Today, 30 November 2013

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  • 15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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  • 693 1 AGENCIES BANGKOK About 1,500 anti-govern-ment demonstrators forced their way into the compound of Thailand’s army headquarters yesterday the latest escalation in a citywide demonstration seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra as the main protest leader threatened that the government would fall tomorrow. In another
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  • 726 1  -  Minister dismisses suggestions Government clamping down on socio-political blogs websites ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE DISCUSSION AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Government is not attempting to curtail freedom of expression, but believes people should be held accountable for what they post online, said Law
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    • 44 1 OCBC GROUP CEO SAMUEL TSIEN HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN FINANCE AS HE FINDS EXCITEMENT, VARIETY IN THE SECTOR SATURDAY PEOPLE 10 TRENDS&BAGS STRAIGHT OFF THE RUNWAYS 2COLLECTIONS AHEAD www.FashionFirst.tv 1 H IF SHOP ONLINE SPORTS 24 Singapore marathoner inks Pocari Sweat deal
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  • hot news
    • 921 2  -  Minister gives Govt’s first official response to spying allegations by Australian paper REPORT A ‘REHASH’ OF AN EARLIER ARTICLE AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic does not comment on intelligence matters even if allegations are untrue, and “the Indonesians and Malaysians know
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    • 708 4 RAISING STAKES IN STAND-OFF AGENCIES BEIJING China scrambled jets yesterday in response to two United States spy planes and 10 Japanese aircraft, including F-15 fighters, entering its new Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea,
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    • 548 6 Both men can be imprisoned for up to 10 years if found guilty BOOKIES TRIED TO RIG ENGLISH FIFTH-TIER MATCHES AGENCIES WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY PHILIP GOH STAFFORDSHIRE —Two men from Singapore will remain remanded in police custody in England, until they appear
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    • 422 6  -  KOK XING HUI xinghui@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E The website of the Singapore Art Museum has been breached for the second time in two weeks, the museum said yesterday. According to a statement issued last night, unauthorised links
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    • 323 6  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two men were charged in a district court yesterday with the unauthorised modification of computer material on the server hosting the Istana website, with their alleged intrusions committed only a minute apart. Businessman Delson Moo, 42, was the first
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    • 442 8  -  ‘OUR PLAN IS REALLY TO CREATE MORE AND MORE NODES’ LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE Concerns over the resilience of telecommunications infrastructure in Singapore will be allayed somewhat with the opening of StarHub’s new Internet exchange at one-north scheduled for 2016.
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    • 219 8 AGENCIES A high-speed ferry heading from Hong Kong to Macau hit an unidentified object off an outlying island early yesterday, leaving 87 people injured, said the authorities and the ferry company. The hydrofoil Madeira (picture) carrying 107 passengers and 10 crew, struck
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    • 429 8 SINGAPORE Real median income for Singapore citizens and permanent residents in full-time employment increased by 9.7 per cent over five years or 1.9 per cent per annum from 2008 to this year, according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
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    • 158 4 AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY EXPO Buy Direct From Australian Developer in Singapore! Today Sunday Only! 10am to 7pm(Nov 30 Dec 1) Conrad Centennial Hotel (Salon III) 2 Temasek Boulevard PREVIEW IN SINGAPORE Before the Melbourne Public Release in 2014 New Landmark Melbourne Apartment Tower 1, 2 3 Bedrooms from A$399,000* Artist impression
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  • saturday people
    • 1555 10  -  OCBC Group CEO Samuel Tsien has spent his entire career in finance due to the thrill it offers THE ST REGIS PERSPECTIVES DAVID BOTTOMLEY Business Editor davidb@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Spend a few minutes in the company of Mr Samuel Tsien and his enthusiasm for banking and finance soon
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    • 44 10 If Manchester United are in the mood to dish out another lesson, there is a very real possibility Villas-Boas will soon be pushed off the end of the plank. And that is a splash he really does not want to make. ADRIAN CLARKE 25
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    • 31 11 WHAT MR SAMUEL TSIEN HAD AT LABREZZA La Merenda Weekend Afternoon Tea Enjoy a trattoria-style Italian afternoon tea by the pool and indulge in handcrafted selections by the master chefs S$29++
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  • voices
    • 395 14  -  PATRICIA NG MUI HOON If the Primary School Leaving Examination system is nothing but a cold, competitive system of meeting challenging academic criteria, parents would have no choice but to hothouse their children. (“Don’t ‘guiding’ questions lower standard of PSLE?”; Nov 28) Those
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    • 313 14  -  FROM HO KONG LOON I refer to the letter “Don’t ‘guiding’ questions lower standard of PSLE?” (Nov 28). I commend the Ministry of Education (MOE) for introducing “guiding” questions in this year’s Primary School Leaving Examination. I understand the
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    • 208 14  -  FROM THOMAS LEE CHEE CHEE In our land-scarce island, there is little opportunity to only build homes away from forested areas. (“Monkey trouble? Build homes away from our forests”; Nov 29) Even if houses are far from forested areas,
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    • 202 14  -  FROM VICTOR FOO CHEE SENG FROM PAUL CHAN Vice President, Branding and Promotions, TV, MediaCorp As MediaCorp is marking 50 years of television broadcasting in Singapore, it would be nice to revisit popular programmes from the ’60s and In
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  • singapore
    • 543 16  -  Museum will have interactive showcases, while gallery features bio-materialfacade STEPPING UP ITS UNESCO BID KENNETH CHENG kennethcheng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Two new exhibition spaces at the Singapore Botanic Gardens will be opened to the public today, showcasing not only the gardens’ rich history, but also
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    • 362 16  -  ASHLEY CHIA S ING A PORE —The Government will match donations made to 250 voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs), as part of a new effort aimed at encouraging Singaporeans and organisations to give more of their time and money to help those
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    • 440 18  -  40kmh limit may be lifted 2 months after sleeper replacement work, says SMRT MORE MACHINES NEXT YEAR TO ACCELERATE PROJECT XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Transport operator SMRT aims to lift the 40kmh speed restriction imposed on trains travelling on tracks
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    • 306 19 SINGAPORE Some 378 new cases of HIV infection were reported among Singapore residents in the first 10 months of the year, according to numbers released by the Ministry of Health yesterday, ahead of World AIDS Day tomorrow. The ministry said the total
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    • 332 19 SINGAPORE Nearly 170 individuals, including civil activists and academics, have issued a joint statement expressing concern that permission has been granted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to take contempt of court action against blogger Alex Au over one of his
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  • world
    • 354 20 REUTERS BEIJING —China is to launch a pilot programme to make new officials disclose their assets as part of an anti-graft campaign, the Communist Party’s an-ti-corruption watchdog said yesterday. The government has faced increasing public pressure to improve transparency around officials’ wealth, especially
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    • 463 20 BETTER TO GIVE FUNDS TO BENEFIT PEOPLE: PENSIONER AGENCIES GEORGE TOWN (PENANG) Penang and Johor are considering pay hikes for their assemblymen, days after it was announced that their counterparts in Selangor, Malaysia’s richest state, will get a salary raise of up
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    • 217 20 BLOOMBERG TOKYO —A Bill legalising casinos will probably be submitted to the current session of Parliament, an official at Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party said yesterday, fuelling gains in gaming company shares. “I think we will submit it,” Ms Seiko Noda, the Chairman of the
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    • 690 21 REUTERS SHIVGARH (INDIA) If Mrs Sonia Gandhi and her ruling Congress party need evidence that their policies of subsidies and safety nets for India’s poor may no longer be enough to keep their support, they need look no further than her own
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  • business
    • 529 22  -  Total loans, advances by domestic banking units see strongest increase in 6 mon ths MANUFACTURING SECTOR STILL MODEST WITH LOANS WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Bank loans grew at a faster pace last month, with businesses and consumers both taking up more credit as
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    • 399 22 AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese consumer inflation accelerated to a five-year high in October, while a narrower price measure increased at its fastest pace in 15 years, showing more evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s aggressive policies are on their way to shaking off 15 years
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    • 171 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA S I N G A P O R E JTC Corporation (JTC) yesterday launched for sale by public tender four plots of industrial land in Woodlands and Tuas. The sites comprising one plot in Woodlands Industrial Park E9 and three
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    • 620 23 FOREIGN PURCHASES UNDER SCRUTINY BLOOMBERG SYDNEY —Twelve weeks after Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s election vow that Australia is open for business, his Treasurer has signalled the opposite by blocking United States agri-busi-ness giant Archer Daniels Midland’s (ADM) takeover of GrainCorp. Citing national
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    • 88 22 Starting Line– Oil’s by Wang Fei 与 Welcome to the Official Openning Ceremony of Wang Fei’sOil Painting Exhibition On 1st Dec 2013 at 2pm The ceremony will be officiated by Mr. Yeo Eng Koon Chairman of Singapore Calligraphy Centre 1 st to 10 th December 2013 Mon Sat: 11am 7pm
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  • sports
    • 653 24  -  2012 Boston marathon champion does not think her country is being singled out after recent doping cases 54,000 RUNNERS EXPECTED AT STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON S’PORE LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In recent months, Kenya’s athletes have come under scrutiny, with 17 of them testing positive
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    • 461 24  -  ADELENE WONG SING A PORE —Top Singapore marathon runner Mok Ying Ren has clinched a one-year sponsorship deal with Japanese isotonic drinks brand Pocari Sweat. And his bid to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro could be about to receive
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    • 709 25  -  SPURS BOSS’ TEAM SELECTION WILL BE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY’s EPL analyst Adrian Clarke is a former Arsenal midfielder who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for many publications around the world.
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    • 386 25  -  ADRIAN CLARKE A chorus of “1-0 to the Arsenal” regularly reverberated around Highbury in the old days. I wonder how long it will take the Emirates generation to consider updating the lyrics to 2-0 for this is a new scoreline Gunners fans are
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    • 651 26 Brazil will still host World Cup as there is no Plan B: FIFA ‘CRANE WAS ON UNSTABLE GROUND’ AP SAO PAULO —A safety engineer at the Sao Paulo World Cup stadium where a giant crane collapsed and killed two workers allegedly warned
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    • 198 26 REUTERS BERLIN —German players will get a bonus at next year’s World Cup in Brazil only if they reach the quar-ter-finals, with the German Football Association willing to pay out €300,000 (S$512,000) each if they lift the trophy. Players and the
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    • 311 26  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE —Although she has masterminded victories over some of the biggest nations in netball, Singapore national coach Ruth Aitken admits the Nations Cup (Dec 1-7) will be something of an unknown for her. Tomorrow, Singapore will face Ireland in the tournament’s opening match
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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    • 26 27 SATURDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2013 FUSS-FREE AND AFFORDABLE ITALIAN EATS IN THE HEART OF CHINA SQUARE 29 PHOTO: A SIMPLE SERVING OF SPANISH ANCHOVY AT MORSI SORSI
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    • food
      • 241 28 CHINA BUYER SNAPS UP SOTHEBY’S WINE COLLECTION OF A CALIFORNIAN ICON REUTERS A buyer in mainland China has forked out over US$165,000 (S$207,000) to buy Sotheby’s collection of 100 original wooden cases of the Californian wine Opus One, a favourite of deep-pocketed connoisseurs, the auction house said. “We
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      • Article, Illustration
        261 28 3RD ANNIVERSARY PROMOS AT CUT On Mondays, the Bar Lounge will be offering delectable steak sandwiches complimentary with every purchase of a cocktail or glass of wine. On Tuesdays’ Ladies Night, CUT’s signature cocktail Rough Love will be available one-for-one for all ladies. Until Dec 24, 5.30pm to
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      • 465 29  -  New casual Italian eatery Morsi Sorsi stands out with its fresh produce and outstanding cooking FOOD REVIEW: MORSI SORSI ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE Airports are not exactly incubators for great restaurant ideas. But Sicilian chef Lino Sauro would probably disagree. After all, his latest venture, Morsi Sorsi,
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      • 639 29  -  This new pizza bar and grill does a lot more than one might first imagine FOOD REVIEW: ROUNDHOUSE PIZZA, BAR GRILL DON MENDOZA SINGAPORE —Despite the initial celebrity buzz that surrounded the launch of two-month-old Roundhouse Pizza, Bar Grill, there has been a generally positive nod
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    • culture&lifestyle
      • 424 30  -  Jamie Cullum, Jeremy Monteiro and Natalie Cole among those slated for next year’s Singapore International Jazz Festival MUSIC MATTERS CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some of the top jazz and R&B singers will be heading to our shores next year for the Singapore International Jazz
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      • 158 30  -  DON MENDOZA SINGAPORE If you’re not too averse to adding a wedge of citrus to a cold one, or kicking back with a pint of Shandy, then you’ll love Tiger Beer’s new offering. It has launched the Tiger Radler, an inspired variant and product innovation
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      • 236 31  -  HON JING YI SINGAPORE MediaCorp’s radio stations have taken the top five positions on a list of Singapore’s most popular radio stations, according to the latest Nielsen Radio Diary Survey. The survey is based on industry standard of measurement: The radio stations’ weekly
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      • 343 31 AP SYDNEY Australian hotel QT Hotel is declaring itself a graffiti Belieber, one day after Gold Coast city officials asked for its removal. QT Hotel in the Gold Coast said it gave Justin Bieber permission to spray graffiti on its wall. The Canadian singer and
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    • cars
      • 681 32  -  MEET THE 458 SPECIALE, THE FERRARI THAT IMPROVES UPON PERFECTION LEOW JU-LEN features@mediacorp.com.sg IN MARANELLO, ITALY How do you improve on perfection? That is what engineers at Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters would have asked themselves as they looked at the 458 Italia, perhaps today’s most lithe
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      • 450 33  -  German stunt rider Chris Pfeiffer defies gravity on two wheels ACROBATIC FEATS DERRYN WONG BANGKOK —To most people, the humble motorcycle is simply a mode of transport. But to German stunt rider Chris Pfeiffer, a motorcycle can be used on one wheel or two, backwards and forwards,
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 29 30 HOW TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. DIFFICULTY LEVEL: YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION COPYRIGHT UCLICK
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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    • 151 34 To subscribe, log on to www.toggle.sg or call Toggle Customer Care Hotline at 6388 3888 (9am-9pm daily) TOGGLE-IT-FIRST Watch episodes on Toggle before they are shown on TV THE JOURNEY: A VOYAGE The story of three young men as they face the tumultuous 1920s and eventually survive the odds to
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    • 505 35 VINTAGE SHOWCASE WITH BRIAN RICHMOND Enjoy vintage classics and local favourites with Brian Richmond. 9AM 10AM Pet Project With Keith de Souza 10AM 11AM The Good Life With Daphne Lim NOON 1PM Hot In The City With Daphne Lim 9AM 11AM 987 Top 20 Countdown (Encore) 11AM 1PM Sunday Brunch
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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    • 35 54 TODAY is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Annex Building, Level 1, Andrew Road, Singapore *****9 Tel: 6333 3888. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222
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  • 924 1  -  By MATT RICHTEL InternatIonal Weekly If chess were storytelling, Andrew Paulson would be the undisputed world champion, the Bobby Fischer of raconteurs. Not a moment of his rich life is not made richer by his recounting, whether it be working in a science
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    • 910 9  -  By QUENTIN HARDY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SAN FRANCISCO David Soloff is recruiting an army of “hyperdata” collectors. The company he co-founded, Premise, created a smartphone application that is now used by 700 people in 25 developing countries. These people,
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: GADGETS
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    • 553 10  -  By DIANE CARDWELL THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Nancy Finkelmeier switched her traditional incandescent bulbs more than a year ago in favor of compact fluorescent ones that would last longer and help her avoid changing the lights
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    • 615 11  -  By ANNE EISENBERG THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Before long, drones will be part of the way companies do business every day. These remotely piloted vehicles aren’t the weaponized ones that have long been military tools. Instead, they will perform hundreds of
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    • 545 14  -  By JON PARELES THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Darkness delivered sweetly: That’s what drew together the improbable partnership of gentlevoiced Norah Jones and pop-punk arena rocker Billie Joe Armstrong, who leads Green Day. They decided to remake, of all things,
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