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| | Stevens T. Mason - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Howard was Governor of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12 and Governor of Missouri Territory, 1812-13. | | | Through family connections, his father was appointed Secretary of Michigan Territory in 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. | | | He guided the Michigan Territory into statehood, first appointed acting Territorial Secretary at the age of 19, then became acting Territorial Governor in 1834 at the age of 22. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens_Thomson_Mason_(Michigan)
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| | List of Governors of Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Felch resigned as Governor on March 3, 1847 to take a seat in the United States Senate and was succeeded by his Lieutenant Governor, William L. Greenly. | | | Woodbridge resigned as Governor on February 23, 1841 to take a seat in the United States Senate and was succeeded by his Lieutenant Governor, J. Wright Gordon. | | | From statehood until the election of 1966, governors were elected to two-year terms. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Michigan
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| | Governors of Michigan Papers |
| | SUMMARY: Murphy served as Detroit Recorders Court judge, mayor of Detroit, governor of Michigan, governor-general of the Philippines, U.S. attorney general, and justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | | | SUMMARY: Swainson served as Michigan state senator, Democratic lieutenant governor, Michigan governor, 1961- 1962, and Michigan supreme court justice. | | | SUMMARY: Felch was a resident of Houlton, Maine, later Monroe and Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michigan state supreme court justice, 1842-1845, Democratic governor, 1846-1847, and United States senator, 1847-1853. |
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http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/mhchome/govpap.htm
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| | Austin Blair - War Governor |
| | Upon the birth of the Republican party at Jackson, Michigan in 1854, by a coalition of the Whig and Free-soil elements he was in full sympathy with the movement and acted as a member of the Committee on Platform. | | | In 1852 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson County and two years later he was chosen State Senator, taking his seat with the incoming administration of 1855, holding the position of Parliamentary Leader in the Senate. | | | The same year he moved to Jackson, Michigan, set up a temporary residence in Eaton Rapids and was elected clerk of Eaton County in 1842. |
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http://www.geocities.com/austinblair2000/wargovernor.htm
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| | Frank Murphy--Michigan's 35th Governor |
| | The governor persuaded the legislature to rationalize the state’s chaotic welfare and relief structure, but the reorganization plan was rejected by the voters when submitted to a referendum. | | | He played the decisive role in the enactment of Michigan’s civil service law in 1937, and he insisted on its vigorous and nonpartisan enforcement even though this a ntagonized party leaders. | | | Roosevelt called Murphy back to Michigan in 1936 to seek the governorship and to help an unnecessarily concerned president in carrying the state in the presidential election. |
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http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/extra/politics/frank_murphy.html
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| | Michigan |
| | Michigan was one of the birthplaces of the Republican Party, which was founded in Jackson in 1854 and swept the state in the elections later that year. | | | Michigan ranks as the eighth most populous state. | | | Michigan is governed under a revised constitution that went into effect in 1964. |
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http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/pc2000/Michiganr.html
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| | Full text of interview with John Engler, candidate for governor of Michigan |
| | Michigan in the 90s is the environmental leader with the great schools. | | | I think the constitutional autonomy of the universities, even where the boards are appointed by the governor, represent one of the great strengths of our 15 four year institutions of higher education. | | | It certainly wasn't the case that every road in the state of Michigan was in great shape in 1990 and then I was elected and the roads went to hell. |
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| | Michigan Governor Autograph |
| | Bard, Samuel, A Letter from Governor Samuel Bard to President Grant, on the Political Situation in Georgia and the South (Atlanta, Georgia: n.p., 1870). | | | Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm issued a Proclamation declaring May as andquot;Prom and Graduation Safety Monthandquot; in Michigan. | | | before the court of the governor of Rome. |
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http://www.autographsbooks.info/1/michigangovernorautograph
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| | Elect Mitt Romney in 2008! - 2005, week 25 |
| | Romney was elected Governor of Massachusetts in November 2002, and is among those speculated as interested in seeking the Republican nomination for President in 2008. | | | Tuesday, Governor Mitt Romney conceded the obvious: He said that he is considering a run for president in 2008. | | | BOSTON Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney says his wife's health will be a key factor in whether he runs for the White House. |
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http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/index.php?m=2005&w=25
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| | USATODAY.com - Granholm becomes Michigan's first female governor |
| | DETROIT (AP) — Michigan voters charted a new course Tuesday, electing Jennifer Granholm as their first woman governor and the first Democrat to hold the office in 12 years. | | | Granholm, a 43-year-old mother of three, was a former federal prosecutor working as Wayne County's top lawyer when Wayne County Executive Ed McNamara suggested she run for state attorney general in 1998. | | | The third party candidates were Douglas Campbell of the Green Party and Joseph Pilchak of the U.S. Taxpayers Party. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/state/2002-11-06-michigan-gov_x.htm
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| | Michigan Democratic Party |
| | Governor Granholm today criticized legislative Republicans for backing away from a bipartisan agreement that would have paved the way for 400 jobs to be created in Constantine in St. Joseph County. | | | Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer has submitted comments on Secretary of State Terri Land's proposed Michigan State Plan required by the Help America to Vote Act (HAVA). | | | Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer today issued the following statement on President Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court: |
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http://www.mi-democrats.com
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| | George Romney, ex-governor of Michigan |
| | He was re-elected in 1964 and then elected in 1966 to a four-year term and served until resigning to join the Nixon cabinet. | | | He became chairman and president of AMC in 1954, but resigned in 1962 to run for governor. | | | George Wilken Romney was born July 8, 1907, in Chihuahua, Mexico, where his parents and other Mormons had moved to avoid U.S. laws against polygamy. |
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http://www.polyamory.org/Howard/news/romney.html
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| | GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: United States - Michigan |
| | Michigan State Legislature - composed of the Senate and House of Representatives | | | Michigan State University Detroit College of Law - Library and Catalog | | | Michigan Law Libraries Open to the Public (Library of Michigan) |
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http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/us-mi.html
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| | Michigan's first female governor sworn in |
| | Granholm, the first Democratic governor in 12 years, said in her address that as the door to the state's highest office opened to her as a woman, it also should stir its residents to extend themselves to one another. | | | The reception line was one of numerous events planned for the new governor's inauguration. | | | A Jan. 11 inaugural party in the Upper Peninsula will conclude the official celebration. |
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| | Michigan Historical Marker: Governor Alpheus Felch |
| | A lifelong Democrat, Felch was governor in 1846-47, serving previously as justice of the state supreme court and as a member of the first three legislatures. | | | Born in Maine in 1804, Felch graduated from Bowdoin College in 1827. | | | Returning to Ann Arbor in 1856 he resumed his law career, serving as Tappan Professor of Law at the University of Michigan in 1879-83. |
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http://www.michmarkers.com/Pages/S0415.htm
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| | State of Michigan |
| | Governor traveling to Washington to meet with Michigan delegation | | | Michigan Commission On Services To The Aging Convenes Six Statewide Public Input Forums | | | • Governor Granholm's Statement on the Passing of Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks |
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| | Priests Back Pro-Abort for Governor of Michigan |
| | Plymouth, Mich. -- For 12 years the state of Michigan has been governed by an openly pro-life Catholic governor, John Engler, who has been largely credited by political pundits of every stripe as being supportive of the major elements of the conservative agenda. | | | She was a virtually unknown lawyer in the Wayne County government until she ran successfullly for attorney general four years ago. | | | Unstated in the letter is the fact that Detroit's Protestant churches are a political gold mine for liberal Democrats and it is a common practice for politicians to attend services at many of them, where they are introduced and feted by ministers. |
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| | Governor delivers wrong message on school funding - 6/27/05 |
| | Nearly 12,000 parents, teachers and other school supporters delivered a clear message when they swarmed the state Capitol last week: They expect Michigan to place its highest priority on education. | | | But all Granholm saw on the Capitol lawn were votes. | | | Speed up reforms of the FBI to tighten homeland security |
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http://www.detnews.com/2005/editorial/0506/27/A16-227720.htm
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| | .: United States Information :. .: All American Patriots :. |
| | Following the September 11 attacks on the United States, Granholm led a multi-agency effort to ensure that Michigan laws can effectively be used to fight terrorism at the state level and cracked down on gas stations accused of gouging customers during the crisis. | | | At Harvard Law School, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, and graduated with honors in 1987. | | | In 1998, Attorney General Frank J. Kelley announced his retirement, and Granholm decided to run for the office. |
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| | Michigan Research Guide |
| | If you are a member of the Georgetown University community, the reference librarians are happy to assist you over the phone (202)662-9140 or by e-mail. | | | Michigan Law and Practice Encyclopedia, 4th Floor, KFM4265.M52 | | | Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated (unofficial), 4th Floor, KFM4230 1948.A44 |
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| | Change of Direction |
| | Granholm's concern for public schools is tarnished by her admittedly inexcusable record of failing to vote in most of the recent elections in her own school district. | | | But she's too eager, for political reasons in the heavily Democratic city, to restore Detroit's elected school board before the reform board has a fair chance to improve the school system. | | | This is the time to elect JENNIFER GRANHOLM governor of Michigan. |
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| | Michigan State University -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Their traditional archrival is the University of Michigan though most U-M fans consider the rivalry with (A university in Columbus, Ohio) Ohio State University to be more important than the MSU/U-M one. | | | [Categories: Universities and colleges in Michigan, Sea-grant universities, Land-grant universities, Association of American Universities] | | | Agricultural College of the State of Michigan (1855) - This was the name by which the 1855 legislation referred to the nascent college. |
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| | Former Michigan governor joins EDS |
| | The cabinet-level office led state agencies in the development of new online government services and the state's portal. | | | In addition, Engler will serve as vice president of EDS Government Solutions for North America, the company's federal unit. | | | Nevada county taps Tyler Technologies for court software |
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| | Michigan Democratic Party |
| | Michigan: Greatness through Challenge, Governor Granholm's State of the State 2003 | | | Our Determination, Our Destination: A 21st Century Economy; Governor Granholm's State of the State 2004 | | | Text of the State of the State Address> |
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| | EDS recruits former governor of Michigan |
| | Engler was first elected governor in 1990 and left office this month after meeting the state’s term limit of 12 years in office. | | | Former Michigan Gov. John Engler today became EDS’ president of state and local government. | | | Engler turned “what I thought was the rust-belt state of Michigan into a high-tech leader to be reckoned with,” Al Edmonds, president of EDS government solutions, said at a news conference today in Detroit. |
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| | Marshall, Michigan Governor's Mansion Postcard |
| | In 1839 the town of Marshall was so certain of becoming the state capital that it built this Governor's Mansion for the future state executive. | | | But Marshall lost by one vote to Lansing and the home fell into private hands until 1966 when it was donated to the Daughters of the American Revolution. | | | Week 8 - MICHIGAN 08 JUN 98 - 12 JUN 98 |
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| | Governor of Michigan |
| | We have a Canadian born governor, an Austrian born governor. | | | Posted: Dec 04, 2004 1:06 am Post subject: Governor of Michigan |
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| | (Amway's) DeVos creates buzz as GOP meets here (Running for governor of Michigan) |
| | The convention is the kickoff to the 2006 election cycle, and Republicans have begun to speak more confidently about winning back the governor's mansion and a U.S. Senate seat. | | | GRAND RAPIDS -- Dick DeVos has sought advice from top Republicans on whether he should run for governor and has heard a consistent theme: Gov. Jennifer Granholm is vulnerable, and he would be the right man to take her on. | | | DeVos will be at the center of speculation today as 2,000 Republicans meet in Grand Rapids to elect a new state chairman -- expected to be Saul Anuzis -- to succeed DeVos' wife, Betsy. |
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| | Daryl Kenney for Michigan Governor |
| | Biography - I was born and raised in the small northern lower Michigan city of ReedCity. | | | After high school, I attended college at Western Michigan University. | | | As governor, I will have obligations to no one except the citizens of Michigan. |
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| | MSU Media Communications -- News Releases |
| | First elected in 1990 as Michigan's 46th governor, Engler is now America's most senior governor. | | | Engler was elected chairman of the National Governors Association in August 2001. | | | Engler, 53, is a graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in agricultural economics. |
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| | First Governor In Michigan on Almondnet |
| | Calovecchi v State of Michigan, Michigan State Police. | | | Michigan Secretary of State Offices and Michigan Secretary State License and Michigan Secretary of State Locations and Michigan Driving Laws... | | | Michigan State Map and State of MI and Michigan Government and When Did Michigan Become a State... |
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| | The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health & Sports, and the Michigan Fitness Foundation |
| | Safe Routes to School is an international movement which has now been adopted statewide in Michigan. | | | For more information about Walk to School Day or Safe Routes to School, contact the Governor’s Council office at 800.434.8642 or visit | | | To this end, the Governor’s Council endorses local, regional, and state events that are consistent with the Council’s mission to Get Michigan Moving. |
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| | Detroit News: Michiganians of the Year |
| | Engler has played a leading role in an effort to shift the responsibility for running welfare and Medicaid from the federal government back to the states. | | | Due in large part to the policies and actions of this sixth-year state chief, a typical Michigan family's property taxes likely are about half what they were a couple of years ago. | | | As Engler and his lieutenants change Michigan's course, the nation is taking notice. |
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| | migop.org :: The Michigan Republican Party |
| | LEGAL PROFESSIONALS, SCHOLARS AND COLLEGUES PRAISE NOMINATION OF JUDGE SAMUEL A. John W. Bissell, Former Chief Judge On The Federal Bench In Newark: "He's Extremely Intelligent And Articulate... | | | Paid for by the Michigan Republican Party with regulated funds. | | | Co-Chair and Vice Chairs of the Michigan Republican Party |
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| | Statement by William G. Milliken |
| | My Republican Party is the party of Eisenhower, who warned us to beware of the dangers of a military-industrial complex. | | | This president fought in the courts to strike down policies designed to provide opportunity and access to our own University of Michigan for minority students. | | | My Republican Party is the party of Gerald R. Ford, Michigan's only president, who reached across partisan lines to become a unifying force during a time of great turmoil in our nation's history. |
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| | Introduction to Michigan - The United States of America |
| | Source: Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut - 1994 | | | Introduction to Michigan - The United States of America | | | The Michigan quarter is the first of 2004, and the 26th in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program. |
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| | BLOOD, GUTS AND GONZO: Ted Nugent's reality TV series moves to OLN with more hunting, more action and more pointed jabs ... |
| | "Michigan has really let me down with this political correctness and I want to fix it and I may run for governor," says Ted Nugent, standing on the property of his ranch southwest of Jackson and spouting the gospel according to the Motor City Madman. | | | Still, this doesn't mean he's ruling out a possible 2010 run for governor. | | | Avid hunter Ted Nugent, who hints he might run for Michigan governor, says the state's ills could be solved easily if residents lived like he does. |
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| | Profile: Governor of Michigan - baltimoresun.com |
| | Granholm is also a political curiosity and, along with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a potential beneficiary of a proposal to lift the ban on foreign-born citizens to run for president. | | | David Rhode, a political scientist at Michigan State University, said Granholm's communications skills and style remind him of North Carolina Sen. John Edwards who, like Granholm, won his first elective office in 1998. | | | She has indicated that if Kerry wins in November, she would finish the remaining two years of her first term as governor and not accept an appointment in a Kerry administration. |
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/chi-0407280320jul28,0,4271355.story
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| | Michigan State Governor |
| | Home > International Affirmation > States and Provinces > United States > Michigan | | | Therefore, I, James J. Blanchard, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby declare April 24, 1990 as ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY in Michigan. | | | GOVERNOR JAMES J. Hereby issues this Executive Declaration |
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| | Democratic Caucus - Michigan House of Representatives |
| | Listen to what Michigan victims of harmful prescription drugs have to say about our state's law exempting the drug industry from consumer protection laws. | | | Dems: Republican Plan Keeps Trash Coming into Michigan | | | Governor, House Dems: $3B Plan Creates High-Tech Jobs |
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| | Governor tours Michigan attempting to solve crisis 11/05/03 |
| | "Until we have a specific proposal from the governor, it is really hard to react, particularly in the middle of the fiscal year," Mayor Gregory Pitoniak said. | | | LEAD COOK ARAMARK, a leader in managed services is accepting applications for lead cooks. | | | There already is a hiring freeze on permanent city positions in Taylor, Downriver's largest community, stretching over 24 square miles and with a population of 65,868. |
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| | Purdue Online - introducing the governor of michigan |
| | There are only a few federal government positions you can't be if you weren't born in the USA. | | | One parent could of been american, or theres some other senarios; like being born on an embassy. | | | Arnold Schwarzenegger (California governor by 2003 recall) is an Austrian native. |
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| | Granholm For Governor: Home |
| | Paid for by Granholm for Governor, P.O.Box 17127, Lansing, MI 48901. | | | Governor Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday 1,802 jobs have been created or preserved in four Michigan counties... | | | "This is a victory for every worker, every business, and every citizen in Michigan," said Granholm. |
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| | Ted Nugent Says He May Run For Governor Of Michigan - Stormfront White Nationalist Community |
| | He is said to have made this declaration on Hannity and Colmes. | | | I watched the show, Nugent spoke about 'bloodsuckers' and said that Granholm (Michigan's current Democrat governor) was elected by bloodsuckers because they (liberals) enable the bloodsuckers, and that liberals in general are bloodsuckers. | | | He almost repeated several times that the governor had been elected by "pimps and whores!" Colmes was having a cow, but Nugent wouldn't budge. |
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| | Michigan: Governor |
| | Education: BS Michigan St. Univ., 1971; JD Thomas M. Colley Law School, 1981 | | | If nothing else, Bush's loss provided a humbling lesson in how Michigan's quirky voters can trip up even someone with Engler's nearly 30 years' experience in state politics. | | | Engler made the claim in December, when Bush was leading GOP presidential rival Sen. John McCain 2-to-1 in Michigan polls. |
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