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Pep Rally for an Uneasy Democratic Team
Pres. Obama addressed today, via video, a gathering that included some of his earliest and most hard-core supporters from the 2008 campaign. But he yielded about a quarter of his four-minute message to Maddow ... NYT; 7/24/2010 |
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Pelosi, Reid slated to speak to Netroots group
Organizers say House Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid are scheduled to speak at a political conference for bloggers, politicians and progressive ... Las Vegas Sun; 7/15/10 |
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Yes, the base matters: Pelosi to speak at Netroots Nation
Good news: I'm told that Nancy Pelosi will be heading out to Las Vegas to speak at Netroots Nation next week. Here's why this is important: Now that Harry Reid has also agreed to attend ... Washington Post; July 14, 2010 |
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O'Reilly mischaracterized Pelosi interview to portray her as out of touch
Bill O'Reilly cropped an interview with Nancy Pelosi to falsely claim that she said she "hasn't heard the Democrats blaming Bush" for the Gulf oil spill, comments O'Reilly suggested showed Pelosi ... Media Matters; June 14, 2010 |
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Helen Thomas Is Out of Work - Good Thing We've Got A "Free" Press Here
... Jim Quinn too. He's working. Nice fella? Sure he is. Called Nancy Pelosi a "Bolshevik Bitch with a Mallet." Last time I checked the Speaker wasn't Jewish. Huffington Post; June 7, 2010 |
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Pelosi: If the House takes up legislation to gut a free and open Internet “it’s not going to be a Democratic initiative”
Over the last few weeks, dozens of House members from both sides of the aisle have signed on to a lobbyist-driven letter advocating to give control of the Internet to Comcast and AT&T ... FDL; June 1, 2010 |
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Speaker Pelosi backs FCC plan to assert broadband oversight: report
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview with bloggers Tuesday that she supports the Federal Communications Commission's plan to redefine broadband as a telecommunications service ... Washington Post; June 2, 2010 |
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Beck Accuses Pelosi Of "Begging For A Negative Reaction" For Walking Through Protests
Glenn Beck couldn't seem to make up his mind whether he wanted to defend the tea party protesters at the Capitol as well-behaved or blame Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats for the tea partiers' bad behavior. News Hounds; 4/6/2010 |
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Question for media: When have GOP attacks on Pelosi ever led to electoral success?
There's an odd assumption among many political reporters that Republican attacks on Nancy Pelosi are some sort of silver bullet in the GOP's campaign attack arsenal. Time's Jay Newton-Small ... Media Matters; 4/2/2010 |
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Do Politico reporters read Politico?
Just how predictable is it that Republicans would peddle the idea that attacking Nancy Pelosi is their silver bullet -- and that Politico would dutifully write it up? Take a look at some previous ... Media Matters; 3/17/2010 |
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Who should stick to their day job in 2010?
Elizabeth Lev at Politics Daily takes a mallet to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as an bad Catholic over her differences with Catholic Church leaders. Pelosi told Newsweek ... USA Today; December 31, 2009 |
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Bright lights, bigger city at New York Magazine
... But what about the recent cover story on Nancy Pelosi? What does the House speaker have to do with the Big Apple? Washington Post; December 7, 2009 |
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Republicans Embracing YouTube with "Tons and Tons" of Uploads...but No One Beats Nancy Pelosi's Cat Video
Stung from the 2008 election losses, Republican members of Congress are uploading videos to YouTube in much greater numbers than Democrats. Beet.TV; December 6, 2009 |
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Pelosi's former top aide joins anti-Google lobbying push
Few companies are as cozy with the Obama White House as Google is. Google and Obama are on the same side of the Net Neutrality debate, Schmidt has met with President Obama multiple times ... Examiner; November 18, 2009 |
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Pelosi vs. the ACLU on the Federal Hate Crime Bill
As I noted on Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claims the latest version of the federal hate crime bill, which the House passed last week and the Senate is expected to approve ... Reason; October 13, 2009 |
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Racism, hatred poisons the debate
Former president Jimmy Carter and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi know all too well about what happens when racism and hatred enter a political debate. Brattleboro Reformer; Posted on September 24, 2009 |
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Reaction to Carter, Pelosi comments show media reluctant to discuss racism
In responding to recent comments from former President Jimmy Carter and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that some of the strongest criticism of President Obama is race-based or could lead to extremism ... Media Matters; 9/18/09 |
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Freedom of the Press
Congress and President Obama face a test Thursday of their commitment to freedom of the press and to holding government accountable. NYT; September 17, 2009 |
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Cybersecurity Act Returns With a Fresh Coat of Paint
In April, we voiced serious concerns about the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, a bill by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), that sought to give the federal government ... EFF; September 2, 2009 |
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S.773 - Cybersecurity Act of 2009
A bill to ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications ... Open Congress; Linked on September 5, 2009 |
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Citizen Journalist Bounced From Democratic Fundraiser
Citizen Journalist Paul Korda reported on an August 6th Democratic fundraiser in Boulder, Colorado that featured Rep. Jared Polis and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Huffington Post; August 13, 2009 |
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Pelosi Is an Expert at 'Drowning Out Opposing Views'
Disruption of the health care town hall meetings has triggered some rich debate about free speech in the U.S. In these discussions, CODEPINK has been referenced several times ... Common Dreams; August 13, 2009 |
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Jewish Groups Argue Over Nazi Analogies
Rush Limbaugh's recent remarks comparing Democrats to Nazis has drawn widespread condemnation among Jewish groups, but has also triggered a fight among them over which party is abusing the Nazi analogy. Wash Post; 8/11/09 |
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Media barred from Pelosi speech
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresssed the nation's trial lawyers' group Saturday, the media was barred from attending. LegalNewsline; July 25, 2009 |
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Republicans cry foul over chart
House Republicans have accused their Democratic colleagues of censorship for halting Republican plans for a mass mailing of a chart about health care legislation. SF Gate; July 24, 2009 |
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GOP Charges Dems With Censorship Over Sign
House Republicans suggested Thursday that Nancy Pelosi is standing in the way of Republicans who want to send constituents a chart that is in the official record of the House Ways and Means Committee. Fox; July 23, 2009 |
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Bailout money -- for newspapers?
Check out Nancy Pelosi on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. SHe looks pretty bad, has no sense of humor, etc, etc, but here's the fun part ... SFBG; April 9, 2009 |
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Nancy Pelosi -- All Atwitter Over TMZ
Forget the economy, war, poverty and substandard education -- the troops in the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are spending time worrying about TMZ and Twitter. TMZ; April 1, 2009 |
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Pelosi Hails House Passage of Federal Media Shield Law
Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement tonight on House passage of H.R. 985, the Free Flow of Information Act, which provides a federal media shield -- a qualified privilege for journalists ... Official release; 3/31/09 |
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Pelosi Warns Congressmen to Stay Away from TMZ
Back in the '90s, when lawmakers wanted to be humiliated on the national stage, they had to take some personal initiative. Political Machine; March 31, 2009 |
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Pelosi's Library Quarantine
It looks like "Jumanji" in local libraries these days, after the classic children's book about chaos unleashed by the failure to heed warnings. WSJ; March 30, 2009 |
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Consolidation Is No Cure for Journalism Crisis
Last week, Nancy Pelosi, whose hometown San Francisco Chronicle is in trouble, asked AG Eric Holder to consider loosening antitrust laws to help out struggling newspapers ... Huff Post; March 28, 2009 |
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Speaker Pelosi Urges 'Leeway' in Bay Area Newspaper Dealings
On a day when Hearst's Seattle Post-Intelligencer publishes its last print edition, the company’s San Francisco Chronicle is getting some congressional help that may save it from the same fate, or worse. E&P; 3/17/09 |
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U.S. law chief open to antitrust aid for newspapers
... He was responding to a call by House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, urging the Justice Department to give newspapers more leeway to merge or combine operations. Reuters; March 18, 2009 |
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Pelosi seeks leeway in newspaper mergers
In an effort to help struggling newspapers stay in business, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is asking the Justice Department to broaden its view of media competition when reviewing any merger proposals. SJ Merc; 3/17/09 |
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Paranoid fantasy may carry on
APPARENTLY THE belief that Democrats are primed to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine and take away right-wingers' beloved talk radio - an effect the Fairness Doctrine wouldn't have, anyway ... Boston Globe; 3/17/09 |
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Pelosi goes to bat to keep Bay Area papers alive
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, worried about the fate of The Chronicle and other financially struggling newspapers, urged the Justice Department Monday to consider giving Bay Area papers more leeway ... SF Chron; 3/16/09 |
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AT&T Accused of Discriminating Against Local Public Access Channels, Deadline for Public Comment Expires Tonight
Community media groups are accusing the telecom giant AT&T of discriminating against local public access channels across the nation, and the deadline for public comment is midnight tonight. Dem Now!; 3/9/09 |
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House Speaker Pelosi Denies Sending Words of Comfort to Ted Haggard
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office has issued a statement denying Ted Haggard's claim that she sent him messages of support and comfort after he was enveloped in a sex-and-drugs scandal. USN; January 16, 2009 |
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Ted Haggard: Speaker Pelosi Sent Words of Comfort and Support After Scandal
Ted Haggard, the megachurch pastor and National Association of Evangelicals president felled by a gay sex and drugs scandal in 2006, says that ... Nancy Pelosi ... USN; January 16, 2009 |
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Pelosi cites faith, prayer in lighting Capitol Christmas Tree
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the faith represented by the Christmas tree on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol is a part of America’s heritage. Count on News 2 (Charleston); December 3, 2008 |
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Pelosi Remarks at U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting
Speaker Nancy Pelosi was joined by Members of the Montana congressional delegation and the governor of Montana to light the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree during a ceremony this evening. MarketPlace; December 2, 2008 |
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Locking up the press
On Aug. 20 the San Francisco Chronicle reported that video blogger Josh Wolf, who spent 226 days in federal prison in 2006 for refusing to testify before a grand jury ... SFBG; September 3, 2008 |
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Pelosi censors poster of troops
Nancy Pelosi, D-S.F., has done something worse than commit a crime against the First Amendment. The speaker's censorship of nonobtrusive posters featuring men and women ... SF Gate; August 22, 2008 |
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Talking Points Memo interviews House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Netroots Nation
From Fog City Journal and YouTube. Posted on July 27, 2008 |
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Austin Story on "Netroots' Back Online
It started innocently enough, over coffee in a hotel lobby, with me (as usual at that hour) huddled over a newspaper—in print, not on a laptop ... Editor & Publisher; July 22, 2008 |
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Liberal Bloggers Brace for Victory
"Yep, the way it's looking, we might actually win this thing . . ." That's Markos Moulitsas talking, a.k.a. "Kos" to everyone here at Netroots Nation ... Washington Post; July 21, 2008 |
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Mixed feelings for Pelosi, nothing but praise for Gore
Liberal bloggers showed some reservation as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi took a lot of heat for a fairly unpopular Congress, but Al Gore's surprise entrance drew awe, applause and respect. News 8 Austin; 7/19/08 |
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Gore, Pelosi address liberal bloggers
... Pelosi was asked ... why American troops are having to beg for care packages from home that contain basics like toothpaste and tampons ... . She said she would look into why that is happening. Houston Chron; 7/19/08 |
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Protesters greet Pelosi, Al Gore makes a surprise netroots visit
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced a tough crowd as the morning guest of the Netroots Nation gathering. Washington Times; July 19, 2008 |
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Pelosi: New Bipartisan House Rules Won't Quash Free Speech Online
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday moved to quash allegations swirling on the internet that House Democrats are trying to gag their Republican colleagues online. Wired; July 10, 2008 |
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Nancy Pelosi vs. the Internet
"A story popped up on the ChicagoBoyz Blog. It says 'Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who would like very much to reimpose the old, so-called, "Fairness Doctrine" ... Slashdot; July 9, 2008 |
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Pelosi Blasts McCain Over Anti-Catholic Pastor
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most prominent Catholic serving in the U.S. government, called on Sen. John McCain to reject the endorsement of Texas televangelist John Hagee. Huffington Post; March 6, 2008 |
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Here Come the Thought Police
With overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Jane Harman’s “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act” passed the House 404-6 late last month ... Baltimore Sun; November 19, 2007 |
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The Evangelical Rebellion
The rise of Mike Huckabee as a presidential candidate represents a seismic shift in the tactics, ideology and direction of the radical Christian right. Truthdig; December 24, 2007 |
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FCC Votes for Monopoly, Congress Must Defend Democracy
The Federal Communications Commission has, as expected, voted along party lines to approve the demand of ... communications-industry moguls for a loosening of limits on media monopolies ... The Nation; December 18, 2007 |
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House OKs bill to protect reporters in U.S. courts by wide marg
The House overwhelmingly approved a media shield bill Tuesday that would protect reporters from having to reveal their confidential sources in federal courts. SF Chron; October 17, 2007 |
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House Passes Media Shield Bill
The House on Tuesday strongly backed the right of reporters to protect the confidentiality of sources in most federal court cases, saying that right was crucial to a free and effective press. AP; October 16, 2007 |
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FOLLOWING UP
Following up: Pelosi pushes shield law
What we said: Forty-nine states now offer varying levels of protection for journalists using anonymous sources. SF Chron; October 8, 2007 |
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Project Censored: The Byrne ultimatum
Sometimes the story behind a story is just as juicy as the story itself. One of Project Censored's picks for the 2008 list started out as a project funded by the Nation Institute ... SFBG; September 5, 2007 |
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Censoring the Censored Project
Will the NY Times, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, and the mainstream media censor this year's Project Censored story? Bruce Brugmann's blog from the SFBG; September 5, 2007 |
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Why U.S. needs a 'shield law'
REP. Mike Pence, a conservative Republican from east-central Indiana, knows these might not be the best of times to champion a federal shield law that allows reporters to protect confidential sources. SF Chron; April 30, 2007. |
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Post Office to the First Amendment: Drop Dead
Everyone who visits the Common Dreams site is reading articles that were first published or commissioned by print publications. |
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Who blinked?
Josh Wolf is out of the clink, but the debate about why he was freed continues ... SFBG; April 11, 2007. |
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The real Josh Wolf story
The astonishing inaccuracies being reported about the young journalist's release ... SFBG; April 11, 2007. |
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Josh Wolf's argument
On a journalist's duty to the public, PRO: Federal shield law is needed to extend journalist protections; Josh Wolf, SF Chronicle,Monday, April 9, 2007. |
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On a journalist's duty to the public
CON: Wolf's case no cause celebre -- he had nothing to protect: Peter Scheer, SF Chonicle; Monday, April 9, 2007. |
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Josh Wolf released after 225 days in prison
The 24-year-old Wolf spent more time in jail than any journalist in US history for protecting his sources. Democracy Now! April 4, 2007. |
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Imprisoned freelance journalist released
Josh Wolf, the blogger whose record 7 1/2 months in federal prison stirred debate about who qualifies as a journalist ... was freed today ... SF Chronicle; April 4, 2007. |
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Josh Wolf discusses release from prison
Freelancer Josh Wolf, freed from a federal prison after seven and one-half months in custody for contempt of court, said in San Francisco Tuesday he feels he emerged with his ethics intact. FCJ, 04-04-2007. |
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Second Wolf mediation attempt fails ...
From the Fog City Journal. Posted April 3, 2007. |
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Free Josh Wolf!! February 17, 2007
Videoblogger Josh Wolf holds the record for incarceration for refusing to cooperate with federal agents investigating an anti-war rally that turned violent. We're asking Speaker Pelosi to support federal shield law legislation to protect journalists |
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A man and his protest sign -- key in case involving police car at anti-war rally
Only demonstrator charged in Josh Wolf incident says he was a 'scapegoat.' From SF Gate. March 29, 2007. |
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Court Jester seeks Amnesty International in Wolf case
Does Josh need Amnesty International? (Will they move him to Guantanomo?) Josh Wolf is a political prisoner within his own country. Posted March 20, 2007. |
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Podcast of Josh Wolf's interviewed on NPR
Episode 2 in our Freeing the Press Podcast series features an interview with jailed journalist Josh Wolf, who spoke to us from inside the Federal Prison in Dublin California. Posted April 1, 2007. |
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Pelosi ignores plight of freelance journalist, Josh Wolf
Journalist Josh Wolf remains in federal prison following U.S. District Judge William Alsup's order that Wolf be detained. Wolf was ordered jailed August 1, 2006 for refusing to turn over videotape of an SF G-8 demonstration turned violent. 03-01-07 |
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