Ailsa Chang
@ailsachang
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Host of @NPR's All Things Considered, based at @NPRWest. Former @planetmoney & congressional correspondent. Lawyer in the lifetime before that. Proud Taiwanese.
Joined January 2008
Okay fine, @arishapiro, you may show up in the @nytimes crossword, but @nprAudie and I are JUST FINE sitting pretty over here. OMG, I can die now. @npratc
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Hey world. Something momentous is going down today. First time hosting @npratc at @npr HQ in DC in two and a half years. First time hosting with @arishapiro in the SAME STUDIO in that long. This feels SO GOOD. Hiiiii again!!!!!
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NPR's Senior VP for News, Nancy Barnes, responding to a statement from @SecPompeo calling my friend and colleague @NPRKelly a “liar”: “Mary Louise Kelly has always conducted herself with the utmost integrity, and we stand behind this report.”.
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Well, my line dropped out twice during today's @npratc live show. I'm now walking from my guest bedroom studio into kitchen, directly to my wine rack. Thank you and goodnight everybody.
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When I first moved to LA, people joked that I’d be able to go to the Oscars in person. It came true, thanks to @Radioactive22. Here’s to our phenomenal @npr Arts team working hard tonight. No matter what is happening in the world, I admire the ability of cinema to transport.
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Guess what - @npratc has been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame! So tremendously proud to be a part of a show that’s become such an important part of people’s lives for more than a half century. Congrats to @LesterHoltNBC who was inducted as well. Thank you @nabtweets!
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This is a street that was supposed to be filled tonight with throngs of people celebrating the Lunar New Year - firecrackers, balloons, food booths, dancers, music, lights. Here’s what the first day of the Year of the Rabbit looked like in Monterey Park, CA.
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When you’re quarantining by yourself, you know this was all you - and only you.
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Damn. I got these to wrap my dog’s pain medication in, but I just stuffed a slice into my mouth and man, I forgot how good these taste. I see your homemade caramelized shallot pasta and artisanal sourdough blah blah, but I say, kiss my Double Stuf Oreos and Kraft Singles.
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Eat more. Drink more. Laugh more. I always resolve to vacation more while on vacation. This time I resolve to follow thru on that.
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"Election integrity is the code word - it is the dog whistle that they use today to justify denying access to the right to vote." @staceyabrams on voting rights activism and making the Oscars shortlist. Produced/edited by @jonakimehta/@patrickjaren @npratc
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After misreading the live clock this week on @npratc & almost prematurely shoving @MilesParks off the air (sorry again Miles!), I’ve come to accept the time has come. I’m one of those people who buy bulk packs of reading glasses on Amazon now. Hi 45! You’ve been amazing!
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Hello Friday night. As you bleed into another interminable weekend, I just want to toast all the single people out there who are living alone. Let me just raise a glass to our special aloneness. It is very hard, and I feel you.
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This is a momentous day for @Npratc. This is the LAST show ever to be directed by @smokybaer. This guy has been part of @npr for 45 yrs, people. Smokey, you are a classic. ❤️ @nprAudie
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I have heard many audio tributes to people leaving @npr, but never have I ever re-listened - SIX times - to a tribute because I was so moved by how much @AudieCornish's last day has moved so many others. This week has reminded me - we are the sum of our personal interactions.
We have each other’s backs. @AudieCornish, whatever you do next, wherever you go, I’ll have yours. Good luck & go get ‘em. /END
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@arishapiro @npratc @nprAudie @NPRKelly Let’s do this again by the end of 2021. I aim to be cheek-to-cheek again! @NPRKelly @nprAudie @arishapiro @npratc ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Loved this. An @npratc audio diary of a rookie racer in the Iditarod, produced by @daveblanchard65 and @luolkowski. Internal advisory here in the script: "References to poop and dogs being horny approved by the deputy managing editor."
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That moment when you pour yourself a handsomely full glass of wine because. this week. Ingest said wine - & see Twitter has banned Trump permanently. So you put away the wine, slap your face around a little & get ready to get on mic. Happy Friday - I'll catch up with you later.
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Ugh. This departure really hurts, too. @samsanders has been one of our greatest, most honest, most joyful voices. We will miss you like hell, Sam. Thank you for making @npr better.
And I’d like to use this moment to share some *PROFESSIONAL NEWS* as well. I’m leaving @npr, after 12+ great years. My last episode of @NPRItsBeenAMin will run March 11. Here’s the note I sent to colleagues. (It’s a little long.)
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The Ox is reliable, grounded, steady and gentle. Let this new year live up to that. Happy Chinese New Year, my friends. Call your parents. Tell them you ate a lot tonight.
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This may be the best listener mail I have received all . ever. Thank you for a sweet end to a long week. I will try to do this blackbird proud. ❤️❤️❤️
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Omg @melodyhahm - you are the first person in my life so far who recognized me in public by the sound of my voice alone. Asking the movie snacks guy how long my pizza was going to take. With a very congested nose! 🤣.
I listen to @ailsachang on @NPR every day. While I didn’t know what she looks like, I recognized her voice as she ordered popcorn at the movie theater ln. Had to say hello to one of the best on the radio 🎙
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I totally forgot I had this little number, @arishapiro. In honor of my co-pilot, who is co-hosting @npratc with me on this Friday before the holiday weekend, I don this masterpiece.
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Alright people. I woke up at 4am PT for this. So tune in! Hosting live special coverage from @npr of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. We will be going gavel-to-gavel, so we are buckling in for a 12-hour day on air - at least. Fortitude.
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Well it took crappy home Internet to get to this moment but for the first time I believe since the pandemic began, both @npratc hosts are broadcasting from real grown-up studios! @scottdetrow is at @npr in DC and I’m at @NPRWest. We tested the secret red phones for good measure.
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IT’S FOR REAL NOW. Here we go!.
Y’all! @ailsachang is hosting her first @npratc as an official NPR West host. This is earlier than we had originally planned, but once you make mat, you gotta be ready to go full out at all times.
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When was the last time three hosts of @npratc were reporting in the field simultaneously? Proud of this whole damn team, fanning out into the country in Covid gear to cover this incredibly critical moment.
So proud of the work @NPRKelly @arishapiro and @ailsachang are doing this week, gathering your stories from Atlanta, Louisville and LA, in this historic week. H/t @tanisNPR @becsully @jonakimehta for making this possible!
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I developed a crush on @PaulMcCartney in 5th grade. Read every book I could about the Beatles, could belt out any song by heart, had choreographed dance routines to dozens of them. And now for the first time IN MY LIFE, I'm seeing Sir Paul in concert tonight! Just had to announce.
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Well look who I bumped into at the Governor’s Ball…. Here’s to a woman who continues to take artistic risks to remind Hollywood what an incredible gift she is and has been for four decades. You make 60 look divine, Michelle Yeoh — the best decade of all.
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There is finally a tropical storm with my name (phonetically) and I can’t wait to say her name on air today, on this day of solo hosting @npratc. Does #TropicalStormElsa have the same ferocity as #HurricaneAilsa though. Yes this is a selfie of me flexing
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Good times! Apologies to @DomenicoNPR - whom I was talking to live on @npratc when my Internet went kaput and I suddenly disappeared into thin air. Thank you to @sarahmccammon for being a baller and taking over the interview midway! The joys of hosting from your guest bedroom.
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Greetings from Norway! You see how much this woman likes sun? That is why she is ECSTATIC to be moving back to CA to call @NPRWest her new work home as a full-time @npratc host w/ her homies @nprAudie, @arishapiro & @NPRKelly! 🌞💪💥
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I wore my A necklace for this guy tonight. @AMartinezLA and I met for the first time today, & I’m so excited to be joining forces with him to represent @npr @MorningEdition @npratc from @NPRWest! He’s native SoCal, I’m native NorCal. Bring it. These Californians will handle it.
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From my guest bedroom in LA, I talked to Fiona Apple in her house in Venice Beach. Loved this interview, & didn't know it would be her last for awhile. Here's to being unapologetic about speaking up. @npratc Produced/edited by @jonakimehta/@JolieMyers.
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I will miss @lourdesgnavarro’s compassion, empathy and fierce intelligence on our air. But I’m heartened to know we will be able to take in her thoughts and passion thru @nytimes
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Let me speak for myself. I have been utterly baffled by authorities in GA, who have so far been relucatant to say the shootings this week were racially motivated. Racism and misogyny go hand-in-hand for Asian women. That's been my personal experience. It's been @nancywyuen's too.
I appeared on NPR's 'All Things Considered,' to discuss the hyper-sexualization of Asian women with the great @ailsachang (whom I totally fangirled).
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I will miss @lourdesgnavarro incredibly. She has changed the way we sound. And she helped pave the way for other @npr hosts like me to be proud of our identities and lean into who we are. Much love to you, Lulu.
In 2004, I joined @NPR as Mexico City correspondent and I have been so lucky to have been given so many opportunities by this amazing organization. Yes, I've covered calamities and conflicts, but also the explosions of joy and incandescent bravery that mark the human spirit. .
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And let me add personally. Mary Louise Kelly @NPRKelly is one of the people I admire most in my profession - for her honesty, directness, sharp intelligence and unwillingness to let those with power evade fair questions. She sets a standard journalists aspire to uphold.
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I really needed this tonight @elisewho ❤️❤️❤️.
A true tonic at the end of this impossible week. an IRL hang w/ my Asian Amer @npr sister @ailsachang. Our friendship was born a decade ago bc we kept getting mistaken for one another at work 🧐. Love & solidarity to the AAPI ladies 💪♥️😔
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I don’t know if I want to get a haircut after all. I haven’t let my hair grow this long in years. But I might keep my pandemic hair a little longer.
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What an exchange. Listen to the full @npratc interview of @SecPompeo by our co-host @NPRKelly. And then listen to her recap what happened OFF-MIC, after the interview was done. The Sec of State uses the F-word w/ her & makes her find Ukraine on a map.
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Ladies in red! Oh man I am going to miss so much sitting next to @NPRKelly when I move to @NPRWest. Incredible journalist, beautiful human being.❤️ #ATCStrong.
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I watch this woman show up everyday on the job absorbing its greatest challenges with the utmost grace and dignity. Love you, @NPRKelly. 💖.
I felt the stigma when I was first told to get hearing aids— I thought, “I’m not old!” But they are life-changing & have allowed me to continue doing the job I love. More in today’s @washingtonpost:
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After hosting @npratc today, I opened my front door and found a woman naked from the waist down sitting on my front porch. She wouldn’t talk to me. After she disappeared, I found a box on my front porch with this lovely present from @PubRadioTulsa. The two events appear unrelated
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SO MUCH fun co-hosting live special coverage of the midterm elections on @npr with the illustrious @ayesharascoe. 😘 I didn’t have time to tweet between rapid pace segments, but here we are! Thank you for such a great night, Ayesha!
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So psyched about what’s happening right now on @npratc: an ALL-CALIFORNIA host line-up! The ladies of the West take over today! Welcome to the lovely @TonyaMosley, my fabulous @NPRWest comrade who guest hosts ATC all week.
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To all the racist sexist boys out there - you better watch your step. Because the Linda Lindas will call you the F out. Head bang to this, people. Wish I had this level of indignation as a kid — you are 🔥🔥🔥and I love it.
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To all @npr listeners: forgive me, but all I had to eat today were some stupid peanuts, and now I can hear my stomach growl on mic during this live @npratc show. #IWantABurger.
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So much gratitude to @missmayim who pronounced my name perfectly on @Jeopardy today! And thank you @npr-fluent player who knew without hesitation of course we are talking about @npratc! So damn proud today.
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It’s not everyday that I interview a 16-year-old. And it’s not everyday that I interview someone unflappable and articulate. Today, all that was wrapped up in one remarkable teenager - climate activist @GretaThunberg. What a delight to talk to you for @npratc.
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Hello America. It's time. I'll be hosting @npr's Election Special tonight w/ my stellar colleagues @arishapiro, @NPRMichel, @lourdesgnavarro & @sarahmccammon. Tune into a brilliant team of reporters who've been slogging thru one of the most bizarre, grueling years in journalism.
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Hi world. I love this photo of me and @LeilaFadel so I’m just gonna push it out into the universe. ❤️❤️❤️
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Happy Fourth of July, America! Oh it is so good being back with the terrific team at @npratc! First day back on the show! Solo hosting so @nprAudie, @arishapiro and @NPRKelly get a much-deserved day off.
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I’M HERE and it’s so damn sunny today!!!.
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I learned 2 things watering this plant today: (1) it’s possible for the shoots to slice your scalp if you brush up against them; & (2) the scalp bleeds incredibly easily. Now walking around with a glob of Neosporin on the side of my head. Who cuts their head open watering plants?
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I have a massive confession: I'm a 45-yr-old unmarried woman who doesn't have kids. And I love these decisions. Thank you @doree for reminding us we don't need to adhere to conventional milestones. Produced/edited by @littleewriting/@justinekenin @npratc
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You guys. THIS IS A FIRST. The women of California have taken over! An all-WEST COAST, all @NPRWest-representing set of hosts for @npratc! Having a ball hosting with my California sister @LeilaFadel.
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Asian women hover where racism and sexism meet. To claim there's no racial motive in the GA shootings is to ignore how long we've been hypersexualized and fetishized. My conversation w/ @nancywyuen on @npratc. Produced/edited by @_vendog/@courtneydorning
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How cool to be holding in my hand two books written by two of the incredible humans I co-host @npratc with everyday. Can’t wait to crack these open to discover something new about @NPRKelly & @arishapiro. Two individuals I admire so deeply and am so proud to share the air with.
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Best day ever! @NinaTotenberg brought her fur baby Connie Mack to work, and she is just the cuddliest, sweetest, most well-behaved ball of love.
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Well lookie who I found in the studio today at @NPRWest! The other half of the A-Team: @AMartinezLA! What a new profound experience — to share a studio with another @npr host.
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So excited to be co-hosting with the unfailingly lovely @ayesharascoe on @npratc throughout this week! Love seeing your face on my Zoom here in LA, Ayesha. @GusContreras21 directing and Ted Mebane manning the board!
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Well I guess I can check "Accidentally Sing On Air" off my bucket list now! Of all the things I could have accidentally blurted out on an open mic I didn't know was open, I'm grateful to the universe that it was me belting out my best impression of Ariel from "The Little Mermaid".
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It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year. We at @npr will keep showing up.
So much has changed & so much has not changed since @ailsachang & I partnered to bring you live coverage, one year ago, of Jan. 6. We're still standing. And back at it again tonight. Still trying to bring you voices, facts & context to make sense of the world. Join us @npratc
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Holding my first Anna May Wong quarter. Wow. So wild seeing her on the opposite side of George Washington.
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Happy 50th, @npr and @npratc! Tonight, I got to reunite in person with editor @cintagliata, so we could record ourselves in studio at @NPRWest narrating Part 4 of our series on Black homeownership. So great to have @NPRPatrick engineering us, just like during the Before Times!
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I just discovered that the movers packed my trash can with the garbage still IN IT. It’s been two weeks.
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For 43 yrs, I have been a hardcore night owl. Now I have a job that requires a 6:30am start time on many days. I have been skeptical about my ability to do this without pharmaceutical assistance. But it is 7:30pm & ALL I WANT TO DO right now is slide into my pjs and tuck in.
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Today I interviewed a tortoise. His name is Mr. T, and for those of you who think tortoises don’t haul ass, you need to get educated.
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One of the all-time greatest moments in my history at NPR: my Mom pretending to host @npratc when she visited HQ in 2019. I sit down and talk about myself some more this month for #FacesofNPR:
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This show will not be the same without you, @nprAudie. You have taught me so much on this job. I'm going to miss you as a colleague, but our friendship stays right where it is. Excited for what you do next.
Some personal news…this week I am joining many of you in “The Great Resignation”. 1/5.#NPR.
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OMG aaaaaargh this made my entire week!!! Thank you @aliwong and @parkrandall for letting me and @jacobgoldstein gush all over you at @npr in NY. Hope we didn’t embarrass ourselves. We are honored you guys are actual @planetmoney listeners!
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Happy Friday! I bring you DOGS and LITTLE KIDS! LITTLE KIDS PETTING DOGS! You're welcome. The world is looking a little better now.
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I am so tremendously proud to share the air with this woman, who's a Pulitzer finalist. So much love and admiration for you, @NPRKelly.
Congratulations to all the #Pulitzer winners today & especially to our own @GPublic @robertlittle @TwitrHagen @ChrisHaxel. Honored to have been a finalist.
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How many of you have been utterly distracted today by a feeling of hope? I was not hosting @npratc today, and had a long list of to-do items to be completed for future shows. And yet found myself continually snagged -- by little rays of optimism.
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And now handing the reins to @arishapiro, who co-hosts election coverage for the next three and a half hours. You are a soldier.
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How much will my @npr colleagues hate me if I reheat this old salmon in the kitchenette? Brace yoselves, 3rd floor.
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I am so honored to receive this news. Thank you to the school that adopted me when I was bumbling around between careers, wondering if I really had a shot at becoming a reporter. I owe Columbia a lot - for grabbing a 32-yr-old lawyer and turning her into a journalist.
Congratulations to the 2019 @columbiajourn Alumni Award Winners!.@BumillerNYT ’79, @ailsachang ’08 M.A., @MartinSgottlieb ’69, and @marianaatencio ’09. “These alumni represent the best of the Journalism School:’’ @SteveCollNY
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