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Birmingham Fire

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The Birmingham Fire were a professional American football team based in Birmingham, Alabama. [1]

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Alabama Crimson Tide

The Alabama Crimson Tide refers to the 21 men and women varsity teams that represent the University of Alabama.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Barcelona Dragons

The Barcelona Dragons were a team originally in the World League of American Football and later in the resurrected NFL Europe.

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Bart Starr

Bryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr (born January 9, 1934) is a former professional American football player and coach.

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Birmingham Americans

The Birmingham Americans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Birmingham Barracudas

The Birmingham Barracudas were a Canadian football team that played the 1995 season in the Canadian Football League.

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Birmingham Stallions

The Birmingham Stallions were a franchise in the United States Football League, an attempt to establish a second professional league of American football in the United States in competition with the National Football League.

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Birmingham Thunderbolts

The Birmingham Thunderbolts were a short-lived springtime American football team based in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Birmingham Vulcans

The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Brent Pease

Brent Richard Pease (born October 8, 1964) is an American football coach and former player.

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Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.

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Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League (CFL; Ligue canadienne de football, LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada.

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Canadian Football League in the United States

The Canadian Football League (CFL), the sole major professional sports league in the United States and Canada to feature only teams from Canada, has made efforts to gain further audience in the United States, most directly through expansion into the country from 1993 to 1995.

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Chan Gailey

Thomas Chandler Gailey Jr. (born January 5, 1952) is a former American football coach.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf (Low Franconian, Ripuarian: Düsseldörp), often Dusseldorf in English sources, is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany. Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Exhibition game

An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.

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Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with any club or franchise; i.e., not under contract to any specific team.

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General manager (American football)

In the National Football League, the general manager or GM of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the primary responsibility on behalf of the team during contract discussions with players.

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in the sport of American football.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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HighBeam Research

HighBeam Research is a paid search engine and full text online archive owned by Gale, a subsidiary Cengage, for thousands of newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines, and encyclopedias in English.

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History of the Houston Oilers

The professional American football team now known as the Tennessee Titans previously played in Houston, Texas as the Houston Oilers from 1960 to 1996.

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Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas.

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Interception

In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team but caught by a player of the opposing team, who thereby usually gains possession of the ball for their team.

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Legion Field

Legion Field is a stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but occasionally used for other large outdoor events.

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LexisNexis

LexisNexis Group is a corporation providing computer-assisted legal research as well as business research and risk management services.

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Lodi News-Sentinel

The Lodi News-Sentinel is a daily newspaper based in Lodi, California, United States and serving northern San Joaquin and southern Sacramento counties.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Maloof family

The Maloof family is a prominent American family based in Las Vegas, Nevada, who are owners of numerous business properties in the Western United States.

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Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

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Michael Huyghue

Michael L. Huyghue (born September 21, 1961; pronounced "hewg") is a sports lawyer and businessman and former commissioner of the United Football League, having served in that capacity since the league's founding in 2007.

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Milan

Milan (Milano; Milan) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,380,873 while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,235,000.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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Montreal Gazette

The Montreal Gazette, formerly titled The Gazette, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, after three other daily English newspapers shut down at various times during the second half of the 20th century.

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Montreal Machine

The Montreal Machine was the sole Canadian team in the World League of American Football (WLAF), a springtime developmental professional league set up by the National Football League (NFL) that played in 1991 and 1992.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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National Football League Draft

The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York/New Jersey Knights

The New York/New Jersey Knights was a franchise in the World League of American Football for the 1991 and 1992 seasons.

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NFL Europe

The World League of American Football (shortened to WLAF or World LeagueThe abbreviation "World League" was often used in /// in 1991 and 1992, but "World League of American Football" was often used on TV and posters), later renamed the NFL Europe League (NFL Europe for short) and then NFL Europa, was a professional American football league which operated between 1991 and 2007.

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Nick Saban

Nicholas Lou Saban Jr. (born October 31, 1951) is an American football coach who has been the head football coach at the University of Alabama since 2007.

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Northern California

Northern California (colloquially known as NorCal or "The Northstate" for the northern interior counties north of Sacramento to the Oregon stateline) is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Ohio Glory

The Ohio Glory played one season (1992) in the World League of American Football, which later became NFL Europe.

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Olympic Stadium (Montreal)

Olympic Stadium (Stade olympique) is a multi-purpose stadium in Canada, located at Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal.

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Orlando Thunder

The Orlando Thunder was a member of the World League of American Football from 1991 to 1992 (known as NFL Europe from 1995 onwards).

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Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County.

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Pete Hurt

Pete Hurt (born September 22, 1956) is a high school and former college football head coach.

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Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

The Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks were an American football team headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina that played for one season in 1991 in the World League of American Football (WLAF).

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Rhein Fire

The Rhein Fire was a professional American football team in NFL Europe, formerly the World League of American Football.

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Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California.

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Sacramento Surge

The Sacramento Surge was a professional American football team that played in the World League of American Football (WLAF) in 1991 and 1992.

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Samford University

Samford University is a private, coeducational, Christian university located in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States.

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San Antonio Express-News

The San Antonio Express-News is a daily newspaper in San Antonio, Texas.

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San Antonio Riders

The San Antonio Riders were a professional American football team that played in the WLAF in 1991 and 1992.

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San Marcos, Texas

San Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metropolitan area.

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Shutout

In team sports, a shutout (US) or whitewash (UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points.

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Spartanburg Herald-Journal

The Spartanburg Herald-Journal is a daily newspaper, and the primary newspaper for Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.

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Star-Banner

The Star-Banner is the daily newspaper in Ocala, Florida, United States and serves Marion County and the surrounding communities.

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Terry Bowden

Terry Wilson Bowden (born February 24, 1956) is the head football coach at the University of Akron.

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Tex Schramm

Texas Earnest Schramm Jr. (June 2, 1920 – July 15, 2003) was the original president and general manager of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the American state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries.

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The Beaver County Times

The Beaver County Times is a daily newspaper published in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States and serving the north-western Pittsburgh suburbs.

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The Gadsden Times

The Gadsden Times is a daily newspaper serving Gadsden, Alabama, and the surrounding area in northeastern Alabama.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Spokesman-Review

The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper in the northwest United States, based in Spokane, Washington, that city's only daily publication.

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The Tuscaloosa News

The Tuscaloosa News is a daily newspaper serving Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama.

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Tie (draw)

A draw or tie occurs in a competitive sport when the results are identical or inconclusive.

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TimesDaily

The TimesDaily is the daily newspaper for Florence, Alabama.

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Training camp (National Football League)

In the National Football League, training camp refers to the time before the season commences.

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Two-point conversion

In American and Canadian football, a two-point conversion or two-point convert is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown.

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United States Football League

The United States Football League (USFL) was an American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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Waldstadion (Frankfurt)

Commerzbank-Arena (sometimes) is a retractable roof sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.

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Wembley Stadium (1923)

The original Wembley Stadium (formerly known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley Park, London, which stood on the same site now occupied by its successor, the new Wembley Stadium.

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Wild card (sports)

A wild card (variously spelled wildcard or wild-card, also known as at-large berth) is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to win a division or conference within their league but qualifies based on their record compared to others in the same league who also did not win their divisions or conferences.

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World Bowl '91

World Bowl '91 (also referred to as World Bowl I) was the first annual championship game of the World League of American Football.

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World Bowl '92

World Bowl '92 (also referred to as World Bowl II) was the second championship game of the World League of American Football (WLAF), played on Saturday, June 6, 1992 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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World Football League

The World Football League (WFL) was a short-lived American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975.

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XFL

The XFL was a professional American football league that played its only season in 2001.

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1991 Barcelona Dragons season

The 1991 Barcelona Dragons season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the newly created World League of American Football (WLAF).

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1991 Birmingham Fire season

The 1991 Birmingham Fire season was the first for the franchise in the inaugural season for the World League of American Football (WLAF).

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1991 Frankfurt Galaxy season

The 1991 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the newly created World League of American Football (WLAF).

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1991 London Monarchs season

The 1991 London Monarchs season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the newly created World League of American Football (WLAF).

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1991 WLAF season

The 1991 WLAF season was the inaugural season of the World League of American Football and was the first transatlantic sports league.

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1992 Barcelona Dragons season

The 1992 Barcelona Dragons season was the second season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF).

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1992 Birmingham Fire season

The 1992 Birmingham Fire season was the second and final season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF).

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1992 Frankfurt Galaxy season

The 1992 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the second season for the team in the World League of American Football (WLAF).

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1992 London Monarchs season

The 1992 London Monarchs season was the second season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF).

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1992 WLAF season

The 1992 WLAF season was the second season of the World League of American Football (WLAF).

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2006 Berlin Thunder season

The 2006 Berlin Thunder season was the eighth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL).

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2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season

The 2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the second season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Fire

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