[ExI] Red and green qualia

[William Flynn Wallace]

My suggestion:  homosemantic

bill w

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 7:21 PM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 6:13 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
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> > Heh.
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>> *Wordplay is not only allowed on ExI, it is encouraged.*
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> Well in that case.... for several decades now I have had a list and
> whenever in my reading I ran across a line or anagram or even a couple of
> poems that I particularly like or would make for a good bumper sticker I
> added it to my list. This is that list, but now that you've taken that
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> data points.If God had meant for us to be naked, we would have been born
> that way.In English, every word can be verbed.Is this true or only
> clever?Justice: A decision in your favor.Know what I hate most? Rhetorical
> questions.Life is like an analogy.Make things as simple as possible, but
> not simpler. --EinsteinMy computer NEVER cras2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large
> values of 2.I like my water diluted.Positive: Being mistaken at the top of
> your voice.Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.-Sigmund FreudThat was Zen;
> this is Tao.Help! I'm being held prisoner by my heredity and
> environment!Drawing on my fine command of the English language I said
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> startThe generation of random numbers is too important to be left to
> chance.The universe is surrounded by whatever it is that surrounds
> universes.There are many kinds of people in the world. Are you one of
> them?If you have something important to say for God's sake start at the
> end.There is no bottom to worse.Things are more like they are now than they
> have ever been. -Gerald Ford.They laughed when I said I'd be a comedian.
> They aren't laughing now.This aphorism would be seven words long if it were
> six words shorter.This sentence no verb.Time is an illusion perpetrated by
> the manufacturers of space.To study a subject best, understand it
> thoroughly before you start.Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under
> communism, it is just the opposite.*
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> more chance to participate in it.What this country needs is more leaders
> who know what this country needs.What is mind? No matter. What is matter?
> Never mind.What if there were no hypothetical situations?When you've seen
> one non-sequitur, the price of tea in China.Why don't "minimalists" find a
> shorter name for themselves?Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?Why did
> the Tachyon cross the road? Because it was on the other side.Why isn't
> "phonetic" spelled the way it's said?After all is said and done, usually
> more is said.Anyone who makes an absolute statement is a fool.Can you think
> of another word for "synonym"?Black holes are where God divided by
> zero...But other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?Don't
> just DO something, STAND THERE!Visualize whirled peas.Everyone is entitled
> to my opinion.I avoid clichés like the plague.I show a clear pattern of
> unpredictabilityI thought I was wrong once...but I was mistaken.I used to
> be indecisive but now I'm not sure.I'm a very modest person, and damn proud
> of it!Jesus saves sinners and redeems them for valuable prizes.The truth
> will be found when it is no longer needed.The universe is a figment of its
> own imagination.Time exists so that everything doesn't happen all at
> once.Give me ambiguity or give me something else.Stop Plate Tectonics!My
> brother was an only child.Don't be so open minded that your brains fall
> out.The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.It's
> impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.Twenty
> per cent of Zero is Better than Nothing.Diplomacy is the art of saying
> "nice doggie" until you find a rock. -Will Rogers*
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> *Quantum particles: The dreams that stuff is made of.Never forget what you
> need to remember.It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the
> impression of stupidly than to open it and remove all doubt.*
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> Definition, Circular.Consider it considered!Consistency: The last refuge of
> the unimaginativeDON'T READ THIS!!!Drive Offensively!Floggings will
> continue until morale improves.186000 miles a second: it's not just a good
> idea, it's the law!Hard Work never killed anyone, but why chance it?I have
> NOT lost my mind, it's here on disk somewhere...Moderation in everything,
> including moderation.I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.I'll never
> forget what's-his-name.If you can't say it in 50 characters, then don't
> bI'm more humble than you are!If we believe absurdities, we shall commit
> atrocities.Illiterate? Write for information!Is it ok to panic now?It's not
> a bug, it's a feature.Life is the ultimate IQ test.Lottery: A tax on people
> who are bad at math.Life would be easier if I had God's source
> code.Martyrdom is the oldest way of achieving fame without ability.Most of
> us don't sell out because nobody wants to buy.Most people work just hard
> enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.*
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> *Murder is a crime. Describing murder is not. Sex is not a crime.
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> on a true story?Never let your willpower get the best of you.Advice to
> doctors: Never say, "Oops!" always say "Ah, interesting!"Never
> underestimate the power of a platitude.93.7% of all statistics are made
> up.One doesn't need to eat the entire egg to know it is bad.Ninety percent
> of the people in any group think they're in the top ten percent.*
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> demands every event have a cause.Things like that could give hypocrisy a
> bad name.Sincerity is a vastly overrated virtue.Not many people realize
> just how well known I am.Oh no, not another learning experience!On a scale
> of 1 to 10, 4 is about a 7.One picture had better be worth a thousand
> words, it takes up a lot more disk space.*
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> one.People who are late are happier than those who have to wait for
> them.People who think they know everything are the easiest to fool.Physics
> and law enforcement: If it weren't for them, I'd be unstoppable.Physics is
> not a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.*
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> *REALITY.SYS Corrupted: Re-boot universe? (Y/N/Q)Rebooting your brain can
> be tricky.Recent polls reveal that some people have never been polled.Right
> theory, wrong universe.*
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> flattered and acquiesces.*
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> *Strip mining prevents forest fires!Sometimes I feel like a figment of my
> own imagination.Sometimes the only solution is to find a new
> problem.Sometimes the truth can be so unnecessary.A conclusion is simply
> the place where you got tired of thinking.Man is certainly stark mad. He
> can't make a worm but he makes gods by the dozens. – Montaigne*
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> *A little greed can get you lots of stuff.A little inaccuracy saves tons
> of explanation.All generalizations are false.Always remember that you are
> unique, just like everyone else.Few people can be happy unless they hate
> some other person, nation, or creed. - Bertrand Russell*
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> *Most people would sooner die than think; in fact they do so. - Bertrand
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> *I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. -
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> *Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. - Oscar WildCabbage: A
> vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head. - Ambrose Bierce*
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> BierceDon't be humble. You're not that great. - Golda MeirWise men make
> proverbs but fools repeat them.There is nothing so absurd but some
> philosopher has said it. - CiceroTell the truth and run.Always remember to
> pillage BEFORE you burn.One murder makes a villain, a million murders makes
> a hero.Only the mediocre are always at their best.*
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> procrastinator, never got around to it.If you're not confused, you're not
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> even going to ignore that.Is "tired old cliché" one?It would be nice if
> entropy could be used for something constructive.I've told you MILLIONS of
> times, don't exaggerate!God not only plays dice He sometimes throws them
> where they can't be seen.*
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> *You can't frighten me, I'm a coward, I'm always scared.Your idea is crazy
> but nor crazy enough to be true.  Neils BohrAnyone who is not shocked by
> quantum mechanics does not understand it. Neils Bohr*
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> *You are not thinking you are mealy being logical.  Bohr to EinsteinI
> think it's safe to say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. Richard
> Feynman*
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> *The great thing about Entropy is that it requires no maintenance.Any
> sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. AC
> ClarkeThe Bill of Rights goes too far, it should have stopped at "Congress
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> have laws -- it has habits. And habits can be broken.The Universe is a big
> place . . . perhaps the biggest.Predicting is hard, especially the
> future.The weather is here. Wish you were beautiful.This isn't right. This
> isn't even wrong. -Wolfgang PauliWar doesn't determine who's right. War
> determines who's left.Wasting time is an important part of living.We do not
> see things as they are, we see things as we are.What color is a chameleon
> on a mirror?What's another word for "thesaurus?"When ideas fail, words come
> in very handy.When you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your
> friend.Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that
> song?Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.Writing is
> easy. All you have to do is cross out all the wrong words. --Mark Twain*
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> *Man is the only animal who blushes, or needs to. - Mark TwainReports of
> my death have been greatly exaggerated. - Mark TwainI was gratified to be
> able to answer promptly. I said I don't know. - Mark Twain*
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> *Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But
> I repeat myself. - Mark Twain*
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> better than it sounds.It takes about ten years to get used to how old you
> are.I was born in Australia because my mother wanted to be near me.God was
> satisfied with his own work and that is fatal. -Samuel ButlerWhy attack
> God? He may be as miserable as we are. -Erik SatieChrist died for our sins.
> Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? - Jules
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> with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. -Al Capone*
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> imagination, I'd have done a better job.You can't have everything. Where
> would you put it?You could be replaced by an infinite number of monkeys.You
> never know until you find out.Nothing is difficult if you know how.You're
> not as real as you think you are.You're not right. You just SOUND right.Of
> course that's a worst case scenario, the effect could be much more
> localized and just destroy the galaxy.*
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> thing after another.Why is there something rather than nothing?A good
> scapegoat is almost as good as a solution.All Extremists should be shot!All
> that glitters has a high refractive index.All those who believe in
> psychokinesis raise my hand.Ambivalent? Well, yes and no.Whose cruel idea
> was it to put an S in the word Lisp?Avoid unnecessary, inessential and
> needless repetition and redundancy.I want to be a rebel just like everybody
> else.In religion everything that is not mandatory is forbidden.Heisenberg
> slept here, I think.Help wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply.I intend
> to live forever -- so far, so good!I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.If we
> aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?If you can't be
> kind, at least have the decency to be vague.Inertia makes the world go
> round.It is my patriotic duty to conserve energy so I do, I conserve
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> superstitious.Life is sexually transmitted.Why are there 5 syllables in the
> word monosyllabic?Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.Things are not only
> stranger than we think but stranger than we can think.A camel is a horse
> designed by a committee.A conservative is a worshipper of dead radicals.A
> conservative is a liberal who's been mugged.A liberal is a conservative
> who's been drafted.The good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to
> others.People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch
> either of them being made.*
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> universe. - Carl Sagan*
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> you can't get out of the game.*
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> all?'If you're in hell and you're mad at someone, where do you tell them to
> go?Practice makes perfect, but if nobody's perfect, why practice?If
> electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?Why Do
> kamikaze pilots wear helmets?Why is it considered necessary to nail down
> the lid of a coffin?How can someone draw a blank?When sign makers go on
> strike, is anything written on their signs?Where did Webster look up the
> definitions when he wrote his book?What the heck is a near-miss? If you
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> what are the others here for?Why does bottled water have an expiration
> date?We have to believe in free will. We have no choice.An eternity is
> very, very long time, especially towards the end.The meaning of life is to
> give life meaning.Agnostic Prayer: Oh God if there is a God save my soul if
> I have a soul.To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from
> many is research.Define the Universe and give three examples.I don't want
> to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality by
> not dying. - Woody Allen*
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> BurnsA thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. - Oscar
> WildeOnly the shallow know themselves. - Oscar WildeI no longer wish to
> belong to the kind of club that accepts people like me as members" -
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> hate plants. - A. Whitney Brown*
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> endure the misfortunes of others.A good deed never goes unpunished. - Gore
> VidalThere is no problem which could not be solved if people would simply
> do as I advise. - Gore Vidal*
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> succeeds, I die a little. - Gore VidalThough I am not naturally honest I am
> so sometimes by chance. - William Shakespeare*
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> people who have trouble communicating would just shut up. -Tom Lehrer*
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> come he has a Mexican name?Every generation laughs at the old fashions but
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> war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for
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> StalinThe way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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> GoldwinYou can be sincere and still be stupid.Prejudices save time.Voters
> want a fraud they can believe in.Man was predestined to have free
> will.Reality is a collective hunch.Everything changes but the avant
> garde.Never miss a good chance to shut up.Never get into fights with ugly
> people, they have nothing to lose.The world is run by C students.A
> productive drunk is the bane of moralists.University politics is vicious
> precisely because the stakes are so small. -Henry Kissinger*
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> reputation. -Henry Kissinger*
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> fine as long as it works. -Malcolm XIf I had more time I would write a
> shorter letter. -Blaise PascalTalk is cheap because supply exceeds
> demand.There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots
> to do and not doing it.*
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> permanent.You can't measure time in days the same way you can measure money
> in dollars because every day is different.*
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> what I can't help believing. -Oliver Wendell HolmesI was probably the only
> revolutionary ever referred to as "cute". -Abbie Hoffman*
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> caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. -William
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> your enemies, but never forget their names. -John F KennedyCoincidences are
> spiritual puns. -G K ChestertonA bore is someone who, when you ask him how
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> -Leo TolstoyTolstoy's book are loose baggy monsters. -Henry JamesHenry
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> very few people who don't become more interesting when they stop talking.*
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> it.I have read your book and much like it.When in doubt have two guys come
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> the art of concealing your sources.Use an accordion, go to jail, that's the
> law!Suicide is the most sincere form of self criticism.Depression is merely
> anger without enthusiasm.Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.He's as sharp
> as a beach ball.She's as shapely as a sack full of door knobs.I once heard
> the voice of God. He said "Vrrrrmmmmm." Unless it was just a lawn mower.*
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> unauthorized autobiography.I bought some powdered water, but I didn't know
> what to add.I have a map of the united states in its original size, one
> mile equals one mile.*
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> infinity.Irrationality is the square root of all evil.At the last costume
> party I didn't go to, I went as the Invisible Man.Honk if your horn is
> broken.I like rarely used clichés.Before I begin speaking, there is
> something I would like to say.Half the lies they tell about me are
> true.Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is called John.Having lost sight of our
> goal, we must redouble our efforts!This species has always been
> extinct.Monism is the theory that anything less than everything is nothing.*
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> a theory unless it is meaningless.Every once in a while it never stops
> raining.What is the question that contains the word cantaloupe for no
> apparent reason?*
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> *The Universe may be as great as they say, but it wouldn't be missed if it
> didn't exist.*
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> rule.Computers are like lynxes in the sense that I cannot think of a
> suitable analogy for either of them right now.*
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> sure but I'm not certain.I think I don't remember.What we observe is not
> nature itself, but nature exposed to our mode of questioning. - Werner
> Heisenberg*
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> *Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited
> range of applicability.- Werner Heisenberg*
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> virtue than malnutrition. -Alex ComfortIs man one of God's blunders or is
> God one of man's? -Friedrich NietzscheO Lord, help me to be pure, but not
> yet. -St. AugustineThe reason lightning never strikes twice in the same
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> a man unless he's down.Before they made him they broke the mold.The average
> person thinks he isn't.He had a God given killer instinct.Have a nice day.
> Thank you but I have other plans.           SELF REFERENCEHofstadter's Law:
> It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account
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> contains exactly three erors."Playing with the use-mention distinction"
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> beginning for it.I have nothing to allude to, and I am alluding to it.This
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> does not refer to itself.If the meanings of "true" and "false" were
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> example of a self-fulfilling prophecy.           PALINDROMESStressed? No
> tips? Spit on desserts!A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!Did I draw Della too
> tall, Edward? I did?Do geese see god?Dogma: I am God.Evade me,
> Dave.Dennis sinned."Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod.Evil I did
> dwell, lewd did I live.Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.Goddam mad
> dog!Let O'Hara gain an inn in a Niagara hotelMadam in Eden, I'm Adam.Mr.
> Owl ate my metal worm.Never odd or even.Murder for a jar of red rum.Satan,
> oscillate my metallic sonatas!No, it is open on one position.Must sell at
> tallest sum.Sis, ask Costner to not rent socks "as is"!Sit on a potato pan,
> Otis.Poor Dan is in a droop.Rise, Sir Lapdog! Revolt, lover! God, pal,
> rise, sir!So many dynamos.Step on no pets.Straw? No, too stupid a fad; I
> put soot on warts.Was it a car or a cat I saw?Yawn a more Roman
> way!Yawn--Madonna fan? No damn way!         ANAGRAMSa decimal point = I'm a
> dot in placeastronomer = moon starercircumstantial evidence = can ruin a
> selected victimdesperation = a rope ends itdormitory = dirty roomPresident
> Clinton of the USA = to copulate he finds internsPrincess Diana = end is a
> car spinRonald Wilson Reagan = Insane Anglo WarlordVictoria, England's
> Queen = governs a nice quiet landmother-in-law = woman Hitlerparishioners =
> I hire parsonsschoolmaster = the classroomfuneral = real funthe Morse code
> = here come dotsthe earthquakes = that queer shakeAlec Guinness = genuine
> classtwo plus eleven =one plus twelve
> POEMS                           UNCERTAINTY                   A Quantum
> Mechanic's vacation                   Left his colleagues in dire
> consternation                   Though tests had shown
> His speed was well known                   His position was pure
> speculation                            Miss. Bright                   There
> was a young lady named Bright                   Who traveled much faster
> than light                   She left one day                   In a
> relative way                   And returned the previous night*
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> *John K Clark*
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