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by Zack Githinji 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Hi, Looking for a scanner that can do pictures at a rate of like 1 A4 in less than 5 sec, and has many picture formats, thanks. -- Regards, Zack K. Githinji Technical Officer, Cell:+254 722 649199 E-mail:zachgithinji@gmail.com "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

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Re: [Skunkworks] [EANOG] The East Africa Internet Exchange Point-- Where are we?
by Stan Ngure 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Dear Networkers, Hope we are all keeping well. The challenges and issues in the region brought about by lack of this EAIXP have finally come home to roost in my court. Its about time we made this happen, am not sure how but we need an extra gear, because regional services will not be easy to deliver at this rate. - What needs to be done? - Who needs to be involved? - What resources are needed? - How do we attain and sustain it? Am all ears open, and a willing participant to make this EAIXP dream a reality. Cheers. Stan Ngure

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IETF 84 in Vancouver (Canada) - Guest Day Pass Information (July 31, 2012)
by Barrack Otieno 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Dear Colleagues, At the forthcoming IETF 84, members of the Internet Society, students and instructors can receive a complimentary one-day Guest Pass (Tuesday, July 31, 2013) to the meeting. Details are attached below. Please pass this information to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks, Sabrina Wilmot Internet Society ----------- IETF Guest Day To: University Professors and Students Local ISOC Members Join the Internet's Leading Engineers in Vancouver! Experience first hand the Internet standards process and meet the world's leading Internet engineers, developers and researchers. We expect 1,200 attendees from more than 40 countries. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will convene July 29 to August 3 for IETF 84 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver and you are invited! The IETF is the premiere international open-standards community and is responsible for many of the Internet's most important standards, including TCP/IP, e-mail, instant messaging, VoIP, 3G and IPv6. Its work is concerned with the evolution of the Internet's architecture and its smooth operation. To learn more see: <https://www.ietf.org/newcomers.html> The IETF is unique from other standards groups in that it is a volunteer organization, lead by individuals, not governments or corporations. The IETF's processes are open to all and decisions are made on the basis of "rough consensus and running code." If you are doing research in networking or communications, this is one event you don't want to miss. The IETF meets three times a year face-to-face to progress its work of Internet Standards development for the betterment of the Internet and people worldwide. Tuesday, July 31, 2012 is IETF 84 Guest Day when students, instructors and members of Internet Society can receive a complimentary one-day Guest Pass to the IETF 84 Meeting. Guests shall check in at the Registration Table for their name tags. Guests have an opportunity to attend some of the 30 plus Working Group sessions being held that day. The Agenda will be available here - <https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/84/agenda.html> Note: You may also attend Newcomer Training that is scheduled for Sunday 29 July at 1:00 PM at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. See: <https://www.ietf.org/meeting/84/tutorials.html> Interested local ISOC members, Students and Instructors must: 1. Register online at <http://www.ietf.org/meeting/84/index.html> but not pay. 2. Send an email to iad at ietf.org, subject: Guest Pass, indicating an ISOC member ID, student or instructor, provide Registration ID and request a one-day Guest Pass. 3. Pick up a Guest Pass on Tuesday. The IETF welcomes your interest in its work and looks forward to the day when you will participate in this volunteer endeavor. **** _______________________________________________ Chapter-delegates mailing list Chapter-delegates(a)elists.isoc.org https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Looking for inexpensive projector
by Sham Kanji 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Hi All, Any ideas on where I can get a good deal on a projector. Something for a small boardroom TIA Sham

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<OT> Replacement Fan Needed
by Brian Ngure 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Hi All, I am looking for a replacement fan for a HP Compaq Presario cq61-210ei. Anyone know where I can get this? And cost? -- Regards Brian Ngure

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Re: [Skunkworks] nano-SIM, here we come!
by Martin Gicheru 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

I would assume that nanosim would not mean limiting which carrier to use but actually get you from being dependent on switchable physical sum, that you will be presented with switching options from within the phone menu. Only thing of debate is whether this will allow for GSM and CDMA to be on one phone. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Okechukwu Sent: 7/20/2012 8:02 AM To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] nano-SIM, here we come! Saying it wont work before fully understanding what it is... <-- I can't describe this type of thinking :-( ./Ok3ch On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:07 AM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I dont think it would be wise to have Simless phones.. > > If you travel a lot - think about the cost implications.. you have to depend > on your home network,, unless you buy another phone. > > Having a phone with changeable simcards i believe gives you many instant > options.. > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke

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iWay VSAT LINK (Rates)
by Lloyd Njunge 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Hi, Might any one by any chance be familiar with the above stated specifically for a 512Kbps link, preferably with a public IP assigned to the Modem. Even an average round figure will be helpful.Thanks -- Kind Regards, *Njung'e N. Lloyd Cell: +254 723 739 733*

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Re: [Skunkworks] Installing teamviewer on centos 5.4
by William Muriithi 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

> The first problem is that I dont think the CentOS version - 5.4 is in > support hence yum shall fail. The last support I shink should be 5.8. > > Solutions would be upgrade using a 5.8 disc or higher, which most guys dont > prefer or do a clean install on supported version then yum all the packages > else you have to seek the binaries or source files of each missing > dependency. > You do not need to re-install to update from 5.4 to 5.8. Just hit "yum update" and when its done reboot and you are on 5.8. Petty safe and reliable. If you want to go to centos 6, then that is an upgrade and need more planning > Me thots! > > ./TheMburu > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Boniface <mboteb(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Since you are missing compilers and libraries, I would suggest you try > > install the package groups. > > > > yum -y install "Compatibility libraries" "Development tools" > > > > All the best. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:08 PM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen(a)gmail.com >wrote: > > > >> Teamview obviously needs telnet/ssh services and without libgcc etcetra; > >> ssh/telnet may not work.. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:07 PM, ndungu stephen < ndungustephen(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>> he he he - this is skunkworks kweli [?] > >>> > >>> @ Wangari > >>> > >>> You can download and install packages/libraries like "libgcc" from free > >>> sites around the web.. > >>> > >>> ftp to your directory and > >>> # pkgadd -d libgcc* > >>> > >>> As advised; do this for all... > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Skunkworks mailing list > >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > >> ------------ > >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > >> ------------ > >> > >> Skunkworks Rules > >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > >> ------------ > >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Skunkworks mailing list > > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > ------------ > > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > ------------ > > > > Skunkworks Rules > > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > > ------------ > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > > > > > -- > Conservatism is the adherence to the old tried against the new untried. >

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Installing teamviewer on centos 5.4
by Evon Wangari 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Hi Team,, Am getting this error, [root@localhost ~]# yum install teamviewer Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp.linux.org.tr * extras: ftp.linux.org.tr * updates: ftp.iitm.ac.in Setting up Install Process No package teamviewer available. Nothing to do [root@localhost ~]# yum --nogpgcheck install teamviewer_linux.rpm Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp.linux.org.tr * extras: ftp.linux.org.tr * updates: ftp.iitm.ac.in Setting up Install Process Examining teamviewer_linux.rpm: teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 Marking teamviewer_linux.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package teamviewer7.i386 0:7.0.9350-1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: glibc(x86-32) >= 2.4 for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: libgcc(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: alsa-lib(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: zlib(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: libSM(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: libXext(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: libXtst(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: libXdamage(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: libXfixes(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: libXrender(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Processing Dependency: freetype(x86-32) for package: teamviewer7 --> Finished Dependency Resolution teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libXtst(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libgcc(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libXfixes(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libXrender(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: freetype(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: glibc(x86-32) >= 2.4 is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libXext(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: zlib(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libXdamage(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libSM(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 from /teamviewer_linux has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: alsa-lib(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: alsa-lib(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: libXfixes(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: libXtst(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: libSM(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: libXext(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: glibc(x86-32) >= 2.4 is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: libXdamage(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: freetype(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: zlib(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: libXrender(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) Error: Missing Dependency: libgcc(x86-32) is needed by package teamviewer7-7.0.9350-1.i386 (/teamviewer_linux) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest The program package-cleanup is found in the yum-utils package. please assist.

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Re: [Skunkworks] Read-Only Filesystem on Linux
by William Muriithi 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

> > Most definitely a disk failure, best option is to replace it FAST! > In my experience, that is always the cause. Check the kernel logs. And don't reboot until you are ready to replace it, when it goes down, its not going to be coming up again so you will have a more serious outage William > On 20 July 2012 12:02, Brian Ngure <brian(a)pixie.co.ke> wrote: >> Do a disk check. The drive may be failing. >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Moses Muya <mouzmuyer(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Can't do that right now, it's a production server and the read-only file >>> system is only affecting 3 users. >>> >>> >>> On 20 July 2012 11:38, Arthur Buliva <arthurbuliva(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Reboot the machine >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Sent from my Casio FX-350HB Calculator >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: mouzmuyer(a)gmail.com >>>> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:28:25 +0300 >>>> To: skunkworks(a)my.co.ke; skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>> Subject: [Skunkworks] Read-Only Filesystem on Linux >>>> >>>> >>>> Good People(and Bad ones as well), >>>> >>>> I got a read-only file system error on one of my hardisks on a Linux box >>>> and quickly switched to root and did 'mount -o remount,rw >>>> /where/i/wanted/it/to/be/mounted/ ' but I keep getting the error 'mount: >>>> block device /dev/sdb2 is write-protected, mounting read-only' . >>>> >>>> I have also tried to unmount it so that I mount it afresh, i.e 'umount >>>> /where/it/was/mounted/ but I get the error 'umount: /where/it/was/mounted/: >>>> device is busy' ! Is there something i'm missing here? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> >>>> Moses Muya. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list >>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ >>>> Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ >>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>> ------------ >>>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>> ------------ >>>> >>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>> ------------ >>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Moses Muya. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> ------------ >>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Brian Ngure >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > > > -- > ??????????????????????? > Regards, > David Njuki > @njukey [Google,Twitter,Yahoo] > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:08:21 +0300 > From: David Njuki <njukey(a)gmail.com> > To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Cc: skunkworks(a)my.co.ke > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Read-Only Filesystem on Linux > Message-ID: > <CAHM9YQoL=RQ-eDCAgrAbRU9p1TnZ2YQAMuO0RkGTtN3cGkMbYQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Most definitely a disk failure, best option is to replace it FAST! > > On 20 July 2012 12:02, Brian Ngure <brian(a)pixie.co.ke> wrote: >> Do a disk check. The drive may be failing. >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Moses Muya <mouzmuyer(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Can't do that right now, it's a production server and the read-only file >>> system is only affecting 3 users. >>> >>> >>> On 20 July 2012 11:38, Arthur Buliva <arthurbuliva(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Reboot the machine >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Sent from my Casio FX-350HB Calculator >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: mouzmuyer(a)gmail.com >>>> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:28:25 +0300 >>>> To: skunkworks(a)my.co.ke; skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>> Subject: [Skunkworks] Read-Only Filesystem on Linux >>>> >>>> >>>> Good People(and Bad ones as well), >>>> >>>> I got a read-only file system error on one of my hardisks on a Linux box >>>> and quickly switched to root and did 'mount -o remount,rw >>>> /where/i/wanted/it/to/be/mounted/ ' but I keep getting the error 'mount: >>>> block device /dev/sdb2 is write-protected, mounting read-only' . >>>> >>>> I have also tried to unmount it so that I mount it afresh, i.e 'umount >>>> /where/it/was/mounted/ but I get the error 'umount: /where/it/was/mounted/: >>>> device is busy' ! Is there something i'm missing here? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> >>>> Moses Muya. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list >>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ >>>> Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ >>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>> ------------ >>>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>> ------------ >>>> >>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>> ------------ >>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Moses Muya. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> ------------ >>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Brian Ngure >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > > > -- > ??????????????????????? > Regards, > David Njuki > @njukey [Google,Twitter,Yahoo] > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > End of Skunkworks Digest, Vol 29, Issue 190 > *******************************************

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