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An Underground Fossil Forest Offers Clues on Climate Change.
2012-05-11 03:01:00 They've discovered a veritable time capsule! In the clammy depths of a southern Illinois coal mine lies the largest fossil forest ever discovered, at least 50 times as extensive as the previous contender. Scientists are exploring dripping passages by the light of headlamps, mapping out an ecosystem from 307 million years ago, just before the world's first great forests were wiped out by global warming. This vast prehistoric landscape may shed new light on climate change today. "Effectively you've got a lost world," said Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, who has explored the site. "It's the closest thing you'll find to time travel," he added. Simply amazing....
65% of Americans want action on Climate Change.
2012-05-11 03:01:00 Sustainable Business is reporting that a large majority of Americans want to take action to combat Climate Change: 62% of Americans now believe that man-made climate change is occurring, according to the biannual National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Change, commissioned by the Brookings Institute. That's up from the low of 50% in spring 2010, but it's still far down from the 75% who believed it in 2008. A majority of Americans (65%) also want mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions, but there's still a partisan divide. 82% of Democrats favor it, but only 50% of Republicans do, according to the latest Gallup poll. The conclusion: The GOP is not representing the public in its outright denial of climate change and related action. GOP lawmakers oppose carbon emissions controls much more than their constituents. Indeed, the GOP (aka Republican) representatives are not properly representing the 50% of their constituents who want to take action to combat ...
Manmade climate change theory continues to be battered by reality
2012-05-08 17:25:00 Commentary by James H. Shott Two of the major concerns of environmentalists are manmade climate change, and in response to this theory, the absolute necessity of green energy sources to replace the relatively inexpensive conventional energy we now get from coal, oil and natural gas. Although our air is cleaner today than at any time in the last hundred years or so, it?s not clean enough for the environmental zealots inside and outside of government agencies. Hardly anyone would argue that if the activities of humans seriously damage the Earth?s atmosphere and raise its average temperature, it just makes sense to move away from fossil fuel energy toward non-polluting green energy. All they need is a plausible scenario that human activity is indeed warming the planet to dangerous levels, and people will accept moving to green energy. However, as time passes more and more evidence comes forth weakening the case for manmade climate change; the data no lon...
By: Faultline USA
Unabomber billboard on climate change taken down
2012-05-07 18:58:00 A billboard suggesting that those who believe in global warming are as crazy as the Unabomber was taken down less than 24 hours after it went up--but not before the group behind the ad lost another prominent backer.
Climate Change will sink the coastal U.S.
2012-04-05 08:14:00 It's just a matter of time: About 3.7 million Americans live within a few feet of high tide and risk being hit by more frequent coastal flooding in coming decades because of the sea level rise caused by global warming, according to new research. If the pace of the rise accelerates as much as expected, researchers found, coastal flooding at levels that were once exceedingly rare could become an every-few-years occurrence by the middle of this century. And which state is the most prone for massive disruption along the coast because of Global Warming? By far the most vulnerable state is Florida, the new analysis found, with roughly half of the nation's at-risk population living near the coast on the porous, low-lying limestone shelf that constitutes much of that state. But Louisiana, California, New York and New Jersey are also particularly vulnerable, researchers found, and virtually the entire American coastline is at some degree of risk. Climate Central has the skinny, along...
NASA weighs in on Climate Change - again.
2012-04-05 08:14:00 NASA has a new report out detailing how human-induced Climate Change will affect ecosystems around the world: By 2100, global climate change will modify plant communities covering almost half of Earth's land surface and will drive the conversion of nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems from one major ecological community type - such as forest, grassland or tundra - toward another, according to a new NASA and university computer modeling study. This section of the report was particularly troubling: To study the sensitivity of Earth's ecological systems to climate change, the scientists used a computer model that predicts the type of plant community that is uniquely adapted to any climate on Earth. This model was used to simulate the future state of Earth's natural vegetation in harmony with climate projections from 10 different global climate simulations. These simulations are based on the intermediate greenhouse gas scenario in the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel...
Same Hacker, Same Story: Humans are causing Climate Change.
2012-04-05 08:14:00 No big deal here, except that another crime has been committed: The anonymous hacker who shook the world of climate science two years ago by posting a trove of stolen e-mails delivered a new batch on Tuesday, stirring up climate-change contrarians a little more than a week before global negotiations on greenhouse gases are to begin in Durban, South Africa. But from the source (University of East Anglia), we have this: If genuine, (the sheer volume of material makes it impossible to confirm at present that they are all genuine) these emails have the appearance of having been held back after the theft of data and emails in 2009 to be released at a time designed to cause maximum disruption to the imminent international climate talks. This appears to be a carefully-timed attempt to reignite controversy over the science behind climate change when that science has been vindicated by three separate independent inquiries and number of studies -- including, most recently, the Berkeley Ea...
A Conversation with Anna Lappé on Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture, a
2012-03-20 13:00:00 Original Published Date: June 2010. The first thing one notices about Anna Lappé, author of the new book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do about It, she knows how to focus abstract, interrelated concepts, such as industrial agriculture, and food system, into ...
Birds Flying Faster Due to Climate Change
2012-01-12 21:17:00 From Discovery News - Top Stories: Wind speeds over the Southern Ocean have been increasing --and pushing birds in the area to faster speeds. Read the whole article
May I Have This Dance?
2012-01-05 16:19:00 Mitt Romney is Saturday night’s date on Friday afternoon. Scarcely a day goes by that I don’t hear someone wonder why Romney can’t break the 25% barrier in polls … or why he couldn’t gain ground on his 2008 Iowa numbers, despite spending millions of dollars to barely eke out a 2012 win. Remember back in ...
By: RSF America
A Long But Interesting Climate Change Paper
2011-12-14 14:16:00 I'm just getting started on it, but I'm going to read it. Might clear some things up. http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.-edu/Includes/Documents/Publicat-ions/gray2011.pdf
Autumn Reds Fall to Climate Change
2011-10-27 16:28:00 From Discovery News - Top Stories: The iconic fiery fall foliage of the Yankee forest is showing up later as falls get warmer and winters milder. Read the whole article
Liars, Deniers and the Ugly Future of Climate Change
2011-10-18 23:26:00 "The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun." ? I`m an average tax paying Canadian reading the morning news and mews on a Macbook with my sensory alarms running hot. Today I focus on the Environment and the news is not good! i.e headlines such as "Doctors Claim that Climate Change is the Greatest Threat to Public Health or We`re Beyond the Earth`s Carrying Capacity Now or Global Food prices expected to Climb and get more Volatile because of Global Warming." But how can that be? The sky is blue, the forecast is cool and life goes on here in "neverland" Canada as it always has. This news must be shite and I`m going to talk my neighbour into idling her Hummer a little longer so that we can get the temperature up where it should be? Where is this damn Global Warming that everyone is whining about? I`ve got to do a little research on this global warming crap and see what real Scientists are saying?...
By: Karmajungle
Rick Perry?s made-up ?facts? about climate change ? Washington Post (blog)
2011-08-22 08:22:00 Via Scoop.it – Green InnovationThe question of whether humans have contributed to climate change in recent years has generated increasing skepticism among the American public, especially as proposals to deal with the problem, such as reducing carbon emissions, have come with high price tags. But Perry is wrong to suggest that that skepticism has gained ...
By: News for Greens
The Con in Cancun: UN Climate Change Summit Update
2010-12-02 22:05:00 -By Warner Todd Huston I am here in Cancun, Mexico investigating the U.N. Climate Change Conference to see what sort of wonderful solutions to save our very planet are being planned for all of us here in sunny Mexico. It's always nice that we can come to save the planet... at a nice resort hotel complex... on a beach... in a moderate clime... isn't it? For those of you that are unaware of what this conference is about, this conference is being called COP16/CMP6. That stands for -- prepare to doze off here -- the 16th edition of Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) and the 6th Conference of the Parties serving...
Thanksgiving Field Trip 2010 - Learn About Climate Change At The Field Muse
2010-11-06 15:00:00 Thanksgiving Field Trip 2010 - Learn About Climate Change At The Field Museum
Violent climate change ad draws ire - 10:10 campaign leaders apologize whil
2010-10-06 19:54:00 Violent climate change PSA. Nuff said.
SPOOKY SOUNDS FROM THE ARTIC
2010-10-01 17:07:00 Researcher, writer, activist, and refined sound man, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), is on a quest to "sample" on a global scale. Literally! The Washington DC-born musician is currently working on Artic Rythm: Ice Music, a project that entails him piecing together the sounds of melting glaciers, in hopes of drawing more conscious attention to pollution-driven geological and global climate change.
How the heatwave in Russia is connected to floods in Pakistan?
2010-08-13 20:32:00 AS RUSSIA burns to a crisp, thousands of kilometres to the south-west torrential storms visit unprecedented flooding on Pakistan. Both events can be attributed to the same large-scale pattern of...
By: Light Within
The GTL? Sunday Column ? ?The Empress Has No Clue But She Sure Has Some Nic
2010-08-09 01:18:00 GTL? Sunday Columnist: Author And “Ever-So-SLIGHTLY-Right-O-f-Center” Gun Toting Liberal? Sunday Guest Columnist And Author Christopher L. Doster Employs His Usual Wit And Sarcasm To Take On Our First Lady Michelle Obama, Her Child Obesity Initiative, And Her Extravagant Vacation In... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Obama's Faith-Based Programs Pushing Global Warming, Climate Change, G
2010-05-12 23:56:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Widely reviled by the left, Bush's faith-based initiatives were claimed to be evidence that Bush was a "religious zealot" trying to destroy America with evil Christianity. Now, two years into the Obama administration, we are seeing what Obama intends to do with his continuation of Bush's faith-based offices: he wants to use them to push the religion of Greenicanism on America's churches. This month Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships issued its final report of recommendations and the result is nothing short of astonishing. (download .pdf file) The question that immediately comes to mind, of course, is if the left will explode in excoriation of Obama's faith-based policies as it did with Bush's?...
Lights out on Climate Change
2010-03-20 03:05:00 Lights out on Climate Change: Earth Hour March 27th 8:30 - 9:30 PM (CST)
The GTL? Sunday Guest Column ? ?In This Present Crisis?? By Christopher L.
2010-03-01 00:19:00 GTL? Sunday Guest Columnist: Author And “Moderately-Right-Of-Cent-er” Political Pundit, Christopher L. Doster Vents And Rants About The Mainstream Media And Its Hunger For The Latest Crises…… ?In This Present Crisis?? It seems a new ?crisis? presents itself on a daily basis,... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
The GTL? Sunday Guest Column ? ?An Unexpected Rise? By Christopher L. Doste
2010-01-24 21:58:00 GTL? Sunday Guest Columnist: Author And “Moderately-Right-Of-Cent-er” Political Pundit, Christopher L. Doster, Employs His Wit, Sarcasm And Conservative Sense Of Humor To Attack A Liberal President And His Agenda… ?An Unexpected Rise? Now from the headline alone, one could assume a... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Smog Chokes Lahore
2010-01-07 08:26:00 Smog in Lahore has increased dramatically through the past few years. Let us blame the increased smog on a combination of different factors like weather, greater use of vehicles and other agents...
By: Light Within
The GTL? Sunday Guest Column ? ?All I Want For Christmas Is My FREE Health
2009-12-20 21:10:00 GTL? Sunday Guest Columnist: Author And “Moderately-Right-Of-Cent-er” Political Pundit, Christopher L. Doster, Employs His Wit, Sarcasm And Conservative Sense Of Humor To Attack The Democratic Congress, Senate, President Obama And Their Health Care Reform Bill… ?All I Want For... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
10 countries worst hit by climate change
2009-12-16 00:33:00 Bangladesh has been the most affected country by extreme weather conditions between 1990 and 2008. And globally, in the last 18 years, extreme weather conditions have killed 600,000 people and cost a loss of $1.7 trillion, according to Germanwatch's Global Climate Risk Index 2010.India is ranked 7th worst-hit country in the Climate Risk Index. None of the developed countries figure in the ten most affected countries' list. Among the first 20, there are only four developed countries: Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United States.Poorer developing countries are often hit much harder. These results underscore the vulnerability of poor countries to climatic risks, despite the fact that the absolute monetary damages are much higher in richer countries. Myanmar, Yemen and Vietnam were most severely affected in the year 2008.The Climate Risk Index ranks nations that have been worst affected by climate change and are most vulnerable to global warming on the basis of a CRI score. The lower ...
climate change dogma
2009-12-07 20:27:00 What really annoys me about these climate change dogmatists, is their utter confidence that humans are totally to blame. All that science, as that emotional butterfly, Bryan Appleyard, opines ?…can ever be is the best guess of the best minds.? True. Who knows what really caused the last Ice Age? It could have been down to ...
Copenhagen, Climate Change, and Minimizing Impacts
2009-12-07 11:32:00 The climate is changing, and burning CO2 is a driving force in current changes. And with the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), there are a lot of people pushing for an international treaty of some sort that addresses needs for mitigation and adaptation measures to the changing climate. Each nation and each ...
By: Migrations
The GTL? Sunday Guest Column ? ?Another Summit As Jobs Plummet? By Christop
2009-12-06 21:07:00 GTL? Sunday Guest Columnist: Author And “Moderately-Right-Of-Cent-er” Political Pundit, Christopher L. Doster, Employs His Wit, Sarcasm And Conservative Sense Of Humor To Attack Big Government Solutions To Economic Woes… ?Another Summit As Jobs Plummet? This time the beer is in the... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Climate Change: The Worst Cover-Up Since The Tobacco Industry?
2009-12-03 03:56:00 Over the last 10 – 15 years we’ve seen an exponential amount of claims how global warming was caused by humans and that there would be devastating effects if we didn’t change our habits. Over the last week, all of those claims may be burning down in flames. Phil Jones, the director of East Anglia Climatic Research ...
By: Damon Clifford
climate change fly
2009-11-09 19:06:00 A secret to doing something unpleasant, is to just do it before excuses take over. I had just made a cup of coffee and opened a yoghourt, to counteract low blood sugar, when I chose to check the water softener and saw it was seriously depleted. Off I went to the garage (round the back of ...
Once I Counted Birds
2009-11-06 11:59:00 “Rising sea levels, birds and forests on the other side of the world – all our actions are connected.” (Cathy Fitzgerald) Tagged: video
By: Migrations
Climate Change Effects for Horse Owners
2009-10-15 00:00:00 Today is Blog Action Day; this year’s topic being Climate Change. Otherwise known as global warming, climate change has resulted from changes in weather patterns on account of increases to the Earth’s average temperature. Environmental effects predicted include: - Sea level rise - Changes in rainfall patterns - Changes in agricultural yields - Increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events - Water scarcity in some regions - Increased precipitation in others - Adverse health effects due to warmer temperatures As people who are often working outdoors and reliant on particular weather patterns and rainfall as well as production of hay and grains, climate change is a concern for horse owners, workers and breeders. Climate change is caused by increases in greenhouse gases from activities such as land clearing, burning fossil fuels and intensive agriculture. Consider looking at the Blog Action Day ‘Take Action’ page to see some ways in which you can ac...
By: EQUUS EDUCATION
Another GTL Guest Column: ?A Tale Of Two Libraries? ? By Mike Hatcher
2009-10-06 04:57:00 THIS IS A GUEST COLUMN CONTRIBUTED BY MIKE HATCHER, a.k.a., “MIKE 300 SPARTANS“ *** A Tale Of Two Libraries I live just outside of Austin, Texas. There are 23 public libraries in Austin and at the one on Steck Ave. there are 3 signs giving about half of the best parking spots to, as... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Blog Action Day 2009
2009-09-26 05:40:00 Blog Action Day 2009 is coming up (October 15, 2009) and the theme this time is Climate Change. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world?s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Join the movement.International climate negotiations are occurring in Copenhagen this December, and this Blog Action day aims to to mobilize millions of people across the world for finding a sustainable solution to the climate crisis. On October 15, take time to blog about climate change and help raise awareness about the issue. Register your blog today.Related: Poverty - Blog Action Day 2008
By: Light Within
Climate Change in Africa Network ? AfricaAdapt
2009-09-23 13:00:00 Climate change is a hot topic in Africa at the moment. One networking site which is having an impact is AfricaAdapt which focusses on knowledge sharing for climate change adaptation. About the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Coca-Cola company signed the ?Climate Change? report
2009-09-23 08:19:00 Coca-Cola Beverages ‘Climate Change’ report signed COCA-Cola Beverages, the most important step in combating climate change, one of the “Copenhagen Declaration Against Climate Change” has signed a ni. Coca-Cola beverage, so world leaders about climate change, strong, effective and impartial international measures to take that call was one of the first company to sign the papers. ... Related posts:When Taxation Can Improve Efficiency Two things must be pointed out. First, economic efficiency is...G-20 calls for the incentive package G-20 calls for the incentive package we will make the...Sales Letter Drinking Water Dear There is a problem with the underground water reserves...
Climate change: 20% of China is now desert.
2009-09-19 10:54:00 Sean Gallagher is a photojournalist living in China. With the support of Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting to highlight the impact of desertification in China.Almost 20% of China's land is now desert, affecting 400 million people. In Western China over one million acres of fertile land turn into desert. Per year. Last year they suffered a peak drought.Climate change, wind and water erosion, industrialization, agriculture, untimely policy changes, you name it.China's desertification is not only a problem for the Chinese. It impacts the world as a whole. I am not talking about what 1,000,000 acres of desert mean to the world's climate, alone: the more fertile land turns into sand, the more China is looking for agriculture land abroad, competing with European biofuel companies and Arab countries trying to secure their food production too. And money buys land in Africa. Easily. Even if this means they need to reduce their own food production.Video courtesy Sean Gallagher. Discover...
Climate change: The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes
2009-09-16 18:59:00 With the media heating up for the December Climate Change Summit in Denmark, it is time to for some reflection.Does the name "Severn Cullis-Suzuki" mean anything to you? Severn was 12 when in 1992, she raised money to attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. She spoke to the summit members in a speech which became famous. A speech which -sadly enough- could have been given today. It makes one wonder what progress really happened in the past 17 year.Do we actually make progress on protecting our planet for the sake of our children, and their children? In an age where Green Goes Commercial, where corrupt companies like Monsanto and Cargill start dominating our food chain, and chase the food prices up so the poor no longer have access to food. A world where Western companies buy up fertile land in Africa to grow biofuel crops so less land becomes available for food agriculture?Did we make progress, or are we still sliding downhill?Check out the most recent news and blogposts about th...
The revised "'Anthromorphic' Climate Change & Creationis
2009-09-16 03:50:00 Ignorant of the known facts my little Padawan you be. Such a biased formulation of listed questions will not provide enlightenment to the Jedi way. I cannot but resist with futility, in providing my knowledge that opposes simplistic beliefs... 1. Man made climate change TRUE &a
Climate Change and Creationism
2009-09-16 03:50:00 Ignorant of the known facts my little Padawan you be. Such a biased formulation of listed questions will not provide enlightenment to the Jedi way. I cannot but resist with futility, in providing my knowledge that opposes simplistic beliefs... 1. Man made climate ch
Anthromorphic Climate Change & Creationism?
2009-09-15 06:59:00 I've noticed there are "climate skeptics" among the CR4 readers. That is they deny there is any demonstrated link between human activity and increasing temperatures. I've wondered if there is a link between this position and a belief in creationism. Without arguing the merits of either
Condoms cheapest way to fight climate change
2009-09-12 12:27:00 Condoms :cheapest way to fight climate changeCondoms are the cheapest way to reduce carbon emissions, claims a controversial new report.According to the report for the UK's Optimum Population Trust, putting the brake on global population growth would be five times cheaper than any other method of tackling the world's greenhouse gases.The study, which was compiled by the London School of Economics, found every 4-pound extra spent on family planning for the next 40 years would reduce global CO2 emissions by a tonne. It would cost 19 pounds to achieve the same result with low-carbon technologies, reports The Sun.OPT chairman Roger Martin said: "It's always been obvious that total emissions depend on the number of emitters - as well as their individual emissions."The taboo on mentioning this has made the whole climate change debate so far somewhat unreal."United Nations data indicates that family planning could reduce unintended births by 72 percent, trimming the world''s populatio...
By: Believe OR Not
The Retreating Arctic
2009-09-08 07:50:00 Words not required, just satellite imagery and data, via NASA on Youtube: And data on age of the ice here, showing the centuries-old areas of ice shrinking (Rigor and Wallace, 2004): For more, check out the National Snow and Ice Data Center, and especially the section on Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis. Tagged: Climate Change ...
By: Migrations
The Great Climate Change Hijack
2009-08-28 00:04:00 Just half-listened to a programme on Radio 4 - title as of thread. Only half heard it - cooking and "interacting" with Small - but two points stuck in my memory: air pollution and loss of biodiversity. The gist was that "Climate Change" has been used as a cover-all, and the "lesser" problems br
Mars Climate-Change Cycles in 3-D
2009-08-03 15:02:00 From The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries Channel: Climate cycles persisting for millions of years on ancient Mars left a record of rhythmic patterns in thick stacks of sedimentary rock layers, revealed in three-dimensional detail by a telescopic camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissa
to skeptics on man made climate change
2009-07-22 01:43:00 SUN AND EARTH HAVE BEEN IN A THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM FOR MILENIUMS. NO DOUBT THAT GLOBAL WARNING WILL STOP WHEN WE STOP BURNING FUELS TO EXAUST HOT CO2, WHICH CAUSES TEMPERATURE INCREASE. FROM: MY CARS AN A BILLION MORE, MY STOVE AN A BILLION MORE, MY BOLER AN A BILLION MORE, your airplain an
Coral Reefs Exposed To Imminent Destruction From Climate Change
2009-07-18 07:20:00 Coral reef survival is balancing on a knife edge as the combined effects of ocean acidification and ocean warming events threaten to push reefs to the brink of extinction this century, warned a... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
A Beautiful Effect of Climate Change?
2009-07-17 18:38:00 Nobody's certain yet, but some scientists are speculating that increases in atmospheric CO2 is causing a hauntingly beautiful phenomenon called "night shining" clouds.Mysterious, glowing clouds previously seen almost exclusively in Earthā€™s polar regions have appeared in the skies over the United States and Europe over the past several days.Photographers and other sky watchers in Omaha, Paris, Seattle, and other locations have run outside to capture images of what scientists call noctilucent (ā€¯night shiningā€¯) clouds. Formed by ice literally at the boundary where the earthā€™s atmosphere meets space 50 miles up, they shine because they are so high that they remain lit by the sun even after our star is below the horizon.Like anything else, our atmosphere expands when heated up. One current theory is that climate change is causing noctilucent clouds to become more frequent because the upper regions of the atmosphere are being pushed further into cold regions of space - leading t... |
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