Page 2, Portland Observer, December 4, 1985
E D IT O R IA L/O P IN IO N
Distribution of resources
will reduce burglaries
According to the Portland Polite Bureau, Pori
land ranks th ird in the nation in residenn.il
burglar ies (one in 12 houses vs ill be bur glarized).
I aw enforcement officials anil cite leaders blame
the high rate o f residential burglaries on several
things. Some ol them are:
• I he laik o i |uil space that is necessary to in
carcerate those w ho are found guilty of
burglary. Mans burglaries aie esen eommil-
ted by a group of burglars.
• lire willingness of e ili/e io to bus s i.« * 1 it
property, therefore creating a market for
stolen items.
• Drugs; often burglarie arc commit!«
support drug habits
• ( areless hom eowners; 2<> p e i i c n t ol •:
residential burglaries that occui in Portland is
file result of the door being left unlocked
Although each of file above confiibuies to tl<
City's high incidence of ie sidenii.il bur glai u- .
there is another cause that is seldom discussed by
law enforcement authorities and politicians I hat
is the unequal distribution o f resources in society
I or example, m 19K0 20 percent ol the nation
p o p u la tio n , in terms ol wealth, owned ap
proxunately 76 percent ol all the wealth I In
means that the rem aining HO percent ol the
population have orris 24 percent ol the nation’ s
wealth to distribute among tliemselves.
I tie division ot the remaining 24 percent results
in even lurther inequities I or example, the b o t
tom 4o percent ot the population owns only 2.3
jXTcent ot the total wealth
According to the recent census figures, the in
come gap between the rich anil poor has been in
creasing ilurm g the last several years. I his d if
ferential in wealth Ix'lweeii the haves ami the have
nols lesults m crimes such as lesidenlial burglaries.
I ower noitheasl Portland, between I nion anil
Ktill \veiiue, has the highest rate ot burglaries in
tin ( itv. I here is a g n a t concent r at ion o f
mmoiities in this aiea Poverty, prostitution, drug
dealuii’ and unemploy merit also run high m this
location t I In unem ploym ent rate lo r Black
adults is estimated to be around 35 percent;
around s5 percent for Black youths.)
Residential burgl.iiics are not com m itted by
esc utives ear mug S3 5, (MX) a veat I hey are com
m ilted most frequently by in e iitbcis ot the
economic undctilass who have been historically,
econom ically, socially and iiiltm a llv excluded
from legitimate access to the benelils ol society.
I n lil elected o t liiia ls address these social
problems, residential buiglanes w ill continue to
rise not only in P o rtla n d , but also in cities
tliiougliout the nation
EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY
Education woes due in part
to sex discrimination
O ne o f the reasons w h y p u b lic
education lias exixm cnccd hard tim e
in Ihe pasi several years is due to sex
d is c rim in a tio n in wages pa id to in
slru ciors w ho leach in pu blic schools
and in s titu tio n s o t h ig h e r le a rn in g
T ra d itio n a lly in so u e iv, jobs held bv
w om en and e th n ic m in o r itie s are
usually pa id lo w e r wages Ilia n |obs
he ld by w h ile m ales
X classic
illu s tra tio n o t tins can be seen in Ihe
teaching profession
C r itic s o l p u b lic e d u c a tio n state
that p a il ot rile leason wliv ihe system
is n 't e d u c a tin g c h ild re n p ro p e rly is
due lo u n q u a lifie d teachers in lire
classroom s I hey cite the results ol
llie stale ot Arkansas teas tier s' com
pelcncy exa m in ation le u percent ol
A rka n sa s teachers ta ile d tin exam
Arkansas is ihe tirs l slate lo ret,litre it-
leas hers to lake a competence text.
O thers sax lh a l ihe pax ot leat hers
is low and th e re fo re m ans q u a lifie d
illdtv u liia ls seek a a ie e i mt id v «»1
educai ion 1 lie lea -on w liv Iv ivhei s’
salaries ate so love
n ip .n e d li 1 fheir
ixluc.ilion .il background
due to lik
high pete l in a g e s ol leu ale - wl in arc
teas hers m p u b lic sc h o o l at id ID
stltlltlOIIS
W age disc r im iu a tio ii ba e l . Ml ( \
has been a m n s t . iiil p m b li*111 ID
society I Ile l e , etti c o ilip a ia t’le w oilli
law sull a g n in i < III c o n Di vi situ i ol
M ie tili
Id u c a tio n
by
women
p io te in s i mi i xall)pie I x id e m
t r o n i llie iii.il re x e a le d tim i m ale
p i o l e s s o t s w e ie p a n i in n i I I I , i l i
temale piotessois B ecaii-e le.tclim g i '
basicallv a Iem ale p: ' l o m n . ss a
aie kepi low
I tie s o n iti Ila- th è lo w e sl p e ic e n
tagc o t filale teac Ilei S o u th ( a ro lin a
lias only IH p e rc e n l o l te a c h e rs w tio
a r e m a le , I m u s i.im i, I ‘» p e i c e n l .
( n-oi g ià a n d M ississippi, only 20 per
s e n i . H is to ric a lly , Ihe south ha been
I w ill salt her I lorence Stic is 77.
she lives m I astern O regon, amt she
has been a c a n d id a te lo r n u rs in g
home sate since I9H2
t lorence sutlers Iro m emphysema,
diabetes, a rth ritis and other ailm ents
She must receive continuous oxvgen
N evertheless, she si ill lives in hei
tidx older hom e in a slow m o w n area
o n lx a h a lt b lo c k Iro m a g io . e ix
store
She enioxs television am i reading
Hom e
H e a lth
w o rk e rs ,
a
ho use kee per, and Ir ie n d ly v is ito rs
help w ith shopping and other things
she no longer can do lo r tier sell
I lorence. and thousands o l eldei Is
O re g o n ia n s lik e he r, have a v o id e d
placem ent in nursing homes b e ca u se
o f an O re g o n p ro g ra m o th e r slates
now are cops mg
We recognize the need foi nursing
homes lh a l deliver excellent m e ilic.il
and personal care H o w e v e r, mans
e ld e rly O re g o n ia n s need help m is
w ith cooking, cleaning, sho pp m i and
so fo rth
not w ith ro u n d the clock
medical .m ention
As a re s u lt, in I9H0 we be. lin e
p ion eers in e n s u rin g th a t e ld e rly
Medicml recipients neither wi nt
nor slaved in , nursing homes it rhev
could be properly eared tor elsewhere
W e w a n te d lo h e lp pe op le lik
I lo re n ce sla y in th e n o w n hom es,
w hile we place others hi non in s iiiu
lio n a l settings such as residenli.il c .u e
oi aduli tosici - ai e hotnes
H9, and
Xllolhei < »ioc o r n a
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s an excellent
I scili cali Ilei Abac.ul
lave . changed
cxum plc ut how lune Ila
lo i e ld e tlv M e d ie .o d re. p ie n ls
Xbigail had livetl u ni ad i loxlet
caie lioine, in whu li a I amile lv vpicallv
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ed
VX hen
lic i o lo n i'i i i c|
h o s p ila h /a lio n , she w.is m oved io a
n u rs in g lio n ie I n e m l tuie k al Ihe
I os lei houle t ig ni ed Ihe w lice le li.u t
bound A bic.n l w i■uld siay il ic ii per
m .in e iillv. and lh .it ilice w o uld nvvet
set' Ilei agalli
H o w e v c i. V big.nl saliteci Ilei in
d e p c n d c m e . lo llo w e d l ei d i s t i l i ’ '
length She
avlviee. and le b m li tu
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le i) ih e n u rs in g In
het frie n d s
N o v c m b i i . l i t u i n iiig
al lite tosici hom i
cal s w o u ld
lle lo i e. Ilei 11 le n ii
lutee been a i c u i.ili ( I l i c i '
l he im i siile ho ule ehe nu h l
(lave leti
I o lle live siales hast
'llow ed ihe
lead o l ( »regoli, Ihe lo
late ili Ihe
na ilo n Io ievince in n u b i
'I nursing
home residente
I tic ' . ««) ( »legonian- • have kepi
out o l nursing homes si
tins e llo r t
began is a b o lii eq u a l
Ihe lo la l
population o l New p >i i
Bel o ie w e began ili
ta le o l eIde11v M e d ic a
being a d u n ite li lo m usi
gì ow mg m oie ihan lev ■.,
Il ori, the
■Mung the ( 'olor / me b\ Dr Manning Marable
•'S c a p e g o a tin g ” and p o litic a l in
tim id a tio n are u su a lly a " n o r m a l "
[vart o l Am erican society and politics.
In p re v io u s in sta n ce s, the v ic tim s
fre q u e n tly have been p e o p le o f
c o lo r
B la c k s , H is p a n ic s , A sia n s,
N a tiv e A m e ric a n
w h o have been
h o u n d e d fr o m th e ir jo b s , o r v ic
tim ized bv police surveilance and o p
pressive tactics. Hut the latest chapter
o t p o litic a l ha ra ssm e n t an d the
hysterical m a n ip u la tio n o f p u b lic in
tolerance focuses on people at flu te d
w ith A c q u ire d Im m u n e D e fic ie n c y
Syndrome, or A ID S Ih e A ID S issue
m ust be v ie w e d b o th as a p u b lic
health problem and as a c iv il liberties
concern w ith grave p o litic a l im p lic a
tions.
( u r r e iitly the re are over 1 4 , XM)
VIDS victim s, and approxim ately 201)
new cases are diagnosed each m onth
Most o l the victim s have been ho m o
sexuals. in tra ve n o u s d ru g users, and
re c ip ie n ts o t c o n ta m in a te d b lo o d
M ost p ro m in e n t c iv il rig h ts leaders,
Black religious figures and politicians
have been al best reluctant to discuss
VIDS, or to address ihe broader tin
p ile .i,io n s o l the disease w ith in the
Black c o m m u n ity
A t least one
p ro m in e n t Black jo u rn a lis t recently
c h a ra c te riz e d A ID S as p u re ly a
"white m an's p ro blem " <»tie (actor
b e h in d th is is the re a lity o l h o m o
phobia, o t anti gas and anti lesbian
bias, w h ic h a ffe c ts m ane A t r o
A m ericans k n o ttie r elem ent is the
lack ot a ccu ra te in fo r m a tio n a b o u t
VIDS among Blacks, and a failure to
com prehend that those u ttlic le d wuh
this disease mas becom e v ic tim s o l
lie.le,ica l political repression
1 li c e ’s still b c lic l" among Blacks
lhal VIDS is a w hile m ail's disease,''
observes D i VV avne ( ueaves, d u e l ol
Ihe di v i .io n o l i n lee lio n s al H ow a id
I nice' itv H ow ever, " A ID S is color
b lin d
K c ii'iit data , eveal lh a l one
lo u r lh o, all VIDS victim s are A lro
V ineiic.iiis In M a rv la n d alon e, lo i
*|l 1 Ik* lb»noni
id sv fio o ls , s tu d e n ls ’
and U \ h he» s’ salaik
( h u e '.late li ci ’ l. it ut cs a n d a d
in m isii .i lo i n o| Icar ning itis i il ut inns
CC.ISC w i> d i c i iiD iit.itioD a g u in s t
I he q u a lità n i
t c in vile tc .k b e i
cdlk.H D • t, in publiv u t o il i it i o n s u ili
i' ili ( h ild lc il Ih
gel betie tt.il bi
(»lliiiiic rc.isOD.ihlc iik c iiin c s . q u a lih
ili O lkC ag.llD CIUCI
in d I v k h i.fl
(.411 cl s II i c d ik a h n n
In o id CI tOI iflls IO t \ ( DI , ICsi3Ulk.Cs
Dkisl be Iliade .n a il.ih le bs siale and
h k .tl o ff tc tl ' » in u iik ip a lih c s 1 lic
ss le n i »»l fu n d in g p u b lk
sdh»ols i s toialls inadequatc II sccids
lhal s|x\ tal clcs I h m is aie licld nio n th
Iv. ID O id e i lo keep sehools t i o i l i
I believe that c o n fro n ta tio n in anv
d i.ile c tic .il sense means lh a l there is
c o u ti adic iio n g o in g on VV hv la be l
Bi o llie i I .11 la k ha il " V nli S e m itic " ’
V n li S e n iitis m , " is ih e m ost ob
n o x io u s no un in the d ic lio n a iv o l
m odern p o litic s Z io n is ts have been
cunning enough to e xp lo it this loose
t e iu it o i then ow n be ne lils Ih e v 'v e
closing
Sv Ik k < b u t a sscalths n a ilo n
li, »ukin ' i has i lo ho ld special clcw
I hmis tn • u in. " il io in o n d i in (»idei
d e s c iib e d V n li S e m ilis in to be the
m ost d re a d e d so cia l and s p ir itu a l
disease o l the non le w ish m a n k in d
V n li S e iiiile . w hether m an or m o il
to rein.n n open
s le i, is one w ho w it lio n l except io n
luites all the Semitic laces I can't even
name a single I uro|x'.in non lew who
evei haled die Semites VV ho haled the
V ssviians, I g y p tia n s . B a b y lo n ia n s
and die I ’ hiX'iiictails in ancient tunes ’
VV ho . woi king dav and night to sub
jugate and deslrov the M u s lim s and
( hi is,i.ins o l the M id dle I as, ’
n,im b u ■ 'l o v e t "y ( Iregoluaiis
No one has lo teli a taxpayer about
li., t r ic li' ■ m n . , osi . ot lh a l kin d o l
g i o w i h io n e e s tim a le is th a t th is
pi o c i an a e ed I U ic o n $12 m illio n
this seal alone)
N o i doe- a n e m ic have lo te li Ihe
li end o l an e lde ilv person sellai ili
d e p e n d e n t heine does lm m o i ale or
can do lo i longevity
Dottale and m olale aie no, Ihe sole
reason lo i this p ro g ,a m ; co m m o n
sense, too, is at wotk
V lth o iig h o ttic i de veloped conn
lues ivpic.ille institutionalize no more
than I oi 2 percent o l then eldeilx. an
Vinci I. all's chances o l s|\-pdm g some
tune m a m using home run as high as
-k I percent
We ow e success o l ih e O re g o n
pi c ia n i not Olile lo o u i ow n
incciim le. bn, also lo Ihe llld o u u l.lh lc
pu U ol jx-ople liki V bi gai I w ho lie ,o
im p ro v e I heir chances o l liv in g out
side a nursing home
Me.inw Inle, even th o u g h I lorence
is I iv iiic al ho m e, she has tro u b le
k c e p iiu
/ " 'hi I ill tor
B io th e i I a rra k h a ii know s, a man
w h o tosses w o rm s in Ihe riv e r is n 't
iiixessanlv a Iriend o l the tisli VII the
lis li w ho lake him lo i a Irie n d , w ho
th in k the w o i in 's go, no hook in it,
usu.illv end up in the liv in g pan. A ll
these tilings dangled betore us bv so
called liberals posing as a Irie n d and
b e n e la c to rs have tu rn e d o u t to be
n o th in g b u t ba d to m ake us th in k
we're m aking progress
B oth e, I a r r a k h a ii teaches us the
knowledge o l our ow n selves, and o l
our own people Ih e N ation ot Islam
cleais us up m o ra lly , rnentallv and
s p ir it ii. illv
and re fo rm s us o t the
vices that have blinded us here in the
W estern society
The N a tio n o l
Islam stops black men fro m g e tting
d ru n k , stops th e ir dope a d d ic tio n it
thev had it. stops nicotin e, gam bling,
stealing, lying, cheating, fo rn ic a tio n .
care
Stale o ffic ia ls have also begun to
use A ID S as a ju s t if ic a t io n fo r
v o id in g basic c iv il lib e rtie s In m id
N o ve m b e r, fo r instance, New V o tk
State H e a lth ( o m m is s io n e r D a v id
Axelrod declared that "in v e s tig a to rs "
w o u ld use "w a rra n ts to go in to hotel
r o o m s " to h a lt " d a i.g c .o u s s e x "
practices lin ke d w ith V ID S "S o m e
hotels max be the p rim a ry venue fo r
th is k in d o l h ig h ris k a c t iv i t y , "
A x e lro d asserted
Ih e in h e re n t
dangers o l this policy are sell evident,
I hom as S lo d d a rd . a leader o l New
V o i k ’ s ( iv il I ib e rtie s I n io n , ex
plains "O n ce the governm ent enters
the business o l re g u la tio n o t sexual
c o n d u c t, the te m p ta tio n is a lm o st
ittc s is tu b le lo i i, lo c o n tin u a lly ex
p a n d its d e sire and c a p a c ity to
regulate
Some people even live ill
h o te l roo m s It's a b h o re n l th a t the
slate peer in to activitie s ta kin g place
in the bedroom Now that it's begun,
was to "s h o o t the q u e e rs." W elch's
u n s u c c e s s fu l c a m p a ig n was based
largely on scapegoating homosexuals
and appealing lo the electorate’ s most
ir r a tio n a l lia r s Vud le g is la tio n is
c u rre n tly being proposed b e fore the
New V o ik I itv ( ou ricil which w ould
" b a n " a ll persons w ho have V ID S ,
in c lu d in g teachers and any students,
Iro m the public schixils.
We are witnessing the p ro life ra tio n
o l A ID S re la te d v io le n c e , b o th
v ig ila n te and in s titu t io n a l, w h ic h
threatens not only those a fflicte d w ith
the disease, but many others Blacks,
m o re th a n any o th e r A m e ric a n s ,
should know that po litica l intolerance
and b ig o trv w h ic h m asq ue rade s as
b e n ig n p o lic ie s in the " p u b lic in
te re s t” are a n th e m a to dem ocracy
W e, to o , have sons and d a u g h te rs
w ho are A ID S victim s, and we must
take a m ore assertive stance against
every fo r m o t p o litic a l harassm ent
and a b rid g e m e n t o l c iv il lib e rtie s
a im e d a g a in st any o th e r m tn o rttv
g ro u p s
S ca p e g o a tin g gays and
lesbians is no solution lo the Iragedv
ol VIDS
Dr. Manning Marable teaches p<>~
lineal sociology at Colgate Cniversity,
Hamilton, Hew York
a d u ltr v ,
p r o s titu t io n ,
ju v e n ile
delmquencv I th in k o l this whenever
som ebody talks a b o u t in v e s tig a tin g
the N a tion o l Islam W liv investigate
B io d ie i I a rra k h a ii’ I hex should sub
sidize him I le's cleaning up the mess
He's saving die G overnm ent m illio n s
o l d o lla rs , ta k in g black m en o i l o l
w e lla te , sh o w in g them how to do
something lo r themselves
I lie M ilita n t. Mar xist I eninist class
a n a lysis, negate o u r n a tio n a lis m I
believe the basics o l M a rx is iii on this
question can be staled in these mam
p o in ts I I hex s h o u ld give un co n
d ilio n .il support to all sections o l die
oppressed p e o p le in the s n u g g le
against then oppressors, including the
u n c o n d itio n a l rig h t o l the oppressed
to sell determ ination 2 I Ins does not
negate the im p o rta n ce o l n a tion alist
demands that do not exphcitlv call lor
the d n w n la ll o l c a p ita lis m . ’
I ikew ise. being the m ost e x p lo ite d ,
w orkers and other oppiessed classes
o l the oppressed nations are die best
lig h te rs lo r n a tio n a lis t dem ands 4
M arxists can and should support and
p a rticip a te in n a tio n a list m ovem ents
o l oppressed peoples lh a l a te not
based on the n a tio n a l c a p ita lis t
elem e nts, u t iliz in g the m as a kev
we.i|ion in die light lo i socialism
I he M ilit a n t I d ilo r 's v tew Hows
fro m a m is c o n c e p tio n o l M a rx is m ,
lo ste re d bv fa ls ific a tio n o l I e m u 's
ideas on n a tio n a l lib e ra tio n f r o m a
I e n in is t p o in t o f v ie w , s u p p o rt to
B lack n a tio n a lis m is a p r in c ip le d
revo liition .irv position
I be s u b je c tio n
ol
A f r ik a t ,
Am enkans m the I S has been basic
p lo ila t io n o l B la ck and p o o r
ca u ca so id w o ik e rs at the p o in t o l
p ro d u c tio n . I, covers every facet o t
the lives o l a ll p o o r p e op le in th is
co u n trv I very in s titu tio n is used to
m aintain this oppression I lie overall
n a tio n a l o p p re s s io n o f a ll p o o r
people, and Ihe class e x p lo ita tio n ot
Biask woi kers are mdissolvable
I he N a tio n o l Is la m , un de r the
le a d e rs h ip o l B ro th e r I a r r a k h a ii
demands complete V trikan Vmerikan
c o n tro l over die e co n o m ic, p o litic s ,
c u ltu r e , e d u c a tio n and every o th e r
sphere ot the I d e o l Black people. Il
lecogtnzes that we m ust relv on out
o w n p o w e r to g a in th is
In its
re vo lu tio n a ry to n n , as advocated bv
M a lc o lm \ . it proposes a p ro g ra m
to i mass lib e r a tio n
O b v io u s ly .
Mar xisi I enim sis w hose m ain a m i is
to destroy capitalism and im perialism
can on lv d e fin e a m ove m en t o t op
pressed p e o p le lo r such goals a$ a
r e v o liitio n .ir v ,
movement.
not
re a c tio n a ry
l o r a M a r x is t, the fir s t ru le o t
p o litic s sh o u ld be w ith the masses
we a te e v e ry th in g , w ith o u t th e m ,
n o th in g
M a rx is m le n in is m is
science o t s tru g g le w ith u n iv e rs a l
p rin c ip le s w h ich can apply to everv
movement
I he three m ain o b te ctive s o l the
N a tio n o l Is la m has been sell
d e ie rm in a iio n , p o litic a l po w e r, and
la n d to r e co n o m ic c o n tro l P oor
w orkers, m tu rn , are concertied w ith
tob related issues, such as insurance,
health and re tire m e n t b e n e lils , lay
o ils , sa la rie s, and the wage p ric e
freeze, not owning
Dr Jamil t hernvec
to the existence o l capitalism here lo r
over t o u ' h ii rid red vears I his op
p re sxio n is m o re th a n s im p le ex
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she is trem i' lo im plose he, behavior.
lu other wold., neither Abigail nor
I lo,elice is giving up on her sell
Vini we, as O re g o n ia n s , are not
eie mg up on oui eldei Iv
disease are supposed to be given
m e d ic a l tre a tm e n t an d receive
"h o n o r a b le discharges " H o w e ve r,
anyone w ho adm its d in in g an A ID S
scree ning th a t he o r she has used
drugs or is a homosexual w ill be auto
m a tic a lly d is c h a rg e d . G ays and
lesbians discovered outside the A ID S
scree ning process m ax be c o u rt
m a rs h a lle d , fin e d o r im p ris o n e d
M any can receive d is h o n o ra b le dis
charges, w h ich w o u ld m ean the loss
o f a ll veterans’ benefits and hospital
where does it sto p ? "
Ih e greatest danger in the A ID S
c o n tro v e rs y
is
the
a b h o rre n t
c o rre la tio n being made between sup
pre ssin g the rig h ts o l gays and
lesbians and the steps needed lo halt
the spread o l the disease O ne
M assachusetts legislator Iasi m o n th
claimed that a child in his district had
c o n tra c te d A ID S b e ca u se a n A ID S
victim "d e lib e ra te ly " donated blood
O th e r p o litic a l c o n s e rv a tiv e s are
m a n ip u la tin g the le a l o l A ID S to
d e le a l lo c a l and state gav rig h ts
le g is la tio n
In H o u s to n , fo rm e r
m a y o ra l c a n d id a te 1 o u ie W e lch
stated that one wav to com bat A ID S
To the Militant Editorials, Nov. 22, 1985
prickly p c i' m. ill's m ak e s it difficult
lo be around her How ever, I lorence
nuclei s ta n d s she w ill go to a nursing
ho ne it she lo.es her hoiisekeepiTs, so
exam ple, 116 or the 222 A ID S cases
to dale are Blacks, (.ueaves also notes
that 107 o f 191 children below age 13
w ho have been diagnosed w ith A ID S
are B la ck A b o u t h a lt o f a ll B lack
A ID S vicims arc homosexuals, and 3H
percent have been drug users
I he po litica l dynamics o l the A ID S
p a n ic have esca la te d d ra m a tic a lly
Several m o n th s a g o , the D efense
D e p a rtm e n t a n n o u n c e d plan s to
screen a ll 2.1 m illio n m ilita ry person
tK'l for A ID S Those fou nd having the
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