Boy killed by falling tombstone was helping dad

This undated photo provided by the family via Park City Medical Center shows Carson Dean Cheney, 4, who died July 5, 2012 after a large tombstone fell and hit the boy while he and his family were visiting a historic cemetery in the Utah ski resort town of Park City. (AP Photo/Park City Medical Center)

This undated photo provided by the family via Park City Medical Center shows Carson Dean Cheney, 4, who died July 5, 2012 after a large tombstone fell and hit the boy while he and his family were visiting a historic cemetery in the Utah ski resort town of Park City. (AP Photo/Park City Medical Center)

A 4-year-old Utah boy was trying to make other children smile for a photograph when a 6-foot-tall tombstone that weighed hundreds of pounds fell on him and killed him at a historic cemetery, family members and friends said.

Carson Dean Cheney was with his family in the resort town of Park City on Thursday evening when the headstone toppled onto him after some metal connecting it to its pedestal broke, the boy's grandmother Geri Gibbs told The Associated Press.

The boy's father, Zac Cheney, does photography in his spare time and was taking portraits of another family at the Glenwood Cemetery, said Curtis Morley, a co-worker and family friend. They chose the old cemetery because of its extensive landscaping, he said.

Morley said some of the children being photographed were not being responsive, so Carson tried to help his dad by pretending to be leprechaun and making them laugh. The boy went behind a tombstone and was poking his head out from behind it when it fell on him.

"Carson passed away while trying to make others smile," said Morley, who works with Cheney at a professional services firm in Salt Lake City.

Gibbs said it took three men to pull the heavy slab off the boy, and rescuers "did everything they could possibly do."

The child suffered injuries to his head, chest and abdomen and was taken to the nearby Park City Medical Center, where he died a short time later.

Gibbs said the boy and his family were visiting from Lehi, about an hour away. She said Carson was just about to enter kindergarten, loved to ride his bike and was "full of life."

"There's still so much disbelief and sorrow and anguish," Gibbs said. "We just keep waiting for the door to open up and Carson to come through, a happy little boy."

Investigators were probing the incident. Park City Police Chief Wade Carpenter said the coarse headstone that fell on the boy marked the grave of someone who died in the 1800s.

Bruce Erickson, president of the Glenwood Cemetery Association, said the private, five-acre cemetery around the corner from the Park City Mountain Resort was founded by a society of silver miners in 1885 and many of the tombstones are at least 100 years old. The cemetery is open to the public and still accepts burials of people connected to the mining society.

Erickson said new burials happen maybe once a year, and families are responsible for maintaining the headstones. No funerals were held at the cemetery Thursday.

A funeral for the boy is set for Tuesday. Morley said a memorial fund has been established at Zions Bank.

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Associated Press writer Lynn DeBruin in Salt Lake City contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Exome sequencing of health condition extremes can reveal susceptibility genes

Public release date: 8-Jul-2012
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DNA from cystic fibrosis patients with and without chronic infections points to unsuspected mutation

Comparing the DNA from patients at the best and worst extremes of a health condition can reveal genes for resistance and susceptibly. This approach discovered rare variations in the DCTN4 gene among cystic fibrosis patients most prone to early, chronic airway infections.

The DCTN4 gene codes for dynactin 4. This protein is a component of a molecular motor that moves trouble-making microbes along a cellular conveyer belt into miniscule chemical vats, called lysosomes, for annihilation.

This study, led by the University of Washington, is part of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute GO Exome Sequencing Project and its Lung GO, both major National Institutes of Health chronic disease research efforts.

Similar "testing the extremes" strategies may have important applications in uncovering genetic factors behind other more common, traits, such as healthy and unhealthy hearts.

The results of the cystic fibrosis infection susceptibility study appear this Sunday, July 8, in Nature Genetics.

The infection in question was Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic soil bacterium that commonly infects the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis and other airway-clogging disorders. The bacteria can unite into a slithery, hard-to-treat biofilm that hampers breathing and harms lung tissue. Chronic infections are linked to poor lung function and shorter lives among cystic fibrosis patients. These bacteria rarely attack people with normal lungs and well-functioning immune systems.

In the study, these rare variations in DCTN4 did not appear in any of the cystic fibrosis patients who were the most resistant to Pseudomonas infection. The study subjects most susceptible to early, chronic infection had at least one DCTN4 missense variant. A missense variant produces a protein that likely can't function properly.

The lead author of the report published July 8 in Nature Genetics is Mary J. Emond, research associate professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle. The senior author is medical geneticist Michael Bamshad, UW professor of pediatrics in the Division of Genetic Medicine.

To the extent of their knowledge, the researchers think that this might be the first time that genetic variants underlying complex trait were discovered by sequencing all the protein-coding portions of the genomes of people at each extreme of a disease spectrum.

"We did not have a candidate gene in mind when we did this study," said Emond. Statistical analysis of the DNA of 91 patients led the research team to this particular gene. Of the initial study group, 43 children had their first onset of chronic lung infection with Pseudomonas as when they were very young, and the 48 oldest individuals had not yet reached a state of chronic infection. The patients selected for sequencing were from the Early Pseudomonas Control (EPIC) Observational Study, a project at the Seattle Children's Research Institute, and the North American Cystic Fibrosis Genetic Modifiers Study. Exome sequencing was done by UW researchers in the laboratory of Deborah Nickerson, UW professor of genome sciences.

Comparisons of the protein coding portions of the study subjects' DNA called the researchers attention to missense variations of the DCTN4 gene. The researchers went on to screen a selected group of 1,322 other EPIC participants to check their findings.

Exome Sequencing Project scientists are using an approach similar to the one in this study to examine the genetics behind resistance and susceptibility to other chronic conditions like obesity, heart attacks and hypertension. They plumb for gene variations linked to heart disease, for example by putting DNA maps from people with ideal cholesterol levels up against those from people with exceptionally poor levels.

Adapting a similar strategy to determine the genetics underlying other complex human traits may require exome sequencing of a much larger sample sizes, the researchers noted.

"As the costs of exome sequencing are dropping rapidly and more efficient statistical analysis is becoming available, we think medical researchers' enthusiasm for this approach will continue," Bamshad predicted.

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In addition to National Heart Lung and Blood Institute funding, the study released today was supported by grants from the National Human Genome Research Institute, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the Life Sciences Discovery Fund.

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Contact: Leila Gray
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206-685-0381
University of Washington

DNA from cystic fibrosis patients with and without chronic infections points to unsuspected mutation

Comparing the DNA from patients at the best and worst extremes of a health condition can reveal genes for resistance and susceptibly. This approach discovered rare variations in the DCTN4 gene among cystic fibrosis patients most prone to early, chronic airway infections.

The DCTN4 gene codes for dynactin 4. This protein is a component of a molecular motor that moves trouble-making microbes along a cellular conveyer belt into miniscule chemical vats, called lysosomes, for annihilation.

This study, led by the University of Washington, is part of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute GO Exome Sequencing Project and its Lung GO, both major National Institutes of Health chronic disease research efforts.

Similar "testing the extremes" strategies may have important applications in uncovering genetic factors behind other more common, traits, such as healthy and unhealthy hearts.

The results of the cystic fibrosis infection susceptibility study appear this Sunday, July 8, in Nature Genetics.

The infection in question was Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic soil bacterium that commonly infects the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis and other airway-clogging disorders. The bacteria can unite into a slithery, hard-to-treat biofilm that hampers breathing and harms lung tissue. Chronic infections are linked to poor lung function and shorter lives among cystic fibrosis patients. These bacteria rarely attack people with normal lungs and well-functioning immune systems.

In the study, these rare variations in DCTN4 did not appear in any of the cystic fibrosis patients who were the most resistant to Pseudomonas infection. The study subjects most susceptible to early, chronic infection had at least one DCTN4 missense variant. A missense variant produces a protein that likely can't function properly.

The lead author of the report published July 8 in Nature Genetics is Mary J. Emond, research associate professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle. The senior author is medical geneticist Michael Bamshad, UW professor of pediatrics in the Division of Genetic Medicine.

To the extent of their knowledge, the researchers think that this might be the first time that genetic variants underlying complex trait were discovered by sequencing all the protein-coding portions of the genomes of people at each extreme of a disease spectrum.

"We did not have a candidate gene in mind when we did this study," said Emond. Statistical analysis of the DNA of 91 patients led the research team to this particular gene. Of the initial study group, 43 children had their first onset of chronic lung infection with Pseudomonas as when they were very young, and the 48 oldest individuals had not yet reached a state of chronic infection. The patients selected for sequencing were from the Early Pseudomonas Control (EPIC) Observational Study, a project at the Seattle Children's Research Institute, and the North American Cystic Fibrosis Genetic Modifiers Study. Exome sequencing was done by UW researchers in the laboratory of Deborah Nickerson, UW professor of genome sciences.

Comparisons of the protein coding portions of the study subjects' DNA called the researchers attention to missense variations of the DCTN4 gene. The researchers went on to screen a selected group of 1,322 other EPIC participants to check their findings.

Exome Sequencing Project scientists are using an approach similar to the one in this study to examine the genetics behind resistance and susceptibility to other chronic conditions like obesity, heart attacks and hypertension. They plumb for gene variations linked to heart disease, for example by putting DNA maps from people with ideal cholesterol levels up against those from people with exceptionally poor levels.

Adapting a similar strategy to determine the genetics underlying other complex human traits may require exome sequencing of a much larger sample sizes, the researchers noted.

"As the costs of exome sequencing are dropping rapidly and more efficient statistical analysis is becoming available, we think medical researchers' enthusiasm for this approach will continue," Bamshad predicted.

###

In addition to National Heart Lung and Blood Institute funding, the study released today was supported by grants from the National Human Genome Research Institute, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the Life Sciences Discovery Fund.

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Serena Williams wins 5th Wimbledon title in 3 sets

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) ? Serena Williams is back, and she looks almost as good as ever.

The 30-year-old American won her fifth Wimbledon title Saturday on Centre Court, beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her 14th major championship.

After hitting a backhand winner on match point, she fell onto her back to the grass. She then rose with a grin as big sister Venus ? another five-time Wimbledon champion ? smiled and applauded, along with the rest of the crowd.

After shaking hands with Radwanska, Williams climbed into the box where her family was seated. She hugged her father, Venus, their mother and others.

"I can't even describe it. I almost didn't make it," said Williams, who has battled health issues since winning the 2010 Wimbledon title. "A few years ago, you know, I was in the hospital, and now I'm here again. It's so worth it, and I'm so happy."

Out on court, Williams had little trouble at the start, using her hard serve and powerful groundstrokes to win the first five games and run Radwanska all over the grass.

Radwanska, who was playing in her first Grand Slam final, has been ill with a respiratory problem, making it difficult for her to speak. In the second set and already down a break, the third-seeded Pole was coughing and blowing her nose during a changeover.

But she broke Williams in the next game to even the score at 4-4, and then broke again to win the second set.

Williams responded in the third set, taking the last five games of the match. She finished with 58 winners to 13 for Radwanska, including an edge of 20-3 in the final set. Williams lost only eight points on her first serve.

"Aggie played so well. That's why she has had such a great career, and so young," Williams told the crowd. "You guys should give her another round of applause because she's amazing and she did an amazing job today."

The match was played with the Centre Court roof open, and it was delayed by rain for a short time after the first set.

Radwanska would have taken over the No. 1 ranking with a win. Instead, Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka will reclaim the top spot from Maria Sharapova.

"Serena played too good today, but I'm just very happy to be here in the final," Radwanska said. "It was not my day. I'll try just next year. We'll see."

Later Saturday, Serena and Venus Williams will play in the doubles final.

A little more than a month ago, many started writing Williams off for good. She lost in the first round of this year's French Open, the first time she had ever exited a Grand Slam tournament that early.

But at Wimbledon, she looked every bit a champion again.

She broke her own tournament record for aces in a match with 23 against Zheng Jie in the third round. Less than a week later, she eclipsed that mark with 24 against Azarenka in the semifinals.

On Saturday, she finished with 17 aces ? including four in one game ? and a record 102 for the tournament.

It was Williams' first Grand Slam title since she won at the All England Club two years ago. Shortly after winning that title, Williams cut her feet on glass at a restaurant, leading to a series of health problems, including being hospitalized for clots in her lungs.

"I never dreamt of being here again, being so down," Williams said. "Never give up. You can continue."

Williams is the first woman in her 30s to win a Wimbledon title since Martina Navratilova, who won at the All England Club in 1990 when she was 33.

In the men's final on Sunday, six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will face British hope Andy Murray. The fourth-seeded Murray is trying to become the first British man to win the title at the All England Club since Fred Perry in 1936.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/serena-williams-wins-5th-wimbledon-title-3-sets-163719277--spt.html

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51-100: Omissions from the AMID Power 50 ? Music Industry ? The ...

A list like the AMID Power 50 is always going to breed controversy, especially considering the sensative nature of ranking the players in such an ever-changing industry. Omissions will be made, and rankings will be questioned. even the Power 50?s number one, Michael Gudinski, has a few qualms about the list, most notably regarding the absence of many key females who are undoubtedly power players in the Australian music industry.

In the spirit of promoting conversation, TMN offers up fifty people in the music industry that certainly would not have been out of place on the AMID Power 50 list, in no particular order.Marcus Seal. Marketing & Communications, Live Nation Australia & new Zealand.The Live Nation juggernaut continues its foray into local territory, with Seal controlling the marketing side.

Tom Misner ? SAE, 301 Sydney and 301 ByronMisner?s business savvy is why 301 Sydney is considered the flagship studio(s) in the country by many producers and artists.

Tony Midolo -National Radio Promotions Manager, WMAWarner have the highest top 40 radio market share of the first six months of the year, even though they have a smaller catalogue than UMA and Sony.

Paul Mulholland ? CEO, JandsFounded 42 years ago, this privately owned Australian company manufactures and distributes audio, lighting and staging, as well as employing over 120 people across Australia. Elton John even crashed their 1986 Xmas party.

Rachel Newman ? iTunes Australia & new Zealand Manager, Label Relations and Music Programming at Apple inc.?Rachel Newman runs iTunes, I mean if she?s not a top player I don?t know who is.? ? Michael Gudinski

Paul Field- the Wiggles manager.At the helm of one of the most powerful and successful groups in Australian music history, Paul Field is a power player. you never forget your first love, moreso when they wore matching skivvies.

Katrina Southon ? Senior VP, Managing Director of MTV Networks Australia and new ZealandAlthough the focus has shifted away from pure music content in recent years, MTV still have impressive pull in Australia.

Rhys Holleran - Chief Executive Officer of Southern Cross Media Group.CEO of the Southern Cross Media Group since late 2009, Holleran has been in the radio game for close to 25 years.

Andrew McManus ? Concert Promoter, founder of McManus Entertainment Lenny Kravitz, Joe Jackson, Def Leopard, Motley Crue, Chris Isaak, Guns ?n? Roses and Raggamuffin Festival are a few tours that McManus has been behind.

Lorne Padman ? ViciousVicious had a massive year at radio in 2011 and are backing it up with more of the same. one of Australia?s most dominant independent labels.

Brian Taranto ? Managing Director of Love PoliceHeading up the leading merchandise company in the country, BT also acts as a promoter, with the massive Black Keys tour later this year being Love Police?s current focus.

Wally de BackerSomebody that I used To know is the highest selling single in America so far this year, with over 5.5. million copies sold by July 1. (Soundscan) No one man should have all that power!

Michael Harrison ? General Manager at Frontier Touring CompanyHarrison rose through the ranks at the affiliated Harbour Agency to helm Frontier. As Gudinski told us, Mushroom Group?s success is due to the people Gudinski surrounds himself with.

Mathew Eggleston - 2Day FM Music Director and Network Music Director for the Today Network.Abela will pass the baton to Eggleston, making ?Eggo? one of the most influential MDs in the country.

Nadya Balzarolo ? General Manager Promotions, Universal MusicBalzarolo controls the promotion of Universal?s artists, a job that is going to hold even more weight with their takeover of EMI.

Olivia Belvedere - Program Director Radar RadioIt?s hard to break a song at commercial radio in the current climate, making Radar?s programming across SCA one of the only ways into metropolitan scheduling.

Joan Warner - Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Radio AustraliaCommercial Radio Australia represents 99% of all commercial radio broadcasters in the country, making Warner one of the industry?s leading figures.

Toni Pipicelli/ Kristine Pymont - Group Music Director ? Nova Network ? DMG RadioWhen you control the network between Triple J and Today, you have the power to make (or neglect) hit songs.

Craig Treweek- Managing Director at Street Press AustraliaA solid network of music titles around the country brought together by a well executed website, and far too modest to include himself in his own list.Phil Stevens - Founder, Jarrah Records, manages Little Birdy, JBT, Waifs.Stevens has been the driving force behind John Butler becoming the booming business that he is.

Matt Emsell- Director wonder Management/Twenty five MusicI don?t think Mercury Australia could ask for much more than Emsell?s charges Matt Corby and Karise Eden. between them, they?ve sold over 350,000 records.

Kathy McCabe ? Music Editor, the Daily TelegraphWith close to a million readers, it?s no wonder McCabe?s take on concerts and records is sought after from labels and managers.

Shaun James- Manager Director, XYZ NetworksMusic TV is obviously a powerful tool, often prompting increased radio support and sales. XYZ not only has [V], [V] Hits and Max ? it also includes one of the biggest influences in Australia?s country music landscape, CMC.

Dave Ruby Howe ? Music Director, Triple J UnearthedUnearthed is often unfairly regarded as a monopoly, to which Chris Scaddan retorted ?if people are calling it a monopoly, it?s because it?s been successful.? Exactly.

John O?Donnell ? Artist Manager, JournalistAside from penning the definitive book of the top Australian albums, O?Donnell co-manages Cold Chisel with John Watson.

Dan Zilber ? FBi Music DirectorResponsible for breaking some of Australia?s most successful bands, Sydney?s FBi even gave Wolfmother their first spin.

Stephen Wade/Rob G- Select Music?Select Music opened its doors in 2005 with the dream of being a multifunctional music company covering all facets of the industry.? seven years on, they have definitely achieved this.

Marcus Teague ? Deputy Editor of the VineTeague heads up the editorial team at the Vine, which is fast becoming one of the most powerful online entertainment portals.

Brett Cottle ? CEO APRA/AMCOSCottle has been the Chief Executive of APRA since 1990 and of AMCOS since the two merged. Musicians cannot overstate the importance of these societies!

Jerome Borazio ? Laneway Festival/Bar Baron of MelbourneLaneway Festival has grown in leaps and bounds since its 2004 beginnings in an actual laneway. And, yup, Borazio is the ?St. Jerome? in the name.

Stephen Halpin and Rod Little ? Groovin the Moo promotersGroovin? the Moo secures more and more impressive acts every year, making it no surprise they have the regional festivals market sown up.

Bill Riner/Brandon Stewart ? ABC Local Radio Network Music ProgrammersWith a unique playlist, a placement on ABC Local Radio can be the difference between selling and not selling records.

Michael Parisi ? Artist managerAs Managing Director of Michael Parisi Management and with a history as Senior VP of Warner Music Australia, Parisi has a realistic and careful approach in guiding artists? careers.

Duncan Campbell ? Group Content Director of ARNHaving predicted many radio-programming trends in his two years with the Australian Radio Network, Campbell is picked to be the leader who moves the company in front of competitors Austereo and Nova.

Craig Bruce ? Group Content Director, Southern Cross AustereoCraig Bruce is at the helm of the broadcast media industry as a part of a company who produce more hours of live content a day than any other broadcast media.

Tim Kelly- General Manager, Marketing at Universal Music GroupFrom five years as Director Marketing with Sony Music Entertainment to seven years with Universal, Tim Kelly?s experience in taking part in the growth of the industry puts him at the centre of future change.

Gavin Parry ? Executive Vice President Digital and Business Development, Asia and ANZ at Sony Music EntertainmentGavin Parry is responsible for developing new and existing digital music services. He also works extensively with brands and other industries to develop new music related opportunities.

Emmanuel Candi ? GM, human resources and business strategy, SMEGaining his musical roots as Executive Director of ARIA, Emmanuel Candi?s senior executive role with Sony Music Entertainment allows him to guide the Australian recording industry. Nicole Hart ? Revolutions per Minute ?Working closely with MCM Media, Live Nation, ARIA, and a handful of Australian artists, Nicole Hart is at the forefront of the music industry.

Nathan McClay- Founder & Managing Director at Future ClassicThis Sydney-based record label, touring agency and music publishing company just keeps getting more powerful. A great example of the new music industry model.

Joe Segreto ? Homebake promoter, IMCThe man behind Homebake, Segreto also works closely with a number of the country?s top acts, through his company IMC.

David Chitty- Managing Director & Promoter, Sunset EventsThe WA company operate out of a tiny shed in Fremantle, but think big: Southbound, the West Coast Blues ?n? Roots Festival and one Movement For Music Perth were all events Chitty and co. successfully steered.Simon Crean ? Minister for the ArtsMinister for the Arts!

Tim McGee ? CEO at Ministry of SoundMinistry of Sound Australia was started in 1999 by McGee, and has been the leading dance label in the country ever since.

Kate Dundas- Director of Radio, ABC.Dundas was appointed Director of Radio in 2009, a fairly vital role considering the pull ABC?s many radio stations have in the industry.

Christie Eliezer? Senior Industry Correspondent, the Music NetworkEliezer is a stalwart of the music industry, currently writing the weekly Industrial Strength column for TMN. Eliezer has written for Billboard, Juke, Rolling Stone Australia, NME, new York Post, GQ and the list goes on?

Lars Brandle ? Senior Writer with the Music Network, and Australian Correspondent for Billboard Magazine.Being the Australian correspondent for Billboard, and the Senior Writer for TMN, means that Brandle wrote the word ?Gotye? more than any other journalist last year.

51-100: Omissions from the AMID Power 50 ? Music Industry ? The Music Network

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Here's Why Your Geek Squad Appointment Has Been Delayed Until Half Past Never [Rumors]

A tipster who works for Best Buy has told us that the company on Tuesday began implementing a "restructuring plan," which is PR-speak for massive layoffs and the reason your Geek Squad appointment has been indefinitely delayed. More »

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Wall Street shrugs off Microsoft's aQuantive write-down

Bangalore, July 5:?

Wall Street doesn?t think that Microsoft?s $6.3-billion aQuantive failure was a big mistake.

In fact, MarketWatch said shares were up 0.3 per cent at $30.64.

Pearson Education says that many M&A deals fail because of flaws in business logic, integration and corporate development, among others.?

Around 85 per cent of failed acquisitions can be attributed to HR issues, according to Keeley Mooneyhan Director of M&A Practice with HR Matters.?

The IT industry has many spectacular M&A failures. One example is AOL?s acquisition of Time Warner in January 2000 for $164 billion, which saw Time Warner?s shares jump 39 per cent to $90.06. In December 2009, the two companies split.?

But M&A failures are not complete failures. Inc. Wire reports Google?s VP of Corporate Development, Mr David Lawee, as saying at TechCrunch?s Disrupt 2012 that though one-third of Google?s acquisitions have failed, it has still won because it has managed to get good people through acquisitions.

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Pakistan rejects charge of state role in Mumbai attacks

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