The head of Perth Children’s Hospital has resigned amid an overhaul following the death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath.
Western Australia’s health department on Thursday confirmed the departure of Child and Adolescent Health Service chief executive Aresh Anwar.
Dr Anwar, who had served in the role since 2018, will finish up on Friday.
He was at the helm when Aishwarya died of sepsis in April last year, after presenting to the hospital’s emergency department with a fever.
An internal review into her death found staff had missed opportunities to escalate her care despite her parents pleading for help.
Dr Aresh Anwar, who had served in the role since 2018, will finish up on Friday. Credit: daniel wilkins/The West AustralianThe Perth Children’s Hospital. Credit: AAP
The government has since replaced several of the health service’s board members and recently appointed a new executive director to address “cultural challenges” at the hospital.
Chair Rosanna Capolingua said in a statement that she was confident the health service had the “right team in place”.
“The community can be assured that staff at the Child and Adolescent Health Service will continue to give their utmost to providing quality care for Western Australia’s children and young people and support them to lead healthier lives,” she said.
Health director-general David Russell-Weisz said Dr Anwar had brought dedication and integrity to the role.
Executive director Valerie Jovanovic will serve as acting chief executive while the recruitment process takes place.
An inquest into Aishwarya’s death is set to begin on August 24.
Within 20 minutes of arriving at the hospital, the little girl’s hands were cold, her eyes were discolored and her respiratory rate and heart rate were significantly elevated.
But an internal review found the severity of her condition wasn’t recognized until an hour and 17 minutes later.
She was pronounced dead within two hours of entering a resuscitation bay, having succumbed to an infection related to group A streptococcus.
An independent report last year found staff at the hospital had been “exhausted and demoralized” in the lead-up to her death.
An Indianapolis woman whose 17-year-old daughter suffered a severe allergy and asthma attack at work and was pronounced brain dead days later was faced with a harrowing predicament: block the hospital from removing her daughter from life support and find another facility willing to take her before then.
“God can work a miracle, but I know it’s down to the wire,” Angela Kosarue said Thursday morning, hours before a temporary restraining order was set to expire that prevented doctors at Riley Hospital for Children in downtown Indianapolis from withdrawing her daughter, Treasure Perry, from life support.
A court last Friday initially gave her daughter more time on a ventilator, writing that “the injury suffered by the Plaintiff will be irreparable, in that if life-sustaining measures are terminated, the Plaintiff will likely be deceased.”
But a judge on Wednesday declined to extend a deadline, and Treasure’s family said the hospital took her off the ventilator on Thursday afternoon.
“She was an amazing niece, sister, aunt, daughter and granddaughter,” Skylee Kosarue, an aunt of Treasure, said. “We never gave up on her de ella — the doctors failed her de ella and us.”
Angela Kosarue and her daughter, Treasure Perry.Angela Kosarue via Facebook
Angela Kosarue said she had been scrambling to persuade another hospital to take her daughter, but there was a sticking point, according to her lawyers: Hospitals say they won’t receive the teen because she hasn’t had a tracheotomy, a procedure in which a hole is made in the windpipe to help with breathing. However, Riley Hospital won’t perform a tracheotomy because Treasure is considered clinically dead.
Under Indiana law, a person is considered dead when they’ve sustained an “irreversible cessation” of circulatory and respiratory functions or of all brain functions.
According to Kosarue, her daughter was working at her job at a restaurant on July 23 when she suffered an allergic reaction to shellfish that triggered her asthma. No one at the restaurant could help her, Kosarue said, and she was rushed to the hospital. Doctors declared her brain de ella dead on Aug. 2, about a week and a half after she was hospitalized.
Kosarue, however, wouldn’t give up hope that her daughter’s condition could improve and still considered her alive. She said that Treasure made movements in recent days, including squeezing her hand “like a quick couple of seconds,” and that her pupils were reactive to light.
With drawing her daughter from life support “goes against my beliefs,” Kosarue said. “I believe when your heart stops beating and your body shuts down is when you’re dead.”
A spokeswoman said Thursday that Riley Hospital had no information to share in the case and didn’t provide further comment.
Medical ethics experts say it can be challenging and difficult for some people to accept brain death — when someone can only be kept alive on life support — as permanent.
“Although death by neurologic criteria has been accepted as death medically for over 40 years, legal variance exists throughout the states, especially regarding religious accommodations and in pregnancy,” according to a 2020 paper, “Controversies in Brain Death Declaration: Legal and Ethical Implications in the ICU,” written by two Oregon Health & Science University doctors.
Such cases have drawn intense debate over the years.
In 2013, a 13-year-old named Jahi McMath was declared dead after she suffered irreversible brain damage while having her tonsils removed during a procedure in California. Her mother de ella, however, citing her religious beliefs de ella, said her daughter de ella was still alive and went to court to keep her on life support. In 2018, McMath’s family accepted that she was dead after she had excessive bleeding and liver failure following surgery to treat an intestinal issue.
In writing about the case in 2013, Dr. Arthur Caplan, the founding head of the division of medical ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, said that “brain death is not a coma.”
“People wake up from comas — they still have brain activity. Brain death is not a vegetative state,” Caplan wrote. “People in a vegetative state still have some, minimal brain activity. Those who are brain dead have lost all brain activity except the random firing of a few cells. They will not come back.”
But Kosarue insisted that her daughter wouldn’t want her to give up on her.
Treasure Perry.Angela Kosarue via Facebook
Treasure, a middle child with seven siblings, was working to save money for a car before entering her senior year of high school this fall. Kosarue said her daughter de ella “is so loving and full of life” — the first to text back in groups chats and tell her that she loves her at night.
Her asthma would keep her from fully participating in basketball at school, but that didn’t stop her from harboring dreams of playing hoops in college.
Kosarue said her daughter had always been strong-willed.
“I don’t want to give up. I still don’t,” Kosarue said earlier Thursday. “I’ve exhausted all my options from her, but I’m going to keep fighting for her to the every end.”
Fremantle should make a play for retired West Coast Eagles great Josh Kennedy to fill a whole in their forward-line as they chase a maiden premiership, according to Kane Cornes.
The former Port Adelaide player and media commentator wrote in his exclusive column for The West Australian that the Dockers should sound out the legendary Eagle in a bid to lure him across town.
The Dockers are finals-bound for the first time since 2015 this year, but are preparing for the widely tipped departure of talisman Rory Lobb to the Western Bulldogs.
READ KANE CORNES’ FULL COLUMN ON WHY FREMANTLE SHOULD CHASE WEST COAST LEGEND JOSH KENNEDY HERE
The durability of fellow key forward Matt Taberner has also come under question in recent weeks as the Dockers put the tall on ice until finals.
Cornes said Fremantle should plead with Kennedy to back-flip on his recent retirement decision on a set of generous terms which would see him not train before Christmas and be rested for a number of games, particularly away from home.
Kennedy kicked 723 goals across a 17-year career at Carlton and West Coast, eight of which came during a moving farewell to Eagles fans against Adelaide on Sunday.
Kennedy kicked eight goals in his final game for West Coast on Sunday. Credit: simon santi/The West Australian
“West Coast’s all-time greatest goal-kickers still has plenty of petrol in his tank,” Cornes wrote.
“His stunning eight-goal display against Adelaide in his final game on Sunday proved it.
“Fremantle needs Kennedy. The Dockers must pitch him an offer he cannot refuse so that he ignores the option of retirement to become a critical part of Fremantle’s premiership push.
Cornes ruled the Dockers out of premiership contention, despite them circling a top-four finish, but said they could put themselves well and truly in the mix next season with the recruitment of a big key forward.
“Unfortunately, Fremantle is not good enough to win this year’s flag,” he wrote.
“However, the Dockers are capable of saluting next season if they address the big, critical need to find a match-winning forward.
“Lobb will not be at Fremantle next season. He is joining the Western Bulldogs.”
“As advised to you I received a call from the Minister’s Office shortly after a draft order was issued on Coronation’s Merrylands Development,” the letter said.
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Shortly after speaking to Petinos’ office he said he received a message from Barilaro, “who I was advised had recently joined the Coronation Board. This contact came to me as a message on my personal phone requesting a meeting with me.”
Chandler said he copied the message to Hogan, and later met Barilaro to answer his questions. “A separate record of that meeting exists,” he wrote.
His letter pointed to the challenges that the NSW residential apartment industry faced when he entered the job in 2019 as “frankly horrific”.
“Turning around the brand of the NSW residential apartment market is now at a stage where demonstrable public confidence has lifted,” the letter said.
The building commissioner also described the difference in his engagement with the minister’s office after a reshuffle last year resulted in Petinos taking over the portfolio from now-Hospitality Minister Kevin Anderson.
Alas, the same level of engagement has not been experienced since. My personal experience has been one where engagement with the minister’s office has been problematic,” he wrote.
“Given where all the above matters now rest, I believe my continued role as NSW building commissioner is no longer viable.”
The NSW opposition used upper house orders to compel the government to release the letter after disclosures in her former ministerial diary revealed Petinos met representatives from Coronation.
Both Petinos and Barilaro have issued statements saying that Barilaro was not in attendance at a June 2 meeting between Petinos and Coronation Property. A second meeting with Coronation on June 21 was disclosed in her diary out of “an abundance of caution”, Petinos has said.
In question time on Thursday the premier conceded he was told about Chandler’s concerns in a phone call with Hogan on July 31, the same day he sacked Petinos, but said the issues were “not relevant at all to the decision that I made”.
“I had a discussion with the department secretary and the main purpose of that discussion was in relation to staff matters,” he said in question time.
Perrottet has said he was only told the letter had been referred to the ICAC on Tuesday night.
Opposition spokeswoman for better regulation and innovation Courtney Houssos said the premier was yet to explain why he sacked Petinos, adding that Chandler’s letter raised more questions.
Houssos said it “does not pass the believability test” Hogan would brief the premier on July 31 about concerns in Petinos’ office and not raise her intention to send Chandler’s letter to the ICAC the next day.
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Provincetown declared a sewer emergency Thursday that calls for the immediate closure of restaurants in part of the town and places water restrictions on some residents.”We are declaring a sewer emergency for properties on the vacuum sewer system. This includes properties on Commercial Street from Snow Street to Point Street, and properties on the sewer system on Bradford Street between Conwell Street and Prince Street,” town officials said in a statement. Any restaurant or food service business in the service area must ease operations immediately. “This is necessary to prevent a further public health emergency caused by sewer overflows, and we need to drastically reduce flow to allow the critical repair work in order to get the town back to full capacity,” the town said.Any residential property on this system must reduce water use, including dishwashing, laundry, showering, and only flush when necessary. The emergency does not apply to sewer customers on the town’s gravity system, nor does it apply to properties with on-site septic systems. The town estimates that officials need up to 48 hours to make repairs and get the system back to normal. All public restrooms are closed Thursday and Friday, and 18 port-a-potties will be on Ryder Street next to Town Hall.Anyone with questions is asked to call DPW Deputy Director Sherry Prada during business hours at 508-487-7060. The emergency comes just days before the town is set to welcome tens of thousands of visitors for Carnival Week, which features several events and a parade down Commercial Street.
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Provincetown declared a sewer emergency Thursday that calls for the immediate closure of restaurants in part of the town and places water restrictions on some residents.
“We are declaring a sewer emergency for properties on the vacuum sewer system. This includes properties on Commercial Street from Snow Street to Point Street, and properties on the sewer system on Bradford Street between Conwell Street and Prince Street,” town officials said in a statement.
Any restaurant or food service business in the service area must ease operations immediately.
“This is necessary to prevent a further public health emergency caused by sewer overflows, and we need to drastically reduce flow to allow the critical repair work in order to get the town back to full capacity,” the town said.
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Sewer emergency declared in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Any residential property on this system must reduce water use, including dishwashing, laundry, showering, and only flush when necessary.
The emergency does not apply to sewer customers on the town’s gravity system, nor does it apply to properties with on-site septic systems.
The town estimates that officials need up to 48 hours to make repairs and get the system back to normal.
All public restrooms are closed Thursday and Friday, and 18 port-a-potties will be on Ryder Street next to Town Hall.
Anyone with questions is asked to call DPW Deputy Director Sherry Prada during business hours at 508-487-7060.
The emergency comes just days before the town is set to welcome tens of thousands of visitors for Carnival Week, which features several events and a parade down Commercial Street.
The search for missing Manchester girl Harmony Montgomery is now a homicide investigation, law enforcement officials said Thursday.Attorney General John Formella said investigators now believe that Harmony was killed in early December 2019. He said the investigation is now a homicide investigation.>> News conference videos: NH AG Formella | Manchester Chief Aldenberg”We understand that this is truly devastating news for Harmony’s family, friends and loved ones,” Formella said. “Our hearts go out to them.”It was believed that Harmony went missing between Nov. 28 and Dec. 10, 2019, when she was 5 years old, but police did not learn of her disappearance for more than two years.>> Timeline in the disappearance of 8-year-old Harmony Montgomery Formella said Harmony’s remains have not been located, but recently confirmed biological evidence and multiple sources of information have led investigators to the conclusion that she was killed. He did not provide any information about the evidence. An emotional Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg said he was saddened that it has transformed into a homicide investigation.” As I stated from the beginning of this investigation and throughout, every effort has been made to bring Harmony home to her family,” he said. “Our commitment to bringing Harmony home has not wavered, nor will it.” Officials did not take any questions at the news conference announcing the homicide investigation.” Our greatest fears were confirmed today, and now our efforts shift to ensuring justice for Harmony, “Gov. Chris Sununu said. “I commend the tireless dedication of the law enforcement community for their unwavering efforts and commitment to transparency, and recognize they have much work ahead of them. We have come to know Harmony through her bright smiles in her photos and she will not be soon to be forgotten by her fellow Granite Staters.”A 24-hour tip line is open for anyone who has information about Harmony. Anyone with any information can call or text 603-203-6060. Watch a timeline of the investigation in the player below.–
The search for missing Manchester girl Harmony Montgomery is now a homicide investigation, law enforcement officials said Thursday.
Attorney General John Formella said investigators now believe that Harmony was killed in early December 2019. He said the investigation is now a homicide investigation.
>> News conference videos: NH AG Formella | Manchester Chief Aldenberg
“We understand that this is truly devastating news for Harmony’s family, friends and loved ones,” Formella said. “Our hearts go out to them.”
It was believed that Harmony went missing between Nov. 28 and Dec. 10, 2019, when she was 5 years old, but police did not learn of her disappearance for more than two years.
>> Timeline in the disappearance of 8-year-old Harmony Montgomery
Formella said Harmony’s remains have not been located, but recently confirmed biological evidence and multiple sources of information have led investigators to the conclusion that she was killed. He did not provide any information about the evidence.
An emotional Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg said he was saddened that it has transformed into a homicide investigation.
“As I stated from the beginning of this investigation and throughout, every effort has been made to bring Harmony home to her family,” he said. “Our commitment to bringing Harmony home has not wavered, nor will it.”
Officials did not take any questions at the news conference announcing the homicide investigation.
“Our greatest fears were confirmed today, and now our efforts shift to ensuring justice for Harmony,” Gov. Chris Sununu said. “I commend the tireless dedication of the law enforcement community for their unwavering efforts and commitment to transparency, and recognize they have much work ahead of them. We have come to know Harmony through her bright smiles in her photos and she will not be soon to be forgotten by her fellow Granite Staters.”
A 24-hour tip line is open to anyone who has information about Harmony. Anyone with any information can call or text 603-203-6060.
Watch a timeline of the investigation in the player below.
Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to make a statement Thursday afternoon, three days after FBI agents raided the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department, which Garland heads, has faced pressure since that raid to provide a public explanation for the search of the Trump home at his Mar-a-Lago club.
Trump, who is a Republican, and his allies have said the search was politically motivated and pointed the finger at the administration of President Joe Biden, a Democratic, in condemning the probe.
FBI seized about a dozen boxes from the residence Monday, according to Trump’s lawyer Christina Bobb.
She had said agents left a copy of the search warrant, which indicated they are investigating possible violations of laws related to the Presidential Records Act and the handling of classified material.
A senior White House official told NBC News on Thursday that they were unaware of what Garland would say.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to the press at the Justice Department after all three defendants were found guilty of federal hate crimes for the murder of a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbrey in Washington, DC, US, February 22, 2022.
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“We have had no notice that he was giving remarks and no briefing on the content of them,” the official said.
The Justice Department, and Garland, have a longstanding policy about not commenting on criminal investigations before charges are filed.
This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
You know that highlighted piece of text at the very top of a Google search results page when you look up a piece of information? That’s called a “featured snippet,” and it’s meant to provide you with a quick answer to your query. Now, Google is making sure that the information it highlights is reliable and accurate by using its latest AI model, the Multitask Unified Model, so that Search can now look for consensus when deciding on a snippet to feature.
Google’s Search AI can now check snippet callouts — those are the information with larger fonts that serve as heading for featured snippets — against other high-quality sources online. It can figure out if there’s a general consensus for that callout, even if sources use different words or concepts to describe the same fact or idea. Google says this “consensus-based technique has meaningfully improved the quality and helpfulness of featured snippet callouts.”
Google featured snippet
But for some queries, such as those with false premises, displaying features snippets isn’t the best way to deliver information. To address that issue, Google tweaked its Search AI so that this particular update reduces the triggering of snippets for those types of queries by 40 percent.
Google is now also making its “About this result” tool more accessible. That’s the panel that pops up when you click on the three dots next to a result, showing you details about the source website before you even visit. Starting later this year, it will be available in eight more languages, including Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese and Indonesian. It’s adding more information to the tool starting this week, as well, including how widely a publication is circulated, online reviews about a company, or whether a company is owned by another entity. They’re all pieces of information that could help you decide whether a particular source is trustworthy.
Finally, in case Google’s AI has determined that the overall results for a search query may have questionable quality, the results page will now display a content advisory. “It looks like there aren’t many great results for this search,” the advisory will say, telling you to check the source you’re looking at or to try other search terms. It could help you stay alert and be on the lookout for potential fake information while checking the results the website had presented.
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The ongoing search for a missing 5-year-old New Hampshire girl is now a murder investigation, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said Thursday. Harmony Montgomery disappeared sometime between Nov. 28 and Dec. 10, 2019, but police did not learn of her disappearance from her for more than two years. Formella said all the evidence leads them to believe the child is dead. “All of the (investigative) efforts have led us to conclude that Harmony Montgomery was murdered in Manchester in early December of 2019,” he said. “At this point, while Harmony’s remains have not yet been located, we do have multiple sources of investigative information, including just recently confirmed biological evidence that have led us to this difficult and tragic conclusion.” Holding back tears, Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg implored anyone with information to come forward. “I’m not asking you to do it for me, for the people in this room, the people who have been working on this investigation. Do it for this little girl who’s on the screen. The time is now. Time to step up and do the right thing,” he said. In June, law enforcement officers from state and federal agencies swarmed a Manchester, New Hampshire, apartment building where the girl’s father, Adam Montgomery, and his estranged wife Kayla Montgomery, previously lived. Officials were seen removing a refrigerator. Investigators wrapped the appliance in black plastic and loaded it onto a waiting truck. At the time of the girl’s disappearance, Adam Montgomery had legal custody of Harmony. He has been indicted on an assault charge alleging that he struck Harmony in the face in July 2019 He’s also accused of unrelated firearms theft charges and has pleaded not guilty.No charges have been directly filed in Harmony’s disappearance.Kayla Montgomery is charged with two felony counts of perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury.The couple told police that Harmony was brought to be with her mother in Massachusetts around Thanksgiving 2019. Her mother said she last saw her daughter during a phone video conversation around Easter that year.Police have received hundreds of tips. They’re offering $150,000 for information that will lead them to the missing child. Anyone with information about Harmony Montgomery’s disappearance can call or text a 24-hour tip line at 603-203-6060.
MANCHESTER, NH—
The ongoing search for a missing 5-year-old New Hampshire girl is now a murder investigation, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said Thursday.
Harmony Montgomery disappeared sometime between Nov. 28 and Dec. 10, 2019, but police did not learn of her disappearance for more than two years.
Formella said all the evidence leads them to believe the child is dead.
“All of the (investigative) efforts have led us to conclude that Harmony Montgomery was murdered in Manchester in early December of 2019,” he said. “At this point, while Harmony’s remains de ella have not yet been located, we do have multiple sources of investigative information, including just recently confirmed biological evidence that have led us to this difficult and tragic conclusion.”
Holding back tears, Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg implored anyone with information to come forward.
“I’m not asking you to do it for me, for the people in this room, the people who have been working on this investigation. Do it for this little girl who’s on the screen. The time is now. Time to step up and do the right thing,” he said.
In June, law enforcement officers from state and federal agencies swarmed a Manchester, New Hampshire, apartment building where the girl’s father, Adam Montgomery, and his estranged wife Kayla Montgomery, previously lived.
Officials were seen removing a refrigerator. Investigators wrapped the appliance in black plastic and loaded it onto a waiting truck.
At the time of the girl’s disappearance, Adam Montgomery had legal custody of Harmony.
He has been indicted on an assault charge alleging that he struck Harmony in the face in July 2019. He’s also accused of unrelated firearms theft charges and has pleaded not guilty.
No charges have been directly filed in Harmony’s disappearance.
Kayla Montgomery is charged with two felony counts of perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury.
The couple told police that Harmony was brought to be with her mother in Massachusetts around Thanksgiving 2019. Her mother said she last saw her daughter during a phone video conversation around Easter that year.
Police have received hundreds of tips. They’re offering $150,000 for information that will lead them to the missing child.
Anyone with information about Harmony Montgomery’s disappearance can call or text a 24-hour tip line at 603-203-6060.
iOS 16 was announced in June with multiple new features, including a new lock screen with widgets, revamped notifications, improved Focus mode, options to edit and unsend messages in iMessage, and more. This week the company released iOS 16 beta 5 to developers, and it came with a surprise: the battery percentage for modern iPhones. However, the once beloved feature now seems quite controversial.
The battery percentage is back
iPhone 3GS was the first iPhone to show the exact battery percentage in the status bar for users. Since then, every iPhone had the option to show the battery percentage, until 2017. Due to the new design of the iPhone X, which was the first to feature an edge-to-edge display with a notch at the top, some interface elements had to be removed from the status bar.
The battery percentage was one of these elements. Starting with the iPhone X, users had to open the Control Center to see the full battery indicator. Apple has never commented on this decision, but many users argue that seeing the battery percentage all the time made them anxious.
In the meantime, developers have created multiple solutions to bring the battery percentage back to modern iPhones using jailbreak tools. Apple never seemed to care about this, until now. The latest beta version of iOS 16 brings battery percentage back to modern iPhones. But there are a few catches.
Not everyone seems to like it
The thing is, not everyone seems to like the new implementation of the battery percentage in iOS 16. That’s because it is indeed a bit confusing. As detailed by 9to5Mac’s José Adorno, the battery icon doesn’t match the battery percentage as it drains. This can easily make users believe that the battery is still full while it’s not.
The icon only changes when the battery level drops to 20%, then it becomes red and empty. For now, Apple is making the feature optional, so you can disable it if you don’t like it. However, turning on Low Power Mode will make the system show the battery percentage. Another thing to keep in mind is that battery percentage is not available for iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 mini, and iPhone 13 mini.
Personally, the new implementation seems lazy to me. Apple could have done much better than this, especially for a feature that took five years to be introduced. Of course, we’re talking about beta software, so things might change until the official release of iOS 16 next month.
What are your thoughts on the battery percentage in iOS 16?
Now we would like to know your thoughts on this. Do you think that Apple’s implementation of battery percentage in modern iPhones is good enough? Or do you think the company could have done better? Let us know in the poll and comments section below.
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