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A NAPLES COP ACCUSED OF HITTING A WOMAN WITH HIS CAR.

AND WE HAVE VIDEO YOU'LL SEE ON ABC7 --

SHOWING WHY IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN IN TROUBLE.

12:51:37 "I would not go out in low tide or even close to low tide.

BOATERS IN COLLIER COUNTY ARE MAD --

ABOUT A SHALLOW WATERWAY.

NEW AT SEVEN --

WE TAKE A RIDE THROUGH DOCTOR'S PASS TO SEE WHAT HAS THEM SO UPSET.

49:46 that's going to be bad, especially for tomato lovers

PLUS --

BAD NEWS IF YOU LIKE TOMATOES.

WHY A TRADE AGREEMENT COULD LEAD TO YOU PULLING DOUBLE FOR THE RED FRUIT!

A) NAPLES OFFICER HIT-VOTOPS

B) DOCTORS PASS DREDGING-SOTVO

C) $5 TOMATOES-SOTVO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

NAPLES OFFICER HIT PED-VOTOPS

OUR BIG STORY AT SIX --

NEW, EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF A TRAFFIC STOP AND A D-U-I TEST!

THIS VIDEO -- AND ANOTHER INCIDENT -- HAVE PUT A NAPLES COP IN THE HOT SEAT.

TONIGHT WE'VE LEARNED THE OFFICER WHO CONDUCTED THE TRAFFIC STOP KNEW THE DRIVER --.

AND LET HER GO, DESPITE BEING IMPAIRED.

NAPLES OFFICER HIT PED-SOTVO OC

"58:09 you're not gona go to jail tonight, I know you, you seem to be talking fine, I can smell the alcohol on you 16. 32 you think you're ok to drive home? Yes. You sure?"

THEN THIS WEEK - OFFICER RYAN SCHICKFUS HIT A WOMAN WITH HIS PATROL CAR --

WHILE MAKING A TURN ONTO U-S 41.

NOW HE'S THE FOCUS OF YET ANOTHER INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.

WE TRIED CONTACTING SCHICKFUS.

HE DECLINED TO COMMENT.

HE WAS ALSO GIVEN A THREE DAY SUSPENSION FOR UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR IN 2006.

MEDSTAR UPDATE-VO

WE FOUND OUT TODAY --

THE F-A-A WILL *NOT FINE LEE COUNTY OVER THE MEDSTAR FIASCO.

ACCORDING TO A LETTER RECEIVED FROM AN F-A-A INSPECTOR --

THEY HAVE SUSPENDED THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER MEDSTAR PILOTS FLEW WITHOUT BEING PROPERLY TRAINED.

THEY SUSPENDED THE INVESTIGATION BECAUSE BECAUSE MEDSTAR STOPPED OPERATING.

MEDSTAR WAS GROUNDED IN AUGUST.

TTD WATER LOBBYIST-SOTVO

IN LEE COUNTY--

A NEW RULING COULD HAVE STATE-WIDE IMPLICATIONS FOR BED TAX MONEY.

10:11:13 water is almost the lifeblood of our tourism promotion.

HERE'S THE ISSUE --

WHETHER THE MONEY CAN GO TO LOBBYISTS AND CONSULTANTS WHO PUSH TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY.

THE COUNTY SAYS IT CAN.

THEY SUED FORMER LEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS CHARLIE GREEN AFTER HE DECLINED TO PRINT CHECKS FOR THE LOBBYISTS.

A DECISION IS EXPECTED IN ABOUT A MONTH.

PHARMACY RAID-VO

NEW AT 7 --

THE SUN HAS PRETTY MUCH SET ON SUNSHINE PHARMACY TONIGHT.

WE TOLD YOU YESTERDAY THE STORE VOLUNTARILY GAVE UP ITS D-E-A REGISTRATION --

AFTER GETTING RAIDED TWICE IN ONE WEEK.

WELL, TODAY ABC-7 HEADED TO THE APOTHECARY PHARMACY IN NAPLES.

WE WANTED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW A PHARMACY OPERATES WITHOUT ONE OF THOSE REGISTRATIONS.

PHARMACY RAID-SOTVO

Alex Herwig/Owner, Apothecary Pharmacy/13:35:37 "It's really difficult because you're trying to serve the patient and give them the best care you can. It would be like trying to fight with one arm behind your back - really hard to do."

CAPE SLOW RESPONSE TIMES-VIDBOX OC

NEW NUMBERS OUT TONIGHT --

ARE EXPOSING A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN CAPE CORAL.

FIRE RESPONSE TIMES ARE WAY TOO SLOW.

HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OVER THREE YEARS.

THEY'VE JUMPED FROM FIVE MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS ON AVERAGE IN 2010 --

TO SIX MINUTES IN 2012.

THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN A 911 CALL AND THE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVING.

TO MEET THE NATIONAL AVERAGE --

FIREFIGHTERS MUST GET THERE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

CAPE CORAL WOULD LIKE TO HIT IT AT LEAST PULL IT OFF 60 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

BUT THE LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED WAS 2000.

THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE NEXT WEEK.

DOUGLAS FAMILY FUNERAL-VO DISSOLVE SS

TOMORROW --

FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL SAY GOODBYE TO CECELIA, MADISON, AND RYLEE DOUGLAS.

CECELIA AND THE TWO LITTLE GIRLS PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS WEEK --

AFTER THEIR CAR CRASHED INTO A CANAL ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY.

VISITATION STARTS AT NOON AT THE CHURCH IN MOUNT DORA.

THE FUNERAL IS IMMEDIATELY AFTER AT TWO.

ABC-7 WILL THERE --

CASEY ANTHONY-VO

CASEY ANTHONY HAS A SMALLER CRIMINAL RECORD TONIGHT - SORT OF.

TODAY --

AN APPEALS COURT TOSSED OUT TWO CONVICTIONS OF LYING TO POLICE.

HER ATTORNEYS USED WHAT'S CALLED A 'DOUBLE JEOPARDY' TACTIC.

THEY ARGUED SHE WAS CHARGED TWICE FOR THE SAME CRIME.

SO TWO CHARGES THROWN OUT.

TWO REMAIN.

OBAMA CHIEF OF STAFF-SOTVO

THE PRESIDENT PICKED HIS NEW CHIEF OF STAFF TODAY.

Mr. Denis McDonough."

PRESIDENT OBAMA CHOSE THIS MAN -- DENIS MCDONOUGH.

THE MINNESOTA NATIVE HAS HELPED ADVISE THE PRESIDENT SINCE HE ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON AS A SENATOR.

EGYPT CLASHES-NATSVO

RIOTS HAVE NOW RETURNED TO THE STREETS OF EGYPT TONIGHT --

TWO YEARS AFTER THE OUSTING OF HOSNI MUBARAK.

nats of protests

DEMONSTRATORS CLASHED WITH POLICE IN A NUMBER OF CITIES INCLUDING CAIRO.

ALMOST 200 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURT.

PEOPLE THERE ARE UPSET WITH HOW THINGS ARE GOING UNDER THE NEW PRESIDENT,

MOHAMMED MORSI.

THEY ARGUE THE NEW GOVERNMENT WANTS TO ENFORCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM.

DEEP FREEZE-VO

ROUGH WEATHER IS GRIPPING A BIG PART OF THE NATION TONIGHT.

FROM TENNESSEE TO PENNSYLVANIA --

AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN --

IT'S ICE, SNOW, WIND AND RAIN.

AND THAT'S BRINGING TEMPS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS.

THE WORST OF IT IN OHIO --

DEEP FREEZE-SOTVO

I can never really count on Mother Nature anymore, she's not very reliable

IN CHICAGO -

SNOW FLAKES FELL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 355 DAYS.

TOMATO WAR-SOTVO

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TOMATOES DOUBLING IN PRICE?

CERTAINLY DOESN'T SOUND GOOD --

BUT IT COULD HAPPEN.

49:58 it will be quite a chunk out of your pocket book

A TRADE ASSOCIATION IS WARNING OF A TOMATO CLIFF TONIGHT.

WE WOULD GO OVER THE CLIFF --

IF THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ENDS A 17 YEAR TOMATO PRICING AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO.

TOMATO WAR-SOTVO

chuck weisinger

42:05 i'd like to see some type of compromise made to where it becomes a fair playing field between the Mexican growers and American growers.

FLORIDA PRODUCES MOST OF THE NATION'S WINTER TOMATOES.

ITS GROWERS ARGUE MEXICAN FARMERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TOMATO TRADE AGREEMENT --

AND ARE SELLING THEIR PRODUCT IN THE U-S AT CHEAPER PRICES.

C'MON CUTTING JOBS-VO OC

THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NAPLES OPENED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.

BUT TONIGHT, THEY'RE CUTTING SIX CHANGES.

THE C-E-O TELLS US SOME OF THE POSITIONS INCLUDE A FLOOR AND STORE MANAGER,

PLUS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.

THE CEO BLAMES A SHIFT IN RESOURCES FOR THE LAYOFFS.

LEE CO SPORTS COMPLEX-VO

WE NOW KNOW LEE COUNTY'S FIRST CHOICE FOR A COMPANY TO DO THE RENOVATIONS AT HAMMOND STADIUM.

IT'S 'POPULOUS INCORPORATED.'

LEE COUNTY LIKES THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE, BUDGET AND WILLINGNESS TO USE LOCAL COMPANIES.

THE 45-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT STARTS AFTER THE TWINS AND MIRACLE'S SEASONS THIS YEAR.

BURT REYNOLDS-VOWIPE

NEW AT SEVEN --

ACTOR BURT REYNOLDS IS IN A FLORIDA HOSPITAL TONIGHT.

DOCTORS ARE TREATING HIM FOR THE FLU.

THE 76-YEAR-OLD ACTOR WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER BECOMING DEHYDRATED.

HE WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE I-C-U.

STOCKS-NATS VOTOPS CG

nats of closing bell

THE S&P 500 IS NOW IN THE MIDST OF ITS LONGEST WINNING STREAK SINCE 2004.

AND ITS FIRST CLOSE ABOVE 15-HUNDRED SINCE 2007.

THE FINAL BOARD FOR YOU.

THE DOW UP 46 POINTS AT 13-825.

THE NASDAQ UP 19 AT 31-49.

NAPLES BIKE RACE CLOSURES-SS

WE HAVE A TRAFFIC ALERT IN COLLIER THIS WEEKEND TO TELL YOU ABOUT.

THE ANNUAL 'MOE'S SOUTHWEST GRILL CANCER ALLIANCE OF NAPLES BIKE BRUNCH' IS SUNDAY.

LONG NAME -- GREAT EVENT.

BUT IT WILL CAUSE A TRAFFIC ISSUE.

THE ROADS IT WILL IMPACT ARE ON YOUR SCREEN.

EXPECT THOSE IMPACTS FROM SEVEN TO TEN IN THE MORNING.

THE RIDE WILL BEGIN AT LOWDERMILK PARK IN NAPLES,

AND HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT DISTANCE RIDES.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

7:44:54-04 The evidence is still fresh, a tree- missing in Bonita springs! I'm abc7s joelle parks ill take pu along as we dog for answers.

honey on the ground, comb on the ground, bees everywhere

A QUEST FOR HONEY AT SEVEN.

BEARS, BEES - AND A CEDAR TREE.

QUITE THE DAY IN BONITA SPRINGS.

nats of protests

THOUSANDS PROTESTS IN WASHINGTON TODAY.

40 YEARS AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL SUPREME COURT DECISION.

A) CEDAR TREES-SOTTOPS

B) BEARS AND BEES-SOTVO

C) MARCH FOR LIFE-NATS VO

MISSING CEDAR TREE-SOTVO TOPS OC

At first I just thought, something's wrong, something's missing and then I realized omg the cedar trees gone.

A RARE 100-YEAR-OLD CEDAR TREE IS MISSING IN BONITA SPRINGS.

SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHO.

THE CITY - WASTE MANAGEMENT - AND F-P-L ALL SAY IT WASN'T THEM.

MISSING CEDAR TREE-SOTVO

Sot cullum

You don't just get that back, if we find out who did it, and I I hope we do, we'll get the wood back and have the satisfaction of catching a thief, but we won't get the live tree back."

THE TREE IS WORTH THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS AS LUMBER,

IT'S OFTEN USED FOR CIGAR BOXES AND CLOSETS.

BEARS AND BEES-SOTVO

ALSO IN BONITA --

WHAT A MESS AT 'THE NATURE PLACE'.

"They were all upside down, scattered all of the place, honey on the ground, comb on the ground, bees everywhere."

A BLACK BEAR FOUND HIS WAY TO HONEY --

RIPPING APART EIGHT BEEHIVES- HOME TO MORE THAN HALF A MILLION BEES!

BEARS AND BEES-SOTVO

"We do have a safe place for the bees to go and hide from the bear, unless the bear can figure out how to open the door."

THE BEAR DIDN'T STOP AT THE BEEHIVES,

HE RETURNED THE NEXT NIGHT AND TORE APART THIS WATER TREATMENT EQUIPTMENT.

MARCH FOR LIFE-NATS VO

TODAY ACTIVISTS FILLED THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON --.

FOR THE ANNUAL 'MARCH FOR LIFE' CAMPAIGN.

nats of protests

DEMONSTRATORS RALLIED AT THE NATIONAL MALL BEFORE MARCHING TO THE STEPS OF THE SUPREME COURT.

THE EVENT COINCIDES WITH THIS WEEK'S 40-TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROE VERSUS WADE.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO

I know one lady gave her $500"

PRETTY CRAFTY.

UNTIL ONE WOMAN GETS CAUGHT.

SCAMMING A CHURCH.

WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW SHE DID IT.

nats of sledding

DOWNHILL FUN IS ONLY FEET AWAY FROM THIS HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA.

A) WOMAN SCAMMING CHURCHES-SOTVO

B) BACKYARD SKI SLOPE-NATS VO

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

BIG WARM UP ON THE WAY

Friday was a gorgeous day, but hey if you keep up with our forecasts… You expected that! Right? Thankfully we'll see a continuation of this pleasant weather through the weekend, too!

Temperatures Friday morning dropped to 50° here in town with middle and upper 40s across our northern and inland cold spots. Through the evening quiet conditions will stay in place and temperatures will fall into the 60s before slipping into the lower 50s first thing Saturday morning. So just slightly warmer than the early morn on Friday!

A weak front will try to make its way toward Southwest Florida early Saturday, but before it does it will simply run out of steam and not have any effect on our weather. This means our rain free, sunny pattern continues all the way into the weekend with no significant cool downs in sight.

In fact, over the next few days we'll add a degree or two to the afternoon temperatures with 80° readings in the forecast as early as Sunday. Want to hear something crazy? We'll actually hit 84 degrees on our last Wednesday of January! Overnight temperatures will cool into the upper 50s to low 60s through early next week. Those lows will eventually start bottoming out in the mid 60s by Thursday.

BYU SIDEWALK ICE-VOTOPS

JP THANKS.

QUITE THE CHALLENGE FOR B-Y-U STUDENTS IN UTAH TODAY.

DON'T WALK TOO FAST ON THIS SIDEWALK.

SOME STUDENTS PLAYED IT SAFE, HUGGING THE HANDRAILS.

OTHERS HAD FUN WITH IT AND SLID DOWN.

NORO VIRUS OUTBREAK-VO

A NEW STRAIN OF NOROVIRUS SPREADS THROUGH THE U-S TONIGHT.

THE LATEST REPORT - FROM THE CDC.

FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER,

MORE THAN HALF OF OUTBREAKS WERE CAUSED BY THE NEW STRAIN.

CASES NORMALLY PEAK IN JANUARY.

NOROVIRUS IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF STOMACH ILLNESS.

84 YR OLD SCAMMED-SOTVO

A HEARTBREAKING SCAM OUT OF NORTH FORT MYERS.

A DISABLED WOMAN IN HER 80'S TAKEN FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING SHE HAS.

4:46 "it just makes me feel bad- i'm upset."

82 YEAR-OLD ELMA CASTO IS HEARTBROKEN.

76-HUNDRED DOLLARS OF HER HARD-EARNED MONEY IN THE HANDS OF A SCAMMER TONIGHT.

84 YR OLD SCAMMED-2SOT VO

:52 "he told me who he was from the publisher's clearing house and that i had won 5.5 million."

3:51 "i believed him- because he kept saying you're going to get your 5.5 million"

ELMA SENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THROUGH PREPAID CARDS AND MONEY ORDERS.

THE SCAMMER EVEN TOLD HER A BRINKS TRUCK WOULD BE COMING TO HER HOME-

TO PICK HER UP,

THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

WOMAN SCAMMING CHURCHES-SOTVO

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF FLAT-OUT DECEIT TONIGHT -- CLAIMING HER FOUR SONS DIED FIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- WHEN THEY HADN'T.

April Hellinger, Community Life Center

"for a mom who lost a son she had every emotion there was nothing that even made you doubt."

COPS SAY SHIRLEY DUNCAN TOLD CHURCH MEMBERS AT COMMUNITY LIFE CENTER ABOUT HER SONS PASSING AWAY.

THEY GAVE HER MONEY AND OTHER DONATIONS.

THEY SAY SHE WAS CONVINCING AT FIRST.

WOMAN SCAMMING CHURCHES-2SOTVO

"and then the fourth son died."

Sheriff bill Prummell, CharCo "thus is sickening that she took advantage of people who were trying to help her"

MEMBERS EVEN HELD A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE FOUR SONS.

THE FINAL STRAW - DUNCAN HAD A SIGNED GOVERNMENT LETTER.

THE MAN WHO SIGNED IT DIED 50 YEARS AGO.

HER SON - ALIVE AND WELL - TURNED HER IN.

DOCTORS PASS DREDGING-VO

BOATERS WHO USE DOCTORS PASS IN COLLIER ARE ANGRY TONIGHT.

TAKE A LOOK.

SOME PARTS OF THE PASS ARE ONLY THREE FEET DEEP AT LOW TIDE.

BOATS CAN GET STUCK ON SHALLOW AREAS.

THE PASS IS ONLY DREDGED EVERY FOUR YEARS.

SINCE THE LAST TIME WAS 2009,

DOCTORS PASS DREDGING-2SOTVO

Bob Reynen/Naples/12:49:29 "I have not seen the pass this shallow."

Al Katz/12:58:07 "It has to be dredged."

DREDGING WON'T BE CHEAP.

IT'LL COST ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DO THE JOB.

SANIBEL BURGLARIES-SOTVO

RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ON SANIBEL ON GUARD AFTER A STRING OF BURGLARIES.

Mina Kahofer, Visiting Sanibel Island "In any sort of resort area you typically feel safer, but I guess that's not the case

TONIGHT THERE'S A 25-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION.

16 BEACH FRONT HOMES HAVE BEEN HIT IN THE LAST 10 WEEKS.

WINTER WINE FESTIVAL-VO BNR

GET READY FOR THE WINTER WINE FESTIVAL IN NAPLES.

IT'S HERE THIS WEEKEND ONLY.

THE EVENT RAISES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT KIDS IN NEED IN COLLIER.

THE FESTIVAL RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY.

HEAD TO ABC DASH 7 DOT COM FOR TICKET PRICES.

BACKYARD SKI SLOPE-NATS VO

FUN VIDEO FROM NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT --

NO NEED TO DRIVE TO THE SLOPES.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE THIS FAMILY.

nats of sledding

ALL YOU NEED IS A LITTLE WATER - AND REALLY COLD WEATHER.

THIS FAMILY BUILT A MACHINE THAT TURNS THEIR WATER INTO SNOW.

COMING UP NEXT-CLIP

TEASE THREE-POP

TIGER WOODS LOOKING LIKE THE TIGER OF OLD. THE FLORIDA GATOR LOOKING LIKE THE GATORS OF 2007.

A)-VO-DISS

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

11PM TZ1) SCOTT SATANISTS-VOTOPS-WIPE

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11 ON ABC7 --

THEIR SIGN READS, "HAIL SATAN, HAIL RICK SCOTT"

WHAT THESE SELF-PROFESSED SATANISTS ARE DOING IN TALLAHASSEE --

11PM TZ2) ATM SKIMMER-SS (2)

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES,

INVESTIGATORS SAY THESE MEN HIJACKED AN A-T-M AND USED IT TO STEAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.

THE DEVICE THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE -- AND WHY YOU WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE IT IF YOU SAW IT.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

PGA GOLF-POPMON

PGA GOLF-VOTOPS

FARMER'S INSURANCE OPEN. 2nd round

WEATHER NOT GREAT. BUT THIS APPROACH SHOT WAS.

PGA GOLF-SOTTOPS

AUSSIE OPEN-VOTOPS

ANDY MURRAY TAKING ON ROGER FEDERER. WINNER OFF TO THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINALS.

GREAT POINT RIGHT HERE FOR FEDERER. HE WOULD WIN THE 2ND AND 4TH SET.

BUT MURRAY. WHO'S NEVER BEATEN FEDERER IN A GRAND SLAM

AUSSIE OPEN-SOTTOPS

FLORIDA GATORS-POPMON

FLORIDA GATORS-VOTOPS

THE GATORS LOOK TO KEEP THE GOOD TIMES ROLLING THIS SATURDAY. WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO MISSISSIPPI STATE.

FLORIDA GATORS-SOTTOPS

HS FOOTBALL-CGTOPS

BIG SHAKE UP GOING ON IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

SEVERAL LOCAL TEAMS WILL BE PLAYING IN NEW DISTRICTS THIS FALL.

LOOK AT 5A DISTRICT 13. MAYBE THE BIGGEST CHANGE OF ALL DISTRICTS.

YOU SEE FORT MYERS AND RIVERDALE BOTH STEPPING UP IN CLASS

SAN FRANCISCO-VOTOPS

THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ARE BACK IN THE SUPER BOWL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998.

THEY ARE A PERFECT 5-0 IN THE SUPER BOWL.

SAN FRANCISCO-SOTTOPS

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