House finance chairman who helped shepherd the Northeast Ohio projects, said capital bill projects were picked with an eye toward economic activity and development.
"A lot of these folks are going to be disappointed with what they got," he said. "But we have to be stewards of taxpayer dollars and make the wisest decisions that we can."
Still, Dolan acknowledged that some of the initiatives making the cut could be criticized as pork. "There are multiple definitions of what economic activity is," he said.

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Sailors come back year after year for Race Week
The first racing day of Whidbey Island Race Week launched with little fanfare, but it ended Friday after a week of great racing despite wetter-than-normal conditions.
Monday, July 21, lacked the wind-power to make racing possible, but it didn't stop the crews with approximately 80 sailboats enjoying the waters of Penn Cove and Oak Harbor Bay.
"Some days are like that," said race organizer Gary Stuntz. "We're looking forward to more breeze throughout the rest of the week."
Even though no racing took place that day, people still gathered along the shores of Whidbey to watch the sailboats.
"I'm a little disappointed there isn't more wind and that their really pretty, colorful sails aren't all up, but you know, it's really peaceful to watch them bob along, even though there's no wind," said part-time Coupeville resident Michele Buttelman.
While first two days of the had very little wind and there was record rainfall during the week, the rest of the regatta was marked by competitive racing as well as after-racing fun, Stuntz said.
Race Week is the only week-long sailboat racing event in the region, according to Stuntz.
The event was started 32 years ago. Stuntz has run it for seven years, but this is his final year as owner.
"It's an event I love and care about and have a lot of passion for," he said.
Stuntz said he's been a participant for 31 out of the 32 years. When he was in charge, among his favorite event activities are the evening parties, which are held 6-8 p.m. throughout the week at the Oak Harbor Marina.
"I'm throwing a party for a few hundred friends," he said. "Whether I know them or not, it's just a great party."
With live music and plenty of rum flowing, participants of Race Week flocked to the party after docking their boats for the evening.
"I love the event, and I love what it is, and I enjoy the camaraderie, and I just have passion," Stuntz said. "I want to make sure that quality sailing is happening and enjoyable."
Steve Duncan agreed.
"Everybody sort of helps each other. Everybody's in it together, but it's still competitive. It's very civil," said Duncan, a crewman on the sailboat "Usawi," which competed in this year's Race Week.
The crew of the Usawi, which usually numbers five people, had a sixth crew member in owner Robert Blaylock's 8-year-old son, Clayton.
With the exception of Blaylock's son, the entire crew has participated in the event for a number of years, Duncan said, but added this is only his second year crewing the Usawi.
This is Duncan's 10th year participating in Race Week.
"It's a great venue, it's well organized, the town does a great job of welcoming everybody up here," he said. "They're really accommodating. It's an easy place to get to, and it's an easy place to be once you're here."
Duncan said he has raced sailboats for about 15 years and describes it as more "intense" than pleasure sailing.
"Just so many things appeal to you," he said. "It's athletic, it's challenging, it's competitive. You learn something new every time you go out."
Paul Carter, a member of the crew on the sailboat "Shrek," said his favorite part of Race Week is having the opportunity to race every day.
Carter said he has sailed for 40 years and "pretty much started out" racing.
The Shrek crew has participated in Race Week for 20-25 years, according to Carter.
"It's a lot of fun to come up in the middle of summer," Carter said. "Penn Cove is an awesome place to sail, and you get big groups of really good sailors up here, so it's good, fun competition."
Stuntz said that about 78 boats participated, with teams from two provinces in Canada, California, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Michigan and, of course, Washington.
"They come from far and wide," he said.
Even landlubbers look forward to Race Week each year.
"It's a great event to watch from the beach," Stuntz said. "Most days, we sail Penn Cove, and whether you watch from the Oak Harbor side on the beach or over at the Coupeville Dock, it's a great place to watch."
"It's just an awesome experience," Carter said. "Great fun."
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Recently, I've been tweeting a little nugget of semi-random goodness, sometimes thought-provoking, often funny, and never a David Allen original. I find this stuff on the internet and say to myself, "Ooh, I like that. I bet at least one of my followers will like it, too." So I tweet it.
Most of the responses to these tweets have been positive, and there have been plenty of retweets. I love interacting with people, so of course it puts a smile on my face to see this kind of thing.
In honor of AirVenture Oshkosh, my tweets this week have all been aviation-related. Here is today's tweet:
The first (and so far only) response to this was one of my followers questioning the experience – as a licensed pilot – on which I could base such an observation. This was followed by a couple of back-and-forths regarding limits and how they are not necessarily "clear cut" when it comes to airplanes.
Frankly, this whole conversation has just been bothering me. No, I am not a licensed pilot. Those that know me also know that I am the first person to admit that I know relatively little when it comes to the operation of a flying machine. I am no expert.
First of all, this tweet was mine, but the comment was not created by me. That said, I did say it, so I am obviously behind the idea.
Now this may be a debate about aircraft limitations, but I guess my question is, why? Why would a pilot ever flirt with these limits? Don't all airplanes have them? Yes. Is there such a thing as a limitless aircraft? Goodness, no. Every flying machine on this planet has an envelope within which it is designed to operate. The vast majority of pilots operate their aircraft in a small fraction of that envelope. They are still pilots, though and through. Many of my friends and I define a pilot as anyone who has sat all alone in an aircraft, firewalled the throttle, charged down the runway, and rotated.
Some pilots learn to use much more of that envelope. That is the guy I want to be.
But what I don't understand is why it would ever, EVER be okay to exceed that envelope? Whether it be flying in excess of Vne, exceeding the maximum G-loading, or performing prohibited maneuvers, I cannot ever imagine a circumstance that would call for such action.
Is it possible to over G an airframe and have no damage occur? Maybe, I don't know. I'm sure it depends on the plane and the circumstance.
Is it possible to perform aerobatic maneuvers on an aircraft that wasn't designed or tested for such things? Maybe.
Buy why would you, as a pilot, ever want to find out? If you are wrong, it could kill you, and your passengers, and anyone on the ground that you end up cratering into. I call THAT sort of behavior foolish.
Sure there is the argument that if you get into a bad situation and need to do something outside if the airplane's envelope to recover. But how did you get into that situation? Are you a VFR pilot who just flew into IMC and you are now in a descending dive? Do you need to pull-pull-pull to get the plane level again to save your skin? Will it work? Maybe, but the big picture here is this guy was a fool for flying into IMC in the first place. They are clouds. Stay out of them unless you are trained.
Perhaps I am closed-minded or prudish. But I feel like I have done enough flying to understand that each airplane has its strengths, its niche, its envelope. If I want to engage in a particular type of flight, I should use the correct aircraft and pursue the proper training. A good friend of mine put it this way: learn to use the full envelope of an aircraft, but only push one corner at a time.
This quote says it best:
Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.
— Captain A. G. Lamplugh
So now I need to know what you think. Am I ignorant or prudish? Am I missing the essence of being a pilot? Do I not "get" the fundamentals of commanding a flying machine? Is there ever, ever a good reason to demand more than your aircraft can give you?
Or do aircraft have limits that should never be toyed with, whether clear-cut or not?
I am extremely interested in your thoughts on this. If nothing else, I am teachable, and I am open to correction on this. But everything I know as an aviation enthusiast says that you just don't try to make your aircraft do things that it cannot do.
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Standard & Poor's downgraded Ford's credit rating this month to match its U.S. rivals, Chrysler and GM, despite the common belief that Ford is in a better financial situation.
In November, S&P cut Ford's rating to match Chrysler and GM's rating of "CCC+". The next month, Chrysler and GM were demoted to "CC" ratings, while Ford remained at "CCC+". Based on Ford's recent announcement that it will ask its bondholders to swap debt for cash or equity, S&P has lowered the automaker's rating down to "CC".
"Our downgrades are based on the financial pressure that Ford is under to reduce its debt by retiring debt for less than originally contracted," said S&P analysts Robert Schulz and Gregg Lemos Stein.
S&P said that the risk of Chrysler, Ford and GM heading into bankruptcy remains high for 2009 and 2010 "because of the dismal state of industry demand and other industry problems, such as the potential for supplier failures."
Ford's risk of near-term default could see a modest decrease if its debt restructuring efforts are successful, S&P said.
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The next WCArts group meeting will feature John Lee, a local artist from Great Meadows, who studied at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His interests are varied as depicted in his work. His traditional styles of painting and woodcarving reflect his love of mythology and history while, at the same time, showcasing his spiritual and whimsical sides.
His work is in private collections in the United States and Europe, including the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He is currently running acrylic painting workshops at Michaels Arts and Crafts. His current paintings include figure and landscape works. Old World Santas, Celtic crosses and statuary are John's woodcarving specialties but he's always up for a challenge or a special commissioned piece.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, in the Oxford Township Municipal Building, 11 Green St., Oxford. The public is welcome and refreshments will be served. There will be a $2 fee for non-members wishing to participate.


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Allison Renne' Hood and David Edward Hacker, Jr. were united in marriage August 7, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. in Martins Ferry at the First United Methodist Chruch with the Rev. Van Fisher Officiating.
The bride was escorted by cousin, Scott Hood in honor of her father. Parents of the bride are Barbara and the late James Hood of Martins Ferry. Parents of the groom are Susan and Joe Jozwiak of Martins Ferry and David Hacker Sr. of Creedmoor, N.C.
Christy Yeager served as Matron of Honor. Julie Hildebrand was the maid of honor and Joey Jozwiak, David Snyder, and Jacob Ford served as the best men. Other attendants were Sarah Snyder, Haley Hacker, Jami Jozwiak, Kelly McAninch, Kristen Harrison, Donnie Yeager, Sean Dolen, Matt Coe and Sam Hacker. Ushers were Logan Miller and Charlie Hacker.
Program attendants were Breanna Hudock, Kaitlyn Hood, and Emily Cominsky.
Ring bearers were Brody and Zach Hood. Flower girls were Isabella Yeager and Rylie White.
The bride and groom are both 2004 graduates of Martins Ferry High School. The bride is also a 2008 graduate of Ohio University earning bachelor's degree. She is currently persuing her master's degree in special education at West Liberty University. She is employed as a teacher with the Martins Ferry School District.
Her husband is a 2007 graduate of Wheeling Jesuit University. He completed his master's in business administrtation at Wheeling Jesuit in 2009. He is employed as the Human Resources and Recruitment Manager with Russell Nesbitt Services in Wheeling.
Following a honeymoon trip to the beach, the couple will reside at their home in Martins Ferry.


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I bought this on a whim while looking for a dessert wine, and this was perfect. It is sweet, but not as much as a muscat or a fortified wine, and found it quite atypical. If you want a lighter tasting, dessert type wine, great with mild cheese, for a picnic or summer day-this is for you. While it's not a $50 bottle of Cabernet, it has it's place and we really enjoy it.
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Humane Society International (HSI), the international division of The Humane Society of the United States, is seeking a Campaign Manager for its HSI/Canada department. The main responsibility of this position is to develop strategies for the Protect Seals seafood boycott campaign, including coordination and implementation. Other duties include, but are not limited to: recruit food retailers, restaurants, seafood distributors and food industry professionals to join the Protect Seals seafood boycott; promote the Protect Seals seafood boycott to media, government, corporations and the public; serve as spokesperson for the Protect Seals seafood boycott, effectively representing the organization to Canadian, US and international media and the public. Bachelor's degree or equivalent, with 3 years' background experience in campaigns, or related field in a professional setting highly desired. Proven track record in team leadership, campaign advancement, and strong experience with media, preferred. Ability to travel regularly, both domestically and internationally, is essential. This position is located in Canada.
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(July 25, 2013) Morning breaks, sleeping houseguests begin to stir under the covers in upstairs bedrooms, and the sticky heat makes any thought of cooking a bountiful breakfast for your family and anyone who's come to visit an idea that quickly vanishes.
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Officials from city agencies descended on the block near the end of Halladay Street two weeks ago after L. Lesley Lewis, 35, complained that overgrown weeds at a nearby warehouse, coupled with garbage thrown onto the street by passing motorists and pedestrians, have led to a rise in rats crawling around the neighborhood and, occasionally, inside the residents' homes.
But the city's actions, which included putting out rat bait and cutting the overgrown weeds, have helped abate the problem somewhat, Lewis said this week.
"You don't see them hanging out as much," she said.
Jersey City Incinerator Authority Director Oren Dabney told The Jersey Journal two weeks ago that his agency had issued Leonard Parness Trucking Corp., the owner of the warehouse that sits across from Lewis' house, a violation for not cutting weeds on the warehouse's property.
City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said the city removed five rats from the area.
Lewis said she's still pursuing her goal of getting the city to pave the portion of the sidewalk that is regularly overgrown with weeds. The area has been cut before, and the weeds just grow right back, she said.
"That part will solve a lot of the issues," Lewis said.
But paving is not likely to happen, according to Morrill.
"The city at this time does not have the funding to pave that area," she said in an e-mail. "However, inspectors will be sent on a routine basis to ensure the grass is trimmed and all debris is removed."


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With spring on the horizon, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra brought a program of music to bergenPAC in Englewood on Thursday that seemed designed to rouse listeners out of the winter doldrums.
The orchestra brought vitality to well-curated standards by Dvorak and Grieg and a lesser-known short work by Sibelius, each inspired by varied but consistently hearty national traditions. Still, one of the greatest challenges that NJSO guest conductors face is to navigate the varied acoustics of the diverse venues where the orchestra performs.
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, a rising Finnish conductor whose season has included appearances with the Dresden Philharmonic and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, seemed to struggle on this point. Sound sometimes overwhelmed the resonant space and balances and the way the pieces built did not always come through ideally.
The most successful element of the program was Grieg's Piano Concerto. Soloist Xiaohui Yang, a master's student at the Juilliard School, showed promise with a bold, confident performance of the challenging work, which transforms Norwegian folk-style melodies into knotty and rapid-fire virtuosic passages.
She seemed to have the ability to forge iron out of the piano keys as she hammered out its declamatory opening passage, yet during lyrical moments, delicate liquid and lacy textures took over. Yang's sensitivity and her affinity for the work's dance rhythms in the third movement were also clear, and the orchestra proved an expressive partner.
The performance may not have been note-perfect, and in the future, one would like to see more character from her. But, overall it was a strong showing that brought several audience members to their feet.
The concert opened with Finnish composer Sibelius' "Spring Song," which began with a genteel, flowing cello and bass tune before growing into an emphatic work that built to increasingly agitated heights.
The string players showed commendable intensity but Rouvali overemphasized its forceful side, so that at times more appropriate titles may have been "spring battle" and, more appealingly, as a celebratory conclusion took hold, "spring coronation."
Like the Sibelius, Czech composer Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 contains pastoral elements, including a perky motive that resembles birdsong, as well as martial fervor and raucous festivity.
Rouvali tended to plow through rather than savor gentler moments or contrasts, most notably in the first and third movements, somewhat obscuring Dvorak's fine melodic writing and vibrant orchestration. By the time the piece reached its conclusion, it had become overbearing in its emphatic feel, and violin intonation in the upper range occasionally suffered.
There was, however, a thrill to be found in the first movement's conclusion, which whipped through the hall in a powerful whirl of tense rising strings and ripping brass.
The depth of sound and broad, songlike quality that began the Adagio also emerged as a high point. In addition, principal flutist Bart Feller excelled in his florid, fast-paced solo, the trumpet call that ushered in the finale was powerfully played, and the cello section displayed musicality throughout.
The concert will be repeated at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank tonight and at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center tomorrow. Sunday's program will be a "College Night," which includes student tickets available for $10, "tweet seats" from which listeners can post commentary online, and a post-concert party featuring student performers.
Grieg's Piano Concerto
When and where: Tonight at 8. at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank; Tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark
How much: $20 to $85. Call (800) ALLEGRO or visit njsymphony.org
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Sitting at a coffee shop on a recent Friday afternoon, Cydney Hedgpeth blends with the other teens huddled over laptops and sipping lattes.
She wears the summer uniform of the young and hip: acid wash shorts, army green T, gold gladiator flats, a Buddha pendant necklace. Slouching in a chair, her sandy blond hair tumbles down to her torso.
Even with minimal makeup, hers is among the prettiest faces in the crowd. Start a conversation, though, and it's not her looks that command attention.
Hedgpeth exhibits a maturity beyond her 17 years. It comes from growing up in double time, juggling typical high school responsibilities -- exams, term papers, SAT prep -- with a rising-star modeling career.
The soon-to-be senior at Isidore Newman School is the face of Vans, the California brand beloved by the surfer and skater set. Last year, the company signed Hedgpeth to a $70,000 contract for its catalog and ad campaigns. In maxi sun dresses and skinny jeans, she's appeared in ads in Teen Vogue and Nylon magazines and in life-sized posters plastered on store walls as far away as Europe, Japan and China.
Last week, the 5-foot-9½-inch, size-4 model was in Los Angeles, posing for Vans' 2009 holiday ads. After wrapping the shoot, she'll jet to New York for a three-week intensive summer writing workshop at Columbia University.
Then it's back to New Orleans for a little down time before starting her senior year.
Juggling a cross-country work schedule with school hasn't come easy. But, after several years working in film and modeling, she's finally got the bubble on balance.
The camera first found Hedgpeth when she was in the sixth grade and cast in the Disney Channel TV movie, "Stuck in the Suburbs," filmed in New Orleans. That role led to another in "Heart of the Storm," a Lifetime movie filmed locally and starring Melissa Gilbert.
Modeling came next. While evacuated to Houston after Hurricane Katrina, Hedgpeth's mother, Madelaine Feldman, submitted photos of her then 14-year-old daughter to a national modeling competition held by Delia's, a teen clothing company.
From thousands of entries, Hedgpeth took top prize. Elite Model Management, which helped picked the finalists, signed her to a three-year contract.
With her career prepping for takeoff, Hedgpeth and her family made a big decision. For her sophomore year of high school, she would move to Los Angeles, live with her sister, Lauren Barrett, pursue modeling full time, and study through a home-schooling program.
The gigs started rolling in. Hedgpeth walked the runway at Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood Party and posed in an online denim catalog for BCBG Max Azria.
Her attitude as well as her appearance was getting her work, said Sven Gruber, Hedgpeth's agent at Elite in Los Angeles. "Besides (the fact) that she's a beautiful girl, her personality and her passion to be a model and her commitment while in school caught Elite's eye."
Hedgpeth was living a dream, but it was spooling out at a rapid rate.
"I felt bombarded from all sides. I was going to Starbucks, teaching myself chemistry, then going to go-sees (modeling casting calls), then back to the coffee shop to learn Algebra," she said.
"I learned self-discipline and how to be a self-starter. But it was really hard. I realized I just couldn't toggle these three lives: teach myself, do modeling and then try to have friends.
"It was the hardest year of my life, but also the most important year of my life," she said.
Struggling alone through her studies wasn't the only problem. The industry demands perfection. Ultra-skinny and super pretty are the standard, not the exception.
"I was 10 pounds thinner than I am now," Hedgpeth said, sinking into a chair at the CC's coffee shop on Magazine Street. "It got bad. I would eat like a peach and some nuts, and I would look in the mirror and start crying.
"No one was telling me anything about my weight. It was more just the sizes (of the clothing)," she continued. "I became obsessive.
"I also met people who were ridiculous. I was in the car with this girl named Jelly, and she pulls out marijuana and starts talking about how many houses she owns. I thought, 'I don't want to be anything like this girl.'
"I finally realized that I wanted to come home," Hedgpeth said. "I'm from New Orleans. I wanted to eat. I love red beans and rice, heavy on the rice. And I missed my friends and a normal life."
Vans came calling after she'd already left L.A. The brand was looking for a certain look.
"We saw hundreds of girls, very pretty girls. But it's like a relationship, and there was just no spark there," said April Vitkus, director of Vans girls marketing department. "When I saw Cydney, there was just something behind her eyes.
"She's disarmingly beautiful with a great head of hair, but there's also something deeper there. Cydney's more than just a pretty face. She's got spirit; she's intellectual."
With Hedgpeth back in school in New Orleans, Vans shipped her some clothes, asked her to put them on and do a short video in the outfits.
"We just fell in love with her on that video," Vitkus said.
"She's not one of those trained models. Cydney's raw, unedited, and she's fun. We love that she's athletic looking and healthy."
Though the modeling is heady work, Hedgpeth knows that, even for those of super status, it's a short-lived career.
"There was only 63 seconds when I thought about delaying college" to pursue modeling, she said. "I have other ambitions and goals. I want to be a writer."
Hedgpeth seems to see through the glitz with grown-up eyes.
"It's still pretty surreal to see my face in a magazine," she said by phone from Los Angeles, where she'd been photographed all over downtown the day before. "I'm out here with family, so they keep me pretty grounded."
Fashion writer Susan Langenhennig can be reached at 504.826.3379 or at email@example.com.


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