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Whales boast the brain cells that 'make us human' - LJK - 11/28/2006 2:56:56 PM
- At cross porpoises - ER - 11/28/2006 11:30:10 PM
  - Surfing with the porpoises. - REB - 12/1/2006 1:44:18 PM
  - Sounds like a whale of a good time... - Yeti - 11/30/2006 6:16:58 PM
    - I wonder, what would a yeti-cean look like? (n/t) - podrock - 11/30/2006 9:40:05 PM
      - Yety Dick? (n/t) - ER - 12/1/2006 12:09:17 AM
    - The tail is on the level. (n/t) - ER - 11/30/2006 8:04:24 PM
- re: Whales - Daniel - 11/28/2006 3:27:53 PM
  - re: Whales - LJK - 11/28/2006 9:04:22 PM
    - going places - Daniel - 11/29/2006 5:36:04 AM
      - re: going places - LJK - 11/29/2006 2:03:56 PM
  - rhinos of the oceans - Robert - 11/28/2006 8:01:40 PM
    - rhinos are nice (on TV) - but elephants can paint - Daniel - 11/29/2006 5:29:13 AM
      - fascinating - Robert - 11/29/2006 5:04:34 PM
        
        yep, not random at all - Daniel - 11/29/2006 6:00:16 PM
        
        re: yep, not random at all - ljk - 11/29/2006 6:06:17 PM
        
        just wondering: - Daniel - 11/29/2006 6:29:43 PM
        
        However, they do seem to be able to recognize their image in a mirror - alcaray - 12/6/2006 11:06:52 PM
        
        re: just wondering: - ljk - 11/29/2006 6:44:42 PM
        
        One could say the same thing about paintings by human toddlers. - Mary Anne - 12/2/2006 2:57:21 AM
  - My whale tale - R.L. - 11/28/2006 4:58:21 PM
    - Fascinating - (n/t) - Daniel - 11/28/2006 5:45:40 PM
      - :) I know, it sounds silly - R.L. - 11/28/2006 6:39:16 PM
        
        Hardly - LJK - 11/28/2006 8:17:23 PM
        
        Norway authorises killing of 1,052 whales in 2007 - LJK - 12/4/2006 8:39:09 PM
        
        Proof that cetaceans are more advanced than humans - LJK - 12/6/2006 9:23:49 PM

Cloning the woolly mammoth - LJK - 12/6/2006 7:11:22 PM

"Uh oh. Fart." - TB - 12/6/2006 6:01:56 AM
- I wasn't sure whether to put this here or under the latest global warming thread - LJK - 12/6/2006 2:16:03 PM

Gelernter, Kurzweil debate machine consciousness - LJK - 12/1/2006 2:50:43 PM
- Minsky talks about life, love in the age of artificial intelligence - LJK - 12/5/2006 2:52:03 PM

It was bright. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/4/2006 7:13:59 PM
- SDAI-TechJansen? - YETDAI-Yet1 - 12/4/2006 8:52:12 PM
- "This is amazing!" -- Dr Clayton Forester (n/t) - ER - 12/4/2006 8:18:42 PM
- you mis-saw - Tony - 12/4/2006 7:59:24 PM
  - you wish-saw. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/4/2006 8:10:41 PM

Digging a hole to China - TB - 12/3/2006 6:56:14 AM
- re: Digging a hole to China - Laurie Street - 12/4/2006 6:25:27 PM
  - Fixing a hole where the rain gets in... - ER - 12/4/2006 8:06:58 PM
- Glub! - Fox - 12/4/2006 2:43:36 AM
- A solution looking for a problem - ER - 12/3/2006 3:19:38 PM
  - Correction! - ER - 12/3/2006 4:26:44 PM
    - Busted! - ER - 12/3/2006 5:36:32 PM
      - No problem. - TB - 12/3/2006 11:31:28 PM

It was dark. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/4/2006 10:38:40 AM
- My previous comments on these efforts, regrettably remain unchanged - Daniel - 12/4/2006 3:24:31 PM
- Put some batteries in your flashlight. Light a match. - Mary Anne - 12/4/2006 1:23:16 PM
  - re:Take off your sunglasses. - Yeti - 12/4/2006 4:57:55 PM
    - Future's so bright... - TB - 12/4/2006 5:00:37 PM
      - When Islam becomes the majority religion in the US, sure! (n/t) - Mary Anne - 12/4/2006 7:01:58 PM

Symbolism - TB - 12/3/2006 6:49:03 AM
- re: Symbolism - ER - 12/3/2006 7:33:47 PM

The tsunami and the ancient world - TB - 12/1/2006 10:23:55 PM
- re: The tsunami and the ancient world - ER - 12/2/2006 5:18:39 PM
  - And they might have still had Oral Legends - RNE - 12/3/2006 7:28:55 AM

Journalism school - TB - 12/1/2006 10:19:47 PM
- What? - Robert - 12/2/2006 6:13:11 PM
  - re: What? - azstrummer - 12/3/2006 4:26:39 AM

Orca "attack"at Sea World - Laurie Street - 12/1/2006 3:22:02 AM
- re: Tired of being called whales (n/t) - Flicker - 12/1/2006 1:49:12 PM
  - You're right, my bad (n/t) - LS - 12/2/2006 4:34:49 AM
- It's them evil human brain cells. (n/t) - TB - 12/1/2006 5:51:15 AM
  - Intelligent beings don't like to be confined - LJK - 12/1/2006 7:07:23 PM
    - I agree - LS - 12/2/2006 4:41:41 AM

Forked Tongues - ER - 11/23/2006 6:46:11 PM
- re: A theory: Genes are to life what memes are to culture - Raoul - 11/25/2006 10:44:00 PM
  - Bad science and emotional needs linked: Kind of like "watery Mars" - E.P. - 11/27/2006 6:44:06 PM
    - re: Antoniadi - Raoul - 11/27/2006 7:57:33 PM
- re: Why do you say that: - Johannes - 11/25/2006 4:38:14 AM
  - re: Why do you say that: - ER - 11/25/2006 4:44:32 PM
    - re: Why do you say that 2: - Johannes - 11/26/2006 3:40:41 AM
      - re: Why do you say that 2: - ER - 11/26/2006 4:27:55 AM
        
        re: re:Thank you for your explanation - Johannes - 11/27/2006 12:39:54 AM
        
        Literacy and civilization was well established during the Bronze Age. - ER - 11/27/2006 1:56:37 AM
        
        re: Literacy and civilization was well established during the Bronze Age. - Johannes - 11/27/2006 7:13:08 PM
        
        I'm sorry if I snapped a bit too. Things have been a bit testy lately. - ER - 11/27/2006 9:19:25 PM
        
        re:I snapped a bit too. - Johannes - 11/29/2006 2:06:29 AM
        
        There is not any "there" there. - ER - 11/29/2006 3:12:39 AM
        
        re: What do you mean by "it?" - Johannes - 11/30/2006 10:04:06 PM
        
        re: What do you mean by "it?" (n/t) - ER - 12/1/2006 4:40:41 PM
    - as you imply, it's about power and dominance - Daniel - 11/25/2006 6:03:58 PM
- wow, you got me wondering: - Daniel - 11/24/2006 5:51:26 AM
  - Now you've got me wondering, - ER - 11/24/2006 2:30:34 PM
    - maybe religion should learn from Spock and 'go beyond logic' - Daniel - 11/24/2006 6:56:05 PM
      - Existential astonishment - ER - 11/24/2006 8:06:25 PM
        
        re: O Jerusalem! O Earth! - Raoul - 11/24/2006 9:48:32 PM
        
        re: Existential astonishment - TB - 11/24/2006 9:03:21 PM
        
        How many virgins? - ER - 11/24/2006 9:50:34 PM
        
        re: How many virgins? - RNE - 11/25/2006 2:25:59 AM
        
        That ole time religion............ - Publius - 11/25/2006 1:10:04 PM
        
        The joy of sects - ER - 11/25/2006 2:43:13 PM
        
        re: The joy of sects - E.P. - 11/27/2006 7:00:23 PM
        
        Religious warfare - TB - 11/25/2006 7:48:02 PM
        
        re: Religious warfare - ER - 11/25/2006 8:13:57 PM
        
        Blood and Glory - RNE - 11/26/2006 2:33:37 PM
        
        Real estate? - E.P. - 11/27/2006 7:09:14 PM
- Funny, I was thinkning along similar lines yesterday. - Rob - 11/23/2006 9:49:32 PM
  - re: Cyrillic? - Raoul - 11/23/2006 10:07:35 PM
- re: Languages - Raoul - 11/23/2006 7:16:47 PM
  - Moliere wrote satire, too, mon ami.! (n/t) - ER - 11/23/2006 7:40:07 PM
    - re: Yes! And he's very popular! But Descartes !!! - Raoul - 11/23/2006 8:19:56 PM
      - Cartesian Dualism has gone out of favor these days... - ER - 11/23/2006 8:55:54 PM
        
        You might consider giving a try.......... - Publius - 11/23/2006 10:23:50 PM
        
        Philosophy - TB - 11/25/2006 7:50:24 PM
        
        re: Philosophy - Publius - 11/27/2006 10:40:54 PM
        
        re: Philosophy - TB - 12/1/2006 5:27:33 PM
        
        scope of causality - Robert - 11/26/2006 7:03:41 PM
        
        re: scope of causality - ER - 11/27/2006 2:32:28 AM
        
        re: scope of causality - TB - 11/27/2006 3:54:24 AM
        
        cartoonish - Robert - 11/27/2006 10:39:02 PM
        
        simplicity - TB - 11/28/2006 4:01:23 AM
        
        simplisticity - Robert - 11/28/2006 4:41:46 PM
        
        re: simplisticity - TB - 11/29/2006 12:48:07 AM
        
        Puttin' on my top hat... - ER - 11/27/2006 4:50:07 AM
        
        I must have missed something. Either of you two in political office? (n/t) - TB - 11/27/2006 6:30:55 PM
        
        Earn and merit - Mary Anne - 11/27/2006 4:47:31 AM
        
        re: Earn and merit - Smaug - 11/29/2006 6:17:23 PM
        
        re: Earn and merit - TB - 11/27/2006 6:55:36 AM
        
        You still have to have money to make money. - Mary Anne - 11/27/2006 12:31:48 PM
        
        Sorry, didn't know you were moving the goalposts. - TB - 11/27/2006 6:24:51 PM
        
        Same goalposts. Different view of the field. - Mary Anne - 11/28/2006 5:38:54 PM
        
        re: Same goalposts. Different view of the field. - TB - 11/29/2006 12:59:36 AM
        
        So the answer to my question is "No". - Mary Anne - 11/29/2006 2:12:52 AM
        
        "Equal opportunity" - TB - 11/29/2006 3:13:04 AM
        
        Not interested in active continuing contact with poor people, eh? - Mary Anne - 11/29/2006 5:54:41 AM
        
        You have no idea what I do or don't do. - TB - 11/29/2006 7:21:54 AM
        
        I know what you say about others. That's enough. - Mary Anne - 11/29/2006 12:36:15 PM
        
        You misread me. SDAI got it right. - TB - 11/30/2006 2:37:42 AM
        
        Liberals can be venal too. So this means that government social programs are evil? - Mary Anne - 11/30/2006 3:04:37 PM
        
        That was well written. Wrong, but well written. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/29/2006 7:01:35 AM
        
        Lutherans don't practice Scientology. - Mary Anne - 11/29/2006 12:47:21 PM
        
        Success, money, etcetera. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/27/2006 7:49:57 PM
        
        Where do you come up with this stuff? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/26/2006 9:55:48 PM
        
        It fell out of a vortex (n/t) - Robert - 11/27/2006 10:40:02 PM
        
        Yep, those darn things, they're everywhere! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/27/2006 11:21:15 PM
        
        re: Answers - Raoul - 11/25/2006 9:23:11 PM
        
        With all due respect... - ER - 11/25/2006 8:22:13 PM

A hopeful update on the "Hobbit" movie - TB - 11/28/2006 4:32:07 AM
- Bored of the Rings - ER - 11/29/2006 2:36:23 PM
  - re: Bored of the Rings - ER - 11/29/2006 11:53:54 PM
    - "Wagner on acid" - exactly, LOL - Daniel - 11/30/2006 12:46:47 PM
  - Yes indeed - Daniel - 11/29/2006 8:00:11 PM
    - Chacun a son gout - Laurie Street - 11/29/2006 10:10:37 PM
      - parsing this gem - Daniel - 11/30/2006 12:45:58 PM
        
        And by the way... - LS - 11/30/2006 4:29:31 PM
        
        Now see... - Laurie Street - 11/30/2006 4:27:24 PM
        
        yeah, and I even stuffed up the html, anyway (n/t) - daniel - 11/30/2006 4:55:36 PM
- From the NY Times - Laurie Street - 11/29/2006 4:45:25 AM
  - I like the Hobbit, honest! - tony - 11/29/2006 5:47:45 AM
    - I know you do - Laurie Street - 11/29/2006 4:44:49 PM
      - I'd forgotten about the world's wimpiest trolls and scaredy cat dwarves ;-) - Tony - 11/29/2006 7:39:17 PM
    - Apples and oranges - TB - 11/29/2006 7:19:41 AM
      - I like apples and oranges. Given a choice, I'll take the apple :-) (n/t) - Tony - 11/29/2006 7:37:06 PM
- The Hobbit - bleh - but another LOTR prequel? - Tony - 11/28/2006 6:00:35 PM
  - re: another LOTR prequel? - TB - 11/29/2006 12:39:34 AM
    - How about making it a ScFi story. - REB - 12/1/2006 1:55:45 PM
    - re: another LOTR prequel? - Laurie Street - 11/29/2006 1:21:45 AM
- re: Excellent news! (n/t) - Yetimere - 11/28/2006 3:42:38 PM

Financial Discussions - Smaug - 11/21/2006 10:43:39 PM
- As a dragon, you'd have to be interested in... - podrock - 11/23/2006 4:06:40 AM
- Questions For Monday - Have A Happy Holiday - Smaug - 11/22/2006 9:20:10 PM
  - Answers - Scott Evil - 11/28/2006 11:09:37 PM
    - A Tasty Morsel At Last - Smaug - 11/29/2006 5:37:54 PM
      - re: A Tasty Morsel At Last - Scott Evil - 11/29/2006 7:37:32 PM
        
        Thanks For The Clarification - Smaug - 11/29/2006 11:28:05 PM
  - My Answers To Everyone - Smaug - 11/28/2006 4:05:35 AM
  - What is this "retirement" of which you speak? - TB - 11/23/2006 5:06:57 AM
    - Then you are indeed fortunate. - ER - 11/23/2006 9:52:55 PM
      - Psst...write a book - TB - 11/24/2006 1:24:56 AM
        
        Second that motion! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 11/24/2006 4:32:23 PM
  - Easy answers, no quasi-anonymity required - Fox - 11/23/2006 2:26:53 AM
  - Other Options for Q2 - Smaug - 11/22/2006 9:32:12 PM
- Interesting handle for someone interested in an honorable agreement. - Bard the Bowman - 11/22/2006 6:20:57 PM
  - How Many Levels Do You See With Your Keen Eyes? - SuperSmaug - 11/22/2006 9:26:35 PM
    - re: How Many Levels Do You See With Your Keen Eyes? - FrankC - 11/23/2006 5:21:11 PM
- This has to be one of the goofiest threads ever - FrankC - 11/22/2006 2:22:44 PM
  - Bear With Me - Smaug - 11/22/2006 5:11:00 PM
    - re: Bear With Me - FrankC - 11/22/2006 6:16:48 PM
- Not sure what you mean... - TB - 11/22/2006 12:04:10 AM
  - re: Not sure what you mean... - Smaug - 11/22/2006 1:55:39 PM
- Might I suggest - azstrummerrrrrrrr - 11/21/2006 11:57:05 PM
  - Struggling? - Smaug - 11/22/2006 1:52:03 PM
    - Not at all - azstrummer - 11/28/2006 11:24:13 PM
  - lol (n/t) - swiss bank account - 11/22/2006 3:21:25 AM
- Okie doke - Anonymous guy - 11/21/2006 11:40:02 PM
  - [Post & replies deleted] - Mary Anne, moderator - 11/29/2006 6:09:37 AM
    - Tidy Tidy - Smaug - 11/29/2006 2:36:22 PM
  - Nope, Just The HONOR/CYA System - Smaug - 11/22/2006 2:02:19 PM
  - Shouldn't this be on community? - Same anonymous guy - 11/21/2006 11:41:21 PM
    - re: Shouldn't this be on community? - Smaug - 11/22/2006 2:04:28 PM

New for-fun topic - Bored AstroYetiNaut - 11/28/2006 9:20:05 PM
- Bad call.... (n/t) - R.L. - 11/29/2006 8:00:37 AM
- re: Removed from space (n/t) - Raoul moderating - 11/29/2006 7:53:15 AM
- Job opportunities - R.L. - 11/29/2006 5:02:24 AM
- Having a little trouble unfurling your solar panels? (n/t) - TB - 11/28/2006 11:45:08 PM
  - Main Bus B Undervolt? No Joy on Deploy? (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 11/29/2006 7:19:32 AM
  - can't get your rocket to Launch? try ViAGrA (n/t) - Yeti - 11/29/2006 3:44:43 AM

Maybe Mary Anne can suggest some library design ideas - azstrummer - 11/28/2006 4:29:30 PM
- Half a billion dollars??? - Mary Anne - 11/29/2006 2:44:02 AM
  - Presidential documents? I suspect the only ones worth reading have already been shredded. (n/t) - ER - 11/29/2006 2:51:41 AM

NewsRightNow - TB - 11/28/2006 3:47:18 AM
- Nice site, Thanks (n/t) - podrock - 11/28/2006 11:06:27 PM
- Thanks, TB - ER - 11/28/2006 3:59:40 AM

Toyota commercial - TB - 11/28/2006 5:49:52 AM

December 2006 National Geographic Magazine - Raoul - 11/27/2006 9:33:05 PM
- Yesterday was as long as USA involved in WWll - carl - 11/27/2006 10:13:37 PM

Does science have a duty to "spread the word?" - Laurie Street - 11/21/2006 5:45:27 PM
- re: Does science have a duty to "spread the word?" - Laurie Street - 11/23/2006 3:49:05 AM
  - An observation... - TB - 11/23/2006 5:52:56 PM
    - God and miracles - Laurie Street - 11/23/2006 6:45:39 PM
      - The Voice of God - GOD! - 11/26/2006 8:32:13 AM
      - God sees the sparrow fall. - TB - 11/24/2006 1:33:19 AM
    - re: An observation... - Laurie Street - 11/23/2006 6:28:40 PM
- re: Does science have a duty to "spread the word?" - TB - 11/22/2006 12:15:26 AM
- re: A quote from Hubert Reeves: - Raoul - 11/21/2006 9:05:42 PM
- A generation of vipers - ER - 11/21/2006 8:51:36 PM
  - OTOH - ER - 11/21/2006 9:32:30 PM
- Scientific evangelism - Robert - 11/21/2006 6:26:08 PM
  - Well thought out. I believe the real struggle is between "science" and "superstition." - Bowser - 11/21/2006 9:03:34 PM
    - John 16:12 - Robert - 11/21/2006 9:33:58 PM
  - Do you want the Red Pill or the Blue Bill? - LJK - 11/21/2006 6:48:54 PM
    - Yesssss.... - Robert - 11/21/2006 7:10:05 PM
      - Let me tactfully wander into this discussion- my bull is tied up about 100 meters from the china shop... - R.L. - 11/22/2006 12:39:04 AM
        
        human roots - Robert - 11/22/2006 3:25:22 AM
        
        Requires a gimmick I'm afraid - azstrummer - 11/22/2006 3:51:41 PM
        
        re: human roots - R.L. - 11/22/2006 6:21:51 AM
        
        the "war on psuedoscience" - Robert - 11/25/2006 6:58:43 PM
        
        re: the "war on psuedoscience" - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/27/2006 6:38:20 PM
        
        Go figure. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/22/2006 4:25:10 AM
        
        Weren't you, and your bull, told to go far, far away? - Bowser - 11/22/2006 2:43:01 AM
      - "Religion of science." - TB - 11/22/2006 12:33:27 AM
        
        Well put (n/t) - azstrummer - 11/22/2006 4:54:18 PM
        
        The Creation Museum - oy - ljk - 11/22/2006 6:12:04 PM

New discoveries in genetics - TB - 11/23/2006 5:20:39 AM
- And they'll never figure out the why's and wherefores... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/24/2006 9:16:20 AM
  - How do you know all this? (n/t) - ER - 11/25/2006 2:52:10 AM
    - Very good connections. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/25/2006 3:41:54 AM
      - With aluminum wiring. ;) (n/t) - TB - 11/25/2006 7:51:10 PM
        
        And reversed polarity, with a disconnected grounding strap. - Yeti - 11/27/2006 6:05:08 AM
  - Another outburst like that and I'll clear the courtroom. - ER - 11/24/2006 4:10:29 PM
    - Fields, Sheldrake, Etc. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/25/2006 12:42:22 AM
      - PS Re: Rolling sheep - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/25/2006 1:48:39 AM
    - Sheldrake is a nut - Laurie Street - 11/24/2006 5:05:19 PM
      - re: Sheldrake is a nut - ER - 11/24/2006 6:13:48 PM
        
        I read Sheldrake, many many years ago - Yeti Philosophy - 11/24/2006 8:07:04 PM
        
        re: I read Sheldrake, many many years ago - ER - 11/24/2006 8:25:32 PM
- Legacy code - ER - 11/23/2006 7:38:35 PM
  - re: Legacy code - TB - 11/24/2006 1:18:59 AM
- Artifacts of viral and bacterial symbiosis - SDF - 11/23/2006 6:47:08 AM
  - re: Artifacts of viral and bacterial symbiosis - TB - 11/23/2006 5:31:16 PM
    - Welcome to the club Tom. - Lee - 11/24/2006 3:45:27 AM
      - I'm not a member yet. - ER - 11/24/2006 4:27:32 AM
        
        What about many northern species. - Lee - 11/24/2006 6:29:48 AM
        
        re: What about many northern species. - ER - 11/24/2006 3:35:30 PM
        
        Mechanisms for seasonal color change - TB - 11/26/2006 3:10:55 AM
        
        So it is caused by a physiological/environmental interaction. (n/t) - Lee - 11/26/2006 8:57:34 AM
        
        And leaves turn color and drop with the season... - R.L. - 11/27/2006 5:50:45 PM
        
        Very big difference. - Lee - 11/27/2006 6:33:24 PM
        
        re: What about many northern species. - ER - 11/24/2006 2:57:54 PM
        
        And another thing. - Lee - 11/24/2006 6:45:10 AM
        
        re: I'm not a member yet. - TB - 11/24/2006 5:13:11 AM
        
        Maybe I'll join up. - ER - 11/24/2006 2:47:36 PM
        
        Shorter cycle of mutation in viruses than larger animals. - SDF - 11/24/2006 12:15:58 PM

Requesting some assistance. - Lee - 11/27/2006 7:30:28 AM

Microsoft ignores prime directive. - RobVG - 11/26/2006 2:35:54 AM

Worst "enlargement" spam ever - TB - 11/21/2006 7:02:27 AM
- What I don't understand... - Robert - 11/21/2006 7:21:47 PM
  - A penetrating analysis... - ER - 11/21/2006 8:55:21 PM
    - Are you saying that TB needs to get a grip? (n/t) - Robert - 11/21/2006 9:01:47 PM
      - No, just get in touch with his feelings. (n/t) - ER - 11/21/2006 9:38:28 PM
        
        That's what I said. (n/t) - Robert - 11/21/2006 9:45:14 PM
        
        Then I'm sure he has the situation well in hand. (n/t) - ER - 11/21/2006 9:53:53 PM
        
        That would be the right hand, of course - Robert - 11/21/2006 10:22:41 PM
        
        'A **** in the hand is...' - R.L. - 11/25/2006 8:58:35 PM
        
        Wankers. ;) (n/t) - TB - 11/22/2006 12:34:52 AM
- "Drive!", she said. (n/t) - ER - 11/21/2006 3:56:33 PM

Unborn animals - TB - 11/23/2006 6:17:51 AM
- Those are wonderful Tom, thanks - McFly - 11/23/2006 11:55:11 PM

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