Jon CohenIn a biological beating of swords into plowshares, researchers have converted a bacterial toxin into a genome editing tool that, for the first time, can make precise changes to DNA in mitochondria, the cell’s power plants.

The tool, which worked in lab experiments with human cells, could open the door to new studies of—and one day therapies for—dozens of hard-to-treat diseases caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).

These rare conditions, which include Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and lethal infantile cardiomyopathy, collectively affect about one in 4000 people.

Until now, research on these illnesses has been stymied in part because there was no way of reproducing the mutations in strains of mice.The new DNA editor.

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Play ball? Experts send mixed signals on MLB 60-game season

NEW YORK – Thirty baseball teams from 28 cities, trying to play 60 games each amid a coronavirus pandemic that seemingly hasn’t peaked in the United States. Plausible? Worthwhile? Unconscionable? Even among experts, it depends on who's talking:“Baseball games can work,” said Dr.

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Ontario reports 166 new coronavirus cases marking highest increase in over a week

coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 37,440.It’s the highest single-day increase since July 9 when 170 cases were reported.“While a slight uptick over the past few days, 28 of Ontario’s 34 public health units are still reporting five or fewer cases, with 15 of them reporting no new cases,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Twitter.

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Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai and daughter in hospital with COVID-19 - media

(Reuters) - Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter are in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus this week, days after her husband and father-in-law were admitted, the Times of India reported on Saturday.Rai's father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, 77, and her husband Abhishek Bachchan, 44, also major Bollywood celebrities, were admitted to Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital early this week, the highest-profile patients in India's epidemic of COVID-19.Aishwarya Rai, a former Miss World, and her eight-year-old daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan had been in home quarantine.

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COVID-19 infection count touches 11,659 in Kerala with 593 new cases

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Kerala's COVID-19 infection tally has touched 11,659 with 593 fresh cases being reported on Saturday as the death toll climbed to 39 with two fatalities.Of the new positive cases, 364 were infected through contact and over 60 per cent of the spread is through contact, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters here.As many as 6,416 people are presently under treatment in various hospitals and 204 people have recovered from the disease on Saturday.Of the infected, while 116 people had come from abroad, 90 had come from other states,Vijayan told reporters here.Two men, aged 70 and 60, succumbed to the coronavirus infection in Thiruvananthapuram today.

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Covid-19 is spreading to rural areas, this shows community spread, says IMA

New Delhi: With one million people getting affected by COVID-19, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is of the view that community spread has started and the situation is pretty bad.While speaking to ANI, Dr V K Monga, the Chairman of IMA Hospital Board of India said, "This is now an exponential growth. Every day the number of cases is increasing by more than around 30,000.

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24 more die of coronavirus in UP; 1,673 new infections push caseload to 47,036

LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh reported 24 more deaths due to coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 1,108, while the infection count reached 47,036 with 1,673 fresh cases, an official said on Saturday.The active COVID-19 cases in the state now stand at 17,264, while 28,664 patients have recovered so far, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said.A total of 46,769 tests for COVD-19 were done in the state on Friday, he said.Overall 14.26 lakh tests have been done, he added.Prasad stressed on following guidelines like maintaining social distancing for managing the pandemic.He said surveillance work for tracing coronavirus suspects was continuing in the state and a network of over 50,000 COVID help desks

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Covid-19: Tamil Nadu sees biggest single-day jump in both new cases and deaths

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu on Saturday recorded its biggest single-day jump in both new coronavirus cases and virus-related deaths.Record 4,807 new cases in the last 24 hours take the state's overall tally to 1,65,714.Record 88 virus-related fatalities in the last 24 hours raise the state's death toll to 2,403. The previous 24-hour high in terms of deaths was witnessed on 17 July when the state had clocked 79 fatalities.There are 49,452 active cases in the state and the number of recovered Covid-19 patients so far are 1,13,856.Chennai is the most affected district in the state with overall 84,598 cases, including 14,997 active cases.

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Coronavirus Scotland: Sharp rise as 21 new cases announced

although figures reported by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) on Wednesday reported 4,187 deaths linked to the illness have been registered up to Sunday, July 12.

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COVID-19: Recoveries exceed active cases by 2.95 lakh, says health ministry

NEW DELHI : India's actual COVID-19 caseload is 3,58,692, while close to 18,000 people have recuperated from the disease in 24 hours taking the the number of recoveries to 6,53,750 which exceed active cases by 2,95,058, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.Medical attention is being provided to all active cases, either in home isolation or in hospitals for severe cases, it said.In a statement, the ministry said, "The last 24 hours saw 17,994 COVID-19 patients recovering.

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Andhra sees biggest single-day jump of nearly 4,000 new Covid-19 cases

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh on Saturday reported record 3,963 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its overall tally to 44,609.52 more virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours until 9 am on Saturday raised the death toll in the state to 586.The total number of recoveries in the state are 21,763, including 1,411 in the last 24 hours.There are 22,260 active cases in the state. Nearly 13 lakh samples have been tested for Covid-19 in the state so far, including 23,872 samples in the last 24 hours.

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Coronavirus: Study by team including Winnipeg-trained scientist could be key to finding vaccine

COVID-19 — key information for those racing to create a vaccine.The study’s findings, published this week in the medical journal Nature Medicine, could be the secret to determining which vaccines work best at protecting people from the deadly virus.Dr. Jennifer Juno says the study focused on patients with mild forms of COVID-19 who have since recovered, in an effort to find how they developed a successful immune response.

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Chief Medical Officer press conference about COVID-19 on 18 July 2020

PAUL KELLY:Update for today and so our total number of cases now is 11,441. That makes 233 new cases since yesterday.

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Chief Medical Officer press conference about COVID-19 on 17 July 2020

PAUL KELLY:We have had more cases overnight. We're now over 11,000 cases in Australia, 438 newly cases in the last 24 hours.

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Covid-19 became 'gigantic' in UP as govt didn't pay attention to testing: Priyanka

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the rapid rise in coronavirus cases, alleging that the disease has taken a "gigantic form" as the Yogi Adityanath dispensation did not pay attention to key containment measures such as testing and contact tracing.The Congress general secretary has been criticising the state government's response to the COVID-19 crisis, alleging that it is indulging in propaganda, instead of dealing with the pandemic."Despite almost three months of lockdown and all claims of the UP government, coronavirus cases have increased sharply in 25 districts of UP in July," she said in a tweet in Hindi.There has been a jump of 200 per cent in COVID-19 cases

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Odisha reports 591 new COVID-19 cases

BHUBANESHWAR : Odisha has reported 591 new COVID-19 cases, informed the State Health Department on Saturday.With the addition of new cases, the total number of cases in Odisha is now at 16,701, including 5,259 active cases and 11,330 recovered.A total of 86 fatalities have been recorded in the state due to coronavirus.With a spike of 34,884 cases and 671 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, the total number of positive cases reached 10,38,716 on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.The total number of cases includes 3,58,692 active cases, 6,53,751 cured/discharged/migrated, and 26,273 deaths, the Health Ministry informed.

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Pakistan reports 1,918 new coronavirus cases

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan reported 1,918 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the number of infections in the country to 261,917, the health ministry said.Out of the total infections, 198,509 patients have recovered, while 5,522 people have died of the disease.

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With Covid-19 cases surging, special Central team being rushed to Bihar

New Delhi: Even as India's Covid-19 caseload surged to 10,38,716 on Saturday, the government said the actual caseload of Covid-19 in the country is only 3,58,692 at the moment."The number of recovered cases has further increased to 6,53,750. The difference between recovered and active cases is progressively growing.

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Xinjiang reports 16 new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases

URUMQI : Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported 16 new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Friday, the regional health commission said Saturday.The new confirmed cases, all in the regional capital of Urumqi, are from those who were earlier under concentrated medical observation, the commission said.As of Friday, Xinjiang had 17 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 asymptomatic cases, all in Urumqi, as well as 269 people still under medical observation.The region had reported a total of 93 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Friday, with 73 cases having been cured and discharged from hospitals.

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Hamilton’s Mental Health Support Hub is new community group for the town

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A new community group to tackle mental health has launched in Hamilton and surrounding areas.Hamilton’s Mental Health Support Hub aims to bring people of all ages, who are struggling, together virtually and share free resources.The initiative was put together by mental health first aiders who volunteer to help people at their places of work, and now want to take that experience to support the community.It has now reached over 100 members with many locals commending the idea, saying it is much needed at a time when people are lonely and trying to beat the lockdown blues.The people who run the group wish to stay anonymous and put those who need the help at the

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Yanks' Germán casts doubt on MLB future in Instagram post

NEW YORK – Suspended New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán cast doubt on his baseball future with curious Instagram posts Friday night.Germán posted a photo of himself in a Yankees uniform exclaiming in what appears to be a photo of him pitching in a game. The post included Spanish words that translated to: “Everyone makes history on both sides, I think I did mine at Yankee Stadium, if decide not to come back I will proud of my effort during an 11-year career.

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Coronavirus update: India records nearly 35,000 cases in a day, death toll above 26,000

NEW DELHI : Showing no signs of a slowdown, India recorded a spike of 34,884 Covid cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. With 671 casualties reported in a day, the death toll due to coronavirus has increased to 26,273.The total number of positive cases now stands at 10,38,716, including 3,58,692 active cases and 6,53,751 cured/discharged/migrated patients, according to government data.This is the seventh consecutive day when more than 28,000 cases were recorded.The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said 1,34,33,742 samples were tested for COVID-19 till yesterday.

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Gerrit Cole & recorded fans tune up for Yankees debuts

NEW YORK – The crowd noise was phony. Gerrit Cole’s scowl was real.The new ace gave up consecutive home runs to Mike Ford and Miguel Andújar in an intrasquad game as the pitcher and the public-address system's recorded crowd sounds tuned up for New York Yankees debuts.Those runs in the fourth inning were the only ones Cole allowed over 5 2/3 innings Friday night.

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Phyllis Somerville, actor of stage and screen, dies at 76

NEW YORK – Phyllis Somerville, an actor with a lengthy career of roles in film, television and Broadway productions, has died. She was 76.Somerville’s manager Paul Hilepo says the actor died Thursday in New York City of natural causes.

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Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower vandalized again

NEW YORK - The Black Lives Matter mural outside of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan has been defaced once again.Video shows at least two people pouring blue paint on the yellow letters of the mural on Friday afternoon. One person, who appears white, is wearing an "All Lives Matter" shirt and a Pride flag with the words "LGBT for Trump" around their neck. The other person, who appears to be Black, is wearing a New York Islanders ball cap and holding an American flag.Three people, 25-year-old D'Anna Morgan, 39-year-old Juliet Germanotta and 44-year-old Luis Martinez were all arrested and charged with criminal misechief.

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Southwest Saskatchewan becomes the province’s new coronavirus hotspot

WATCH: In the past week, southwest Saskatchewan has become the province’s new coronavirus hotspot. Global’s Roberta Bell checked in with community leaders on the steps they’re taking to get a handle on the situation.

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Some anti-maskers are wearing facial coverings made of mesh that offer no protection from COVID-19

LOS ANGELES - Despite the lengths some have been willing to go to in order to protest against state policies that demand residents wear masks in public, some anti-maskers who previously refused to wear facial coverings are apparently deciding to wear face masks that offer no actual protection from respiratory droplets that can help spread a virus the COVID-19. One video shared by Dailymotion appeared to show a man leaving a Florida Walmart wearing a mesh mask with holes exposing his mouth.The man said he purposely wore the mask to prove that a recent face mask rule mandated in the county he lives in is “not about safety.”The man compared the county commissioner that enforced the mask rule to Hitler, saying, “If I sneeze, if I cough, if I

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Calaway Park opens after COVID-19 delayed start of season

Calaway Park has opened after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the start of the season for the popular attraction west of Calgary. Adam Toy reports.

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Tech CEO's personal assistant charged in gruesome killing

NEW YORK - Police arrested a Brooklyn man in the murder of a tech entrepreneur in Manhattan, a law enforcement official said Friday. The suspect worked at a personal assistant to the victim, Fahim Saleh, whose body was found dismembered inside his luxury seventh-floor apartment on the Lower East Side.Police officers found Saleh, 33, at around 3:30 p.m.

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Restaurants, bars adapt to new restrictions imposed by Gov. Tom Wolf

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Restaurants and bars are adapting after Governor Tom Wolf imposed new restrictions this week.Owners of various restaurants have said that they are frustrated and ‘trying to keep up.’ Seven Siren’s Brewing Company in Bethlehem, which doesn’t have a kitchen, says they have to get creative. The Bethlehem brewery is now serving the ‘90’s Lunch Box Special’: for two extra dollars, customers get a lunchable or an uncrustable sandwich and pringles with their beer. “I don’t think we are going to take this off our menu, after the pandemic,” says co-owner Josh Divers. “We had people come in last night that came here for the uncrustables.

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US sets daily COVID-19 record: 75,000 new cases

The United States saw more than 75,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus, as hospitals in Georgia and Arizona are looking to nearby states to take on patients.

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Alberta confirms 105 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, 2 additional deaths

coronavirus were reported by Alberta Health Friday afternoon.That brings the provincial total to 9,219. The province surpassed 9,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.Alberta’s death toll has climbed by two as Alberta Health reported a woman in her 80s and a woman in her 90s died.

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New Smyrna Beach mayor wants beaches to be limited to essential activities only

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – People flocked to New Smyrna Beach on Friday, forcing the beach approach on Flagler Avenue to close at 10 a.m. because it already reached maximum capacity.

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Coronavirus: 27th day in a row no new case for Peterborough and area

coronavirus for Peterborough and area, the region’s health unit reports Thusday.The last reported new case of the virus was on June 20 in the health unit’s jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation. Ontario Stage 3: What the City of Peterborough is reopening and when Of the 95 cases, 93 have been resolved with two deaths reported due to COVID-19 complications.

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Meet Trump’s controversial pick for a top Census job

Jeffrey MervisLast month, the U.S. statistical science community was shocked to learn that Nathaniel Cogley had assumed the new position of deputy director for policy at the Census Bureau.Most researchers had never heard of Cogley, a political scientist who earned a Ph.D.

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7 new coronavirus cases in Ottawa as Stage 3 begins Friday

coronavirus Friday as numerous businesses reopen in the city under Stage 3.OPH says there are currently 76 active cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in Ottawa.There have now been 2,189 lab-confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Ottawa since the pandemic began, according to OPH figures.There were no new deaths linked to COVID-19 to report on Friday for the third-straight week, leaving Ottawa’s death toll of the pandemic at 263.One more person with COVID-19 has been hospitalized since Thursday’s report, however, with four patients now in hospital with the disease.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Friday’s report came with news of two new institutional outbreaks in Ottawa, bringing the

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1 new death reported amid COVID-19 outbreak at Edmonton’s Good Samaritan Southgate Care Centre

COVID-19 outbreak at a south Edmonton continuing care centre continues to grow, with one additional death related to the disease reported Friday.In an update on its website Friday morning, Good Samaritan Southgate Care Centre said there are 34 active cases of COVID-19 in residents at the facility. In addition, there are nine active cases of the novel coronavirus in staff members.Two residents have died of COVID-19; the first death was reported earlier this week and the second on Friday morning.

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Citing the Pandemic, Feds Delay New Medicaid Waiver Rule

Disability Scoop (July 16)Citing the Pandemic, Feds Delay New Medicaid Waiver RuleThe Trump administration is holding off on implementing a Medicaid rule establishing a new standard for what counts as home- and community-based services for people with disabilities.In a letter to state Medicaid officials this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it would delay the compliance deadline for a 2014 regulation detailing criteria that programs must meet in order to be considered community-based and eligible to be paid for through Medicaid home- and community-based services waivers.Under the rule, home- and community-based settings must be places that individuals choose to live that are integrated in and provide full access to

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New law bars discrimination against people with disabilities during pandemic

East Oregonian (July 12)New law bars discrimination against people with disabilities during pandemicEven before the arrival of COVID-19, people living with disabilities — McSweeney was non verbal and in a wheelchair — had to worry their lives could be seen as less valuable by medical professionals who do not know them. Now, in the midst of a pandemic where medical personnel are trying to conserve scarce equipment such as ventilators and emergency beds, the fear is exacerbated.

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People With Disabilities Protest Physician Discrimination Amid Pandemic.

USA Today (7/14, Cox) reports “disability rights advocates in Austin, Texas, protested the care and treatment of 46-year-old Michael Hickson, a quadriplegic Black man who died of COVID-19.” Physicians “determined Hickson could not be saved after his organs began to fail, but advocates argued that his life was devalued due to racism and ableism.” As such, “the Texas Americans with Disabilities Action Planning Team (ADAPT) called for an investigation into Hickson’s death.” Elsewhere, “families protested in Rockland County, New York, against state restrictions limiting visitations to their developmentally-disabled relatives in group homes out of coronavirus fears, a local CBS affiliate reported.” The article highlights several other recent

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Bombshell announcement made after 3 accused in killing of Ahmaud Arbery plead not guilty

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – The three Glynn County men accused in the murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery appeared via video conference Friday at an arraignment hearing, pleading not guilty to all charges. During a hearing on a motion to grant bond following the arraignments, it came out that one of the defendants is under federal investigation for sex crimes, according to News 6 sister station WJXT.Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, are accused in the shooting of Arbery as he jogged through their neighborhood in late February.

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LeMahieu back with Yanks after recovering from COVID-19

NEW YORK – Second baseman DJ LeMahieu returned to the field for the New York Yankees on Friday after missing nearly two weeks with COVID-19.Manager Aaron Boone announced on July 4 that LeMahieu and right-hander Luis Cessa tested positive for the coronavirus before traveling to New York and said they were self-isolating at home.LeMahieu was not in the lineup for Friday's intraquad game but hit in a batting cage and was to take grounders on the field. Boone wants LeMahieu to build up his legs and said it's not clear whether he will be ready for Thursday night's opener at Washington.“I don’t want to commit one way or the other,” he said.LeMahieu signed with the Yankees before the 2019 season and hit .327.

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CMS Releases New Guidance On Disability Services During Pandemic.

Disability Scoop (7/10, Diament) reports the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week “updated its 99-page frequently-asked-questions document for states detailing how COVID-19 may affect Medicaid services. Significantly, advocates say CMS is emphasizing for the first time that despite the pandemic, states must continue to comply with the U.S.

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Commentary Examines Plight Of Persons With Disabilities That Are Not Apparent To Others.

New York Times (7/10), author and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon writes that he has depression and anxiety, and discusses the challenges of receiving accommodations for these forms of disabilities that are not outwardly apparent to others. Solomon says, “Because my intermittent disability is invisible, in the thick of it I have often felt compelled to make myself invisible.

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