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Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . 21–23Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Police Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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By SEAN LAJOIEThe Sun

Though he was a bit apprehen-sive at first, Gunner, the Mt. Lau-rel Police Department K9, madesome new friends last week dur-ing his special trip to LarchmontElementary School.

He entered the classroom onhigh alert, with his ears pinnedback, and began to sniff aroundwith a curious look on his face.Perhaps he was looking to grab asnack out of someone’s lunchboxbefore he got up in front of theroom for his demonstration.

Having never been around thatmany kids at one time before, theenvironment was a bit over-whelming to the 18-month-old dogat first, but the students of Christie Vincent’s class were verywell behaved and welcomed Gun-ner with open arms.

“He’s a very friendly dog, but

he gets nervous sometimesaround big groups like this, espe-cially with people who get downto eye level with him. He oftentakes that as an act of intimida-tion,” Cpl. Chris O’Prandy said.

O’Prandy, who has been withthe MLPD for more than 14 years,has worked nonstop to receive hisK9 handler certification after hepurchased Gunner when he was

just 6 weeks old.

The officer began to thorough-ly enjoy his training with hispuppy and donated the dog to the

local police force when he was 15months old.

As time went on and Gunner

developed into a full-grown Ger-man shepherd, O’Prandy spoke toChief Dennis Cribben who spoke

to the township’s administrationabout starting the K9 programback up.

Gunner was sworn in at a Mt.Laurel council meeting last Sep-tember as the first K9 to patrol inMt. Laurel since 2001.

The Mt. Laurel Police Depart-ment is financing the K9 programentirely through a special fundresidents, businesses and othersin the community can donate to-ward. Because of budget con-straints, O’Prandy and Gunnerwere not able to attend a K9 policeacademy. Instead, they trainedwith Perry Parks, a retired policeofficer and certified police K9 in-structor working for AbsoluteControl Dog Training inSouthampton. Parks teaches K9candidates the same skills theywould learn at an academy.

Gunner completed a 16-weekpatrol course and a 10-week nar-cotics course, certifying him as a

dual-purpose K9.He now does all of the patrol

work, searching for missing peo-ple, suspects, articles, buildingsearches and having the ability toalso search for narcotics.

“He’s able to detect anythingthat doesn’t belong out in the en-vironment,” O’Prandy said.

He has also completed obedi-

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The Mount Laurel Police Department introduced its new patrol dog to the students of Larchmont Ele-mentary School last week. Cpl. Chris O’Prandy and his German shepherd, Gunner, visited Christie Vin-cent’s classroom and answered questions from students. The dual-purpose patrol and narcotics K9 isthe first to patrol in Mt. Laurel since 2001.

Students get lesson in K9 police workMt. Laurel Police Department Cpl. O’Prandy and sidekick, K9 Gunner, visit Larchmont Elementary

please see GUNNER, page 13

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The following reports are onfile with the Mt. Laurel Police De-partment:

On Jan. 7 at 3:04 p.m., Mt. Lau-rel Police responded to a motorvehicle crash at the intersectionof Elbo Lane andHainesport Road. Theinvestigation revealeda 2005 HyundaiElantra travelingnorth on Elbo Lanesideswiped a vehicle stopped at a

red traffic signal on Elbo Lane atHainesport Road. The Hyundaicontinued into the intersectionand struck a 1990 Buick LeSabrethat was traveling west on Haine-sport Road. The driver of theBuick, Margaret Loignon, age 64,of Delran was transported to Vir-tua Hospital Marlton where shewas pronounced dead. The driverof the Hyundai, a 73-year-old fe-male from Mt. Laurel, was

charged with careless driving andfailure to observe a traffic controldevice.

On Jan. 6 at 11:13 p.m., Mt. Lau-rel Police conducted a motor vehi-cle stop on Waverly Avenue near

Federal Street. Duringthe stop, officers ar-rested a male, age 21,of Camden, after offi-cers observed drugs inhis vehicle. The male

was charged with possession of

prescription legend drugs andpossession of less than 50 gramsof marijuana and released pend-ing a court hearing.

On Jan. 5 at 2:40 p.m., Mt. Lau-rel Police conducted a motor vehi-cle stop on Nixon Drive near I-295.During the stop, officers arresteda male, age 26, of Pennsauken. He

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Joe EiselepublisherS

chool budgets are on the horizon

statewide. There once was a

time when residents had a di-

rect way to give their input to the

budget, by voting “yay” or “nay” for

its passage. That opportunity has, for

the most part, been removed in our

state, but it doesn’t mean you can’t,and shouldn’t, be involved in the

process.

The toughest job in New Jersey

right now? School board member has

to be at or near the top of the list.

Whether you support Gov. Christie’s

approach to budgeting, school board

members have had a tough time deal-

ing with a reduction in state aid over

the last few years.

The vast majority of board mem-

bers don’t want to raise taxes and/or

cut services. But, sometimes, there is

no other option.Across the state, almost all school

districts will be doing less with less.

But did your board cut enough from

the budget? Too much? Do you agree

with the tax rate? Do you think it

should have been higher to provide

more services? What are your ideas

for cutting expenses and raising rev-

enues?

Whatever the budget situation

proves to be this year, what needs to

happen between now and next year to

make things better?

We invite you to write letters to the

editor to share your thoughts with the

rest of the community. If you support

the budget, if you oppose it, if you

have ideas that could bring additional

revenue into your school district or

help to cut costs, now is the time toshare them.

Between now and when the school

budget is passed, be involved as much

as you can. Attend school board meet-

ings and express your thoughts. Public

school taxes account for the largest

percentage of your tax bill, after all.

You’ll be sending a message to your

board of education regarding what

you would like to see take place in fu-

ture years – years that promise to be

difficult yet again.

in our opinion

Get involvedSchool budget talks are about to begin

Your thoughts

Throughout the school budget season,please share your thoughts with thecommunity through a letter to the editorin our paper.

By ZANE CLARKThe Sun

Decision time could be near for the Mt.Laurel Schools Board of Education in itssearch for a new superintendent for thedistrict.

Last week marked the end of the sched-uled second-round interviews the boardhad been conducting with candidates sincethe start of January.

The candidates the board selected forsecond-round interviews were chosen afterthe completion of the first round of inter-

views in December. First-round candidateswere selected from a pool of 46 applica-tions.

Of those 46 applications, one-third camefrom sitting superintendents or assistantsuperintendents, according to New Jersey

School Board Association search facilita-tor Gwen Thornton.During the process, all applications were

submitted directly to the NJSBA.After conducting first-round interviews,

Board President Maureen Sojka said theboard was very impressed with the candi-date pool presented to the district.

“We found those we met with to be wellprepared, familiar with Mt. Laurel and itsprograms, and enthusiastic,” Sojka said.

Sojka said following the second-roundinterviews, the field would be narrowedeven further, and if there were finalists

from outside the district, site visits mayoccur before the board reaches its final de-cision.

Before the interview process began, theboard also solicited input from school staff and members of the public. The board then

used input gathered from discussions andonline surveys to craft the questions askedof candidates during interviews.

Mt. Laurel Schools’ need for a new su-perintendent dates back to July when theboard accepted the resignation of formersuperintendent of 13 years, Dr. AntoinetteRath. Rath’s tenure with the district endedin September when she left Mt. Laurel for anew position as chief executive officer atCollegium Charter School in Exton, Pa.

Rath cited numerous factors in her deci-sion to leave Mt. Laurel, with the mainbeing her family’s desire to be closer to ex-

tended family living in Pennsylvania.After Rath submitted her resignation,

the board appointed assistant superintend-ent for curriculum, instruction and assess-

Second round of superintendent interviews endsSite visits for external candidates may occur before BOE reaches final decision

please see NO, page 17

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Burlington County ProsecutorRobert D. Bernardi announcedthat a Medford Township manpleaded guilty in superior courtto 24 counts of theft and burglarythat were committed in six townsover a 10-month period that endedin August 2012.

The man admitted before theHon. Charles A. Delehey, J.S.C. tocommitting three counts of theft(second-degree) and 21 counts of burglary (third-degree).

The plea follows a three-weektrial last month that concludedwith him being found guilty of one count of theft (second-degree)and three counts of burglary(third-degree). Those chargeswere unrelated to the ones towhich he pleaded guilty on Jan.12.

Delehey will sentence him onMarch 3 on the charges resultingfrom the trial as well as the 24 of-

fenses to which he has pleadedguilty.

Under the plea agreement, thesentence for the thefts and burgla-ries he admitted to in court onJan. 12 will be decided by Deleheyin what is known as an open plea.

The thefts netted more than $2million in stolen goods from resi-dences in Evesham, MedfordTownship, Moorestown andMount Laurel in BurlingtonCounty and Haddonfield and

Voorhees in Camden County.Most of the homes were in up-scale neighborhoods, near a golf course or wooded lot with mini-mal views, and were secludedfrom neighboring properties.

At the targeted homes, phoneand alarm wires were cut, andentry was often made by smash-ing a rear sliding door. The defen-

Medford man pleads guiltyto theft totaling more

than $2 million in stolen goods

please see DNA, page 11

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WE NES Y JAN. 20Crochet Anyone?: Adult. 1 p.m. at

the Mt. Laurel Library. Learn tocrochet or crochet with new

friends. Join craft enthusiasts forcrocheting and conversation.Novices and experts welcome.Instruction available if needed.No registration necessary. Pleasebring your own knitting materi-als.

Circuits on Paper: Grades four andup. 6 p.m. at the Mt. LaurelLibrary. David Peins ofRobodyssey Systems will be backto teach the art of paper circuits.Create functional circuits on apiece of paper and use them to

make light-up greeting cards,decorative origami, three-dimen-sional paper sculptures, etc.Learn more at www.circuitsonpa-per.com. Register atmtlaurel.lib.nj.us.

Toastmasters Unity of Mt. Laurelmeeting: 7 p.m. on first and thirdWednesdays at Unity Church ofChrist, 629 S. Church St. For any-one interested in developingcommunity and leadership skills.For more information, contactGregory J. Bartz at

[email protected] or (609)953-1603.

Rotary Club of Mt. Laurel meeting:Noon at Laurel Creek Country

Club, 655 Old Centerton Road.For more information, visitwww.mountlaurelrotary.org orcall (856) 234-7663.

Storytime: 11 a.m. every Wednesday

at Kids Play Lounge in Mt. Laurel.Come hear a new story everyweek and then stay and play therest of the day! Call (856) 273-9500 or visit www.kidsplay-lounge.com for more information.

New Covenant PresbyterianChurch Adult Bible Study: 2 to 3p.m. Church is at 240 Creek Road,Rancocas Woods, Mount Laurel.

THURS Y JAN. 21Pajama Pals: Ages 3 to 6. 7 p.m. at

the Mt. Laurel Library. Shake outthe sillies and get ready for bedwith friends. Join the library forstories, songs and fun in this spe-cial evening story time. Siblingsare welcome. Kids (and parents!)are invited to wear their pajamasto the event. No registrationrequired.

FRI Y JAN. 22Adult Coloring Hour: Adult. 11:30

a.m. at the Mt. Laurel Library.

Stressed from the holidays?Looking for a creative outlet?Join the library for an hour ofrelaxing coloring fun. Equipment

and blank pages will be provided,but feel free to bring some.Novices and experts welcome. Noregistration needed. Coloringinside the lines not required.

S TUR Y JAN. 23Lego League: Grades K to four.

10:30 a.m. at the Mt. LaurelLibrary. Registration required.Join us for this month's meetingof the library’s Lego League.Each month the library gatherstogether and build around a spe-cific theme. This group is notsponsored by the Lego Group.

SUN Y JAN. 24New Covenant Presbyterian

Church: Sunday worship 11 a.m. tonoon. Adult Bible study 9:30 to10:30 a.m. Coffee and fellowshipafter the church service eachthird Sunday. Church is at 240Creek Road, Rancocas Woods,Mount Laurel.

MON Y JAN. 25Baby and Toddler Storytime:

Babies and toddlers up to age 3.10:30 a.m. at the Mt. Library. Funfor the little ones! Join us for sto-

ries, songs, fingerplays and musi-cal instruments for all. Best suit-ed for babies and toddlers up to 3years old. Siblings are welcome.No registration.

RCBC Info Table: Adult. 1:30 p.m. atthe Mt. Laurel Library. Rowan Col-lege at Burlington County enroll-ment recruiter Jeannine Baum-gartner will be in the lobby pro-viding information about RowanCollege and answering questions.No registration needed.

Crochet Anyone?: Adult. 7 p.m. atthe Mt. Laurel Library. Learn tocrochet or crochet with newfriends. Join craft enthusiasts forcrocheting and conversation.Novices and experts welcome.

Instruction available if needed.No registration necessary. Pleasebring your own knitting materi-als.

TUES Y JAN. 26Preschool Storytime: Ages 3 to 6.

10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Mt.Laurel Library. Join the libraryfor a fun-filled session of stories,songs, fingerplays and an artactivity. Siblings are welcome. Noregistration.

Mt. Laurel I BNI Chapter meeting:7:30 to 9 a.m. at Marco’s Restau-rant at Indian Spring C.C., 115 S.Elmwood Drive.

CALENDARPAGE 8 JAN. 20–26, 2016

WANT TO BE LISTED?To have your meeting or affair listed in the Calendar or Meetings,

information must be received, in writing, two weeks prior to thedate of the event.

Send information by mail to: Calendar, The Sun, 108 Kings HighwayEast, Haddonfield, NJ 08033. Or by email:[email protected] . Or you can submit a calendar listingthrough our website (www.mtlaurelsun.com).

We will run photos if space is available and the quality of the photois sufficient. Every attempt is made to provide coverage to allorganizations.

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The Alice Paul Institute isinviting the public to an AlicePaul birthday celebration on Sun-day, Jan. 24 from 2-4 p.m. at theMoorestown Community House,16 E. Main St. in Moorestown.The event, entitled “Hear MyVoice” will be a celebration of suffragist Paul’s 131st birthday.

Actress Elizabeth Rainer willperform “Hear My Voice,” a massmedia performance about a

young woman’s introduction toPaul’s daring campaign for theright to vote. Admission is $10. Abirthday cake and light refresh-ments are included.

Register at www.alicepaul.org,e-mail [email protected] or call(856) 231-1885. The Alice Paul In-stitute's mission is to honor thelegacy of Paul's work for genderequality through education andleadership development.

Colin Gallagher of Mt. Laurelwas named to the dean's list atLehigh University in the fall se-mester.

Rebecca McQuade of Mt. Lau-rel, a sophomore behavioral sci-ence major at York College of

Pennsylvania, has been named tothe dean's list for fall semester.

Julia Marie Osisek of Mt. Lau-rel graduated with a degree in so-cial work from James MadisonUniversity during the Dec. 19commencement exercises.

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Items stolen included jewelry,watches, furs, coins, crystal, sil-verware, handbags, firearms,camera equipment and otherelectronics.

Once the similarities in theburglaries were discovered, atask force was formed consistingof law enforcement agencies fromthe affected towns, as well as theCamden County Prosecutor’s Of-fice.

A break in the case came afterDNA from the convicted man wasfound on a flashlight left behindduring one of the Moorestown

burglaries. From there, the inves-tigation shifted to the analysis of

more than 9,000 phone calls andtext messages, as well as surveil-lance.

Many of the items werepawned. Even so, more than 500stolen items were recovered.Some of them were buried in theconvicted man’s yard and otherswere hidden in an abandonedbuilding in Philadelphia.

The man was arrested on Sept.5, 2012, along with another Med-ford man. The second convicted

man pled guilty on May 20, 2015,to two counts of burglary in ex-change for five years of probationand 364 days in the BurlingtonCounty Jail.

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ence training, so he is an expertat responding to certain com-mands.

O’Prandy still trains with himevery day to keep him sharp so hedoesn’t forget the things the po-lice force expects of him on or off the leash during a typical 12-hourshift.

As a former member of theSWAT team, he thoroughly en-

joys his new position with hisnew partner.“By far, I have the best job right

now,” O’Prandy said.Gunner seems to mutually

enjoy his time with his owner,learning new tricks and expres-sions as he grows up.

“Right now he’s a big baby,”O’Prandy said.

Law enforcement and military

typically use German shepherdsas their primary working dog be-cause they are known as the ulti-mate utility dog.

“What makes a K9 so effectiveis that they’re really a tool for lo-cating, and when I say locating, Imean anything,” O’Prandy said.

He used the example of throw-ing someone’s keys into a fieldand having Gunner track themdown because of how powerfulhis nose is. When a human walksinto a field, they release scentfrom their body onto the ground.The dogs have a much strongersense of smell that is able to track

that unique scent hours or evendays later.Gunner has become an expert

at detecting these specifics, but isstill warming up to meeting newcrowds.

However, as Lt. StephenRiedener attested, they bring thedog out to the schools for eventssuch as this because it is good forhim and helps his social skills

when he is exposed to differentsituations.

The officers use this time tofocus on teaching kids not to

touch dogs they’ve never met be-cause the animal might view thegesture as an act of intimidationand try to defend itself. Theywanted to emphasize teachingstudents general dog safety andalerting them that not all dogs areas well controlled as Gunner.

Gunner has gotten a lot of highpraise from trainers, according toRiedener, and has been a great ad-

dition to the force.“Chris and Gunner are just

great for this program,” Riedenersaid.

After the success Gunner hasendured over the past year, theMLPD has decided to acquire an-other K9. It announced the addi-tion of another dog to the depart-ment with the donation of apuppy named Drako. The depart-ment announced when Drakowas old enough he, too, would

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Students in the Lenape Region-al High School District now areable to use several 3-D printers,and other technologically ad-vanced systems, in a district-widescience, technology, engineeringand math program, thanks inpart to a grant from BAE Sys-tems, Inc.

A $7,500 grant from BAE Sys-tems last year provided the neces-sary funds for the printers, whichstudents in all four schools in theLRHSD – Lenape, Shawnee,Cherokee and Seneca – are usingas part of Project Lead The Way.BAE Systems engineers recentlytoured a Cherokee High SchoolPLTW classroom to see the print-ers and students in action. BAESystems is donating another$7,500 to the district for the pro-gram again this year; the district

has not yet decided how the fundswill be used.

“We are looking forward to apartnership with BAE Systems inwhich their engineers can serveas guest speakers and soundingboards for our students workingon capstone projects,” saidHeather Xenakis, director of cur-riculum and instruction atLRHSD. “This type of relation-ship is beneficial to our studentswho choose to continue on aSTEM-related career path.”

The Pathway to Engineeringprogram from PLTW is a highlycompetitive program designed toattract and retain students inter-ested in pursuing a STEM-relatedpost-secondary education and, ul-timately, career. Currently,Lenape and Seneca high schoolsare in their second full year of the

program, and Cherokee andShawnee high schools are in theinaugural year. BAE Systems, lo-cated in Mt. Laurel, is just one of the community partners that en-ables LRHSD to offer the pro-gram.

“BAE Systems is proud to part-ner with the Lenape RegionalHigh School District to help in-spire the next generation and ig-nite their passion for STEM. Welook forward to continuing ourpartnership in 2016 and beyond,”said Tony Contino, program man-ager/department manager,AEGIS TECHREP EngineeringSupport Services, BAE Systems,Inc.

PLTW, a non-profit organiza-tion, is the leading provider of STEM education curriculum pro-grams in schools across the Unit-

ed States. PLTW works to preparestudents for the global economy,one increasingly focused on high-growth and technology-driven oc-cupations. According to PLTW, by2018, the nation will have morethan 1.2 million unfilled STEM

jobs because there will not beenough qualified workers; PLTWadvocates STEM learning be-cause the organization believesthose fields will provide themost job growth now and in thefuture.

According to Xenakis, theLRHSD STEM course is interdis-ciplinary in its approach to learn-ing and is offered as an electiveindependent of any specific de-partment. The curriculum isstandards-based and aligned withboth Common Core and NextGeneration Science Standards.

LRHSD students haveaccess to 3-D printers

Use of district-wide STEM programmade possible with grant

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ing.Residents wishing to donate to

the Police K9 Fund can mail acheck to Police K9 Fund, 100 Mt.Laurel Road, Mount Laurel, NJ08054. Donations can also be made

in-person at the Mt. Laurel Mu-nicipal Building. Donations willnot only help the police depart-ment pay for Gunner’s expenses,but could help expand the K9 pro-gram in the future.

DONATIONSContinued from page 13

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Cpl. Chris O’Prandy and Gunner get a photo with their new friends before they head back to the station.

Donations sought for Police K9 Fund

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Vitella has been with the dis-trict since 2007.

In a September interview withThe Sun, Vitella said she, too, hadinterest in becoming the perma-nent superintendent and would

be applying.According to district director

of communications MarieReynolds, once the board makesits decision on a final candidate,it will begin to draft a prelimi-nary contract.

That contract will then be sub-mitted the Burlington County ex-ecutive superintendent for re-view, before coming back to theboard for a final vote.

Reynolds said there was no settimeline for how long the final de-cision and contract draftingprocess could take.

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was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuanaand possession of drug parapher-nalia. He was released pending acourt hearing.

On Jan. 5 at 3:42 p.m., Mt. Lau-rel Police responded to Larch-mont Boulevard at Marne High-way for the report of a vehiclethat crashed into a railroad cross-ing sign and then left the scene.Officers stopped the vehicle onLarchmont Boulevard. Duringthe stop, officers arrested a fe-male, age 58, of Mt. Laurel. Shewas charged with driving whileintoxicated and several motor ve-hicle violations. She was releasedpending a court hearing.

An employee of Wawa onRoute 73 reported that a suspect

stole $77 worth of cigarettes fromthe store on Jan. 4 at 11:55 p.m.The suspect was de-scribed as a male inhis mid-30s, 5’3” tall,with facial hair. Hewas wearing an off-white hooded sweat-shirt, gray watch cap and darkpants. He left the area in a blackFord pickup.

On Jan. 4 at 1:32 p.m., Mt. Lau-rel Police responded to the ShopRite on Nixon Drive for the reportof a shoplifter fighting with lossprevention officers in the store.The employees reported that theyconfronted a suspect as he at-tempted to push a grocery cartcontaining $111 worth of mer-chandise out of the store withoutpaying for it. When the employeestried to detain him, he swung atthem with two uncapped hypo-dermic syringes and threatenedto stab them. They were able to

subdue him and awaited the ar-rival of police. The arriving offi-cers arrested a male, age 38, of

Audubon. When they tried to takecustody of him, he resisted being

handcuffed. Once taken into cus-tody, officers discovered he was in

possession of heroinand hypodermic sy-ringes. The male resis-ted being placed into apatrol car for trans-port to the police sta-

tion. Once in the car, he claimedto be suffering from a medicalemergency, requiring officers totransport the male to JFK Hospi-tal in Cherry Hill. While receiv-ing medical attention, it was nec-essary to reposition his hand-cuffs. As this was being done hebroke away from officers and ranout of the emergency room. Hewas recaptured approximately 45minutes later. The male wascharged with robbery, escape, pos-session of a weapon for unlawfulpurpose, unlawful possession of aweapon, possession of heroin, re-sisting arrest and possession of ahypodermic syringe. Bail was setat $284,500 with no 10 percent op-

tion, and he was committed to theBurlington County Jail. No onewas injured during this incident.

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