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Aug 30, 2011

OCEANIA News, Aug 30, 2011


Container line to bypass Auckland
New Zealand Herald
Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's second largest container line, will begin its Oceania Express service in October, with the Bay of Plenty facility its sole port of call in this country. The new route links Australasia with the ...
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Dennis Meredith appointed Technical Director of WSH
Times of India
He has also been appointed as the TD for the forthcoming Oceania Cup (the Oceania qualifying tournament for the Olympics) - to be played in Hobart in early October this year. Meredith, who played in 22 ties for Australia, was responsible for the ...
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Wallaby 'non-wannabe' is Khotso's big threat
Times LIVE
But instead of gearing up with the Wallabies, the 23-year-old is in Daegu at the world athletics championships as a hot gold medal contender, having landed the four best jumps of the year including an Oceania record 8.54 metres. ...
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Big Brother at The Brewhouse
Bridgwater Mercury
In Oceania the party is in control, free thought and love are punishable by death and history only happened if Big Brother said it did. Propaganda such as "War is Peace" and "Ignorance is Slavery" flickers from TV screens in this dark production. ...
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Oceania Championships 2012 - Selection Criteria
Badminton Oceania
The Thomas / Uber Cup Qualifying and Oceania Team and Individual Championships are being held in Mebourne, Australia next February. BNZ is intending to select two teams to play in this competition and will be holding a Selection tournament on 1st ...
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AAM in crosshairs as mining row goes feral
Sydney Morning Herald
SOUTH African investment group Hosken Consolidated's tiny foray into OceaniaCapital Partners has produced something slightly unusual for shareholders, two ways of cashing in all or some of their stake. Oceania, some might recall, has been liquidating ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Where are Europe's cheapest cities to visit?
Globe and Mail
Oceania Cruises has been named the world's most innovative cruise line by Virtuoso, a network of travel agencies specializing in the luxury market. Luxury seems to be the operative word: Among the innovations cited were the first Bon Appétit cooking ...
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Globe and Mail
With hat trick of gold medals, Adams joins legendary shot putters Kumbernuss ...
International Association of Athletics Foundation
Additionally of course she set a record for New Zealand plus an Oceania and Commonwealth record. The 26 year-old produced a superb last round effort of 21.24 metres on Monday night. “I knew I had a big throw in me when I came here. ...
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International Association of Athletics Foundation
Fiji win puts teen at 63rd in world
Timaru Herald
Craighead tennis player Emily Fanning's world ranking is at a new high after taking out the OceaniaClosed Junior Championship in Fiji. The win adds to the 16-year-old's successful run at International Tennis Federation tournaments and takes her world ...
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Leaders maintain winning form
IEWY News
It was a similar scenario in Iran, while FIFA.com's weekly review of domestic matters across Asia and Oceania includes silverware claimed in Cambodia and New Zealand. Gamba Osaka and Nagoya Grampus recorded commanding victories with the duo only ...
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New art gallery to open at USP in Fiji
Radio New Zealand International
A new art gallery will be officially opened today at the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. “Called the Gallery of Oceanian Art , it will be available for public viewing tomorrow. ...
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Radio New Zealand International
Athlete is 'on the right track'
Southland Times
The 17-year-old Central Southland College pupil boasts some impressive results closer to home, placing second in the under-19 age group of the New Zealand championships, then 15th at theOceania championships, both earlier this year. ...
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FIA Institute expands academy scheme to 18 drivers for 2012
autosport.com
The 18 drivers will be made up of at least three from: the Americas; western/northern Europe; central/eastern Europe; Middle East/Africa and Asia/Oceania. As with this year, the primary goals of the six workshops are to increase driver skills and road ...
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Confident Massey trio China-bound
Manawatu Standard
All three students competed at the Taupo Oceania Duathlon this month and Hammond won the under-23 contest, O'Connor came third in the elite division and McPherson was fifth overall. Hammond also won the qualifying event in Wellington in March, ...
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Coaches upbeat on London
Wairarapa Times Age
New Zealand and Australia have qualified for the Olympics because Fiji has withdrawn from theOceania championships which were to be held in October and double as qualifiers. "All the teams ranked 1-12 are medal chances, but we have to improve by 15 to ...
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Europeans to bring experience to youthful GreenEdge women's team
Cyclingnews.com
While Bannan wasn't able to confirm, reigning Australian and Oceania road champion Shara Gillow, former Australian champion Ruth Corset and former under 23 Australian criterium champion Chloe Hosking have all been linked to GreenEdge. ...
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Singapore Museum nominates five Indian artists for prize
Economic Times
Apart from India, entries have also been received from Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea), Pakistan, Singapore, ...
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Fiji withdrawal leaves easy passage to London 2012 for Australia and New Zealand
Insidethegames.biz
By Duncan Mackay August 29 - Australia's and New Zealand women's hockey teams have both qualified for the London Olympics next year after Fiji pulled out of the Oceania Cup qualifying tournament, it was announced today. The three-team tournament in ...
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Innovative Composite Technologies to be Showcased in the Asia-Pacific Region
Azom.com
Covering topics ranging from machining and simulation to non-destructive testing, the Forum includes presentations from CG Tech, Flow International, Kuka, Oceania Composites Engineering, Steinbichler Optotechnik and Tecnatom. JEC Asia 2011 ICS program ...
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U.S. ag equipment exports up 15 percent in 2011
Western Farm Press
Asia's export purchases gained 13 percent to $483 million, and exports to Australia/Oceania grew 20 percent, representing $452 million worth of farm-related equipment. Exports to Europe gained 19 percent to $1.6 billion, and exports to Canada increased ...
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Men's basketball Olympic qualifying capsules
Tucson Citizen
... who finished third, fourth and fifth in FIBA Americas Championship; the teams who finished second and third in FIBA Africa Championship; teams who finished second and third in FIBA Asia Championship; and the FIBA Oceania Championship runner-up. ...
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Captain Cook's waistcoat up for auction
Voxy
The waistcoat will go up for auction next Thursday 8 Sept at Webb's, alongside a substantial sale of art and artifacts from Oceania and Africa. The Maori and Pacific material in the sale has been consigned from significant international private ...
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AFL makes inroads in Rugby mad Pacific
Radio Australia
ARNOTT: There are now six thousand children learning afl in Tonga - and the under 16 side recently won the Oceania Cup. As well as going head to head with rugby in the Pacific - the AFLis also taking on soccer in Asia. Australian rules has proved ...
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Arts diary August 30
Marlborough Express
... Feu'u about his work and key role in encouraging Pacific modernist artists. Also paintings by Dennis Knight Turner, who passed away this month in London. These paintings incorporatingOceania motifs were from his last exhibition to show in New Zealand.
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Ericsson appoints new president and country manager for Singapore and Brunei
The Borneo Post
“Under Seow's leadership, we are confident that we will be able to further strengthen Ericsson's position in Singapore and Brunei,” Ericsson head for the Southeast Asia and Oceania region, Arun Bansal said. “The Singapore and Brunei markets present ...
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Daegu 2011 - Day 3 SUMMARY - 29 August
International Association of Athletics Foundation
Valerie Adams made her return from a down year complete with a third successive World title, and another Oceania Area record to boot! With the win sealed after the fourth round courtesy of a 20.72m launch, the New Zealander let it all hang out in the ...
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International Association of Athletics Foundation
Blue Panorama to Confirm SSJ Order in October
Aviation International News
... manufacturer had placed parts-manufacture orders for many more, according to SJI, a marketing, sales, customization and delivery joint venture between Sukhoi and Alenia Aeronautica responsible for Africa, the Americas, Europe, Japan and Oceania. ...
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Olympic hockey hopefuls to get plenty of chances
Stuff.co.nz
The women's squad learned late last week that the three-team Oceania Cup in Tasmania in October has now become a two-team trans-Tasman clash over three matches after Fiji withdrew because it was unable to field a team. Fiji will remain in the men's ...
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Players chosen for 3-on-3 tournament
Pacific Daily News
As the teams were short on time for fundraising, the Guam Basketball Confederation extends a special thanks to Steve Smith, FIBA Oceania's secretary general, for paying for one complete team to attend the event. In addition, GBC extends its gratitude ...
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McCalebb Leads Macedonia into FIBA European Championships
UNO Privateers Athletics
When he returned, he directed Macedonia to victories over Montenegro and FIBA Oceania champion New Zealand before losing a pair of games against Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman's Germany squad. In the most recent contest against the German side on Sunday ...
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Fiji's Singh wants return to top
Boxscore News
Progressing past that Al-Wahda match was always going to be a tough task for theOceania champions but the situation is much different in the Fiji camp for the Pacific Games. Anything less than a semi-final spot will come as a huge disappointment to ...
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Boxscore News
US rating downgrade won't hurt Indian exports: Scindia
TwoCircles.net
To reduce dependence on US and European markets, India is divesifying its markets with a special focus on Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Oceania region, the minister said. India's exports surged 46.45 percent at $29.21 billion in June as compared ...
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Two More Teams Qualify For London 2012 Olympic Games In Eventing
United States Eventing Association (press release)
... direct team qualification is the Asia Pacific Eventing Championship which will take place at Blenheim (GBR) from 8 to 11 September and which is open to teams from the Olympic Groups F (Africa and Middle East) and G (South East Asia and Oceania). ...
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Golden Adams wins again
sportal.co.nz
Not only that, it also broke her own Oceania and New Zealand records with a put of 21.24m that easily earned gold over rival Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus. Adams started slowly with 20.04 being her best effort after three rounds, including a foul throw, ...
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Restructuring undergirds expansion
Business Times (subscription)
Citing statistics from international trade body World Steel Association, Mr Goh explained that more than half of global steel consumption came from the Asia and Oceania regions last year. In particular, the company is looking at Asean as a key area of ...
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Port of Tauranga boost
Waikato Times
The port company yesterday said MSC, the world's second largest container shipping line, was planning to start the new Oceania express service in October. The service's port rotation would be Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Tauranga, Balboa on the Panama ...
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New Zealand port added to MSC service
portworld
MSC national operations director Mark Godfrey stated that the new service, the Oceania Express Service, will be using a port rotation of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Tauranga, Balboa, Long Beach and Melbourne. "MSC recognises the Port of Tauranga as a ...
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News about Oceania and Rob Green. ... The latest news, pictures and information related toOceania and Rob Green published by London's Evening Standard ...
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ASIA News, Aug 30, 2011


RIL extends Monday's rally
India Infoline.com
Key benchmark indices surged in mid-morning trade after the latest data showed that the Indian economy expanded 7.7% in Q1 June 2011 from a year earlier, helped by strong growth in the services sector. Firm Asian stocks also underpinned sentiment. ...
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Asia Commodity Day Ahead: Hedge Funds Boost Agriculture Bets
San Francisco Chronicle
Cameco Corp., Canada's largest uranium producer, offered to acquire Hathor Exploration Ltd. forC$520 million ($529 million) to add the Roughrider deposit in Saskatchewan. Gold rose in New York for a second straight day after Federal Reserve Chairman ...
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Taiwan Urges Banks to Add More China Branches
Bloomberg
Citigroup Inc. (C), HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) and Standard Chartered Plc (STAN) have also acquired Taiwan banks to tap Asia's wealthiest people outside China and Japan. Still, the financial reforms were stymied by corruption probes linked to mergers and ...
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Jain Fails to Replicate Deutsche Bank Debt Dominance With Equity Trading
Bloomberg
... Inc. (C) “Equities remains a work in progress, but Jain deserves some credit for reshaping the business.” Since early 2009, Deutsche Bank has hired 150 people in equities across research, sales and trading, with a focus on North America and Asia. ...
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You don't get older, you get better -- really
Reuters
Ayako Shizo (C), aged 85, taps a therapeutic robot named Paro as she sits with other residents at the Suisyoen retirement home in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, July 28, 2011. By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Jokes about creaky knees, thinning hair and...
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Reuters
Bidvest booms in spite of BEE deal
Moneyweb.co.za
Bidvest SA is still the biggest part of the business, though it underperforms Asia Pacific. SA is organised into ten divisions and a new SA CEO Lindsay Ralphs will run the show. Auto profits rose 17%,which is all very well but dealer margins were ...
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Globecomm Awarded Infrastructure Contract from US Government Agency Valued at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We currently have customers for which we are providing such services in the United States, Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Based in Hauppauge, New York, Globecomm Systems also maintains offices in Maryland, New Jersey, ...
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APT Satellite Announces 2011 Interim Results
4-traders (press release)
(HKEx stock code: 1045), a provider of high-quality satellite transponder, telecommunications and broadcasting services in Asia Pacific, announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2011 (the ?Period?). ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Universal Display Shares Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
Shares jumped 13% to $9.90 in recent after-hours trading after the real-estate processing and data-service provider said it has retained Greenhill & Co. to advise a special committee on the possible moves. A drug being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb ...
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COMMENTARY: All God's Children
BlackNews.com (press release)
The poverty rate for children in the US is at 20.7 percent, with 35.7 percent of African-American children living in poverty, 33.1 percent of Hispanic children, 17.7 percent of white children and 14 percent of Asian-American children. ...
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BlackNews.com (press release)
BASE METALS - European Opening View - Metals see follow through buying interest
FXstreet.com
With Bernanke's Jackson Hole speech now analysed the markets seems to be happy to be taking on more risk, the Dow closed up 2.3 percent yesterday and the stronger tone has flowed through intoAsia this morning with the Nikkei up 1.2 percent, ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Pfizer, Allstate, Northgate Minerals, Venoco
Wall Street Journal
For all its fury, Irene might have given something of a break to the property-insurance industry, which has paid out billions of dollars in natural-disaster claims in recent months. The massive storm downed trees and power lines, ripped off roof ...
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INDIA: Human Rights Council's intervention sought concerning India's ...
Asian Human Rights Commission News (press release)
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to highlight the Government of India's failure to ensure the rights of indigenous people in the country, particularly in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, where the indigenous population (also known ...
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TRANSNATIONAL ISLAMISM AND ITS IMPACT IN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA
GLORIA Center (blog)
See Bilveer Singh, The Talibanization of Southeast Asia (Westport, CT: Praegar Security International, 2007); and Sadanand Dhume, My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with an Indonesian Islamist (New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2009). ...
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Butter Buds to expand operations
Milwaukee Small Business Times
The Asia Pacific Proving Ground (APPG) is an expansion of Caterpillar's research and development presence in Asia and will provide validation and product development services for Caterpillar machinery produced in China and the Asia/Pacific region. ...
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Air Products' New Freshline® QS Tunnel Freezer Provides Food Processors With a ...
MarketWatch (press release)
With state-of-the-art, fully-equipped food laboratories in the US, Europe and Asia, Air Products can test a customer's product to determine the feasibility of using the Freshline QS tunnel freezer for their specific process. For more information about ...
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Meet The Young Designer Behind The Washington Post's Infographics
Forbes
Jesse: Is there a particular data set you worked with in recent memory that startled you? Something unexpected you found yourself going back and checking? Wilson: In the previous graphic I mentioned, diabetes rates actually dropped in most Asian ...
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Dueling Pension Reform Measures Dominate Voter Handbook
Beyond Chron
SEIU 1021 also paid for a “No on D” ballot argument by LGBT leaders (signed by State Senator Mark Leno, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, former Supervisor Bevan Dufty and others), and one on behalf of Asian-American politicians – which Leland Yee, Fiona Ma, ...
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Beyond Chron
New Zealand employment law firm joins global alliance
Legal Business Online
L&E's global executive director, Stephan C. Swinkels, said that the move is the group's first footstep into Asia-Pacific countries. The benefits are set to flow both ways, as SBM partner Penny Swarbrick said that the move will assist the firm to ...
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US Drone Attacks on Suspected Terrorists Stir Controversy
PBS NewsHour
The US drone strike which killed Rahman is the latest in a series of strikes spanning several years. The attacks, centered in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, have targeted and disrupted al-Qaida militants and their allies. ...
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PBS NewsHour
President Benigno S. Aquino III leaves Tuesday on his first State visit to ...
Manila Bulletin
President Aquino is scheduled to meet with Chinese President HE Hu Jintao, who invited the Philippine leader during their meeting in last year's Leaders' Summit of the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN). The President will also meet with ...
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Hydroquinone alternatives effective in milder cases of hyperpigmentation
ModernMedicine
Another recent study in 28 Asian women in Suwon, South Korea used alpha bisabolol to successfully treat hyperpigmentation. 2 "They determined the patients had improvement in pigmentation," Dr. Rendon says. Newer prescription skin lightening products on ...
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Karnataka athletes honoured by CM
Deccan Herald
The most glaring related to swimmer Shubha C, the booklet said, had won two gold medals at the FINA World Championship held at Italy in 2009. Shubha had in fact won gold in 50M butterfly and 50M freestyle at the South Asian Federation Games last year...
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Deccan Herald
U.S. Air Force Chooses HP as Key Technology Provider
MarketWatch (press release)
The award will add to the USAF's 900000 units of HP products deployed in the past five years throughout the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific and is part of the USAF CCS (client, computer and servers) Quantum Enterprise Buy (QEB). ...
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Nonprofit looks to offer language classes at Prince George's County schools
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Teaching students an Asian language would better prepare them to compete in an economy whereAsian countries and companies, particularly technology companies, are major players, she said. Diane C. Fingers, the principal at Indian Queen Elementary ...
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Local markets follow Friday's US gains
Crikey (blog)
ANZ has said it is targeting Asia for growth and expects that by 2013 they will get up to 30% of their profit from the region. ANZ up 2.5% to 2035c. Select Harvests (SHV) results were in line with expectations and at the low end of guidance. ...
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