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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Ewa Battlefield Preservation Hearing Thursday
By John Bond @ 10:02 PM :: 8153 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

The public is invited to attend the second and final Federal Section 106 PUBLIC HEARING Meeting on Thursday, August 4, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. which will be held at the Hale Pono`i Building at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) facility at 91-5420 Kapolei Parkway.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
OHA Cash Giveaway can Quintuple Your Bank Account
By News Release @ 9:33 PM :: 11294 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

(Handy Tip: Deposit $100M and make OHA give you $400M. Not only will you prosper, but by bankrupting OHA, you will make Hawaii a better place.)

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Farmers send 5000lbs of Kona Coffee to the Troops
By Selected News Articles @ 8:53 PM :: 4779 Views

 Golf Co. 2/3 Marines....

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Djou: Rail Authority tone deaf on Fiscal Affairs
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:50 PM :: 6903 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...good government means more than just saying what people want to hear. It means identifying problems that concern our community and proposing constructive solutions....

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted August 2
By Selected News Articles @ 8:45 PM :: 6427 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • Senate: Confirmation of Robert S. Mueller III to be Director of the FBI
  • Senate: Budget Control Act of 2011
  • House: North American-Made Energy Security Act
  • House: Budget Control Act of 2011
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
State: New EUTF Contracts To Save Millions
By News Release @ 8:43 PM :: 6865 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Employer-Union Trust Fund (EUTF) has completed the periodic process of selecting providers of life, vision, dental, medical and pharmacy insurance—with significant savings for employers, active employees and retirees....

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Poll shows Lingle beating Hirono: Inouye’s Senate Democrats outraged by “dishonest” Ed Case
By Andrew Walden @ 8:41 PM :: 10742 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

In a Washington Post article published this morning, the national Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee takes the unusual step of attacking a Democratic Senate Primary candidate--Ed Case....DSCC is working hand in glove with Sen. Dan Inouye. Even DSCC’s choice of words -- “not honest” -- echoes Inouye’s lengthy record of attacks on Case.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Debt: Our Work Has Only Begun
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:29 AM :: 4309 Views :: National News, Ethics

Americans are disappointed. They are disappointed that the debate over our debt limit was about the needs of politicians instead of the needs of the country. They are disappointed with a broken government that refuses to fix itself. And they are disappointed that the Budget Control Act that passed the House last night and is likely to pass the Senate today does not make the transformative changes this nation requires. 

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Monday, August 1, 2011
Senate Race Poll shows Lingle beating Hirono
By Ed Case @ 8:39 PM :: 7221 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The poll shows Ed Case ahead of Mazie Hirono in the Democratic primary 53%-37% and ahead of Linda Lingle in the general 48%-38%, and Lingle ahead of Hirono in the general 48%-43%. 

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Monday, August 1, 2011
Quagmire of Public Sector Employment Begs Reform
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 8:36 PM :: 4775 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Gordian knot that seems to be confronting public officials is how to keep the state and county governments solvent while avoiding either having to make deep cuts in public services or, on the other hand, raising taxes and fees that will infuriate the tax paying public.

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Monday, August 1, 2011
Debt: Liberals Force Choice Between Economic and National Security
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:24 AM :: 4301 Views :: National News, Ethics

 Put the security of the nation at risk or raise taxes. This is the sour "deal" liberal lawmakers are offering in exchange for insufficient spending cuts, according to reports of this weekend's debt negotiations in Washington....

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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Hawaii’s Electoral College Dropout Scheme Debunked
By Selected News Articles @ 9:16 PM :: 8441 Views :: National News, Office of Elections

Driving the compact is the memory of the 2000 presidential election, in which George W. Bush won the slimmest of electoral-vote majorities even though Al Gore gained a plurality of popular votes. But that election itself suggests a fatal flaw in the proposal....

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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Hirono, Hanabusa, Inouye, Akaka line up behind Massive Military Cuts
By Andrew Walden @ 8:31 AM :: 8629 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Defense spending is 18% of Hawaii’s economy….

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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Political Insiders aim to soak Electric Rate Payers with Bio-Fuel surcharge
By Henry Curtis @ 9:23 PM :: 12427 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

According to the Companies, the application of the biofuel surcharge “would apply to HELCO and HECO customers, and would add about 1/3 of a cent per kilowatt hour.”

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Saturday, July 30, 2011
After years of losses, slush fund investigation, Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo may be closed down or sold
By Selected News Articles @ 8:52 PM :: 15160 Views :: Rail

... a "waste of time" because of the billion of euros it has lost over the years. The division, AnsaldoBreda, makes trams, trains and subways....

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Friday, July 29, 2011
Full Text: State LUC moves for dismissal of Bridge Aina Lea Suit
By Robert Thomas @ 9:41 PM :: 12088 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

Here's the latest in a case we've been following. In Bridge Aina Lea, LLC v. State of Hawaii Land Use Comm'n....

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Friday, July 29, 2011
DLNR, Corps of Engineers agree on Kawainui Marsh Environmental Restoration Project
By News Release @ 7:33 PM :: 7957 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today signed a formal project partnership agreement for the construction of the Kawainui Marsh Environmental Restoration Project in Kailua, O‘ahu.

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Friday, July 29, 2011
Djou: Honolulu Board of Water Supply is out of control
By Rep Charles Djou @ 7:24 PM :: 13136 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living

Tomorrow, look for a new editorial in Pacific Business News on problems with fiscal responsibility in our government.

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Friday, July 29, 2011
Struggle to Solve Debt Limit Crisis Goes On
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:16 PM :: 4845 Views :: National News, Ethics

Even if the Boehner bill passed and became law, America would continue its downward spiral into a fiscal abyss with no end in sight....

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Friday, July 29, 2011
The Social Security 'coffers' are very far from running dry
By NCPA @ 2:27 PM :: 5157 Views :: National News, Ethics

Last week President Obama made an alarming statement to the nation's senior citizens. He told CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley he couldn't guarantee that $20 billion in Social Security checks will go out on Aug. 3, the day after the government would go into default if it doesn't raise the debt ceiling. "[T]here may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Mr. Obama said.

This statement completely overlooks the existence of the Social Security Trust Fund....

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Friday, July 29, 2011
Hawaii Federal Stimulus Funds: $650K per job
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 9:57 AM :: 8182 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Stimulus Program created 2,046 jobs in Hawaii.  The cost for these 2,046 jobs? $1.329-billion in taxpayer dollars!  That’s about $650,000 per job!

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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Default? Bankers, State pool money to keep Cash flowing to Federally Funded Cronies
By News Release @ 5:01 PM :: 9243 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Governor’s objectives are to avoid interruptions to programs that depend heavily on federal funding....

Hawai'i Bankers Association Executive Director Gary Fujitani said, “Our banking community has substantial liquidity that is ample to weather any temporary financial correction. We are ready to work with the state to ensure the continuance of a stable economy in Hawai'i.”

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Thursday, July 28, 2011
The Obama EPA's Brave New Future
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:33 PM :: 4998 Views :: National News, Ethics

Say goodbye to cars and trucks as you know them. Say hello to a brave new future ushered in by the Environmental Protection Agency. It's one where the federal government reshapes a major U.S. industry by administrative fiat, all in pursuit of a policy goal that will cost money, jobs, and lives—all to satisfy the left's environmentalist factions while dishing out taxpayer dollars to an Obama-favored unionized industry.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Kaauwai salutes Past GOP Chairs: Lingle, Kane, Morioka, Aiona, Lee
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 12:24 PM :: 7803 Views :: Energy, Environment

When I was considering serving as State Chair, I was told by Former State Chair, Governor Linda Lingle, that I would not understand what it meant to be the chair until I served as Chair. Having now served a full term and having been re-elected to serve yet another term as your State Chair, I find these to be great words of wisdom and completely true!

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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Djou: Look forward to 2012
By Rep Charles Djou @ 12:03 PM :: 10558 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

As we look forward to 2012, I remain disappointed with our delegation's adherence to a partisan agenda that places party loyalty above the best interests of Hawaii's residents and our nation. If we are to protect and advance Hawaii's best interests in our nation's capital, we need a balanced delegation with representatives who can and will work with both Republicans and Democrats alike....

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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Oneula Burials: The Big Cover Up?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:26 AM :: 13123 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Queen Kaomileika'ahumanu - was buried at the Waipouli cave in the One'ula area. She died on October 31, 1796, but was removed from her burial without approval from the State's OIBC.  

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Fontaine Factor Video: Cybercrime in Hawaii
By Video @ 2:00 PM :: 13118 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

VIDEO: Jason Martin, of Secure DNA and Christopher Van Marter Senior Deputy of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney White Collar Crime Unit discuss Cybercrime with Representative George Fontaine.... 

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Red Tape Rising: A 2011 Mid-Year Report
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:58 AM :: 5848 Views :: National News, Ethics

Do you heat your home? Light your rooms? Buy and cook food? Watch TV? If the answer is "yes," then you've fallen under federal regulation. And you're paying for it, too. Gattuso and Katz explain how every product imaginable costs more because of regulations....

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Local leaders step up to support Hawaii International Women’s Conference
By News Release @ 9:46 AM :: 11045 Views :: Family, Politicians

A growing list of women leaders from across the state have joined the Executive Advisory Council for Hawai‘i’s 8th annual International Women’s Leadership Conference (IWLC), taking place on September 20, 2011 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and Resort.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Reid’s Sleight-of-Hand Debt Ceiling Plan Guts Military
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:48 AM :: 5667 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) introduced legislation to raise the debt ceiling this week. In evaluating his plans for future government spending, it becomes clear that budgeting for prudent defense is considered just another line item.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Governor Lingle to Speak at Grassroot Institute Fundraiser
By News Release @ 8:38 AM :: 10489 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
  • DATE: Friday, July 29th, 2011
  • TIME: 11:30 am ~ 1:30 pm
  • LOCATION: Japanese Cultural Center / Manoa Grand Ballroom, 2454 S Beretania St, 5th Floor
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Featured on Glen Beck: Wallbuilders’ David Barton to speak at Hilo, Maui, Oahu events
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 AM :: 19852 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
  • HILO -- JULY 27, WEDNESDAY—1:00PM-3:00PM.
  • MAUI -- JULY 28, THURSDAY-- 5PM youth session, 6:30PM general session.
  • OAHU -- JULY 29, FRIDAY—6:30PM to 8:30PM.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Abercrombie creates Interagency Council on Homelessness
By News Release @ 8:14 PM :: 8748 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

The Council will meet quarterly and report annually to the Governor, the Legislature and county mayors, including policy recommendations supporting the statewide plan.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
“Opportunity to be a family” Hawaii DoE Summer Schools give free breakfast and lunch to non-students
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 8444 Views :: Energy, Environment

A program funded by the federal government allowed 60 Hawai‘i public schools to keep serving free breakfast and lunch this summer. All children 18 years old and younger, even those not enrolled in that particular school, are able to have a free meal ....

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Djou: East-West Center Troubles Points To Need For Bi-Partisan Delegation
By Rep Charles Djou @ 4:05 PM :: 10479 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...the East-West Center is under fire again, as Congress is looking at completely eliminating the center. The House Foreign Affairs Committee recently voted to wipe out the UH based facility. The center might again be saved in the U.S. Senate, but these difficulties will continue as long as Hawaii continues to send a one-sided and unbalanced delegation to Congress that is unable to speak with the new GOP majority in the U.S. House.... 

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Parent Company of Honolulu Rail Contractor at center of Slush Fund payoffs scandal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:45 PM :: 14198 Views :: Rail

Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, chairman of defense and aerospace group Finmeccanica (Parent Company of Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo), has been put under investigation by Rome prosecutors examining allegations of secret slush funds, legal sources said on Friday.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Full Text: AARP Report Pegs Value Family Caregiving in Hawaii at $1.9 Billion
By News Release @ 2:12 PM :: 6649 Views :: Energy, Environment

The report, “Valuing the Invaluable: The Growing Contributions and Costs of Family Caregiving, 2011 Update”, finds that the “average” caregiver is a 49-year old woman who works outside of the home and spends nearly 20 hours per week providing unpaid care to her mother over the course of nearly five years.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
New polls confirm Obama's Democratic base crumbles
By Selected News Articles @ 10:26 AM :: 4801 Views :: National News, Ethics

Strong support among liberal Democrats for Obama's jobs record has plummeted 22 points from 53% down below a third. African Americans who believe the president's measures helped the economy have plunged from 77% to barely half.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Debt: America Needs a Better Solution
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:25 AM :: 4721 Views :: National News, Ethics

Americans tuning in last night to watch President Barack Obama's primetime address from the East Room of the White House might have thought they stumbled upon yet another re-run from the networks.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Obama's Dangerous Debt Ceiling Strategy
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:59 AM :: 5085 Views :: National News, Ethics

 [T]here's a certain element of waiting for the markets to weigh in and show Congress that they have to get serious here...You see the Administration almost kind of, almost daring the markets to respond, yesterday saying that the Congress had to act by 4:00 yesterday afternoon before the Asian markets started to open.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted July 25
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 AM :: 8454 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • Senate: Military Construction-VA Appropriations, FY2012
  • Senate: Motion to Table; Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011
  • House: Cut, Cap, and Balance Act
  • House: Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011
  • House: Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY2012

 

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Monday, July 25, 2011
Kaiser recognized as Top Medical Home System
By News Release @ 7:36 PM :: 12473 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Kaiser Permanente announced today that the Honolulu Clinic and Kihei and Lahaina Clinics on Maui, and their primary care providers have received the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Physician Practice Connections Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition....

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Monday, July 25, 2011
Alleged Eric Ryan Victims Speak out on New Website
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 13683 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians, Rail, Republican Party

In the early 1990's Eric Ryan was the first student in Chaminade history to be convicted of forging student signatures and election ballots thus beginning his career of graphic design so he continue forging documents. He later took Chaminade to court for defamation of character.

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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Line up for a Mayoral Campaign? Ernie Martin, Ann Kobayashi, Milton Holt, One Ton of Cocaine, and Kamehameha Schools
By Andrew Walden @ 11:50 PM :: 19657 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Documents filed with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission show that a $1000 per person March 15 campaign fundraiser for Honolulu Council Chair Ernie Martin held at the home of Kamehameha Schools lobbyist Linda Y Wong was organized by convicted cocaine dealer Chad Tsuneyoshi—who now serves as Martin’s campaign treasurer.

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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Navy Proposes Two new Historic Districts for Ewa Field
By John Bond @ 4:01 PM :: 11361 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Details about the 1941 Ewa Field Battlefield history and Section 106 process will be presented by the US Navy on August 4th at the DHHL Building in Kapolei. 

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Sunday, July 24, 2011
MECO to seek 6.7% Rate Hike to pay for Windfarms
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 12070 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment

The requested increase would help cover the operations and maintenance costs of safely and reliably integrating existing and future renewable energy resources into MECO's three isolated, island electrical grids. Also included are energy storage projects which will help integrate even higher levels of variable resources such as wind and solar....

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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Is Environmentalism a Religion of Peace?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 PM :: 9443 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Where have all the Tax Credit Advocates Gone?
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 12:19 PM :: 7213 Views :: Energy, Environment

Here in Hawaii it seems that taxpayers suffer from a glut of omniscient soothsayers in elected office who believe they know it all and can predict the winner industry of the future....

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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Berg: Time is now to stop Waimanalo Gulch Extension
By Tom Berg @ 9:27 AM :: 7698 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

The Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill is destined to plague our district for another decade or more unless we act to stop it.  General comments are being accepted up to August 13.

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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Hanabusa’s Chief of Staff covered for Congressman twice accused of Sex Assault
By Andrew Walden @ 1:30 PM :: 12147 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

After years as the Congressional chief of staff for Rep Wu (D-OR), Julie Tippens this January quit to take a job as chief of staff for Rep Colleen Hanabusa (D-Oahu).

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