From metricstarr at gmail.com Sun Oct 4 22:56:53 2009 From: metricstarr at gmail.com (Crystal Ainardi) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:56:53 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Fwd: "...Initiative 1033 is ahead by a whopping 30 points, 61 to 31 percent." In-Reply-To: <068401ca4527$64017a60$2c046f20$@net> References: <068401ca4527$64017a60$2c046f20$@net> Message-ID: <55196ea10910041956m20609146x36b12ee5c31021cc@mail.gmail.com> Let?s make sure Democrats vote in this election ? FOR R 71 AND against 1033. [image: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/logo_200w.gif] Sunday, October 4, 2009 - Page updated at 12:01 AM Permission to reprint or copy this article or photo, other than personal use, must be obtained from The Seattle Times. Call 206-464-3113 206-464-3113 or e-mail resale at seattletimes.com with your request. *An Eyman kind of year at the polls* By Danny Westneat Seattle Times staff columnist As of today, a month before the November election, I'd bet Mike McGinn is going to be the next mayor of Seattle. And Susan Hutchison is going to be the next King County executive. Why that odd couple? Because it feels like a Tim Eyman kind of year. Say what? Before you go pointing out the ways McGinn (a greenie liberal lawyer) and Hutchison (a sort-of-Republican former newscaster) have absolutely nothing in common with one another, let alone with Eyman (an anti-tax initiative mercenary), there is one key way their stars are aligning this year. They are the anti-establishment. At a time when the old-guard power structure is about as popular as a swine-flu sneeze (see Nickels, Greg). You can see the surly mood in a new poll on Eyman's latest: His government-limiting Initiative 1033 is ahead by a whopping 30 points, 61 to 31 percent. My hunch isn't that voters think Eyman has stumbled on a brilliant idea (think the blind squirrel finding an acorn). It's that Eyman's longtime foil ? government ? seems tone-deaf right now to people across the political spectrum. Enter McGinn. "If you want a mayor who's going to go along with the same big businesses and unions that have set the agenda in Seattle for a long time, then I'm not your man," McGinn told me. I watched McGinn as he went before The Seattle Times editorial board last week and proceeded to disagree with the establishment position about most everything. He's not easily pigeonholed. Is he a liberal? Well, yes. But when he's indicting the shaky financing of the $4.2 billion waterfront-tunnel project you could be listening to ... Tim Eyman! "The tunnel's going to be the largest tax increase in Seattle history," he says, "and that's before the cost overruns. Shouldn't they let us at least vote on that?" So both the business and labor establishments are rallying around McGinn's opponent, Joe Mallahan. The outsider status Mallahan once had now is blurred in a blizzard of checks from the insiders. McGinn says he's no obstructionist. Except when government tries to foist stuff on people they don't want. Such as the tunnel. Or that big roads and transit package in 2007. McGinn led the campaign to defeat that, then helped put just the transit portion back on the ballot. It won overwhelmingly. "That isn't a record of obstruction, that is listening to what the public wants and then making it happen," McGinn argues. McGinn is on to something. I'm opposed to a tunnel vote myself, as Seattle already seems bogged down in too much talking and not enough doing. But cynicism about government right now is epic. People see it as catering to narrow special interests. So McGinn is offering a kind of lefty version of Eyman's populist pact. Go around the old power structure. Go straight to the public with your ideas. Or go the way of Greg Nickels. Now over in the King County executive's race, there's no official Democrat vs. Republican anymore. But there is outsider vs. insider ? a theme that's killing the insider, King County Councilmember Dow Constantine. He's far more experienced and knowledgeable about the county's problems than Hutchison. Which she uses as a cudgel, asking: Well, then why haven't you solved them? It's a good question he hasn't answered. Often his campaign changes the subject like this: Yeah, so. But you're a pro-lifer! I don't think that's going to work. Hutchison probably is anti-abortion ? she won't say, which is lame ? but she's no right-winger. She supports domestic partnerships for gays and lesbians, Referendum 71. She backs putting a levy on the ballot for social services (which actually puts her to the left of Constantine). And she opposes Eyman's initiative, saying it would be "a disaster." Everyone's against Eyman, as usual. But it sure seems like his spirit is dominating the debate. *Danny Westneat's column appears Wednesday and Sunday. Reach him at 206-464-2086 206-464-2086 or dwestneat at seattletimes.com.* Copyright ? The Seattle Times Company -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The campaign would like the ad to stay on the air the entire time people are voting. Whether it will is up to you. *Donate today to help keep the Approve Referendum 71 ad on the air through Election Day: http://approvereferendum71.org * ** I'm asking you to support this campaign because domestic partnership rights are too important to risk. Approving Referendum 71 ensures that important protections are not taken away from Washington's domestic partners - protections all families need to take care of each other, especially in times of crisis. We need to defend the domestic partnership law so that lesbian and gay couples in committed relationships can take unpaid leave to care for a critically ill loved one without fear of being fired. So that both partners can be covered by family health insurance. And to make sure hard-earned pension and death benefits protect children when a parent dies. *Please help ensure that families in domestic partnerships retain their rights with a donation to the Approve Referendum 71 campaign. The Approve 71 campaign needs funding to overcome three difficult challenges *: - Since this is an off-year election, equality-friendly young people are less likely to vote. - Voters tend to reject ballot measures if they don't fully understand the issue. - Tim Eyman's anti-tax initiative is likely to inspire conservatives to fill out their ballots. The campaign needs to motivate and educate voters. But time is ticking and voter outreach costs money. *Can you make a contribution of $250, $100 or $71 today so that the Approve Referendum 71 campaign can keep their ad on the air? Every bit helps. * Sincerely, Dwight Pelz Washington State Democrats Chair PS: *A set of donors from Gay and Lesbian Employees at Microsoft (GLEAM), acting as individuals, have pledged to match each dollar of your donations for a week, up to $10,000. There are two days left!* Help make sure all Washington families are equal: Donate to the Approve Referendum 71 campaign today: http://approvereferendum71.org/donate Share on: *Please forward this email to friends and family* ------------------------------ *Contributions are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.*Paid for by Washington State Democratic Central Committee PO Box 4027 Seattle, WA 98194 - (206) 583-0664 - www.wa-democrats.org This communication is not authorized by any federal candidate or candidate's committee. ------------------------------ Powered by -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Murray and Sebelius will answer questions sent in from Washington state residents as well as those submitted live through the White House?s video chat Facebook application, where constituents can be part of the discussion as it is happening. Senator Murray has received over 7,000 stories and questions through the her health insurance reform website . She will be sharing with Secretary Sebelius some of the most common concerns of Washington state families and small business owners. WHO: Senator Patty Murray Secretary Kathleen Sebelius WHAT: Live video chat on health insurance reform WHEN: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:45 PM PST WHERE: Watch live: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ Ask questions live through Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/whitehouselive/ -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From metricstarr at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 16:08:04 2009 From: metricstarr at gmail.com (Crystal Ainardi) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:08:04 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Fwd: How I-1033 would work in real terms In-Reply-To: <017c01ca4ce7$fc477be0$f4d673a0$@net> References: <017c01ca4ce7$fc477be0$f4d673a0$@net> Message-ID: <55196ea10910141308u13291fb1vc81d492722658476@mail.gmail.com> [image: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/logo_200w.gif] Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - Page updated at 12:01 AM [image: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2009/10/11/2008308530.jpg] Tim Eyman again targets government spending. *How Initiative 1033 would work* *I-1033 would limit revenue increases* for state and local governments to the rate of inflation and population growth. Any tax revenue collected in excess of that limit would be used to reduce property taxes the following year. *I-1033 a windfall for the rich* By Danny Westneat Seattle Times staff columnist Tim Eyman says, right there in the text of his initiative, that the main point is to lower property taxes for "struggling working families" and "fixed income senior citizens." By all accounts, it would probably do that. But based on economic forecasts, here is what Initiative 1033 would also likely do, not spelled out in the measure or in any public statements: ? Eventually give the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, up to a $571,000 break on the $1 million in annual property taxes he pays on his Medina mansion. ? Slash the taxes on billionaire Paul Allen's waterfront home, on Mercer Island, by up to $150,000. ? Over time eliminate $1.7 million of the annual property taxes that Bellevue mogul Kemper Freeman pays on just one of his malls, Bellevue Square. That's due to a growing sense among tax experts that Eyman's measure, if approved in November and then left as is by courts and lawmakers, would over time drive the state's property tax and many county and city property taxes all the way down to zero. Yep, zero. As in: Property tax for those entities, over the next decade or so, would cease to exist. (Eyman's initiative doesn't apply to school, fire, park and library districts, which could continue to levy property taxes as always.) In August, the state Office of Financial Management estimated that in 2015, Eyman's initiative would force the state to refund $1.8 billion in property taxes. What the fiscal note didn't say ? and which got no mention that I could find anywhere ? is that the state only collects $1.8 billion in property taxes. It all goes to public schools. In Olympia they call it the "state school levy." What this means is that state economic forecasters have predicted Eyman's initiative would eliminate most if not all of the state school levy in five, maybe six years. That would be 25 percent of state school funding ? gone. On Monday, budget forecasters for the city of Seattle predicted roughly the same thing: They say Eyman's initiative would drive the city's property tax to zero within 12 to 15 years. The reason is that I-1033 puts a spending cap on these governments. Then any taxes collected over their spending limits must be returned to property owners. As the economy and sales- tax receipts eventually rebounded, property taxes would be driven steadily lower. Within a number of years, fiscal analysts are predicting that property taxes for many jurisdictions would go to zero. If you own property, you can look at your own tax bill to see how much I-1033 would eventually save you. The bills are itemized by how much you pay to the state, the city and elsewhere. That's how I calculated the figures for our local gazillionaires. I got their tax records from the King County Treasurer and then totted up just the state, county and city portions. Gates, for his 50,000-square-foot, $150 million mansion, is paying $294,000 into the state's school fund this year. He pays $165,000 to King County and $112,000 to the city of Medina. All or most of that would eventually stay in his pockets if I-1033 were enacted. That's a nearly 60 percent property-tax cut for Gates. Same for Allen. For Freeman's Bellevue Square Mall, the estimated tax break is $1.7 million, annually. This doesn't include his Bellevue Place or Lincoln Square malls across the street, because I got weary adding up the enormous net worth of his shopping boutiques. Eyman has said if the tax cuts turn out to be too steep, then voters could always choose to raise taxes again later. OK. But even if we accept that government needs to restrain its spending ? as I do ? why do it by pouring huge amounts of money back into the pockets of billionaires? Are we hoping for trickle down? It's true the struggling folks Eyman talks about would see relief as well (if they own property.) But the net effect would be to make schools and other government services here even more dependent on a different tax. The one on sales. You pay sales tax when you buy practically anything, other than food. You pay it, for instance, if you're homeless and you buy a pair of pants. It is the tax that hits the poor the hardest. We're already more reliant on the sales tax than any state in the nation. Eyman's measure would make that worse. He could have targeted his tax relief, to help those who most need it. But he didn't. This is the rotten core of his initiative. Forget all the caterwauling about spending cuts. At its heart this is a massive giveaway to the rich that does little to nothing for the poor. To their credit, both Gates and Allen appear to know this. They are trying to defeat Eyman's initiative (Gates with a $100,000 donation, Allen through his company, Vulcan.) Even though it would mean huge tax windfalls to them if it passes. I have a feeling it's because they actually believe that quote Gates repeats so much: "To whom much is given, much is expected." Kemper Freeman? Not so much. He gave Eyman $25,000 for this, Eyman's 16th stab at an initiative. As near as I can tell, it's the one of all Eyman's schemes that benefits rich land owners like Freeman the most. Twenty-five grand for a shot at $1.7 million a year. You gotta hand it to Freeman ? if this passes, that's one helluva return on his investment. *Danny Westneat's column appears Wednesday and Sunday. 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 6350 bytes Desc: not available Url : From metricstarr at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 17:33:31 2009 From: metricstarr at gmail.com (Crystal Ainardi) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:33:31 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Fwd: Action & Information: Time to Deliver Call In Day this Tues. & news & views In-Reply-To: <9342F767C1A7A54EBA3BCE80FAE226E5808114@server.WSLC.local> References: <9342F767C1A7A54EBA3BCE80FAE226E5808114@server.WSLC.local> Message-ID: <55196ea10910161433j6f0f68edl6eb2966bf16c38b4@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robby Stern This coming Tuesday, October 20th, Organizing for America, Planned Parenthood and Health Care for America Now Coalition will be hosting phone banks and making calls to citizens across our state to ask people to call their Member of Congress thanking them for their hard work on health care, and telling them that now is the Time to Deliver for real health insurance reform. (I will be hosting a phone bank at my home from 1 ? 4 p.m. this Tues, Oct. 20th. You will need to bring your own cell phone. If you would like to join me, please let me know ASAP. I have limited the number to 12 people and we have 8 slots left.) There is a national goal of getting commitments from 100K people to call their Members of Congress next week. *Please take a look at the attached spreadsheet to find a phone bank location at a time and location near you. *To RSVP for any of the phone bank locations at any Planned Parenthood location, please contact the host directly. For any of the other events, you can RSVP by contacting the hosts or by RSVPing on the link. Thank you all for your hard work over the last several months -*- it is truly Time to Deliver, and with your help, we will get this thing done!* *P.S. * Even if you can't come to a phone bank, please call Senators Murray and Cantwell and your member of Congress and urge them to deliver for reform! -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: October 20th Events.xls.xlsx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Size: 14480 bytes Desc: not available Url : From metricstarr at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 18:33:51 2009 From: metricstarr at gmail.com (Crystal Ainardi) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:33:51 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] EWV: Voting Guide on Pullman City Council Races In-Reply-To: <0Me9Ic-1McIgg04x4-00QO39@mrelay.perfora.net> References: <0Me9Ic-1McIgg04x4-00QO39@mrelay.perfora.net> Message-ID: <55196ea10910161533y8b9bf2fn6c361f70888ddb3b@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bryan E. Burke *Endorsements for Pullman City Council Races Please forward *Eastern Wa. Voters has endorsed *Dave Gibney *for the Pullman City Council, Ward #3, and *Bill Paul *for Ward #1. A ward map can be found here. http://www.ewvoters.org *Dave Gibney* (Ward #3) has decades of tireless public service under his belt, including with the Friends of Gladish Community Center, officer positions in the Whitman County Democrats, and participation in formulation of the City's current comprehensive plan. When we interviewed him, we were amazed by Dave's depth and breadth of knowledge about the City of Pullman. We know that Dave will be a committed progressive on the City Council who will fight for smart growth, sustainability, energy and water conservation, and improving solid waste recycling. Dave Gibney is running to represent Ward #3. *Bill Paul (*Ward #1) is an incumbent. Bill and Eastern Wa. Voters largely agree on some of the most of the important issues facing the city including the need for Smart Growth and for the City to switch over to single stream recycling. Bill is also the first Republican that we have explicitly endorsed, and we think he will do an excellent job of continuing to represent Ward #1. *Paid for by Eastern Wa. Voters, 605 NW Fisk, #9b, Pullman, WA 99163 * Bryan E. Burke, Ph.D. *Executive Director of Eastern Washington Voters *605 NW Fisk, #9b Pullman, WA 99163 Bryanb at ewvoters.org (509) 330 1793 skype: bryaneburke *Eastern Washington Voters *Advancing Progressive Candidates and Issues and Strengthening Democracy. http://www.ewvoters.org -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From metricstarr at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 18:33:03 2009 From: metricstarr at gmail.com (Crystal Ainardi) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:33:03 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] EWV: Voting Guide on Pat Hailey vs. Susan Fagan for the 9th Legislative District In-Reply-To: <0MbwNi-1MiuOd38Tu-00Jldq@mrelay.perfora.net> References: <0MbwNi-1MiuOd38Tu-00Jldq@mrelay.perfora.net> Message-ID: <55196ea10910161533m48a46b84m218cbf62b5ce0f55@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bryan E. Burke *9th LD Race: Pat Hailey vs Susan Fagan **Please forward. *Eastern Wa. Voters did not make an endorsement on the 9th LD Race. However, as individuals, most of the endorsement committee has decided to cast their vote for Pat Hailey. Their reasoning was as follows. The candidates had similar positions on the issues, both are more conservative than ourselves. However, we were impressed by Pat Hailey's openness and her ability to learn and listen. We believe that she will strive to represent all voters in the 9th Legislative District much more than Fagan would. Also, we were able to verify that most her financial support has so far come from people within Eastern Washington, whereas her opponent has received a much larger portion of her money from conservative, special interest money from outside of the state of Washington. *Paid for by Eastern Wa. Voters, 605 NW Fisk, #9b, Pullman, WA 99163 * Bryan E. Burke, Ph.D. *Executive Director of Eastern Washington Voters *605 NW Fisk, #9b Pullman, WA 99163 Bryanb at ewvoters.org (509) 330 1793 skype: bryaneburke *Eastern Washington Voters *Advancing Progressive Candidates and Issues and Strengthening Democracy. http://www.ewvoters.org -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From metricstarr at gmail.com Mon Oct 19 16:29:39 2009 From: metricstarr at gmail.com (Crystal Ainardi) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:29:39 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Meeting Oct 21st Message-ID: <55196ea10910191329m5b07defeo7244745f8ad3a3e6@mail.gmail.com> 6:30 Greeting 6:35 Minutes 6:40 Treasurer's Report 6:50 Committees 7:00 Old Business 7:10 New Business 7:20 Good of the Order 7:30 Adjournment Meeting is at Dennys in Pullman, 6:30 -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From metricstarr at gmail.com Mon Oct 19 20:59:08 2009 From: metricstarr at gmail.com (Crystal Ainardi) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:59:08 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Endorsements for Bill Paul and Dave Gibney-Christopher Lupke Message-ID: <55196ea10910191759p268c76efn7d6350c3371dc45a@mail.gmail.com> Bill Paul is best for Pullman I am writing to endorse Bill Paul for re-election to the Pullman City Council from Ward 1, where I live. Attentive readers will note it might seem unusual for me to support Paul. I have disagreed with him on some issues in the past. Paul is more conservative than I am. Nevertheless, there are several things that impress me about him and lead me to believe he's the best person for the position. I have spoken substantively with Paul several times and he always listens carefully and thoughtfully. He sometimes has remarked that the issues I, or others, have raised are ideas he has not heard before and is willing to consider. Paul is a good listener, and that is extremely important to have in one's local representative. Second, Paul may be moderately conservative, but he does hold progressive views on some key issues. These include the necessity for our community to recycle more and find ways to effectively reduce what ends up in our local, finite, landfill. He also is very vocal about the need to improve the natural environment of our city, and he can point to achievements such as the increase in bike paths in Pullman as at least one example of that. Paul also believes in smart growth: He favors deliberate and careful planning, openness to and support of business, and a revitalization of the downtown area. As a local businessman for many years before he took office, Paul enjoys the trust and support of a large cross-section of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. He's basically a free-market thinker. But he appreciates that Pullman has a mixture of views and that a variety of voices are needed in determining our future. Please help re-elect Bill Paul. Christopher Lupke, Pullman ---------- Endorsement for Dave Gibney I am writing to endorse Dave Gibney for election in Ward Three for the Pullman City Council. Dave does not live in my ward, but the job of councilperson is not solely to represent one?s own ward. Dave will have to make decisions for the whole of Pullman, and thus we all have a stake in his election. Gibney is running as a new candidate to council, but few people in Pullman can claim to have the experience he has to hold the position. Dedicated to public service in Pullman for over a decade, Dave moved here about thirty years ago. He faithfully attends city council meetings and pays careful attention to issues before council. He also attends other meetings, such as the Pullman Planning Commission. He has frequently given public testimony with others on key issues. No one I know who is not already serving in public office, an employee of the city, or sitting on one of the city boards is as knowledgeable about city affairs as he is. And yet as a fresh candidate he also brings new luster to the position. It bears repeating that Dave Gibney is one of several important figures in the successful effort to save the old high school and convert it into the wonderful Gladish Community Center now available for all residents to utilize and enjoy. There is little or no compensation for such work, and this service is a testament to his dedication to our community. I have heard Dave speak many times and he chooses his words carefully and methodically. I believe he will be a constructive voice on the city council and that it is high time he be on it. Dave Gibney will be the most qualified new addition to our representative government. Christopher Lupke -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From metricstarr at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 01:40:45 2009 From: metricstarr at gmail.com (Crystal Ainardi) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:40:45 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] =?windows-1252?q?=93Before_you_send_off_you?= =?windows-1252?q?r_ballot=94?= Message-ID: <55196ea10910212240t2cb502a2k5d486af96659310e@mail.gmail.com> *Whitman County Democrats voter guide! * * * *9thLD:* Whitman County Democrats have not and will not be making an endorsement for the 9th LD. However like the Eastern Wa Voters, many, of us as individuals have decided to cast our votes for Pat Hailey. Although it is clear that Pat Hailey and Susan Fagan hold very similar views on many issues, within our group we have found of the two candidates Pat to be more open to our ideas and concerns of the 9th LD. They both have a website for you to check out: Susan Fagan: *http://www.susanfagan.com/* Pat Hailey: *http://www.pathailey.com/* * Pullman City Council:* Dave Gibney *(Ward 3)* We strongly believe Dave Gibney would be a great asset to city council representing ward 3. He has spent decades doing public service in the Pullman community, working with, Friends of Gladish Community Center and the Pullman Planning Commission. Dave already regularly attends city council meetings as a citizen, and truly knows the city issues. He will bring fresh ideas to the city council. *Bill Paul* *(Ward 1)* Although Bill Paul is more conservative than many of us, it is obvious he cares deeply for Pullman. Already serving on the city council, he has come together with other council members to find ways to reduce waste, and find achievable recycling sources for our community. We believe his approach will help to continue keeping Pullman moving forward! *Initiative and Referendum* *For I-1033* the Whitman county Democrats strongly recommend a vote of NO for I-1033. Here is a website that can explain the devastating impact this initiative could have on our State. *http://no1033.com/* *For R-71* the Whitman County Democrats are in favor to APPROVE R-71. We highly recommend you look at the website to get a better understanding: * http://approvereferendum71.org/* And to APPROVE -- Crystal Ainardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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