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and two chickens. mosquito and vector control has been fogging in high risk areas last night in antioch. there have been two reported cases of human west nile infection so far this year. >> police looking for the gunman who shot three women last night, among five in a car when a man pulled up alongside them and fired. the 21-year-old taken to the hospital in serious condition. >> there is family and friends of derek gains are holding a rally on what would have been his 16th birthday. an investigation showed police acted properly and showed gains reached for a handgun. it turns out the gun could not be fired it did not have a firing pin. >> the major repair work going on in a martinez gas station after a car slammed into one of the gas pumps late
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yesterday, setting off a fire yeechl plogs this is captured on video. a summer accidentally ignited the fire. the attendant said he run out and hit the shut off valve. the fire burned several car autos traffic on the richmond san rafael bridge snarled former than an hour today. a load of glass fell off of a truck. sky 7 was overhead as crewed works to clean up whats a mess today, tho one was hurt. both lanes open by about 2:15 this afternoon. >> a somber memorial service in libya today for chris stevens. >> and u.s. and libyan officials paid tribute to stevens and three other americans killed last week in bengazy. >> assault took place in the middle of protests over an
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antiislam film produced in the us use and the state department is warning americans not to travel to pakistan over more protests over that video. >> thousands clashed while trying to reach the u.s. embassy. and officials are trying to quell rising tensions condemning the california based film rocking -- mocking the prophet, mohammed. >> a judge deny aid request from one of the women who appeared in the film to take the video off the web. cindy lee garcia says she's going to appeal. she says she received death threats and fears her career has been ruined. she says she was duped by the film maker into appearing in that video. >> there are preparations underway for mitt romney's latest fund raising swing. he will be in hillsborough tomorrow night in a private event.
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>> and the white house officially announced he will attend a fund-raiser october 8th and will be his 4th trip since may. >> the bay area is gearing up for a chance to see space hist rye this is the landing in southern california just before 1:00 this afternoon. you'll get to see it perched atop a 747 over several local cities. >> there is endeavor lifting off the runway, piggy backing off a jumbo jet this morning. and former astronaut from san francisco can't wait to see it. >> i'm excited to see endid he haver come over. i'm sure i'll be with a couple million people watching her fly by. >> the youngest orbitor,
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endeavor orbited the earth more than 4500 times, including the first japanese astronaut in space and first married couple in orbit. it was a favorite of the astronaut corps it was able to take things like school-bused sized mod yules and put them on the station. >> if you want to get a good view, some of the best viewing will be near the water as it comes up past richmond to golden gate bridge before turning south. patrol warning people not to stop on the roads to try to take a look there is a better bet offered at the lawrence berkeley hall of science tomorrow morning. >> there is the 747 will lift
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off at in the morning and should pass by the east bay around 8:30. there is a viewing party right after that, there will be a low-flying pass over the golden gate bridge. and between 9-and 9:30 will pass over moffett field and nasa ames research center then back to southern california where it will go on permanent display at california science center in los angeles. nasa is encouraging people to report sightings on twitter using the hash tag spot the shuttle and 0 v 105 and please send us your photos of the shuttle. >> and there is a fly over tucson, arizona to pay tribute to gabrielle gifford. her husband asked that'sa to make that fly by. kelly served as endeavor's last pilot. giffords resigned from
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congress to focus on her recovery after being shot in january, 2011. a landmark ruling in san francisco. two former executives for a liquid crystal display company received three prison sentences and the company must pay $500 million in fines for violating u.s. antitrust laws. this is one of the harshest penalties ever in an antitrust criminal case. >> and there is a new bug in town called iphone 5 that is catching on fast. take a look at the chairs lined up outside of the apple store there is a live picture, some people are going to camp out overnight so they can become some of the first to own the new iphone 5 whit goes on sale. there is expected line that's will form overnight, or early
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in the morning as folks scramble to get their hands on one. >> san francisco ranks high on a new survey but it's not the kind of poll you want to win. happening now this, city is used to being ranked at the top whit comes to tourism. but now, not a nice distinct. travel and leisure ranks san francisco one of the dirtiest cities and 11th out of 35. results from a poll of 50,000 read bers -- ers -- readers and provides a snap shot of what travelers think. mayor ed lee admitted the city could use some spring cleaning and hopes to organize an effort. but according to the magazine digital editor grit and grime is a price most are killing to pay when visiting urban senters. and tonight at 6:00 we'll let
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you know some of the other cities on dirty list. >> there is a first check of the forecast now with sandhya patel. >> temperatures are warming up a little bit out there interest is 59 in half moon bay. there is sunshine across the bay area and there are high clouds passing through. tonight here is a forecast. there are breezy conditions, clear skies, mid-50s to low 70s and a chilly start with clouds near the coast and bay. mid 40s to mid-50s and there is another mild day, highs into upper 50s to low 80s, high clouds with us filtering sun and there are lingering low clouds near the coast. >> and still ahead a message from robin roberts today before undergoing a bone marrow transplant. >> do you suffer from text neck? the tool that can help you
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>> this is changing the way you think, it will change the way you feel. let me just say this lastly... i feel the love. and i thank you for it. >> her donor is her older sister who spent 11 days in the hospital undergoing chemotherapy in preparation. >> with we wish her well. >> positive signs for california flaitest forecast. the report predicts the unemployment rate will drop to 9.5% last year, it's at 10.7%, but ucla forecast economiests say job growth could be threatened if there is a slowing of china's economy or worsening of the financial crisis in europe. >> if you're looking for a
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kindel you'll have to go somewhere other than walmart. that and more why your report. willow? >> there is trulia soaring on its debut today, stock price at $17 a share, climbing 41% to close at $24 a share, it's the latest ip 0 to do well right out of the gate. following in the stoot steps of kayak software, and contrast to face book down nearly 40%, pro vigd nfs on listings, home prices and more. and speaking of facebook, the company says it's offers service will no longer be free. the company looks for ways to generate more revenue. starting in next few weeks
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will cost $5 per offer. and launched this year, now retailers send deals to fans. and the declining hardware sales taking a toll on oracle, there are disappointing earnings today and sales are down by more than 2%. iphone 5 isn't in stores yet but samsung indicated ill will add to the latest lawsuit infringement against apple. this is a apple amendmenting a lawsuit to add galaxy smart phone to the case. walmart says it will stop selling kindel products. the company didn't give a
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reason but has been a big competitor to brick and mortar stores. the decision four months after target announced it would no longer sell kindels. the markets most stocks fell today amid increased worries. the global slow down is getting worse. and your bloomberg silicon valley index closing lower with apple and hewlett-packard pulling the index down. and there is space ex and nasa set sunday, october 7th the target date for the launch of the first contracted cargo resupply flight for the international space station. and this is the first of 12 flights and the there is a successful trip to the stations this year, tu. >> tomorrow's release of the iphone 5:00 is prompting warnings about text neck, the
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term for neck pain and headaches related to posture using a mobile device, there is a app to remind users when they are, or not using good post you're. it's now available for an droid phones. recommends keeping your head from leaning forward, feet on the ground and also take and take braks. >> spencer christian is back and and it's cooler. >> and as we head towards the first weekend of fall there temperatures changing and there is weather to tell you about and is a is a preview saturday. san francisco, sunny skies and you'll see that we're enjoying
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nice blue skies and temperatures into low 60s now up to the mid-80s inland. some areas running warmer than yesterday. there are low clouds tonight chilly, again into valleys, mild inland friday and warmer for first day of fall. speaking of warming mid-40s tomorrow morning. 52 in san francisco. cloud cover near the coast. patches into east bay, 54 concord and there is tomorrow that is a big day. shuttle endeavor will be flying and we're going to see low clouds heading back towards moffett field, sunny skies so if you have plans to view from various viewing parties or locations you're best possibilities look like east bay towards peninsula. so those are going to be best viewing spots.
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let's take a look at the forecast there is low pressure that is going to go farther east. so it's looking warmer for weekend and there is low pressure with minimal impact on our weather sunday, taking a look at highs for friday. 71 in sunnivale. 76 los gatos, high clouds, sunshine and there is school kool along the coast. dilly city, 58 degrees downtown san francisco, 64. and up into north bay we go, 78 in santa rosa. and there is east bay, breezy but blue skies, 67 oakland. 69 newark, inland areas running mild, again. there is 80s in livermore, and there is 63 in monterey. accu-weather forecast, last day of summer, tomorrow, it's going to feature mild weather,
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autumn arriving saturday morning warming up for you mid 60s to mid 80 skpdz a dip with a low passing north and east sunday. and pleasant weather bumping numbers up monday. mid-80s throughout thursday, low to mid 60 as long the coast. very beautiful fall weather coming your way. >> just like that. >> yes. right. >> interest there it go autos warmth might be back in fall. you never know. >> still ahead abc's "dancing with the stars" all stars premiers. we'll talk with two contestants on how they're preparing. >> and nfl wasn't too happy about that giant hat alex smith was wearing but bruce bocci has a different look at it. >> it's smooth sailing with slow down on the righthand side of the screen. and others have to stop to pay the toll. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.
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contestants and joey pat yon talked about this upcoming season. >> i'm terrified and not looking forward to it that. is one that you're looking for. >> i like the jive and that is when you can mass up because they can see everything. >> and season premier is airing monday and tuesday night. >> there is big news on shakira and her boyfriend. >> there is the red carpet packed with stars last night. clint eastwood introduced his new scouting flick "trouble with the curve". the 82-year-old led the pack and adam played eastwood's daughter to leaves her job.
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>> this is a message that out of family relationships and people get caught up and people have to repair them. >> it swings into theaters tomorrow. >> and shakira announced she's pregnant. he and her boyfriend say they're very happy awaiting the arrival of their first baby. there are three more days until emmy awards, and the red carpet has been rolled out. >> and there is a like occupy l.a. and there is a sitting arrangements have been made. and emmys are right here on abc. >> and on the red carpet emmy
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special is this sunday from 2:00 to 4:00, after that, you can see who is wearing what when we bring you red carpet arrivals. and this is followed by an encore presentation from 8:00 to 11:00. >> san francisco 49er quarter back alex smith's decision is to show home town pride apparently didn't set well with officials last week. >> the league slapped him with a fine after wearing a giants ball cap during a news conference. >> that is a no no for the nfl and smith says the fine has been retracted. >> and giants skipper weighed in with a message to the football officials sporting a cap in an image tweeted out by the team. >> and this is a different sport.
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it's hometown team. >> same commute. >> yes. >> season for a man convicted in a real estate scheme. why authorities think he's on the lamb. >> and stunt launched by supporter that's took the campaign to new heights. >> and a different nfl story. quarterback gift to the canine unit of a local police department as he doesn't even play for a bay area team.
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a man just convicted yesterday of a scam and a judge issued a warrant for the 48-year-old who disappeared after the jury found him guilty. >> that is right. abc 7 news is in the newsroom with the latest developments. >> first of all this is a story 7 on your side broke years ago. this has been an ep yek legal battle. the mastermind of the ring may never be tried because he was convicted of murdering a man in palm springs and another swindle, now, one of the co-conspirators is nowhere to be found. >> and there there is is a prince of darkness that has fled. >> the district attorney is
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talking about this man. jay shaw. the 48-year-old was just convicted yesterday along with tennis instructor in a multi million dollar real estate scam. shaw facing up to 35 years in prison for a part in the swindle. and he and lum found guilty of stealing three condos at one rincon hill all from owner shirley wong, prosecutor says they forged her deeds and transfered to a shell corporation, taking out millions in loans on the properties. shaw was out on bail and was not in courteed we're tlod believe he was in a medical facility as indicated yesterday. >> and he told the court his client was being treated for an illness, prurters learned
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he had checked out after the verdict came down. and they fear he may be planning to flee the country. >> he's going to have funneled money into foreign companies last night, san francisco and san jose airport were notified. oakland information was put out to this surrounding counties. >> one broker was cleared of all charges and the jury acquitted him on counts and hung on the rest. the district attorney says he's considering retrying him. >> the latino vote took center stage again today in the presidential race. the president across dress aid uni vision forum. he took another shot at controversial comments made by mitt romney.
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>> there is a forum president obama got another chance to jab mitt romney for comments. >> when you exfres an attitude half of country considers itself victims that somehow they want to be dependent on government, my thinking that maybe you haven't gotten around a lot. >> the president says he disagreed with the take many want or expect something from the government. >> we've gone through a challenging time and people want a hand up, not a hand out. >> there is a yesterday romee knee had a chance, but out of the gate, he was on defense. and leaked words still causing a campaign headache. romney says he hasn't written off half of american autos my campaign is about 100% of american asks i'm concerned about them.
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>> and he was going to get more specific about legal immigrants in the us use are you going to deport them or not? i'm not that clear. >> i have some friends apparently. >> and president obama also faced tough questions and admitted he broke his campaign promise and called it his biggest failure. >> there are two million more mariners end up paying a penalty, under the law americans must be insured starting in 2014 or will have to pay a fine based on tax returns. and there is an estimate that roughly four million people
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will opt to pay the penalty. >> there is a gruch local obama supporters attached a bobbel head doll of the president and launched night space. video from a camera shows it being launched from chrissy field and this climbed to 100,000 feet. and there is a rapid decent. the stunt done to draw attention to yard sail fund-raiser autos he plays for the pittsburgh steelers. and they're lending a hand to the oakland plis department announcing it's donating money for the canine units. ask the foundation is distributing grants to each city and pittsburgh comes to
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oakland this sunday. >> and still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 how an 11-year-old boy managed to steer a school fwous safety after the driver suffered a heart attack. >> and an internasal legend visits the bay area, his lesson today. >> i'm sandhya patel, clouds filtering the sun. changes coming up this weekend. >> it does. >> and there is where it's coming along, stay with us. abc 7 news
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>> and l is chase and chase.com are the top two trending terms on goog yechl a group claiming to be affiliated with islamic extremists is taking credit for a cyber attack. and also trending is talk like a pirate day. if you missed out the only thing to say is arrrr. >> very good, not bad at all. an 11-year-old boy is being called a hero after stopping a school bus after the driver had a medal condition. he was the final student on the bus when he saw the driver
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collapse behind the wheel he started curving and made a strange face and started going towards a tree. soy put my foot on the breaks and turned a wheel. so that it won't go out and hurt him anymore. >> and jackson steered it away from a tree and slowed it to a stop before calling for help. the driver taken to the hospital. way to go, jackson. >> and no kidding. the son of jacques custody yu came to witness an aspiring moment in a beach. he was on hand at the marine mammal center released three previously injured sea lions that were capture asked then treated for trauma. and today talked about
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preserving world ocean autos how can you pro be detective what you don't understand? if you can provide that information they'll make better decisions. >> this is critical to understand how connected we are to nature. >> they care for about 6 hup animals every year. >> it's a beautiful site. >> yes. >> and there is a wonderful day. >> nice, clear out there. >> there is beautiful weather, if traveling and starting off weekend early, showers around chicago. 66 degree asks cool. only 60s for the high. thunderstorm possibility around miami goitsing to be hot in phoenix there is high temperatures around the state this weekend. morning dense fog, langs, 86. 80s in tahoe and sunshine
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there. could be showers sunday into monday. there is another mild afternoon, high clouds and sunshine. 80 degrees in livermore, san jose, 73 there is 60 degrees and patches of low clouds lingering into afternoon. 67 oakland. towards napa, upper 70s and clear lake up to 86 degrees, high temperatures going to be running cooler for this time of the year for another day. and there is a wampl up into fall arriving saturday morning 7:49 and looking good. and there is a slight dip. >> thank you. >> and a jury has awarded a man $7 million for eating popcorn. you heard right.
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>> and keeping your deck looking good can be tough. options to give it the best possible protection. >> and a couple visit to mid eveal times proved anything but entertaining. why they're taking legal action. >> i'm cheryl jennings, coming up no coincidence the bay area is getting a shuttle fly over. and the movers and shakers earning a title of the
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taking just a moment to remind you about abc 7ness new afternoon line up. general hospital on an hour early, who wants to be a millionaire at 2:00, followed by jeopardy at 2:30, then there is katie couric's new show, katie at 3:00, then, abc 7 news at 4:00. >> there is a denner man saying he's giving the money to charity after winning over popcorn. he sued after being diagnose with popcorn lung saying he developed it from years of eating microwave popcorn.
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arguing companies failed to warn consumers inhaling buttery aroma could risk putting them at risk for lung injury. >> they rolled the dice and they lost. >> defense attorneys argued his health problems stemmed from years working with carpet cleaning chemicals. the kroeger company plans to appeal the decision. >> there is a south dakota man filing a lawsuit against mid yeefal times dinner theater say egg was partially blinded. he took his new bride out for dinner and says the shard of metal broke off from swords and struck him in the left eye. he is suing for $10 million and damages and negligence. the orange county attraction calls it a freak accident. >> you know decks are a
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the worst. >> this is covered with mildew. >> they need to be done every two years, solid stains last longest. most at least three years. >> and there is one by behr, deck fence and siding wood stain from home depot. after three years, it still looks pretty good. if you prefer a semi transparent stain, consumer reports recommends another one, behr premium semi transparent water proofing wood staichblt. >> and coming up next, good news for anyone using the great highway for the commute. an up dade on the sand project underway. >> very big cats at oakland zoo now. challenges of taking care of them. >> and now here is a look at what is ahead on abc's world news. >> there is big news for made
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in america we've been talking to and tracking companies bringing jobs right back here to home. one is in the bay area, we'll be dropping in on you tonight and will tell you which around the country and where. and there is is a new day for robin roberts. her bone marrow transplant. we have a message tonight from her about today and what is
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dreamed up the gadget. and catching the kernels required repeated takes for the video. >> and there is a big sand management project is now wrapping up. it's being dumped from lincoln way to skyline boulevard near the zoo. abc 7 news is join joining us live. >> to give you an idea of the scope, we're standing now, sand stretching out about 50 feet. it didn't exist a month ago. we would have been about 20 feet below looking at a cliff base with parking lot at the top. there is a small army of trucks loading up with sand and dumping it on the southern end where there wasn't enough. there is relief for anyone who
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counts on it during weekdays and so the dump truck koz have use of the lanes and the transfer is a temporary solution and what to do about chronic erosion of the coastline. damage there threatening health and the environment. the city and ggnra will be watching what happens here. >> there is different ideas on the table and one is to move the highway back behind the zoo which is interesting to let the beach reclaim what it wants to reclaim. >> and there is one vision for
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the future about 50 years out. and this will be very expensive and no one knows where it's coming from. >> we get an idea of how that blows around out there. tigers are a big draw at zoos but present special challenges. and there is showing off five of the big cats. four rescued from the entertainment industry. a fifth rehabilitated from circus live and getting them to play nicely takes time and this is depending on holding pens. >> they don't know what kind of history around humans so they can be shy. >> and share showing off the big cats and measure a one asks to approve a $12 a year parcel tax to up grade the
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night pen as well as other exhibits. >> and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. and we want to remind about our alarm clock app from the iphone. and abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> there is a rally in vallejo taking two versions of a police shooting. how officers accounts different from the suspect's loved ones. >> and there is tomorrow's local fly over and the key role played in many mission autos and the best viewing areas weather wise for that shuttle fly over, coming up. >> there is a touchdown for space shuttle endeavor. and boy, it was a beautiful
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site today. and take a look. this is very impressive. >> and good evening, love the jet fly over there. the final flight is going bring it over the bay area. golden gate bridge and nasa ames research center for the first time in history. there is keira clapper live with more. >> 10,000 people are expected to come here tomorrow morning. that will add to gridlock of the already-heavy silicon valley morning commutes and there is organizers urging people to carpool, bike if you can and though they're stressed about pulling off the event, they're enthused and looking forward and back in the history of this is the last flight tomorrow.
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on the way to its final resting place in los angeles will make a tirs and last flight over moffett field, paying homage to workers here. >> this is very proud of that. and there is a space shuttle over 30 years old. many people now worked on it from the beginning. >> nasa ames instrumental in the development ask creation. >> we'd been at the tiles here in nasa ames. >> 8,000 to 10,000 people are expected to pack into the field. and there are crowds and onlooker traffic. patrol hope drivers take heed. >> whatever you do, please do not stop on the side of the roadway.
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this is very unsafe to stop on the side of the freeway z it's against the law. >> and there is a division chief today threw a barbecue for employees in appreciation of the hard work and preparation for the event. >> there is williams, working here 27 years but never has seen a shuttle fly. making tomorrow's flight the only he'll witness. something he and his colleagues call bittersweet. >> there is more of nasa left and there is some exciting things coming into the future. >> there are flyovers at 10:1045. now pushed back an hour because of our bay area fog and there is stil
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