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Make use of your summer’s blueberry bounty with these delicious, chewy cookies

After Hours at the Consortium Library have been cut due to budget

RED ZONE: 3,400 and counting — untested rape kits discovered in statewide audit

By Victoria Petersen

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In the fall of 2015, Governor Bill Walker ordered the states law enforcement agencies to release the number of untested rape kits in their inventory. Of the 52 agencies in the state, 17 facilities reported their inventory. The reported inventory brought the total to 3,400 untested rape kits, and counting. Of the 3,400, 1,691 untested kits were reported at the Anchorage Police Department, some being decades old.

Some reasons a kit might be in storage and not processed is if a victim asks to not be tested, if the sexual assault was a false report, or if the victim is deceased.

“We have been requested in the past from outside entities to say do you know what your current backlog is, are there any ways we might be able to alleviate

those and getting a firm answer from anyone was incredibly difficult. It really took an action of the governor to be able to find out how many,” Keeley Olson, Executive Director at Standing Together Against Rape (STAR), said. “The whole idea of sexual assault is that someones power has been completely taken away from them; and the idea of advocacy and empowerment is to give them options.”

In the case of a sexual assault on campus, the University Police Department collects evidence for a rape kit, then sends it to the crime lab. UPD had no untested rape kits in their storage at the time of the audit.

“Like any other agency, if we have a sexual assault, we have a kit. Once we collect it, we give it to our evidence guy and he transports it to the state crime lab.

We deal with it like everyone else does,” Lieutenant Michael Beckner of UPD said.

Rape kits hold evidence that is collected from the victim, then examined at the crime lab in hopes of finding a perpetrator. The DNA held in rape kits are often missing pieces in larger criminal cases.

Victims are encouraged to go through with the examination and DNA collection, in hopes to find justice for the victim and other possible victims. Of course, an adult is not required, and has the right to abstain from the examination.

“We would not make a victim do anything they don’t wish to do and they would make that choice. Our responsi-

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Alaska's $93 million dollar Scientific Crime Detection Lab opened in June 2012.

bility is to educate the about preserving evidence and to understand that there is a time frame to preserve evidence. We would want to make sure that a person understands what that means for the long term,” Bridgett Dooley, Director and Title IX Coordinator said.

The problem of rape kit backlog expands past the state of Alaska and is a national issue. Few state governments track rape kit backlog, and no federal entity tracks rape kit backlog.

Legislation is currently being crafted by the Governor in hopes to bring every

law agency accountable for their untested rape kits on site.

That legislation will be will be introduced by the governor in the next legislative session and will require a state wide audit and hold a fiscal note to hire investigators and prosecutors for cases identified.

The state has applied for a federal grant to help finance processing for the untested kits. The state will hear back if they received the grant at the end of the month. It will take years to process the untested rape kits.

Phase I of Strategic Pathways underway

By Victoria Petersen

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UA President Jim Johnsen holds an open forum at UAA’s Student Union Cafeteria with faculty and students to discuss Phase 1 of Strategic Pathways. Johnsen was appointed the 14th President of University of Alaska in July 2015.

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In an effort to tighten the university budget Strategic Pathways is President Jim Johnsen’s solution for necessary cuts and changes to UA. Separated into phases, Strategic Pathways will focus on select programs in each phase, allowing for public testimony and careful thought regarding each and every program up for reductions and termination.

Phase I of Strategic Pathways is underway this week and will be submitted for approval to the University Board in Juneau on Sept. 15 and 16. Phase II, which will be evaluating online learning, health, fisheries, human resources, institutional research, university relations and student affairs begins in October.

Phase I of Strategic Pathways surrounds multiple programs, including engineering, business management, procurement, athletics, information technology and teacher’s education.

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On Wednesday, Sept. 7, Johnsen held a forum in the Student Union where students, faculty and community members could voice their concerns about implementation of Strategic Pathways phase I. The forum consisted of many athletes, coaches, students, staff and community members. Head coaches and athletes stood in the crowd and spoke emotionally about their journey with UAA athletics to Johnsen.

“I’m concerned about getting athletics cut, obviously as being on the gymnastics team, but also I’m concerned about my education. With an athletic cut, I can’t stay here if I don’t have an athletic scholarship,” Morgan Ross, a member of the UAA gymnastics team said.

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of reaching eight 4.0 grade point averages, serving 800 community hours this semester, attending student-run events as a team, perfect attendance, hosting clinics for local gymnasts, attending all the public forums, each writing a letter to the Board of Regents and writing a letter to NCAA. Although the forum was meant to be a place for students, staff, and community members to speak about all things with phase I of Strategic Pathways, the discussion was overwhelmingly focused on the possibility of cutting UAA athletics.

“I am most concerned with the preponderance of public backlash that has resulted from the athletics suggested cuts.

I recognize it’s a highly visible program and that’s why those cuts are going to garner outrage. I’m concerned that that’s drowning other news, just as significant.

Things that would significantly change the educational future for all students,” USUAA President Sam Erickson said.

Jennifer Spencer, one of the few members of the forum who didn’t speak about athletics, voiced concerns with after hours being cut at the library.

“They were able to put in a new door. I was a bit confused as to why we were able to get the door, but cut after hours,” Spencer, a student at UAA studying social work said.

In response to her concerns, Johnsen

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UA President Jim Johnsen speaks to students, staff and members of the community about Phase I of Strategic Pathways.

raised his arms in the air, fist-bumping the sky, and enthusiastically exclaimed “yes!” and nothing more.

“I didn’t know if it was a ‘yeah!’ you’re gonna get your hours back or like a ‘yeah!’ get off the mic. I feel like he kind of understood where I was coming from, but still I wish I would have got some clarity with a yes or a no,” Spencer said.

One notable member of the forum was Andy Josephson, member of the House of Representatives, who shared his concerns in the forum about UAA’s budget and the engineering program.

“We should have two programs, clearly we are not going to close our new engineering building. UAF has always traditionally had a superior engineering graduate program. I’m actually traveling there on [Sept. 20] to tour the campus and see what going on there. The engineering program has seen massive growth I wouldn’t touch that, I would increase that,” Josephson said.

A soon-to-be graduate of psychology and justice at UAA, Jessamy Silver stumbled upon the forum and decided to voice her concerns for future generations

of UAA students to the Johnsen.

“My younger brother is coming in next year and I know he’s actually been starting to consider not coming to UAA at all. He’s looking at the environment now and is not sure he wants to do that,” Silver said.

UAA was just one of three campus visits Johnsen is doing to reach out to the community and receive feedback on phase I of Strategic Pathways. Johnsen will take the feedback to Juneau and share it will the University Board on September 15 and 16.

Consortium Library After Hours cut due to budget woes

cuts are really bad.’”

Students took to not just to Facebook, but to Twitter and other social media outlets to voice their concerns.

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Signs stating that the Library After Hours would not be offered began appearing after August 29, the first day of classes in the 2016 Fall Semester. According to the Dean of the Library, it is unknown if the extended study hours will be able to be offered at the library again.

By Kathryn DuFresne content@thenorthernlight.org

As early as August 29, paper signs were posted outside the UAA/APU Consortium Library entrances stating, “After Hours will not be offered this semester due to budget cuts.”

According to Steve Rollins, Dean of the Consortium Library, over the last three years, budget cuts to the library have continued to get deeper.

“We’ve lost, at this point, $1.7 million from the general fund. That’s about 28 percent of our general fund,” Rollins said. “Three years ago, we got cut $400,000, then it was $600,000, and then this year we’re in right now is $740,000 that’s been cut. We’ve cut collections, we’ve cut our book budget...”

Robin Hanson, Head of Access Services at the Consortium Library noted that many do not realize “...how many dollars we’ve lost, and our reductions in staff and the decisions we had to make.”

Genevieve Mina, biological sciences major, drafted an “Ode to Budget Cuts” on Facebook, parodying Martin Niemoller’s “First they came...” poem describing the perils of Nazi Germany, reaching in excess of 90 students online.

“When I saw that the Library After Hours were closed down it was just kinda a realization to me,” Mina said. “I know that budget cuts have been affecting this university, and I have a lot of friends who are in student government or who work with the board of regents, so I hear a lot about the different policy decisions that are happening. It’s never until you see services that you need getting cut where you’re just like ‘Oh yeah, these

Overall, concern for the lack of After Hours is coming from students with full course-loads, or who work during the day who need a place to study at night “For me, I was going to make this year my year to keep going to the library to get my work done, and so relying on library after hours was a big component of that,” Mina said.

According to Rollins, the service wasn’t as well used as many students believe it was.

“It was a very good service, but it really wasn’t as well attended particularly after about 11:30, because we were open until 1 a.m. Between midnight and one, we usually never had more than 40 people in the building, and this is a very large facility to keep open for that few people,” Rollins said.

Despite the inability to provide students with the library for late-night studying, Rollins hopes that he can work with the university to find an alternate option, stating that the reason they added After Hours was due to student requests.

“I think what we need to do on a university level is have a conversation about how can we provide an after hours facility on the campus. I think it’s needed, but the library may not be the right place, because we’re expensive to operate. I think there is a need to have study space after 10 p.m,” Rollins said. “It might be that we could figure out a way on campus for a different space that might only require one person. So I think that the library, we want to be part of the solution, we really do want to help.”

The UAA/APU Consortium Library hours are now 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday until Dec. 9.

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Tutka Bay blueberry cream cheese cookies

By Victoria Petersen

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Ditch your usual blueberry muffins and pancakes and use the blueberries you picked this summer to make these sweet and chewy cookies. Inspired by Tutka Bay Lodge owner Kirsten Dixon, and her daughter Mandy Dixon, these cookies are featured in the Tutka Bay Lodge cookbook. The cookbook gleans inspiration from the natural surroundings of beautiful Kachemak Bay, where nearly all the recipes feature natural and foraged ingredients from the nearby landscape. Use Alaskan blueberries for optimal flavor.

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Ingredients: 4 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

Directions: 1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and grease your baking sheet.

1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cup butter 2 teaspoons lemon zest

2. In a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.

3. Cream the butter with the zest, brown sugar, and sugar with a stand up mixture or a fork. Continue this until it becomes fluffy and light-colored. Add in eggs one at a time mixing thoroughly. Mix in the vanilla extract.

1 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 1/4 cup sugar 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups chocolate chips 1 cup blueberries 4 tablespoons cream cheese, cut into small pieces

4. Take the dry ingredients in the medium bowl and stir in to the creamed mixture until completely combined.

5. With a spatula, fold in the chocolate chips. Then gently fold in the blueberries and cream cheese, paying special attention to not break up the berries.

6. At this point, the dough is complete. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate dough for around 30 minutes.

7. Once the dough has been chilled cut and roll into small spheres, about 3 - 5 inches in diameter, and place on the greased baking sheet. Place in the oven for approximately 13-15 minutes, or until golden brown.

Lunch Break: Caliente

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Caliente, which now offers UAA students a build-your-own burrito experience, can be found on the lower level of the Student Union.

By Young Kim

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For Lunch Break this week, we’re taking a look at Caliente, the Student Union’s newest addition to Seawolf Dining. It occupies the space next to Subway where Mein Bowl used to be. Caliente offers UAA students a build your own burrito experience.

On Caliente’s menu, one can find burritos and burrito bowls, and a few other

options such as quesadillas and chips and guacamole. I found most of the ingredients to be fresh and well seasoned. Overall, I enjoyed the food there and I’m glad I tried it. It was good. That being said, it wasn’t amazing. While each individual component of my burrito was tasty, it didn’t seem like they worked together.

One thing that really bothered me about my burrito was my tortilla. I recommend asking the staff at Caliente to heat it for longer so that it is a bit more flexible and chewy. If I’m looking for a burrito, I think I would probably head somewhere else. There isn’t anything that Caliente offers that would convince me to eat there over somewhere like Qdoba, especially for about the same price.

It’s always nice to see new options being added to Seawolf Dining, as it gives students an opportunity to try something different without having to look off campus. Next week, we will venture out and experience something new at Thai Kitchen.

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‘Rams’ is tragicomedy at its bleakest

By Jacob Holley-Kline Contributor

Icelandic humor has got to be the darkest kind of humor out there. Looking at the country’s history, it makes sense: in around 1260, deforestation, volcanic eruptions, and infertile soil ravaged the land. In the 15th century, the Black Plague hit twice, wiping out entire generations of settlers. One third of those bloodlines who survived would be killed by small pox three hundred years later.

It’s no wonder, then, that “Rams” is barely a comedy by American standards.

To call it “bleak” would be an understatement. Director Grimur Hakonarson makes Iceland’s empty interior as much a character as the assiduous Gummi (Sigurour Sigurjonsson, “Brave Men’s Blood”) and his estranged, hard-drinking brother, Kiddi (Theodor Juliusson, “The Deep”).

The two of them are farmers. For 40 years, they haven’t spoken a word to each other despite being neighbors. The only thing they have in common is their undying love for their sheep. When scrapie, an incurable nervous system disease, sweeps through their herds, the brothers find that they can’t deal with the plague alone.

There’s a great deal of unexpressed love between Gummi and Kiddi. But “Rams” makes a point of intertwining

love and death. One does not, and cannot, exist without the other. In the opening scene, Gummi goes from nuzzling his prize ram to finding that one of his brother’s sheep has died. By the time Kiddi is introduced, the metaphor is clear. The title “Rams” is not about the rams at all, it’s about the brothers.

In 90 percent of their interactions, they butt heads, just like the animals they shepherd. It’s an on-the-nose metaphor, and one that’s done well. But Gummi and Kiddi’s relationship feels oversimplified because of it. Since their past is explored only vaguely, their arcs don’t have the cathartic quality that director Hákonarson attributes to them.

Of course, this all sounds very dark.

And it is, but it’s also funny. It’s a desert-dry kind of humor, one that sneaks up on you. That stealthy quality makes the “gags” all the more hilarious. One of the darkest moments in the movie, how Gummi deals with his infected flock, for example, is immediately undercut by one of the funniest moments in the movie.

In the end, “Rams” is a movie for a particular mindset. It’s about as bleak as tragicomedies gets. From the barren setting of rural Iceland to the long, dialoguefree stretches that punctuate it, the movie lifts its desolation up. After all, if you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you, so why not laugh at it?

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RELEASE DATE May 28, 2015

GENRE Comedy

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A farewell to Blockbuster

By Jacob Holley-Kline Contributor

The Blockbuster on Northern Lights is closing. That means that there are four Blockbusters left in the state. While that number is higher than the rest of the nation, it is inevitably dwindling.

From 1997, the time my family moved to Alaska, until just last week, I went to either the Northern Lights or Debarr Blockbuster most every Friday. At that time, my family was poor. Blockbuster was a weekly luxury we saved for. My mother was struggling with alcoholism and, as such, we didn’t leave the house much. The world around me, too often, felt closed. Connecting with people was, and still is, hard. Connecting with movies, however, was easy.

So, on Friday, we rented movies. As a young boy, I was afraid to go through the metal detectors. They towered over me, threatening in a strange way. But, when my mom or dad calmly urged me through them, the smell of popcorn on the other side erased any fears I had. At that point, it felt like the world had opened up.

Now, don’t get me wrong. It’s an immense privilege to be alive in the Netflix era. All it takes to find a movie is desire and a search engine, but that

convenience comes at a price: there’s no sense of discovery.

In Blockbuster, there were only so many aisles to browse. So you took chances. The DVD cover alone, and what review blurbs were on it, was the determining factor. While that’s not a healthy philosophy to live by, it was perfect for Blockbuster. Now, freshly separated from my longtime girlfriend, I’ve entered a time of transition. So, too, has Blockbuster.

Ironically, the store’s now busier than ever. Returning to take advantage of the closing sale, I was one of many waiting outside for the store to open.

I walked through the metal detectors one last time, feeling as small as I did years ago. Instead of popcorn I smelled plastic, faint whiffs of old candy. People milled about, baskets of DVDs in hand.

Even when my own basket was loaded, I didn’t want to leave.

In those aisles, I felt the pangs of nostalgia. Blockbuster is more than just a movie store, it is my childhood. I spent countless hours browsing its contents with my mom, dad, and brother. After two hours, I left. 23 DVDs and two shirts in hand, I realized that I was saying goodbye not just to Blockbuster, but to my childhood. And I couldn’t help but feel that both were gone too soon.

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TapRoot’s first Fall Music Festival caps off the summer season

By Madison McEnaney arts2@thenorthernlight.org

Summer may be over, but festival season is not. Saturday, Sept. 17, Anchorage’s well known bar, TapRoot is hosting its first ever outdoor parking lot concert, featuring multiple well known bands, food vendors and crafters. The doors open for all ages at noon, with shows beginning at 1 p.m., and a sectioned off area specifically for the 21 and over crowd. The bands performing at the event include: 1 p.m.: Hannah Yoter Band 2:30 p.m.: Hope Social Club 4 p.m.: The Dirty Hands 6 p.m.: The Jephries 8 p.m.: Blackwater Railroad Company 10:30 p.m.: Super Saturated Sugar Strings Evan Phillips, Taproot’s music and events coordinator, was able to hand pick each band that is set to perform, and was able to choose bands that embodied a

sound he knew the people of Anchorage would want to hear.

“We put together a pretty heavy hitting local lineup. I sat down and wrote out a list of bands, then went out and got them pretty easily. We’re all friends,” Phillips said.

Another way that makes this festival more appealing to the public is that it is open to all ages.

“It’s hard to get people to come out to shows. By making the festival all ages, there’s a greater chance it will sell out,” Phillips said when asked about the crowd expectation.

The Dirty Hands, a seven piece band that is based out of Girdwood, is one of the six acts that will be performing at the Fall Music Festival. For this band, the festival is apart of an ongoing tour they’ve been on this summer all across the state. The Dirty Hands stand out as a band because of their ability to articulate a unique sound with various instruments including the saxophone, flute and keyboard.

“We have a background in heavy blues, grunge, classical, metal, all sorts of

areas,” Andrew Saden, drummer for The Dirty Hands said when asked to describe the bands direction of sound.

Not conforming to one specific genre seems to work for many local bands. The Super Saturated Sugar Strings, a six person band, puts out music that sounds like a mix of indie and folk with a jazz influence as well.

Logan Bean, the primary trumpet player for The Super Saturated Sugar Strings, said that the bands “musical arrangements, or lack thereof, are what make us stand out as a band. We never write anything down, we like to bring something new to stage during each show.”

Bean also hinted at a set list for the festival of almost entirely new songs, that are in the works to be recorded this fall in San Francisco. Having opened for big name acts such as The Head and The Heart and Milky Chance, The Super Saturated Sugar Strings will absolutely help make this festival something worth being a part of.

To reach out to an even larger amount of Anchorage, the festival is going beyond

featuring solely musicians. There will be a selection of food trucks and vendors serving up local cuisine. TapRoot will be providing food, and will feature a beer garden for anyone 21 and over during the event. Alongside them will be vendors, including Talkeetna Spinach Bread, Pho Lena and Mint Chip to allow a wide variety of food from local businesses to choose from.

There will also be craft vendors at the Fall Music Festival, selling clothes, jewelry, ceramics and other items. All of the following attractions will come together to form a very positive energy, focusing on celebrating Alaska and the talent it harbors.

With six solid local acts and well known food and craft vendors, TapRoot’s Fall Music Festival will absolutely be somewhere everyone should be spending their Saturday at. It isn’t very often that Anchorage sees events like this one, so when the opportunity presents itself, every member of the community should want to jump in.

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Kelly Mclaughlin’s ‘Reign of Fables’ on display in Student Union Gallery

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Kelly Mclaughlin stands with “Serpentine,” which like most of her other works is a mixture of ceramic, oil paint and luster.

“The Lost Key” and more of McLaughlin’s works are inspired by anthropological mythology.

McLaughlin’s “Reign of Fables” explores the relationship between animal and humankind. Shown here is “Reflection.”

“Locked Doors” tells its own unique story within the fantastic environment created by artist McLaughlin.

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Dear President Jim Johnsen

By Kathryn DuFresne content@thenorthernlight.org

I realize you’re a busy man, and I realize life can’t be easy right now. The Board of Regents needs you to make budget cuts, the Alaska State Legislature won’t give you the money you need to maintain every facet of your university system and you’ve now subjected yourself to students, faculty and community members airing their concerns right at you.

It can’t be easy to find the right words to say to every concerned coach who is afraid that their sport will be cut, to every worried faculty member who is afraid their program won’t be available for future students and everyone else who is worried about their favorite program being eliminated. However, I left the open forum you hosted on Wednesday, Sept. 7 concerned that you not only couldn’t find the words, but you couldn’t find the compassion to tell these individuals you were fighting for them and your university.

The thing I noticed from attending UAA’s open forum and watching the news reports of the open forum at UAF was something not many people will notice. I’m an English major, and hedged language is something I notice right away in speeches and in writing, both academic and not. If you don’t know, hedging is the art of being cautious with your words, using things like “most believe” or “there is hope that.” Every word you spoke to the audience was filled with your hopes that maybe we might make it out of this with our programs in tact, and how you certainly, probably, maybe thought the case might be that we won’t have the money to do everything like we used to. Did you not prepare to hear students,

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staff and the community pour their hearts out at you about how we just want to pursue academic excellence, get our degrees and get a good job eventually?

When people pour their hearts out to you, they want to hear answers. They want solutions. They want to know that you’re doing everything in your power to fight for what we hope you believe in. Angry and frustrated students won’t believe you when you say that you understand if you won’t give them a direct answer or response.

I watched so many people walk away from the microphone frustrated because you didn’t respond, or all you said was “Yes!” and nothing came of it.

You repeatedly said you understood where we were coming from; that you went to college, you said your son played sports... I’m not sure you really understand how hard it is to watch your legislators tell you that your education isn’t a priority to them and then watch it be thrown away in favor of other things, or another legislative session.

If you want students to feel confident in your abilities as UA President, Mr. Johnsen, I hope that you come out and offer some words of hope. I want to be able to tell my friends that our futures at this university will be bright because you’ve done everything you can to help us out. This could include writing more letters to legislators, testifying to Governor Walker, helping students get to Juneau or helping UAS students work with the government, or maybe even taking a look at how much you make versus how many faculty you’ve had to cut this year. You make the hard decisions, yes, but the professors and faculty here work incredibly hard to make sure that we’re getting the best education we can with what little our university seems to be giving us back.

You have the power to help. I can only hope that you use that power responsibly.

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