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by robinson » Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:30 am
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One of those “not a lot of people know” sort of things
The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of Oregon, Nevada, and...
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Statistics show that your chances of being struck by lightning increase dramatically if you stand at the top of a hill with a golf club shouting...
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The Covid vaccines really do work
by Anaxagoras » Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:50 pm
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Case example: Japan
Japan was a relative latecomer to getting people vaccinated, but it finally got its act together and the rate of vaccination...
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That is exactly what killed Ed's crawdads11!
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No hurricanes so far this year
by Bruce » Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:02 pm
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Probably has something to do with Global Warming. :roll:
If the first hurricane fails to appear until after 8 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Sept....
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They'll all move East.
BUILD THE WALL!!!1!!!
– J.D.
You have my vote.
(. . . and my bow!)
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Last post by Ben Trovado Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:29 pm
Cool astronomy photos
by Anaxagoras » Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:11 am
I really love this one of the Carina Nebula :
Bigger sizes here and related story here .
I have this as my wallpaper now. The colors are just...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:25 am
Humans Need Not Apply
by Rob Lister » Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:23 am
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The video below is 15 minutes long but you don't have to watch the whole thing. Just watch one minute, six seconds and turn it off. If you can.
You...
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Good luck suing a computer for copyright infringement.
The name of the computer is Skynet.
From what I heard it is reasonable.
– J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:04 am
A vast collection of true scientific facts that are actually wrong
by robinson » Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:29 am
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For some reason when I read a scientific article, educational site, or whatever the source, especially a big government official science page, and it...
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A young adult in New York has become the first US resident in nearly a decade to contract polio, state health officials say.
The unnamed patient in...
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Amusing Science
by Witness » Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:54 am
Viagra makes flowers stand up straight
Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is good not only for treating male impotence. Israeli and Australian researchers...
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Last post by robinson Sun Jul 24, 2022 1:32 pm
Space News
by Witness » Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:45 am
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Nokia secures $14.1m NASA funding to roll out 4G on the Moon
Nokia is teaming up with NASA to ensure that the new wave of lunar astronauts will be...
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Using facts and evidence . . . .
THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU.
:shock:
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Last post by Ben Trovado Sun Jul 17, 2022 1:13 am
The speed of an object on the equator of the earth
by robinson » Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:35 am
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This is an old one. It never goes well, because it makes you have to think, and that is fucking anethama, especially if you already dislike the...
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*snip*
– J.D.
Do it proper, son.
I like a bit of a cavort.
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Last post by Hotarubi Thu Jul 14, 2022 7:02 pm
Lake Ed and hidden creatures
by ed » Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:34 pm
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So I let 100's of crawfish loose in Lake Ed last year. I have tried, twice now, to capture one just to see how they are getting on. I bought one of...
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I'm not crazy about them. I'd pick lobster any day.
Camera ...
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Last post by ed Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:49 pm
What is Heavier Than You Thought?
by Doctor X » Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:47 pm
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No, not YOUR MOM, but that is still true, probably, definitely, I mean, when you consider how the fabric of space-time conforms to her
Right!
W...
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I can't emphasize enough, Bordeaux is terrible for your liver. Hands down.
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Last post by solely Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:37 pm
The greenhouse effect
by robinson » Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:52 pm
For the record, while the name is not accurate, what it describes is real. The atmosphere slows the loss of heat to space, keeping the earth warmer....
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Last post by Hotarubi Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:45 pm
How to recognize fraudulent climate data, and false claims
by robinson » Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:03 pm
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Restarting the MARCH 2020 THREAD ONCE AGAIN!
Scientific fraud? Or political nonsense? Something else?
I became a skeptic in Feb 2010.
Why?...
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After spending some small amount of time, almost every day for the lady 75 days, preparing data, I still find it not worth it
The new things I...
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Last post by robinson Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:26 pm
A modest scientific proposal
by robinson » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:31 am
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In the last 75 years, new disease or new syndromes have appeared that kill people. Especially children.
They also cause a terrific amount of...
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Suzi certainly rubbed against them.
– J.D.
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Last post by robinson Sat May 21, 2022 8:54 pm
US Navy & UFO's
by ed » Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:38 am
AKA Is the Admiral a Pod Person?
The Navy Has Secret Classified Video of an Infamous UFO Incident
The Pentagon has Top Secret-classified briefings...
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Last post by robinson Fri May 20, 2022 3:01 am
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
by Pyrrho » Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:13 pm
Thread devoted to the various vaccines in development. Here's a good reference.
Graphic 'splainer that illustrates just how remarkably fast the...
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Last post by Pyrrho Thu May 12, 2022 12:09 am
The heat is on
by Pyrrho » Sun May 08, 2022 6:50 pm
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Good luck with the air conditioning.
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Careful shemp or you'll hurt their widdle feewings.
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Last post by sparks Wed May 11, 2022 3:43 am
Olbers paradox
by robinson » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:59 pm
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Why do we not observe any of the obscuring dust ever glowing as bright as the stars the dust obscures?
And yes, this has been splained many times,...
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Ed, if you spent just a tiny amount of your infinite life learning about interstellar dust ...
Think about the implications of this sentence.
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Last post by robinson Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:19 am
Google Self-Driving Car Accident Reports
by Rob Lister » Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:35 am
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Google is now publishing a summary of all accidents in which its self-driving have been involved.
Easy to read; fairly easy to understand. They...
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Look Ma, no safety driver!
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Last post by Anaxagoras Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:00 am
Geothermal energy
by Pyrrho » Sun Apr 03, 2022 12:53 am
Wish Lister was here to get our minds right:
Most geothermal energy wells reach down thousands of feet into rocks or reservoirs, tapping heat...
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Last post by Pyrrho Sun Apr 03, 2022 12:53 am
Ivermectin study questioned
by Anaxagoras » Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:01 am
Sounds fishy:
“If you take it, you will not get sick,” an ivermectin-boosting physician told a Senate committee in December, describing it as a...
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:43 pm
Bioelectrical polymers
by Pyrrho » Wed Mar 30, 2022 4:43 am
Article discusses the potential of stretchable bioelectrical polymers for monitoring of tissues.
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Last post by Pyrrho Wed Mar 30, 2022 4:43 am
Deltacron
by robinson2 » Fri Mar 18, 2022 10:58 pm
I wish that was a joke
But that’s actually the name they are using for the next “variant” that will tear through the vaccinated like a ….. like a...
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Last post by Hotarubi Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:03 pm
Climategate
by robinson » Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:10 pm
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At first I thought the email hacking was a fraud, then I thought it was blown out of proportion, then I read them.
Then I started looking into the...
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That was my last post in this topic. (there was probably a different topic on climategate that the discussion moved to)
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Last post by robinson Sun Mar 27, 2022 4:17 pm
The futility of arguing about science
by robinson » Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:56 pm
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As the Moon moves around the Earth, it creates a bulge of water on the Earth's surface which follows its movements. A corresponding bulge appears on...
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It also explains why nobody will ever put a robot in charge of anything
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Last post by robinson2 Wed Mar 09, 2022 4:45 pm
Climate Change/Global Warming Hysteria with graphs!
by robinson » Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:54 pm
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I became a skeptic in Feb 2010.
Why? What does that even mean?
Inspired by
Skeptic of the phenomenon, its causes, or the appropriate response to...
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But it's just the airport data, which is why it starts in 1974
The GHCN data shows the long term trend...
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Last post by robinson2 Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:00 pm
Israel data and the unpleasant truth
by robinson » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:14 pm
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I can show, using the Israel data, that the vaccines not only were worthless, they made things worse.
Anyone want to make a bet before I start?
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The woke ignore reality
Since I started this topic, the number of new cases has exceeded the total number of unvaccinated people
The big problem...
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Last post by robinson Sun Feb 27, 2022 3:24 am
Fusion Energy
by Tommy Palven » Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:43 am
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Possibly another step closer:
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So called breakthroughs are almost an annual event. But we're always 10, 20, 50 years away according to these guys.
It's just to complex an...
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Last post by Tommy Palven Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:27 am
Gimme the papers, the papers
by Pyrrho » Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:40 pm
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In a project that could unlock the world’s research papers for easier computerized analysis, an American technologist has released online a gigantic...
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But was it a significant trend?
If, by significant, you mean it got me my summer home, then yes.
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Last post by Ben Trovado Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:00 am
Megadrought
by Pyrrho » Tue Feb 15, 2022 11:29 am
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The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change...
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A severe drought that began in November 2021 has worsened significantly, prompting officials in Portugal to limit the use of five hydroelectric dams...
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Last post by Pyrrho Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:00 pm
Why Grammatron REALLY Fled Mother Soviet Union
by Doctor X » Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:54 am
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Something to do with Your Mom!
I am not saying he is an alien, but he is an alien, but could he be . . . a . . . SERIAL KILLER?!11!!!
No, I have...
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I suspect it would be difficult to dig for the ALIEN SHROOMS in all of that snow, unless, of course, Gram forced them to do so which means,...
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Last post by Doctor X Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:32 pm
Relativity puzzle
by Witness » Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:23 pm
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A lab and its two equidistant mirrors (M 1 and M 2 ) moves to the right with speed v. There is also an outside observer at rest .
Inside the lab...
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And for that we are all grateful
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Last post by robinson Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:15 am
Seneca Guns, the Uminari, Barisal guns and Mistpouffers
by robinson » Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:05 am
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The Seneca Guns can be heard at any time of the year, but they appear to be most common in Fall or when there is a noticeable cooling off of the...
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I came across this about an hour ago, while researching earth tides.
TIL that this shit is real, and happens all the fucking time.
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Last post by robinson Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:07 am
Why So Much Science is Wrong, False, Puffed, or Misleading
by robinson » Mon May 24, 2021 6:23 pm
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For a contrarian like me, reading Ritchie is good for my mental sanity – but bad for my intellectual integrity. It fuels my priors that a lot of...
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What the kids in West Virginia did was cobble an electric forklift motor onto an old car, filled the car up with deep cycle marine batteries, and...
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Last post by robinson Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:41 pm
Special relativity and mercury
by robinson » Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:37 am
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I don’t know if that’s even true
But it’s fucking awesome in any case
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Short version
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Last post by robinson Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:38 am
Anyone watching the Chernobyl mini series on HBO?
by robinson » Wed May 22, 2019 10:34 pm
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(disclaimer: wife wanted HBO, we got HBO)
It's fucking really good, and the scenes about the 48 hours till doomsday is flat out one of the best ever...
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I think the only reason I ever post about Trump is to enjoy watching the frothing at the mouth by the woke.
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Last post by robinson Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:44 am
Xenobots
by Pyrrho » Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:34 pm
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Just what we need, organic bots crawling through our innards.
Scientists say they've witnessed a never-before-seen type of replication in...
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I think I saw this movie . . . .
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Last post by Ben Trovado Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:28 pm
Earth has the Vapors
by Pyrrho » Sun Oct 24, 2021 2:48 pm
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Vapor Storms Are Threatening People and Property
More moisture in a warmer atmosphere is fueling intense hurricanes and flooding rains
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Some videos from Geology Hub and Scott Manley:
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Last post by Anaxagoras Sun Jan 16, 2022 3:24 am
Juul
by Witness » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:37 pm
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Juul: Taking Academic Corruption to a New Level
The e-cigarette company bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal, with all the articles...
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I’m sure the science will straighten all this out
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Fountain of Youth
by Pyrrho » Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:41 pm
Last October, a large group of scientists made their way to Yuri Milner’s super-mansion in the Los Altos Hills above Palo Alto. They were tested for...
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Last post by ed Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:56 pm
The Cutter "incident"
by robinson » Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:44 pm
In April 1955 more than 200 000 children in five Western and mid-Western USA states received a polio vaccine in which the process of inactivating the...
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Last post by robinson Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:57 pm
Buggery
by Pyrrho » Wed Oct 27, 2021 2:49 pm
Must be related to Edgar.
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Last post by Pyrrho Wed Oct 27, 2021 2:49 pm
"Failure to communicate"
by Pyrrho » Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:02 pm
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White Island volcano (also known by its Maori name, Whakaari), one of New Zealand’s most active volcanoes, erupted in December 2019, killing 22...
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Quote from a guy I heard at a speaking event: If you go stand on the corner of 55th and Broa'way, I guarantee you'll get a beating!
( Broa'way is...
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If the mRNA treatments worked
by robinson » Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:25 pm
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People who have antibodies from the mRNA injections could provide plasma for antibodies, which could be used to save people who get C19
Or they...
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January 2020
A new flu from Wuhan China is killing people and spreading
October 2021
Unvaccinated people are murdering us!
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