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TELECOM Digest     Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:26:00 EDT    Volume 24 : Issue 182

Inside This Issue:                             Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Surveillance Tape Finds Murderer (Lisa Hancock)
    Happy Homecoming For Space Station Crew (Lisa Minter)
    Mobile Equipment SIM Toolkit Question (hotpepper@gmail.com)
    MCI Accepts Qwest's New Offer; Verizon May Raise Bid (Telecom dailyLead)
    Can You Hook Home Alarm System With Vonage Service? (lothario4real)
    New Pope Has Email Address (Lisa Minter)
    Re: Verizon/MCI (John P. Dearing)
    Re: Verizon/MCI (LB@notmine.com)
    Re: Verizon/MCI (Tony P.)
    Re: SBC, Vonage Working on 911 Service Access Deal (zcarenow@yahoo.com)
    Re: Lingo (Primus Telecommunications) Horror Story (Danny Burstein)
    Re: Law May Help Freeze ID Theft/2003 Law Helps Californians (T Horsley)
    Re: Last Laugh! One Way to Get 911's Attention (Mark Atwood)
    Re: Last Laugh! One Way to Get 911's Attention (Tony P.)
    Re: Politics in Telecom (Lisa Hancock)
    Re: New Spam Scam Exploits Pope's Death (Paul Vader)

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From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Surveillance Tape Finds Murderer
Date: 25 Apr 2005 12:21:17 -0700


This newsgroup often discusses privacy issues and technology.

On Easter this year a retired man was murdered after he opened the
front door of his home.  He was a very well liked man and no one could
understand why anyone would kill him like that.  There were no
suspects.

The video security system of a convenience store captured a picture of
a man who stopped by earlier asking directions to the victim's house.
The picture was investigated and eventually it turned out the man was
a once co-worker of the victim.  Upon further investigation (and a two
hour standoff), the man was arrested.  He had a gun with bullets that
matched those used on the victim.

The DA said that without the picture the crime wouldn't have been
solved.

So, in this case, the video surveillance solved a crime.

See:
http://www.kyw1060.com/news_story_detail.cfm?newsitemid=45628

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From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Happy Homecoming For Space Station Crew
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:55:37 -0500


Three astronauts -- an American, a Russian and an Italian -- are all smiles
after their safe return from the international space station aboard a
Russian capsule. 

http://g.msn.com/0MNBUS00/2?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7621918&&CM=EmailThis&CE=1

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From: hotpepper@gmail.com
Subject: Mobile Equipment SIM Toolkit Question
Date: 25 Apr 2005 06:30:59 -0700


Hi there everybody,

I want to add some functionalities to a mobile device with SIM
Toolkit, but I didn't know much about SIM Toolkit, and couldn't find
some good refrences on the Net, I want to know is there anybody who
have some experiences in that field?

Thank you in advance.

Davar

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:29:33 EDT
From: Telecom dailyLead from USTA <usta@dailylead.com>
Subject: MCI Accepts Qwest's Raised Offer; Verizon May Raise Bid


Telecom dailyLead from USTA
April 25, 2005
http://www.dailylead.com/latestIssue.jsp?i=21077&l=2017006

		TODAY'S HEADLINES
	
NEWS OF THE DAY
* MCI accepts Qwest's raised offer; Verizon may raise bid
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* Report: Motorola mulls Siemens investment
* RIM's success has spawned new challenges
* Virgin hires Merrill, Credit Suisse for wireless IPO
* Time Warner plans to upgrade Adelphia assets
* SBC reports earnings
USTA SPOTLIGHT 
* USTA Webinar: USAC High Cost Beneficiary Audit Process-Tomorrow, 1:00 ET
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
* Fujitsu unveils WiMAX chip
* Competition for digital living room heats up
* Sports fans turn to highlight Web sites
* Mobile phones just another ad channel in Asia
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* Proposed municipal cell phone tax in Oregon sparks lobbying campaign

Follow the link below to read quick summaries of these stories and others.
http://www.dailylead.com/latestIssue.jsp?i=21077&l=2017006

Legal and Privacy information at
http://www.dailylead.com/about/privacy_legal.jsp

SmartBrief, Inc.
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Washington, DC 20005

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From: lothario4real@yahoo.com
Subject: Can You Hook Home Alarm System With Vonage Service?
Date: 24 Apr 2005 17:30:20 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com


Is it possible to hook up my Vonage to the home alarm system service
(Brinks Security)? Or do I still need to get an analog phone line from
Southwestern Bell? Thanks.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: It _should_ be possible, but bear in 
mind one thing burglars sometimes do is cut the electrical wire to 
your house; that would as a result cut off your computer's electrical
supply, and kill your Vonage phone. Some alarm companies also have a
method of dealing not only with a call _into_ them, but also a way of
telling when their device has been _disconnected_ from the phone
line. I am not sure how well that would work when using Vonage, so you
might want to have the Brinks representative there to look at it
also.  PAT]

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Subject: Pope Gets an Email Account
From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:37:34 -0400


Pope Benedict 16 now has email, if you look at the Vatican web site.
Clicking on the proper place brings up your email to write
him. Neither the Pope nor Vatican officials have yet commented on
the amount of spam, but I am sure its rolling in heavily. Maybe the
Pope will have need of Viagra pills or Ciallis, or the services of
the penis enlargement company, or possibly the Nigerian people will
want to make note of his email address. You can read about his new
email account at http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11034 . 

------------------------------

From: John P. Dearing <John.Dearing@VerYOURPANTSizon.NET>
Subject: Re: Verizon/MCI
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:14:26 GMT


Steven Lichter wrote:

> Anyone think Verizon will give up now?

Hard to say. It seems that Ivan *really* wants this one.

> I sure hope so.  My stock has been in the dumps since GTE merged with
> Hell Atlantic.

The Bell Atlantic/Nynex merger (painful as it was) actually made sense
and was the right thing to do. Kudos to Ray Smith (former Chairman &
CEO) for having the vision to see the need and "make it so".

The Bell Atlantic/GTE merger is a whole 'nuther kettle of fish.

Ivan wanted to "one up" Ray. It certainly was a bigger merger but as a
esult of the *HUGE* "negative dowry" (over $50 Billion) that GTE
brought to the altar, the combined company went from one of the best
debt to equity ratios to one of the worst. At the time of the merger
the dot com boom hadn't gone bust yet and the cash flow was probably
assumed to be strong enough to cover the debt service.

Boom economy goes bust and the cash flow dries up but the debt, which
up to this point was the 800lb gorilla in the room but was a
*manageable* 800lb gorilla, well the debt becomes an albatross and
starts sinking the ship.

Very stringent cost containment ensues and the debt starts getting
paid down. To their credit, *A LOT* has been paid down. But the stock
price is still lagging. As an employee, I still have worthless stock
options issued to me as part of the last contract negotiations.

The MCI deal does make some sense. Regardless of my employment status,
I believe that MCI will be better off long term by going with Verizon.
Qwest just doesn't have the wherewithall to keep the combined
operation moving forward as a going concern.


John P. Dearing
A+, Network+, Server+
To reply: Just drop "YOURPANTS" in my address! 8-)

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From: LB@notmine.com
Subject: Re: Verizon/MCI
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:09:02 -0400
Organization: Optimum Online


Steven Lichter wrote:

> Anyone think Verizon will give up now?

> I sure hope so.  My stock has been in the dumps since GTE merged with
> Hell Atlantic.

No.

LB


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: And according to news reports today at
http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/more-news Verizon is working now
on a new bid.  PAT]

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From: Tony P. <kd1s@nospamplease.cox.reallynospam.net>
Subject: Re: Verizon/MCI
Organization: ATCC
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:09:06 -0400


In article <telecom24.181.5@telecom-digest.org>,
shlichter@sbcglobal.net says:

> Anyone think Verizon will give up now?  
> I sure hope so.  My stock has been in the dumps since GTE
> merged with Hell Atlantic.

I strongly suspect that Verizon is just trying to elevate the price
past that which Qwest can reasonably be expected to be able to pay.

In other words, once the bankruptcy happens to Qwest it would be
childs play for Verizon to roll in and suck all of it up.

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From: zcarenow@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: SBC, Vonage Working on 911 Service Access Deal
Date: 24 Apr 2005 17:42:22 -0700


All I know is that I got an email from Vonage telling me to activate
the 911 by logging into their website and start the activation under
the "Features" section of site. I assume that now I just need to diall
911 and it should work.

Jack Decker wrote:

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8259385

> SBC, Vonage Working on 911 Service Access Deal

> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SBC Communications Inc. is in talks to provide
> Internet telephone provider Vonage Holdings Corp. with enhanced 911
> emergency services for its customers, after an initial fight between
> the two carriers.

> Initially SBC rejected a request from Vonage to lease access to the
> necessary equipment and databases, preferring to focus on an
> industrywide effort. Now the two sides are talking about a deal and
> going over technological requirements, according to a letter from SBC
> made available on Thursday.

> Privately held Vonage provides its service using high-speed Internet
> connections and does not have access to the traditional 911 system
> where a phone number and address pop up in emergency call centers.

> Instead, the company's 550,000 customers must activate a 911 service
> by registering an address which is used to send calls to
> lower-priority lines at call centers. That has drawn complaints that
> customers are unaware they must activate the service.

> "We have offered to negotiate commercial agreements ...," Christopher
> Rice, SBC executive vice president for network planning and
> engineering, said in an April 18 letter to Vonage Chief Executive
> Jeffrey Citron.

> Regardless, Rice told Vonage that the carrier would have to reach
> agreements with each public safety entity for delivery of 911 calls.

> Full story at:

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8259385

> How to Distribute VoIP Throughout a Home:
> http://michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.html

> If you live in Michigan, subscribe to the MI-Telecom group:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MI-Telecom/



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I _strongly recommend_ you wait until
you get email back from them saying it is installed in your case. They
usually send email to you confirming it; in some cases the municipality
will also advise you. (At least in my town they did.)  PAT]

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From: Danny Burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Subject: Re: Lingo (Primus Telecommunications) Horror Story
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:12:22 UTC
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC


[ tale of repeated improper billing to credit card edited ]

>> Today, I received a letter saying I've got 10 days to pay Primus
>> Telecommunications 61.99 or they turn me over to a collection agency.
>> What would you do if you were in my situation?

As I'm fond of repeating ... Run, do not walk, to your typewriter and
send a letter to your state attorney general and cc the public service
commission. And for good measure add in the FCC and FTC. The people
sending you the bills are treading across (and in my opinion are way
past) the fraud line.

There are broadly speaking three possibilities once your letters get
there. Choice "b" seems to be the most common:

	a) you'll get completely ignored;
	
	b) they'll take your note and forward it
	over with a cover letter to the various people.
	That will usually get the attention of someone
	or another who can fix things for you.

		and

	c) just maybe, after they get umptity identical 
	complaints, they'll start actually hitting these 
	businesses and the people running them with civil 
	and even criminal actions.

_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
		     dannyb@panix.com 
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

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Subject: Re: Law May Help Freeze ID Theft / 2003 Law Helps Californians
From: tom.horsley@att.net (Thomas A. Horsley)
Organization: AT&T Worldnet
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:42:09 GMT


> The weapon is a little-known California law -- the only one of its
> kind in effect -- allowing residents to freeze access to their credit
> reports. Such a step effectively prevents identity thieves from
> opening unauthorized credit accounts in the names of their victims.

So, just out of curiosity, how does a consumer properly identify
himself to request one of these freezes? (or, probably more
interesting, an unfreeze :-).

How long will it be before we see malicious "denial of credit"
attacks?  (At least there isn't a lot of profit to be made from
denying credit, so instead of organized crime, we'll only get mindless
vandalism, messy divorces, and political tricks on your opponents as
sources for these attacks).

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Subject: Re: Last Laugh! One Way to Get 911's Attention
From: Mark Atwood <me@mark.atwood.name>
Organization: EasyNews, UseNet made Easy!
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:21:18 GMT


Patrick Townson <ptownson@cableone.net> writes:

> The Correct Way To Call The Police

> George Phillips of New York City was going up to bed when his wife
> told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed which she
 ....

Debunked by Snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/safety/response.htm

Mark Atwood       |  When you do things right, people won't be sure
mark@atwood.name  |  you've done anything at all.
http://mark.atwood.name/  http://www.livejournal.com/users/fallenpegasus


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Snopes says the incident did not occur,
and they may be correct. Snopes also claims in that same article that
police should be allowed to prioritize their work as they see best,
and that may be correct also. However ... when calling police, people
should _never_ be told to leave a recorded message and 'we will get 
back to you ASAP.' That does absolutely nothing to restore or maintain
a citizen's confidence in the police who are supposed to serve him. 

Citizens are told to only use 911 in a dire emergency, at least that
is how I was taught. You are to use 911 only if _immediate_police_
intervention_is needed_this_very_instant. You want to report a stolen
car or a burgarized house? Fine ... but those things are _not_ strictly
speaking 'emergencies'. They are events that took place at some time 
in the past. But many times police wish to have everything go through
911 -- emergency or not -- to keep their paperwork in order. Some
police departments absolutely refuse to speak directly to citizens
until the call has first gone through 911. As a result, sometimes 911
is horribly congested, leading to situations as described in the urban
legend account. If 911 is used, the dispatchers should assume an
emergency exists and deal with the call like one. They should _never_
tell the caller to 'leave a message and someone will get back to you'.
At the same time, if a citizen is courteous enough to call the 7-D for
police, police should be courteous enough to deal with him that way
also. Police sometimes seem to want to have things both ways: use 911
so we can have some control over the origin of the call, etc, *and*
use it for emergencies as well; _we_ will tell you what we can or will
do about it'. If police have staffing problems sometimes as a result
of this 'call 911 for everything' attitude, that's their problem to
deal with. And of course now they want to handle all city government
through 311 as well.  PAT]

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From: Tony P. <kd1s@nospamplease.cox.reallynospam.net>
Subject: Re: Last Laugh! One Way to Get 911's Attention
Organization: ATCC
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:07:23 -0400


In article <telecom24.181.10@telecom-digest.org>, 
kd1s@nospamplease.cox.reallynospam.net says:

> In article <telecom24.180.11@telecom-digest.org>, ptownson@cableone.net 
> says:

>> The Correct Way To Call The Police

>> George Phillips of New York City was going up to bed when his wife
>> told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed which she
>> could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go
>> turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing
>> things.

>> He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and he
>> said no. The dispatcher then switched him into a recorded message
>> saying that that all patrol officers were busy, and that he should
>> simply leave a message for them, then lock his door and an officer
>> would be along to take a report when available.

>> George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police
>> again.

>> "Hello I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people
>> in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now cause I've
>> just shot them all dead". Then he muttered "that will teach them to
>> come on my property ... " as he hung up the telephone.

>> Within five minutes five police cars, an Armed Response unit, a SWAT
>> team and two ambulances showed up at the Phillips residence.  Of
>> course, the police caught the burglars red handed.

>> One of the Policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd
>> shot them!"

>> George said, "I thought your recorded message said there was nobody
>> available to help me right now!"

> Brilliant. Every 911 call should be treated the same way. 

> And to think, our current police chief here in Providence is formerly
> of the NYPD. Lovely.

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: And to think _our_ police chief here in
> Independence grew up in the house directly across the street from me
> where his parents lived for fifty years until his father died the same
> year as mine (1991) and his mother was enrolled in the old people's
> home (last year) where my mother is, after his mother suffered a
> stroke and a broken hip.) Lee has been chief for a dozen years and was
> a city employee for twenty years before that. He has the house up for
> sale now, but earlier today I saw him out in the back yard mowing the
> grass like he does most Sundays in the spring/summer.

> I think this has been a busy weekend for the officers: overheard on
> the scanner radio yesterday afternoon, the dispatcher sent officers to
> Garden Walk Apartments on North 10th Street, our public assistance
> housing project. Later one of the officers was heard saying on the
> radio, "second time I have been there today. I told 'him' if I have to
> come back any more, someone is going to get locked up." Their problems,
> it seems, at the 'projects' always involve Demon Rum and/or Crystal Meth,
> or both.  PAT]

Crystal Meth has been a huge problem in middle America for many years 
now. I recall speaking to law enforcement folks at a SEARCH conference 
in D.C. about 4 years ago and even then it was a major issue. 



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yeah, for once something started out
rural then moved to the big cities rather than the other way around as
it usually goes. PAT

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From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Re: Politics in Telecom
Date: 25 Apr 2005 10:34:15 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com


sidd@situ.com wrote:

> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1053595,00.html

> Any Kerry Supporters On The Line?
> The Bush Administration Punishes Some Democrat Backers

I don't know why this is such a surprise to anyone.

Since political parties came about, it was "the victor goes the
spoils".  Whatever party came in cleaned house, and this is in
Federal, State, and local politics.

The development of civil service came about to keep at least some
people on their jobs and maintain continuity.  But all policy makers
and high level people serve solely at the pleasure of those newly
elected.

A very few people manage to stay on the job, some doing work no one
else wants (ie Prison or Sewer commissioner, which aren't very
glamorous).

Even within a single party, there's "punishment" for those who didn't
support the eventual winner.  Basically the life of a politician is
filled with lining up supporters in a constantly changing world, and
choosing who to support elsewhere.  Alliances are constantly being
made and then broken.

FWIW, when FDR was elected in 1932, Herbert Hoover was out of govt and
persona not grata.  But when Truman, a very loyal Democrat, inherited
the office in 1945 he promptly involved Hoover back to the White House
and put Hoover's considerable skills to work for famine relief in
Europe*.  On the other hand, Eisenhower and Truman had a bad falling
out and Truman was not welcome in the house during Eisenhower's term.
In yet another twist, Kennedy brought back Truman to honor him despite
Truman despising Kennedy's father and being very against Kennedy to be
the 1960 candidate.

The point is that politics is all about friends and enemies and reward
and punishment, and it's an accepted part of the game.

(*Contrary to myth, Hoover did a lot more to fight the Depression than
is given credit for.)

It's not much different in the private sector.  When a CEO comes in
there's normally a reorganization and he puts in his own people and
others have to find new jobs, even if they've been with the company
for years.

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From: pv+usenet@pobox.com (Paul Vader)
Subject: Re: New Spam Scam Exploits Pope's Death
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:40:15 -0000
Organization: Inline Software Creations


Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> writes:

>> Is there any way to plonk the moderator of a mailing list? 

> He doesn't morph; you can killfile him just like you can killfile
> anyone else.

Except that he sticks his comments at the end of other people's notes. *

* PV   something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
       like corkscrews.

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well Paul, I can fix that for you. I
have a little perl script here which I will give in a minute, that 
you or anyone can use to write me out of the picture entirely. The
perl script was originally written for use in the 'latest-issue.html'
file on our web site, to make _my_ comments stand out in bright red
when they are interspersed with another article. Go to our web site at
http://telecom-digest.org, read the latest issue file, and you will
see examples of it. I figured if red print was good enough for the
Gospel writers in the New Testament when JC was quoted, it should be
good enough for me also (ha! ha!). 

The perl script does this:

# This perl script replaces cat with perl to make subjects stand out.
# old: cat output >>/home/common/telecom-archives/archives/back.issues/recent.single.issues/latest-issue.html

perl -pe 's/&/&amp;/g;  s/</&lt;/g;  s/>/&gt;/g;  s/Subject:.*?$/<B><font color=red>$&<\/font><\/B>/;  \
     s/((https?|ftp):\/\/.*?)(\s|, )/<a href="$1">$1<\/a>$3/g'  output  |\
     perl -pe 'undef $/; s/\nTELECOM Digest is an electronic.*?organization\./\n<b><font color=midnightblue>$&<\/font><\/b>/s;' \
     -e 's/\n\[TELECOM Digest Editor.s Note:.*?PAT\]/\n<font color=brown>$&<\/font>/sg'  \
     >> $outfile

Now, as you can see, each issue of the Digest is run through that perl
script, and anytime I choose to speak out (inconvenient for you, I
understand) anytime in an issue there is a line of text which begins
with a left bracket '[' and immediatly continues with the string
(without the quotes) 'TELECOM Digest Editor's Note:' then the font
changes colors and continues in that new brownish color until the
ending is discovered ('PAT' followed by a right bracket ']') then the
font color changes back again to what it was. So maybe I just say
'thank you' or maybe I rant and rave for several lines, no
matter. That opening phrase flush at the left margin and the closing
phrase (PAT followed by a right bracket) controls when the color
changes. By the same technique I make the Subject line stand out in
bright red and I put the closing words from my patrons in blue.

Now all you need to do, Paul, is take those sentences which came from
me between left bracket TELECOM Digest, etc and ending
with PAT right bracket and either send them to /null or send me to
/hell or whatever you want. Use my perl script to do whatever you want
to do with the offensive lines in the middle. See Paul, I try to look
out for folks around here. I don't ever make guys do something they
don't want to do. Either you read me because you want to, or you skip
over me because you don't want to read. Using _force_ on guys is not
my style.  This public service announcement was intended to help you
protect yourself and your friends from the ravages of a moderator with
brain disease.  You are welcome. Now watch the color change.  PAT]

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