Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Re: [creative-radio] What if...

 

All of the public radio's mandate points are addressed had you been open to the help being offered instead of dismissive because your understanding and viewpoint are so limited. Try seeing the world in a different light and you too might benefit. It was not some manner of theology. Hindus are novices in this process, as are atheists. Actually all religions are comparably impaired so no religious sensibilities are involved. It only requires a belief that there is some value in dreams as a starting point then expanding on it to logical outcomes.
Clearly you do not understand how the process works either. Instead of being open to something requiring training you haven't taken you are showing you prefer ignorance to knowledge. Most people do not understand it, in fact they ignore the help. With your lack of objectivity and attitude you won't be joining the high achievers any time soon, they include people like Einstein to Srinivasa Ramanujan who did learn how to use their source of inspiration.
If you think the Creator is going to do more than let us know what we need to do to avoid the dangers, then join in a tsunami beach party for like-minded people. Maybe the laws of physics will be put on hold for you, or you can draw on 'super powers' you may have or fantasize having. You won't need our help if you can do that. Be sure to let us know how it works out for you... and share how it was possible to save the lives at risk, there would be many who want to know of an alternative method that actually works. Maybe you can find a way to do it, but really I doubt it. It took me 60+ years to put all the pieces together to figure it out, and what has been offered is far from being a one trick pony.
And we too have a campus radio station.
Warm Regards 
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+1-306-473-2665 CPrize Office/CollegeHours M-F 9am-5pm Central
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--- On Sun, 5/13/12, sajan venniyoor <venniyoor@gmail.com> wrote:

From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [creative-radio] What if...
To: creative-radio@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 4:15 PM

 

I'd really like to know which part of Creative-Radio's mandate ("use of radio in development, in particular promoting public health, improved education, protection of the environment, improved livelihoods, good governance and conflict mitigation") this particular brand of whacko theology addresses.

Not that I want to hurt anyone's religious sensibilities, but if the

Creator can truly warn us about disasters "via our dreams or visions",

maybe He could prevent the disasters altogether and save us the trouble of seeing visions and dreaming dreams.

with regards,

Sajan

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On 10 May 2012 01:21, Onarosopher <manager@cprize.org> wrote:

> What if?

> This file http://www.cprize.org/whatif.pdf

>

> What if are words which precede many millions of scenarios in which we try

> to project future results. Broadcast media and press are familiar with it

> primarily as fictional or positional conjecture, even to use in comic books

> and other creative venues. What if scenarios vary from `what if war was

> declared and no one came' to `what if I don't get the marks I need to

> pass'? In those examples we address constructive failure to destructive

> failure as potential results. More concerning is the number of what ifs

> that directly concern our future, yet are not fully answered, taken

> seriously or reasoned to logical or useful conclusions.

>

> Let me give you another example. What if no one acted in advance of a

> foreseen disaster? Then the disaster occurred and tens of thousands of

> people died because no one took the warning as being valid. The statement

> wasn't given to alarm anyone. Why do people hear warnings and then not act

> on them? Is it that we have been conditioned to disbelieve that foresight

> is possible by atheists and other ignorant disbelievers who want to see

> people harmed or suffer?

>

> There is a constant Source of such help, our dreams, and in most of the

> world's major faiths we know the Creator speaks to humanity via our dreams

> or visions, but it is ignored by 99% of people, and even those who use it

> constructively only do so part of the time. Too often we fear what we don't

> know, however just knowing the messaging of our dreams and visions is the

> Creator speaking in support of life gives us an option to put aside most of

> our fears. The needed answers are not given to us in absolutes, plus

> there's the ever-present problem that few people make an effort to recall

> and record their dreams. When anyone does and verbalizes them there are

> numerous loud, addled or illogical opinions provided to cloud the

> possibility of good answers. Good answers are not a function of how much

> education you have, in fact it seems many of the best educated are impaired

> from finding meaning due to disbelieving influences who taught them.

> Religion which herds a belief invariably diverges far from relevant

> understanding. Foresight is not logical yet it is reasonable.

>

>

> Yes the English press in Japan was notified after the last big tsunami.

> Not a peep from them. http://www.cprize.org/japan-news.pdf and

> http://www.cprize.org/japan-may2012-tsunami.pdf

>

> A disaster which was foreseen, but no one acted on the cautions their

> dreams provided.

> http://www.cprize.org/aberfan.wmv (19 min)

>

> Want to know more about the person who sent this. See

> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alan-harmony/10/950/858

>

> Want to do an interview via Skype or phone for your radio station? Our

> Skype ID is `call2us', and phone is +1-306-473-2665 (IQ-ebook). If you want

> to do an in-person interview you must call ahead. Our board of directors

> has some ground rules.

>

> Want to see more about how this program fits into our non-profit's bigger

> objectives? Go to http://www.longlifeproject.com or for something lighter

> http://pinterest.com/longlifeproject/

>

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[creative-radio] Community Radio map of India

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kartikeya Bajpai <bajpai.kartikeya@gmail.com>
Date: 10 May 2012 06:17
Subject: [cr-india] CR India Map
To: CR India <cr-india@sarai.net>

Hi all,

We have put up a interactive
map<http://maraa.in/media/india-community-radio-stations-map/>of
Community Radio stations in India. The station list and attributes are
based on the CR Compendium (by CEMCA and MIB).

The map can be found at
http://maraa.in/media/india-community-radio-stations-map/

Please send across any comments, clarifications, or corrections that you
may have to info@maraa.in

Best,
Kartikeya

Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012

[creative-radio] More Indigenous language and culture needed on Canada's airwaves

 

More Indigenous language and culture needed on Canada's airwaves
[excerpt]
http://rabble.ca/news/2012/05/canada-needs-more-indigenous-culture-radio
"If Canada wants to reconcile with First Nations people in regards to the
residential school area, it should be law to include First Nations programs
from whichever territory radio stations are broadcasting in," O'Sullivan
says.
O'Sullivan first became involved with the National Campus and Community
Radio Association (NCRA) http://www.ncra.ca/ at its annual conference in
2008. As she was meeting with aboriginal community radio programmers from
around Canada for the first time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in
the House of Commons and apologized for the profound abuses of the
Government of Canada's residential school system
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/06/11/aboriginal-apology.html ,
which he stated "aimed to kill the Indian in the child."
"They knew without language and culture, they would be breaking our spirits
and we wouldn't know really where we came from," explains O'Sullivan,
herself a former residential school student, of the system's architects.
[...]
She calls it healing. "History is attached to language and culture,"
O'Sullivan says. "Stories that are told tell us about where we came from."
Since the mid-1990s, O'Sullivan has helped launch two more radio programs
at Co-op -- both including language revitalization in their mandates, and
especially focused on three dialects of the Salish language. Children are
regularly involved in her programming, and she interviews aboriginal guests
from near and far. O'Sullivan draws particular attention to her former
co-host of the ongoing show Sne'waylh, Chief Ian Campbell, a local, young
and popular hereditary chief.
"The reason I'm [advocating for mandated inclusion] is because I've
recognized how the programming has enabled our own community here in
Vancouver," O'Sullivan says. After being involved in First Nations
programming at Coop Radio, she adds, people have gone back to their
communities and other places to spread the language. "They've continued the
work, even though they're not on the air."
"I think it has a lot of merit," says Jean LaRose, CEO of Aboriginal
Peoples Television Network (APTN) http://www.aptn.ca/ , when asked about
O'Sullivan's initiative. He notes there are 52 aboriginal languages in
Canada
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/languages-of-native-people--
not including dialects -- and it's impossible for APTN to sustain and
grow the languages on its own. "An initiative like this would help
supplement what we're doing."
LaRose explains that O'Sullivan's idea, if adopted, would help grow the
base of journalists working in First Nations languages, and actually help
grow and evolve the vocabularies of traditional languages. As an example,
he says APTN's journalists covering the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver came up
with new language to describe sports like snowboarding, where the existing
base of language was limited.
Lorna Roth is a professor in the Communication Studies department at
Concordia University and has a a background in indigenous television and
media history. She says there's no question there's of a lack of indigenous
programming on the airwaves in Canada, and despite her strong doubts the
CRTC or the Conservative government is willing to work on a policy that
would have indigenous language inclusion mandated, Roth says she thinks
O'Sullivan is promoting a great idea.
[...]
"It will restore a sense of pride that we don't have. Right now there's a
lot of shame in our communities because of the residential schools," says
O'Sullivan. "I think language and culture will give us a sense of
empowerment, a sense of well-being. It will fill that void that we're
feeling in our bloods and our guts."
Canada's Broadcasting Act allows for policy directives from Cabinet, which
can effectively direct the CRTC to mandate indigenous language and cultural
programming.
Joanne Penhale is a freelance writer, community organizer, innkeeper,
artist, gardener and fledgling beekeeper. She lives in Montreal with her
husband and two cats. She has a BA in Communication from Simon Fraser
University and completed a post-graduate journalism program at Langara
College in Vancouver, B.C.

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Sunday, 13 May 2012

Re: [creative-radio] What if...

 

I'd really like to know which part of Creative-Radio's mandate ("use of radio in development, in particular promoting public health, improved education, protection of the environment, improved livelihoods, good governance and conflict mitigation") this particular brand of whacko theology addresses.

Not that I want to hurt anyone's religious sensibilities, but if the
Creator can truly warn us about disasters "via our dreams or visions",
maybe He could prevent the disasters altogether and save us the trouble of seeing visions and dreaming dreams.

with regards,
Sajan

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On 10 May 2012 01:21, Onarosopher <manager@cprize.org> wrote:

> What if?
> This file http://www.cprize.org/whatif.pdf
>
> What if are words which precede many millions of scenarios in which we try
> to project future results. Broadcast media and press are familiar with it
> primarily as fictional or positional conjecture, even to use in comic books
> and other creative venues. What if scenarios vary from `what if war was
> declared and no one came' to `what if I don't get the marks I need to
> pass'? In those examples we address constructive failure to destructive
> failure as potential results. More concerning is the number of what ifs
> that directly concern our future, yet are not fully answered, taken
> seriously or reasoned to logical or useful conclusions.
>
> Let me give you another example. What if no one acted in advance of a
> foreseen disaster? Then the disaster occurred and tens of thousands of
> people died because no one took the warning as being valid. The statement
> wasn't given to alarm anyone. Why do people hear warnings and then not act
> on them? Is it that we have been conditioned to disbelieve that foresight
> is possible by atheists and other ignorant disbelievers who want to see
> people harmed or suffer?
>
> There is a constant Source of such help, our dreams, and in most of the
> world's major faiths we know the Creator speaks to humanity via our dreams
> or visions, but it is ignored by 99% of people, and even those who use it
> constructively only do so part of the time. Too often we fear what we don't
> know, however just knowing the messaging of our dreams and visions is the
> Creator speaking in support of life gives us an option to put aside most of
> our fears. The needed answers are not given to us in absolutes, plus
> there's the ever-present problem that few people make an effort to recall
> and record their dreams. When anyone does and verbalizes them there are
> numerous loud, addled or illogical opinions provided to cloud the
> possibility of good answers. Good answers are not a function of how much
> education you have, in fact it seems many of the best educated are impaired
> from finding meaning due to disbelieving influences who taught them.
> Religion which herds a belief invariably diverges far from relevant
> understanding. Foresight is not logical yet it is reasonable.
>

>
> Yes the English press in Japan was notified after the last big tsunami.
> Not a peep from them. http://www.cprize.org/japan-news.pdf and
> http://www.cprize.org/japan-may2012-tsunami.pdf
>
> A disaster which was foreseen, but no one acted on the cautions their
> dreams provided.
> http://www.cprize.org/aberfan.wmv (19 min)
>
> Want to know more about the person who sent this. See
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alan-harmony/10/950/858
>
> Want to do an interview via Skype or phone for your radio station? Our
> Skype ID is `call2us', and phone is +1-306-473-2665 (IQ-ebook). If you want
> to do an in-person interview you must call ahead. Our board of directors
> has some ground rules.
>
> Want to see more about how this program fits into our non-profit's bigger
> objectives? Go to http://www.longlifeproject.com or for something lighter
> http://pinterest.com/longlifeproject/
>

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Thursday, 10 May 2012

[creative-radio] Igloolik Nunavut community radio call-in show kicks off - human rights assessment of Mary River Mine

May 10, 2012 - 8:49 am

Igloolik call-in show kicks off human rights assessment of Mary River Mine

Lawyer Lloyd Lipsett takes calls from listeners

JANE GEORGE

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674igloolik_call-in_radio_show_kicks_off_human_rights_assessment_on_the_m/

[excerpt]

"...No matter where you are, you can now listen to call-in radio shows,
featuring a human rights lawyer from southern Canada who is visiting
Igloolik to work on a "human rights assessment" of the proposed Mary River
iron mine.

To start his assessment, Canadian human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett fielded
comments and questions from listeners during a May 9 call-in show on the
Igloolik-based Nipivut Nunatinnii Our Voice at Home radio network.

Lipsett introduced himself on the show, which aired in Igloolik and online,
from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., asking for feedback on the huge iron mine that
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. wants to build in north Baffin.

"I'm here to listen to people on the radio, and in the community," said
Lipsett, an independent consultant, who has previously undertaken human
rights assessments of mining operations in North America and Guatemala.

[---]

A couple of callers said they support the project that is heading to final
hearings in July, but others worried about whether Baffinland would respect
its Inuit workers and what the impact of increased shipping from the
project would be.

One caller spoke about the importance of training and education, while
another expressed worries about the trade-off between jobs and the
environment: "I want my voice to be heard, from my own point of view,
[that] the jobs won't stay here forever. Our land will be gone… what is
going to happen with our land?"

To that, Lipsett responded that it's right to ask questions at the
beginning of a development, both about the life of the mine and what
happens at the end.

And if jobs are what people want to see flow from this development, it's
important to follow with links with training, he said.

On May 10, another call-in show with Lipsett is scheduled to start at 8
p.m. online,

http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/did/radio/igloolik

as part of the project descried as "acquiring knowledge, speaking your
mind, talking it over and deciding together" (Tusaumatitauniq,
Uqalaqatauniq, Uqqamajaqatiginiq, Angiqatigingniq).

On the website for the digital project,

http://www.isuma.tv/did

you can also listen to a taped interview with Zach Kunuk, the acclaimed
filmmaker and recently-elected QIA board member...."


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Wednesday, 9 May 2012

[creative-radio] What if...

 

What if?
This file http://www.cprize.org/whatif.pdf

What if are words which precede many millions of scenarios in which we try to project future results. Broadcast media and press are familiar with it primarily as fictional or positional conjecture, even to use in comic books and other creative venues. What if scenarios vary from `what if war was declared and no one came' to `what if I don't get the marks I need to pass'? In those examples we address constructive failure to destructive failure as potential results. More concerning is the number of what ifs that directly concern our future, yet are not fully answered, taken seriously or reasoned to logical or useful conclusions.

Let me give you another example. What if no one acted in advance of a foreseen disaster? Then the disaster occurred and tens of thousands of people died because no one took the warning as being valid. The statement wasn't given to alarm anyone. Why do people hear warnings and then not act on them? Is it that we have been conditioned to disbelieve that foresight is possible by atheists and other ignorant disbelievers who want to see people harmed or suffer?

There is a constant Source of such help, our dreams, and in most of the world's major faiths we know the Creator speaks to humanity via our dreams or visions, but it is ignored by 99% of people, and even those who use it constructively only do so part of the time. Too often we fear what we don't know, however just knowing the messaging of our dreams and visions is the Creator speaking in support of life gives us an option to put aside most of our fears. The needed answers are not given to us in absolutes, plus there's the ever-present problem that few people make an effort to recall and record their dreams. When anyone does and verbalizes them there are numerous loud, addled or illogical opinions provided to cloud the possibility of good answers. Good answers are not a function of how much education you have, in fact it seems many of the best educated are impaired from finding meaning due to disbelieving influences who taught them. Religion which herds a belief invariably diverges far from relevant understanding. Foresight is not logical yet it is reasonable.

Good answers have not eluded everyone. That same Source has been used by countless famous people for their creativity, inventions and other inspirations even to music and books and many of the Nobel Prize winners. Our favorites are Einstein, Edison, Bell, Tesla, Bach, Grieg, Orwell and Jules Verne. Dreams or visions have also been used to discover health remedies, and reasons to avoid harm or accidents. Unfortunately they are not always used successfully, especially when it comes to avoiding disasters. Some people intentionally ignore the help, then suffer the consequences. Historical examples exist; Julius Caesar, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, John Kennedy, and Anwar Sadat are a few. Even the crash of Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003 was foreseen, however in each case no or inadequate preemptive action was taken. Is humanity failing or have valuable points into our future been ignored by those who claim to know more?

Dreams are provided in analogies and concepts. It takes more than one person cognizant of the problem being dealt with to form a focus. It then takes at least one person who has the experience of reasoning the results into an actionable plan to preempt the loss, even when situations provide an inkling of the problem is already under direct consideration. Let me assure you one person cannot pinpoint a time or the timing with accuracy. That requires participation by many. A wrong time does not negate the event from occurring it only harms the credibility of the person who foresaw it.

We've seen how many people a big tsunami can kill, 300,000 in 2 events in the last 10 years, one in Japan, one in Indonesia, all within moments or certainly hours of the initial earthquake that caused them. So we would like to set up a program to preempt the loss of lives to foreseen disasters, after all there's zero value to us to say after a disaster has wiped out umpteen thousand people that some who survived saw it occur in a dream a week ago or a year ago. No action from the cautions dreams provide equals a greatly increased likelihood of lives lost. Yet the Creator is not stingy with letting us know in advance of a problem that could cause a loss of lives. The messages are not just provided to those whose lives are at risk, but countless others as well.

Now let me get into the more urgent point of this, a need for participation to preempt lives lost in a foreseen disaster. Thirty years ago I was shown a disaster which wiped out northern Japan, but at the time I didn't know when. It occurred as a tsunami over a year ago. However the same dream went on to show that the southern part of Japan was hit by an even larger tsunami, somewhat later. Now how would you warn the Japanese of such an eventuality, and that the time for it was looming ever nearer? The Japanese have no history of using dreams either as a society or in their religions. Newspapers and most big voices including radio and TV do not understand that foresight is possible, so they ignore the warnings. The trouble with ignoring the warnings is that those affected would be killed before the news sources realized they had made a mistake by not passing along the warning. Would they remedy that for the next time? No evidence exists to show that. They are still unwilling to risk their `image' even if it could save even their own lives.

So the solution is reaching out to smaller voices, people who believe the Creator speaks to us via our dreams and visions. People who see the potential in letting others know and are prepared to help by recording their dreams and submitting them to us for evaluation. Send them to our email or via godofdreams.com website.

Now if I told you there was only a week before this disaster occurred I might be telling you something less than the truth. I know the date for this disaster is likely May 17, and it occurs during the late night, or very early morning. However I'm not 100% certain that it is this May 17, only 90+% certain. If we had more participation, confirming or refuting that date would be made easier. Opinion cannot help. Participation would increase the likelihood of preempting the loss of lives in any future disasters in the same motion.

We have a limited time to act on this, less than a week. So are the lives of others worth making a small amount of effort to recall your dreams worth it? Would you hope others will do the same and therefore make saving your life from any future disaster possible? Seeing you've never heard of doing this before there is no reason not to support it. We do recommend `you try it before you buy it'. There's far more value to this program than saving a few thousand lives from disasters. We cannot stop the wreck that will happen however we can stop the loss of lives, if you will allow yourself to act on this `what if'. Do think what if it was your life. Wouldn't you want to know if someone had spent years developing ways to stop the loss of lives?

Yes the English press in Japan was notified after the last big tsunami. Not a peep from them. http://www.cprize.org/japan-news.pdf and http://www.cprize.org/japan-may2012-tsunami.pdf

A disaster which was foreseen, but no one acted on the cautions their dreams provided.
http://www.cprize.org/aberfan.wmv (19 min)

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Tuesday, 8 May 2012

[creative-radio] Jan Wong: Workplace Depression, video tapes, a secret psychiatrist and a new book called "Out of the Blue"

 

The Globe and Mail fires a journalist suffering from depression after
Manulife Insurance secretly videotapes her and has a secret psychiatrist
declare her not ill.
*Jan Wong: Workplace Depression*

A much-honoured reporter with *The Globe and Mail *for more than 20 years, *Jan
Wong *incurred the anger of management, suffered a breakdown and the agony
of clinical depression and eventually was fired.

In the midst of her depression, she couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, could
barely converse with friends. She eventually pulled out of it, and has
written about her experience in a new book called *Out of the Blue*.

Jan Wong talks with Michael about a little-acknowledged condition:
workplace depression.

http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/features/2012/05/06/jan-wong-workplace-depression/
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*Was Canada's "Globe and Mail" "MIA" with Jan Wong? *
"...Jan Wong is an award winning newspaper reporter and author, who was, at
one time, the Beijing bureau chief for the Globe and Mail and one of the
most prominent feature writers Canada has ever produced. ... Jan went
through a complete nervous breakdown. The Human Resources department at the
newspaper cut off her benefits and sick leave after six weeks. (Her union
contract stipulates that workers are eligible for six months sick leave).
Jan was ordered back to work but felt it was too soon as she was unable to
write and had a medical certificate so stating. When she failed to show up
in the newsroom as required, she was fired in 2006...The Globe has been a
great employer when it comes to handling reporters in war zones and other
stressful situations. Jan Wong clearly underwent a clinical depression
caused by job-related post-traumatic stress disorder. If she has been in
Iraq or Syria or Sierra Leone, the Globe would have had no hesitation about
giving her or any war correspondent the necessary support and care. ....
It's not too late for the Globe to acknowledge the nature of workplace
depression wherever it occurs. A good starting point would be to ask Ed
Greenspon to review Jan's book. ..."
http://www.nowthedetails.blogspot.ca/2012/05/was-globe-and-mail-mia-with-jan-wong.html
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"....This is the kind of country we live in. The Globe and Mail fires a
journalist suffering from depression after Manulife Insurance secretly
videotapes her and has a secret psychiatrist declare her not ill.
Thankfully in finally settling with Manulife (after the lawsuit needless to
say) she arranged to have excerpts from the surveillance videos posted to
You tube - though only for six months..."
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*http://youtu.be/zxNQq366gfU
Published on May 5, 2012 by writerwong*
http://www.youtube.com/user/writerwong
These are excerpts from secret videos commissioned by Manulife Financial
that resulted in the Globe and Mail firing me in the middle of a major
clinical depression. For more than 20 years, I worked as a staff reporter
at the Globe. When I suddenly fell ill with clinical depression, the Globe
didn't believe me. Manulife, the insurer, hired Garda, an international
security company, to surreptitiously follow and videotape me. Manulife
showed the tapes to its consulting psychiatrist, who ruled I wasn't
depressed. Read more in my new memoir, Out of the Blue.
http://www.janwong.ca

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