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This Is the Amount of Candy Your Children Can Eat Tonight Based on Michelle Obama’s Food Guidelines
In 2010, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which was advocated for by Michelle Obama as a component of her “Let’s Move!” drive. The act places draconian restrictions on school lunches by the state and is costing $3.2 billion. It is also apparently not creating “Hunger-free kids” like the title promises.
We at TheBlaze do not want to call First Lady Michelle Obama “anti-candy,” but here is what she said back in January:
“As parents, we try to prepare decent meals, limit how much junk food our kids eat, and ensure they have a reasonably balanced diet… When we send our kids to school, we expect that they wont be eating the kind of fatty, salty, and sugar foods that we try to keep them from eating at home.”
The new law imposes a 650 calorie limit on trick-or-treating aged children, Kindergarten to 5th grade, per meal. With that in mind, here are the approximate calorie counts (and subsequent snack combinations) your child should be eating tonight:
1. A Butterfinger [495.7 cal.] & Fun Size Almond Joy [91 cal.]
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2. One Caramello Bar [207.9 cal.] & one Kit Kat Bar [497.3 cal.]
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3. One Baby Ruth Bar [275.4 cal.], one MARS bar [233.5 cal.], and one Almond Joy [234.7 cal.]
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4. One Milky Way Bar [465.6 cal.] and Two Baby Ruth Fun Size [82.6]
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5. One SKOR [208.7 cal.], one MOUNDS [257.6 cal.], and One Mr. Goodbar [263.6 cal.]
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6. One Snickers Bar [498.8 cal.] and one 100 Grand bar [190.5 cal.]
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7. Six Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups [231.8 cal. for 2 pack]
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8. One Three Musketeers Bar [256.8 cal.], one TWIX Bar [200.8 cal.], and one TWIX Peanut Butter Bar [278.7 cal.]
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9. One Cup of Butterfinger BB’s [798.7 cal.]
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10. Or Six-and-a-Half Granny Smith Apples [101 cal.]
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All calorie counts are based on Calorielabs.com. More information can be found here.
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CynthiaCOG
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:09pmWhat Mrs. O is not telling you is that these candies are all Union-Made
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/Union-Made-Halloween-Candy-Shopping-List
Just like her to let that little bit of info slip by.
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Unbelievable
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:40pmThat’s why I bought M&M’s to hand out :~}
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doomytram
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:55pmI’m surprised that Obozo and the lunch lady don’t try to stuff more of those no chicken mcnuggets. That the public non edumacating indoctrination centers try to replace for Turkey sandwiches made at home. Eating all that candy and mcnuggets will turn you into one of the mind numbingly obtuse Obozo drones.
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RabidPatriot
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:06pmI remember when Nancy Reagan was being roundly criticized for her say no to drugs campaign. The same idiots praise Michelle Obama for her say no to food campaign. Dumb.
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bobdog19006
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:58pmThey’re all fattening. We’ve got too darn many fat kids in this country, blast it.
I’m giving out cigarettes.
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turkey13
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 7:38pmWhat Mrs. Obama won’t tell you is her B_utt is 3 sizes bigger than it was 4 years ago. If she keeps this up she will catch up with Hillery Clinton. These are observations of my wife!
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ProbIemSoIver
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:15pmChocolate and sugar is bad.
But Genetically Modified Foods, Pesticides, Hormones, Antibiotics and Preservatives are
A-OKAY !!!!!
Moo-chelle. you look like you could lose a few.
Why don’t you “MOVE” on down the road and shove a 650 calorie candy bar in your Pie-Hole.
You, Your O-dumbo husband, or any other Clown Bureaucrat may be able to regulate those who are licensed with their local corporation and pass “laws”, but you will NEVER, and I repeat, NEVER tell me what I can or can NOT EAT or DRINK !!!!!
Now Let’s Move your @$$ on down the road. MOooooooo
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smallcraftadvisory
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 6:24amI don’t know how parents parented or kids survived Halloween before Michelle cam along. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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Tom K
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 1:39pm@ CYNTHIACOG : I checked the Union List and didn’t find my York Peppermint Patties which ARE made by The Hershey Company, BUT they are now made in Mexico ! DANG !
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Ultralove
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:07pmGreat idea First Lady! Quarter of American children are obese and many are future diabetics. Promoting good eating habits is always a great.
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RightUnite
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:11pmSTHU! She needs to mind her own d*mn business!
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TEIN
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:23pmSure @ultra, and just adjust the BMI numbers a few more points down and then half of the kids will be obese…
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armyofnibiru
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:24pmthe road to he ll is paved with good INTENTIONS [not deeds].and she has many intentions for the obama youth [public school children and most colledge grads].you know the children you thought were yours.
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the_system_disconnect
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:25pmMrs. First Lady, Please stay out of our kitchens.
The only two places that Democrats want to “stay out of” is marriage and abortion….. Everything else they want their grubby fingers on.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:49pmThe same crowd made so much fun of Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” program to drugs. But then again, drugs must not be fattening.
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ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:50pm@ultraloveofanythingcommunistic: as a child i would fill multiple pillow cases full of candy and eat the majority, if not all. many decades later i am not obese nor diabetic.
now, go straight to your bathroom, look in the mirror, and tell yourself what to do with your life. you are the only one you have control over. leave the rest of us the F alone.
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FEMALL
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 5:05pmSo, do you think people receiving food assistance should have more limitations on what they can purchase? You know, like the candy bars that have the EBT eligible sign on them at a national chain drug store? I await your response.
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ProbIemSoIver
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:30pmPromoting is one thing, and making laws are ar another.
One is an American Ideology and the other is a Tyrannical one.
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Tom K
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 1:52pm@ (1) TURKEY13 & (2) ULTRALOVE : (1) The U.S. Dept. of Transportation should mandate a ” Caution – Wide Load ” sign across Hillary’s and Moochelle’s Rear. (2) Promoting good eating habits for children IS a good thing to do and setting a good dietary example yourself is a Great idea ! Please drop the buttered lobster Moochelle.
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Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:57pmWhy is the food free in schools? I say make the kids walk to school. Let the kids earn a lunch. Let the kids clean the schools after school. Let the kids pay for their sports programs. Let the adults earn their food stamps, housing, heat, utilities, income, and stop giving them what is earned by the hard workers in America. If everyone works fewer will be fat. Fat if from free not work. Fat is from social welfare. Get your big fat fingers out of our pockets, deregulate our lives, and let the people work who are sitting around getting fat.
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Reesie
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:12pmExactly my thoughts!
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mewnani
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:08pmWell I would support that but when I used to go to school the high school was about 5 miles away from my house, went up no less than 3 mountains (it’s really mountainous where I am) has no sidewalks leading to it (meaning you had to walk on the highway) and the roads are bad. I might have well been swimming in a swimming pool full of sharks as opposed to waking up at maybe 2 in the morning, lugging my backpack 5 miles on foot in a road full of mountains and idiot drivers on the way to high school. (And I’m not even getting into walking both ways or staying after school to clean it up.)
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rockymtngal
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 6:21pmExcellent idea!
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blanco5
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:54pmmoochelle is a “hippo”crite!
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White Devil
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:35pmYou know she has a way with… “hips”.
And it’s also Bush’s fault. lol
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momrules
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:53pmI am so glad my kids were out of school before this woman stuck her nose into how people raise their kids. My blood pressure couldn’t have taken this bimbo telling me what to feed my children.
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:52pmIt is so good that she is the Queen goddess of food. She has no idea how many calories the kids wear off by doing what kids do running, jumping or whatever. Let parents be parents and if the insurance companies have a guide line let them charge accordingly. Get the government out of the lunch programs and let parents pack lunches for their own kids… Exercise means just as much as anything and that is when parents should turn off the electronics and get them outside in good weather but again they are the parents. . Out with a goddess of food and hubby who tries to control everything in our lives
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lynnissmart
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:52pmWho do you think you are? You stupid ugly lady. Stay out of our business and mind your own! You have a lot of nerve. What do you think we did before you came to the WH? How dare you impose your values or guidelines on the American people. Go to Russia!
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Ash_Kiker
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:20pmMoochelle… do as I say, not as I do
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oneshiner
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 5:49pmIf I were as big and fat as michelle, I’d tell her to just forget assaulting me until she looks in a mirror.
For that reason I’d never vote for her husband. I have some lovely large friends and they don’t need the likes of that woman telling them how they can eat or who they should vote for.
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biohazard23
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:52pmAnd just how much candy will Mooch be shoving down HER pie hole this evening?
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RaydocX
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:52pmwho sees this, knowing it’s a holiday that kids love, and expects that the guidelines would/ should apply tonight… then again, why should they apply every day, considering the HUGE breadth of what is normal in height weight and metabolism.
push the activity… that’s important throughout life.
stop acting like any nutritionist, much less a policitian’s wife, has the corner on what is right for anyone else to eat. it’s like the historic claims against eating eggs, or salt, or any fat… all disproven subsequently.
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blanco5
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:51pmDon’t forget, trick or treaters…..only UNION sponsored candy tonight! (barf!)
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:51pmGo chew on your Cud Moochelle !
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chips1
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:51pmGood grief. I ate that much while I typed this post.
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QuincySmith
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:59pmYou made caloiregate funny.
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kentuckypatriot
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:57pmBWAAHHAAAA!! Excellent!
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trolltrainer
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:50pmOkay, I agree with the comment “hey Muchchell, up yours” and I will be the first in line to say government has no place trying to mandate what we eat, but…
The amounts given here seem reasonable to me. I mean, 6 full sized peanut butter cups? I get a sugar rush off of 2! A full sized candy bar (even king sized) PLUS one or two snack sized? I don’t want my kid eating more than that at one sitting, though maybe calling this for a whole 24 hour period may be a bit uptight. Still…We do have an obesity problem in this country and kids are getting bad. I get sick of seeing fat azz kids everywhere I go. Is it my business what YOU feed YOUR kids? No, it is not! But maybe it is time we started taking some personal responsibility for ourselves and our families? My parents never let me gorge on Halloween or Easter candy and I never let my kids either. There is nothing wrong with these portions, they are very reasonable, maybe even more than any of us would eat in one sitting.
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chips1
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:59pmAre you related to Jeffrey Dalmer?
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RightUnite
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:13pmHow about people mind their own business?? I could care less what someone else’s kids eat!
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trolltrainer
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:44pmHow about gaining some reading comprehension? Then maybe you will see that I said the same thing you did! BTW, I bet you are a fat azz slob, aren’t you?
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Saving_the_Republic.com
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:50pmHey Moooochelle BITE ME!!
Has anyone really taken a hard look at her? She in no way is in the best of shape and BO looks like he is starving. Mooochelle needs to keep her big mouth shut. I am so done with these two…. if ppl dont get out and vote them out next week you will get what you deserve AmeriKa!
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Seamstress
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:18pmSo right! Jack O-Sprat and his wife.
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floridareader
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:48pmBig ass Moochelle won’t tell me what to feed my children. I give them whatever I want in the amounts I want. She can feed her children and herself with sand if she pleases. Back off you commie!
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EtchASketch
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:48pmWhat’s scary is how many people actually choose to eat this stuff. Leave it to conservatives though.
If Michelle Obama wanted conservatives to NOT eat candy, she should just tell them TO eat it. Talk about a petulant bunch of fatties!
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The-Monk
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:37pmFYI,
EtchASketchy is a paid troll… he’ll clock out right before 5 pm.
Don’t bother replying to it because that’s what it wants.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:59pmRight on MONK! Read his other posts today.
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The-Monk
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:14pmHi RJJ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwNXQMoNps
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MommaGrizzly
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:47pmStay away from my family you monster!
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Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:53pmThe weight problem in America is due to free busing, free schooling, free lunches, free welfare, free disability, free housing, free energy assistance, free food stamps, and over regulation. Release our people you slavemasters and let us work for a living. You give and give out of our pockets because you have nothing to give that is not ours. You take what is ours. You rape us of our fruits.
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RightUnite
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:45pmMoochelle can kiss my white conservative, well rounded azz!
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Cabo King
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:39amI have the sudden urge for a Banana
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drphil69
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:44pm“The new law imposes a 650 calorie limit on trick-or-treating aged children, Kindergarten to 5th grade, per meal.”
Huh? Does this mean I can be arrested if my kid eats say, 750 calories in one meal?? WTF??
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kentuckypatriot
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:59pmDon’t feel bad. I thought the ” law ” was a joke.
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floridacockleburr
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:44pmHey Michelle, why don’t you let me worry about my fat belly and i’ll let you worry about your fat a$$.
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toiletclogga
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:43pmDon’t be giving out those apples or toothbrushes for Halloween! My minions will be returning your apples at 90 mph.
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chips1
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:54pmYou went right to the corpse of the story.
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MN NICE
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:01pmDon’t forget the ones that would try to shovel a handful of loose popcorn into your bag… I remember pulling the bag away just in time to see the popcorn hit the floor, give their pumpkin a kick in the face and run like hell!!
Oh, and by the way, thanks for not having an avatar that goes with the name!
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DEConservative
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:41pmHey Moochelle…shut up…you want my kids to stop eating candy… COME AND TAKE IT…
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shorelineliz
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:50pmEXACTLY! SHUT UP THIS FAT COW ALREADY! HER and OBAMA cannot get enough of BURGERS and FRIES in one FAT COW FACE STUFFING PHOTO! Enough Already!
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Gregb
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:41pmMOOSHELLE’S backside is the size of a bus!
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BlackCrow
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:40pmHey Muchchell, UP YOURS!
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tonypro
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:44pmYour sentiment pretty much sums it up.
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4xeverything
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:44pmYou read my mind…Moochelle, bite me!
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EtchASketch
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:02pmHaha, “muchchell.” You can’t even spell “mooch!”
Keep the laughs coming, tea guys! You’re getting nuttier and nuttier as election day nears!
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Ash_Kiker
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:27pmHey ETCHASKETCH…. Shove it ya Liberal douche bag!
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EtchASketch
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:35pmLol
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Zipit
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:34amAlmond Joy has nuts, mounds don’t!!!
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banjarmon
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:39pmI just had a CHOCOLATE attack…..YUMMMMMM!!!
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:47pmI will eat that much just taking the candy from the kitchen to the front door.
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Skeeterhawk
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:47pmme too!
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