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Debate on traffic awareness today
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 6 “Eyesight of as many as 200 truck drivers has been examined on the first day of awareness campaign besides giving lectures and advertisement material for the truck, bus, auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers,” said district transport officer Amarjeet Singh
Shahi. The district transport officials said they had been trying to make people aware of the dangers of driving vehicles at high speed. A seminar, debate, quiz competition and a painting competition would be held during the traffic awareness camp which would conclude here tomorrow. Admitting that the number of accidents were on a rise, the officials of the district transport office and traffic police officials said the GT Road, Sirhind Flyover, link roads in villages and the Chunni-Landran road were the worst affected as many accidents had been reported on these stretches during the past year. They added that the use of SUVs had increased the number of major fatal accidents in the district. Usually five to nine persons could sit in an
SUV, which is driven at a breakneck speed on the highways that often collides into vehicles moving ahead or rams into stationed trucks. There have been instances wherein five, seven and 10 persons have lost their lives in such accidents at
Sirhind, Mandi Gobindgarh and Khamano areas. The most tragic accident took place in Mandi Gobindgarh wherein an influential family from Jammu, comprising two brothers, their mother and an NRI sister, was on its way to immerse ashes of a family member at Haridwar in a
Santro. Their car rammed into a stationed truck at Mandi Gobindgarh and all of them died in the accident. In another accident six youths were killed when their Scorpio rammed into a stationed truck near
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Satinder launches second solo album
Patiala, January 6 School principal Tejinder Kaur and director Rajdeep Singh welcomed Satti and her team. Satti, who has established herself as the top Punjabi anchor because of her knowledge of Sufi verses and unique anchoring style, said it was her second solo album and she was glad that she was releasing it in a school instead of a hotel or restaurant. School students presented cultural events, including giddha, which was highly appreciated. Satti danced to the “bolis” along with the students. While audiences enjoyed Punjabi folk songs and western music, Tae-kwan-do stunts by schoolchildren under coach Satinder Singh was the highlight of the show. Satti also sang songs from her latest album and enthralled audience. Indermohan Bajaj, chairman of the Improvement Trust, Prof Surinder Jeet Chadda and Bittu were present. |
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30 fall sick after
consuming langar
Ambala, January 6 The residents reported of uneasiness and discomfort and were rushed to hospitals. The incident came to light when three-year-old Naresh fell unconscious and had frothing on his mouth. A few other children, including Siddarth (5), Suresh (15), Priyanka (12), Gurcharan Singh (11), also complained of similar symptoms. Dr Rajan Sharma at a local hospital in Babyal, where around 25 patients were admitted, stated that the symptoms were similar to that of food poisoning. Talking to TNS, Jarnail Singh, a relative of one of the patients, stated that his family members had taken langar yesterday on the occasion of Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday and after that they fell ill. However, the doctors suspect that since only a few reported sick, while the langar was eaten by many, it was possible that an insect fell into a particular vessel that was being used
to serve. The district administration stated it was looking into the matter and had sent a team to investigate.
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Modi college eves clinch judo title
Patiala, January 6 In the women’s section, Varsha Rani and Jyoti Sharma won golf medals in the 48 kg and 52 kg weight category, respectively. In the 57 kg weight category, Kamya Joshi won the silver medal. Mamta Kumari won bronze medal in the 63 kg weight category, while in the open weight category Varsha Rai won the bronze medal. In judo (men) 60 kg and open weight category, Sagar Diwan won gold medals, Kuldeep Kang won the silver medal in the 73 kg weight category and Nikhil Kumar won bronze medal in the 56 kg weight category. On reaching the college, principal, Dr Satish Bhardwaj, and college sports committee chairman, Dr Rashpaul Singh, welcomed the team members and appreciated their team in charges, Prof Nishan Singh and Mandeep Kaur.
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Seminar on road safety
Ropar, January 6 District Transport Officer Pushpinder Singh Kaille said painting competitions for girls was held at Girls Senior Secondary School wherein 26 girls participated. Winners were given prizes, including cash prize. He also urged commuters to obey traffic rules and not to drive fast on roads, as accidents were on the rise due to rash and negligent driving. He appealed to two-wheeler drivers to use helmet while driving. Various methods to curb the number of rising accidents were also discussed. NRI Jaspal Singh Mann, who recently lost his son in an accident, discussed the menace on roads due to chaos and encroachments.
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Students briefed on traffic rules
Bassi Pathana, January 6 The DSP told the students that the accidents were becoming a major problem, as several people were dying in accidents. He said traffic had increased many folds, but the infrastructure was the same. He said only traffic sense and obeying traffic rules could save us. He called upon the students to learn traffic rules like other subjects, as it would help them. Rajwant Singh taught the traffic rules and interacted with students. He also answered their queries. He briefed the students on working of police and said they should develop friendly relation with the police and inform about anti-social elements. |
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Labourer kills wife
Kharar, January 6 In his complaint to the police, father of the deceased, Manjula, said he had seen his son-in-law hitting his daughter with a brick this afternoon. He said Santosh often used to beat his daughter over one issue or the other. Meanwhile, police officials said Santosh doubted his wife of having an illicit relation and in a fit of rage he attacked Parvati. “I have seen Santosh hitting my daughter with a piece of brick five times at a stretch,” he told the police. Santosh immediately fled from the spot after committing the crime. Parvati was rushed to the local Civil Hospital from where she was referred to the PGI where she succumbed to her injuries. |
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Truck rams into four vehicles
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 6 As per the details, some cars were waiting to take a turn from the flyover towards Chandigarh when a speeding truck hit one of them from the rear. All four vehicles collided with each other with the impact. The police reached the spot and impounded the truck and also arrested its driver. The police said a case would be registered against the truck driver. |
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Girl killed in accident
Patiala, January 6 Eyewitnesses said traffic lights were not working due to power cut and no traffic cop was there to regulate the traffic. Bismanjeet, a student of Class 10, died on the spot, while her mother sustained injuries. A case has been registered. However, the truck driver managed to flee.
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Afghan national granted bail
Chandigarh, January 6 According to police sources, Walid had come to India on a student visa in 1997 and had sought refugee status from the United Nations. His original passport number, bearing his name and date of birth as July 25, 1977, was valid till 2008. He had allegedly applied for a new passport at the regional passport office. He had mentioned his name as Wali Khan, care of Seva Bhavan, Kartarpur Mohalla, Nabha, Patiala, and mentioned July 7, 1977, as his date of birth on the application form.
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Three held with liquor
Chandigarh, January 6 The police arrested Ajit Singh of Delhi from the road separating Sectors 35 and 36 on Tuesday morning while carrying 65 boxes of whiskey loaded in a tractor-trolley. In another incident, Ruman of Hoshiarpur was arrested from the road separating Sectors 35 and 43 on Tuesday while carrying 25 boxes of whiskey in his Mahindra pick-up (HR58-8661). Rajan Ram of Sector 31-C was held from the road separating Sectors 31 and 47 while carrying 15 boxes of different brands of whiskey in Mahindra pick-up (PB65E-0131). Three cases under the Excise Act were registered.
Stabbed
Vashist of Maloya, a rickshaw-puller, reported to the police that two unidentified persons stabbed him on Tuesday night. He was admitted to the Sector 16 Government Multi-Specialty Hospital. A case was registered.
Stolen
Pooja Jaswal of Sector-46 reported that someone had stolen her Activa scooter (CH03V-8599) from Burail. Hardyal Singh of Sector 50 reported that someone stole his Maruti car (CH01L-8978) from Sector 37 on Tuesday. Raj Kumar of Rajpura reported that someone stole his truck (HR38N-0423) from Raipur Khurd on Monday night. Three cases of theft were registered.
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Thieves strike at four shops
Mohali, January 6 Suresh Kumar, a municipal councillor, said thieves had struck at his shop and that of his brother and taken away kiryana items worth lakhs of rupees. Two more shops in the vicinity were also targeted. He said the crime came to his notice around 6 am when his son came to open the shop and found the locks broken. The police was then informed in this regard. Suresh said around 2.30 am chowkidar of the area, Raju, was taken away by some persons in their car and let off around 6 am near Ranbaxy Laboratories in Phase I. He said Raju could not clearly tell where he had been taken away, but said they kept moving about in different parts of the town with him. Suresh added that he had had suffered a loss of about Rs 2 lakh whereas his brother, who had a wholesale shop of kiryana items, had suffered a loss of over Rs 5 lakh as the thieves had decamped with tins of desi ghee, boxes of dry fruits and Rs 3 lakh in cash. Thieves had taken away Rs 75,000 from the third shop apart from boxes of dry fruit and cosmetic items. Locks of the shop of a samosa specialist were also found broken.
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ITF Tennis Tournament Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 6 A number of upsets were registered in the boys as well as girls’ quarterfinal matches with sixth seed and 17th ranked Indian, Rishika, became the first player to enter into the semifinal of the tournament defeating Thailand girl in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. Two games down in the first set, Rishika rallied to win five games in a row to make it 5-3 and went on to win at 6-3. With breaks in the sixth and eighth games, Rishika clinched the second set at 6-2. Included in the Fed Cup, young National Grass Court woman champion, eighth seed Ankita Raina, also bowed out losing to second seed Kyra Shroff 5-7, 4-6. While Kyra faces third seed Chinese Zi Yang, giant-killer Rishika Sunkara will meet seventh seed Anastasiya Preno, Turkmenistan, in the semifinals tomorrow. Zi Yang beat Sowjanya Bavisetti (India) 6-2, 6-0 and Anastasiya Preno defeated Vaniya Dangwal (India) 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinal encounters. Second seed Saurabh Singh, India, failed to justify his billing as eighth seed Shahbaaz Khan established his authority over the second seed with straight sets 6-3, 6-4 verdict in the boys’ singles quarterfinal fixture. Tall Shahbaaz will now challenge third seed Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash in the semifinal. Mohit Jayaprakash ousted unseeded Rakshay Thakkar in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. In the second semifinal, top seeded Sumeet Shinde will meet fourth seeded Sai Kartik Nakireddi. Sumeet Shinde overcame a fighting Ronit Singh Bisht by 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the quarterfinal, while Sai Kartik Nakireddi snuffed out the foreign challenge by beating Thin Yu Cuang, Taipei, in straight sets 6-1, 6-4. Results: Boys’ singles (quarterfinals): Sumeet Shinde (Ind) bt Ronit Bisht (Ind) 7-6 (3) 6-4, Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (Ind) bt Rakshay Thakkar (Ind) 6-4, 6-3, Sai Kartik Nakireddi (Ind) bt Ting Yu Chuang (Tpe) 6-1, 6-4, Shahbaaz Khan (Ind) bt Saurabh Singh (Ind) 6-3, 6-4. Girls (quarterfinals): Rishika Sunkara (Ind) bt Napatsakom Sankaew (Thailand) 6-3, 6-2, Anastasiya Prenko (Tkm) bt Vaniya Dangwal (Ind) 6-1, 6-2, Zi Yang (China) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti (Ind) 6-2, 6-0, Kyra Shroff (Ind) bt Ankita Raina (Ind) 7-5, 6-4. Boys’ doubles (quarterfinals): Ronit Singh Bisht (Ind) and Sai Kartik Nakireddi (Ind) bt Siu Fai Kelvin Lam (Hkg) and Vishwesh Sinha (Ind) 6-4, 7-5, Kunal Anand (Ind) and Saurabh Singh (Ind) bt Akhmed Djamal Mukhamed (UZB) and Nishchay Rawal (Ind) 6-3, 6-1, Arjun Khade (Ind) and Digvijay Singh Mehta (Ind) bt Shahbaaz Khan (Ind) and Sumeet Shinde (Ind) 6-2, 6-2, Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (Ind) and Rishab Dev Raman (Ind) bt Pulat Babadjanov (UZB) and Aziz Yuldashey (UZB) 2-6, 6-0 (10-6). Girls’ doubles (quarterfinals): N Sankaew (THA) and Zi Yang (Chn) bt Aarzoo Malik (Ind) and Ekaterina Tour (Isr) 6-4, 6-2, Sharmada Balu (Ind) and Ankita Raina (Ind) bt Tjasa Srimpf (Slo) and Dora Vajdic (CRO) 6-3, 6-1, Nova Patel (Ind) and Rishika Sunkara (Ind) bt Ankita Bhatia (Ind) and Smriti Joon (Ind) 6-2, 6-0, Laura Deigman (GBR) and Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Ned) bt Kyra Shroff (Ind) and Rashmi Teltumbde (Ind) 6-4, 0-6 (10-8).
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Paramveer to lock horns with Sunny in semis
Mohali, January 6 Paramveer upset top seeded Shrey Gupta, Haryana, in the quarterfinal match in three well-fought sets, which lasted for over two hours by 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Sunny Khadare got the walk over against Mayuk Rawat, Uttaranchal. Third seed Nihit Rawal, Chandigarh, conceded just a solitary game before beating Sabrang Sandal, Chandigarh, in just 40 minutes by 6-1, 6-0 and would face second seed Sumit Pal Singh, J&K, in the final tomorrow. Sumit Pal Singh had to fight for three sets before winning against Faisal Qumar, Rajasthan, by 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in one-and-half hour match. In the boys’ under-14 category, Faisal Qumar, Rajasthan, upset top seed Jotpal Singh, Punjab, in three tough sets by 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, which lasted for over two hours. Faisal will now face Shrey Gupta, Haryana, who upset third seed Sumit Pal Singh, J&K, with ease in straight sets by 6-2, 6-3 in just 45 minutes. Rahul Seth, Chandigarh, beat Nihit Rawal, Chandigarh, in three sets by 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 in over one hour. Rahul will now face Tegbir Singh Hara, Punjab, who stopped the winning run of tiny giant killer Paramveer Bajwa by winning in three sets by 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. In the boys’ under-14 doubles first round, Utkarsh Bhardwaj and Mritunjay Badola, Uttaranchal, beat Sidhrath Meena and Gurdil Khera, Uttaranchal, by 7-3. Josh Bhasin and Vidit Vohra, Chandigarh, beat Manjot Singh and Gaurav Seth, Chandigarh, with ease by 7-1. Rishabh Sharad and Sabrang Sandal, Chandigarh, beat Himmat Kadian, Haryana, and Prateek Sharma, HP, with ease by 7-3. Parmeet Singh, Chandigarh, and Sunny Khandare, Maharashtra, had to fight against Prabhmaan Thapar and Aankush Nagpal, Chandigarh, in a tiebreaker by 7-6 (5). In the girls’ under-12 category, Harsimran Kaur, Haryana, Shea Bhasin, Chandigarh, Neelanchal Gupta, Chandigarh, Shriya Kalia, HP, Rubani Ahluwalia, Chandigarh, Prinkle Singh, J&K, Akshita Singh, Chandigarh, and Nimrit Walia, Chandigarh, booked their berth in the quarterfinals. In the girls’ under-14 category, Harsimran Kaur, Haryana, Prinkle Singh, J&K, Mehakdep Kaur, Chandigarh, Joyana Thomas, Chandigarh, Shriya Kalia, HP, Rehmat Johal, Singapore, Ayna Arora, Chandigarh and Karishma Mehta, Chandigarh, booked their place in the quarterfinals to be played tomorrow.
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Marathon on Jan 31
Chandigarh, January 6 Giving a glamorous look to the mega event, players from sports fraternity like Milkha Singh, Kapil Dev and other eminent personalities would be joined by Kher and Gul Panag from Bollywood. Thousands of people from Chandigarh and adjoining states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh would be all set to participate in the mega event, which is being organised in association with the Running and Living Infotainment, an organisation which is already organising marathon across various states in the country. Stating this to the media here today, home secretary Ram Niwas said the marathon would consist of three separate events, which included full marathon, half marathon and 5 km run. He said the full and half marathon was for international and national athletes who would compete for the prize money of up to Rs 6 lakh. He said the major attraction of the event would be 5 km run, which would have maximum number of participation in terms of youth, school students, senior citizens and Army personnel, he added. Ram Niwas said a thorough medical examination would be done of all participants as per the stipulated rules and regulations and all safety measures would be taken for the smooth conduct of the marathon. The administration is also exploring possibility of group insurance of the participants, he added. The home secretary said the registration forms for the marathon would be available at the Lake Club, Information Centre, Sector 17 Plaza, CGA Gym and also at some branches of ICICI Bank in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula and the last date for the registration is January 20. The special feature of the event would be a world class marathon expo where runners will get information on different aspects of running and staying injury free, he added.
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Lahiri lifts chess championship
Chandigarh, January 6 Local lad Himal Gusain came up with a convincing victory over his opponent Linda Rangarajan, Pondicherry, to bag the second position with 8 points. Eight-year-old WCM Tarini Goyal, one of the youngest participant, proved herself as a fast emerging chess prodigy in India by becoming the best woman performer during this Fide rating tournament by scoring respectable 6 points against players, who are many years senior to her. Chief guest Mayor Anu Chatrath gave away the prizes and trophies to the winners and distribute certificates among the participants. Aakarshan Gupta (6.5 points) and Roshan Rangarajan (6 points) were declared the best players of the tournament and were awarded Rs 1,100 each. The best unrated award went to Heera Singh (6.5 points), while the best woman award went to Tarini Goel with 6 points and the best veteran (above 50 years) was bagged by Rajinder Pal Sood (6.5 points). Results Jaiswal Puneet draw Lahiri Atanu, Aubhropratim Manna draw Prakash Ram, Gusain Himal bt Linda Rangarajan, Hemant Kumar Singh bt Sahu Vikramaditya, Anilkumar OT draw Singh Arvinder Preet, Yashpal Arora draw Sumit Grover, Biswajit Chatterjee bt Dr Sanjay Date, Rakesh Agarwal bt Srikanth P, Ritwan Sauntra bt Roshan Rangarajan, Yogesh Gautam bt Atul Kumar, Manav Saxena bt Saurabh Mandal, Souvik Chakraborty bt Bahadur Singh, PL Sharma bt Shishir Kumar, Dev Krishan bt Sunil Bansal, Nitin bt Srinath Rao SV, Sarthak Bansal draw Ashish Kumar, Satbir Singh bt DK Chopra, Aakarshan Gupta bt Sanjay Gupta, Heera Singh bt Pardeep Singh Negi, Rajinder Pal Sood bt Vinoda Nand Barthwal, Anurudh Garg bt Yashashwat Srivastava, Arpan Das bt Manan Rai, Shweta bt Manideep Mukhi, Rishab Jain bt Manmohan Singh, Rakesh Kochar bt Kanika Saxena, Aneesh R bt Jeet Singh, Keshni Bhasin draw Sayantan Chandra, WCM Tarini Goyal bt Sanjeev Thakur, Karan Bhatti bt Prince Mundakayam, Saikat Dutta bt Deepak Kumar, Kuldeep Kanwar bt Shubham Sarin, Sara JS bt Pranjal Kaura, Gitin Oberoi bt Anubhav Tuknayat, Tm Kawadkar bt Jaskirat Singh, Simranjeet Kaur draw Pratham Sarin, Arunima Goyal bt Shivika Jain, Karan Manish Jain bt Jaskeerat Singh Ahluwalia, Deepak Paliwal bt Kaushal Inderjeet, Rahul Lamba bt Akshat Chandra, Shweta Priyadarshini bt Saurabh Goyal, Nagpal Tejas bt Prem Pandit NS Gularia draw Nirankari Ashwani, Rahul Arora draw Jatinder Singh, Ravneet Kaur draw Kaura Mayank, Sachleen Singh bt Pawan Kaushik, Dr MD Umrayia bt Simranjeet Singh Sondhi, Madhuri Sood bt Shashank Ranadive, Manish Sehgal bt Tanay Sharma, Tarundeep Singh draw Mitali Thadani, Mohit Sharma bt Vipan Negi, Tanya Kaushal bt Manish Uniyal, Ramesh Gill bt Amartaya Bhattacharjee, Jashanpreet bt Shubham Kaushik, Surya Mittal bt Arihant Sharma, Birendra Singh Rawat bt Roopam Bhardwaj, Karan Saini draw Kamlesh Dhadwal, Pramod Pandey bt MS Kanwar, Madan Lal bt Rupesh Sagar, Manas Jain bt Utkarsh Siddarth, Abhishek Aggarwal bt Anmol, Rishab Jain bt Kritika Kapila, Anshul Kaushik draw Sanjeev Jain, Kashish Kaushal bt Sewa Singh, Amarveer Singh draw Rahul Jindal and Ciezil Nadda bt Tejaswi Negi.
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Punjab, Haryana enter semis
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 6 Haryana easily defeated AG, Jammu and Kashmir, by 25-5, 25-10, 25-9 in 31 minutes. For the winners, Ajit, Gurtej and Sukhpal unleashed their powerful shots, which J&K players failed to answer. In the second quarterfinal match, Principal AG, Punjab, took 40 minutes to dispose of the challenge of Principal DAE and SM, Delhi, by 25-20, 25-13, 25-13. For Punjab, Gagan, Baljit and Dalip excelled in their sizzling smashes. For Delhi, Sudershan was outstanding his shots. Haryana will face defending champions Principal AG, Uttar Pradesh (12.30 pm), and Punjab are pitted against runners-up AG, Himachal Pradesh (11 am), in the semifinal matches to be held tomorrow. Earlier, Punjab’s S Murugiah inaugurated the three-day tournament in which Principal AG, Uttar Pradesh (Allahabad), Principal AG, Punjab, Principal AG, Haryana, Principal AG, HP (Shimla), AG, J&K (Srinagar) and Principal DAE and SM, Delhi, are participating.
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12 teams to participate in cricket meet
Chandigarh, January 6 Stating this in a press note here today, CFI general secretary Amarjit Kumar said 12 teams affiliated with the Cricket Federation of India and Sri Lankan team would be competing for the top honours in the league-cum-knockout basis competition. He said Sri Lanka, Hyderabad and Pune were placed in Pool A, while in the Pool B, Chandigarh had been placed with Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. In the Pool C, Chennai would be competing with Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, while in the Pool D, Pondicherry have been placed with Haryana and Federation-XI.
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Arjun for national badminton meet
Arjun, a student of Yadavinder Public School, Mohali, who has been playing under the supervision of former national champion Wg Cdr Satish Bhatia, will attend a seven-day coaching camp to be held at Modern School, Delhi, from January 24. Besides Arjun, the players who have been selected include Shivam Bhatia (Modern School), Siddharth (DPS,
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