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Anna Malanushenko, 14 years old

My Home

Good Dream? Or not…

Main ideas:

I and my house – uniform orhanism. The house is indissolubly connected to me, I feeling it as the body, as well as operating it. But my body operates not only consciousness, but also subconsciousness. So, for example, my subconsciousness adjusts music depending on my moral condition, as my orhanism adjusts blood pressure depending on my physical condition.

The house displays its unusual properties only if I’ll ask, becaurse it is MY house. If I want my home listened other persons (not me), I have to ask about it, or, if I cannot ask, an emergency situation, for rendering me help. The house is listening me in everything, but I pay to it the same price. I always support in it physical and spiritual cleanliness. Cleanly not there, where clean, but there, where do not litter. In my house it is necessary to take and not to put on a place, it is impossible to be betraid to malicious ideas and feelings. But to supportthe cleanliness is not difficultly, even the dust is not, and any weariness, insult, fust an affliction or unintentional rage in my house passes at once -- the kind home atmosphere removes it at all.

Also, my house will protect me, as soon as it can. For example, I can live in it so long, so is requiped, not leaving it, and I'll have all necessary for life.

The Light

The Tree Of Light growing up in my sleeping room, near the head of the bed.

Tree: Three roots merge in one trunk, the trunk branches on seven branches.
Colours: Roots – red, yellow, dark blue;
Trunk – white;
Branches – of a rainbow colours;
Each part shines loudly by its own color in darkness, using the softest tones.

Music
The music, proceeding from walls themselves too, plays appropriate to my mood in the given moment.

If I once heard a melody, but I can not recollect it, and it would be necessary to listen it, the house will "read" it in my memory and will play, if I shall ask. You see, it is usual all ever heard or seen by person is remembered, people “forgets a way” to this memoirs in the brain only.

Going to my bed, I can ask the house pick me up in determined time, so house pick me up with music, most suitable to this. To find the best symphony, house takes into account my dreams, my mood before sleep, even weather in the outdoor are taken into account!

Smells
Lavender is my favorite smell. So, it’s no wonder, there are lavender smell in my house. It must be “warm” and “soft”, figuratively speaking, but not too sated. Walls, floor, furniture, even clothes smells lavender, but atmosphere killing not. On the contrary, there is the sensation of unusual freshness, although the smell is spicy, "mature", “drunk”.

Building all in all
The appearance not so important, if you ask me, but I want the picture will left completed, so I'll write about it.

The building is low but wery wide. It looks like the Russian house with outside carved porch, wooden shutters, but not simulate this house inside.

There are a lot of rooms, a lot of surprising things here: necessary and useless, beautiful and ugly, having only one common feature: they was created by good, using goods and for good things. As I sad before, there are great number of it, so if you devote all your life to look and explain it, it will be not possible to look even a small part of it.

My bed
My bed is not too soft, but not too rigid also, there are a great number pillows and bed-covers on it. Follow my askings, it can rice upwards and downwards, fly by the air, flip, without falling me down. When I sleep, the bed use all this abilities to make me feel good, if where are no harm to me and my room doing it.

Doors and windows
“Growing up” from the walls, floor, roof in place where I asked.

Garden
There are a lot of trees growing up here. One can see green leafs, flowers and fruits on them all day a round year. To receive any food (fruits, vegetables, drinks, meat and milk, etc.), or of wood products (furniture, paper, crockery, etc.) I need only clearly think about it, "to bring up" it in my brain from any tree I want, then I'll see this tree "will bring up" the subject necessary to me.


A lot of animals live in my garden. Horses and wolfs, dogs and cats, snakes and deers live in peace. Predators kill other animals so much, how many is necessary to eat, they take weak ones only. Nobody is ill here.

By the way, did I tell you about the lake in my garden? It’s very large, much fishes swimming there, all animals drink water here, birds playing and singing here. It’s clean all time of the day. Temperature of water is adjusted under my request. I love swimming here, and fishes, birds and animals are not afraid of me. You see, they know that I don't want to prevent they.

Finally, only one question comes to me: if all times I use my house, will I forget how to use my body?


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Nastya Blagorazumova, 10 years old

Åxcursion to Biologist’s Home

Computer: Please, take your foot away from your computer-bed.
Student: I’m sorry!
C: Where are you going, young sir?
S: To Faculty of Biology.
C: Well, I know where you must go.
S: Hey-hey! I’m never late for University!

Author (flying up): Today you will learn more than you did in all your course and school.
S: Really?

Au: I’m not telling a lie. We’ll have a little excursion to my house.
S: And where is your house?
Au: That face of lynx is it.
S: Oh, it looks like alive!
Au: Of coarse, because it is.
S: What??!!
Au: All the houses are alive. Only some old museums aren’t.
S: And what is her or his favourite food?
Au: Ha-ha! Don’t worry. She doesn’t like students like you.
S: Phooof!
Au. Well, let’s go.

First I’ll show you my Biostudy. Don’t worry, this is my pictureshower. I know, this face of tiger is big and too natural.

You can’t see the window? And you like sun? But it can be how you want. Can you see that thing on my grandpa’s old table? No, it isn’t a telephone. I call it “openwindow” thing but officially it is “windowphone”.

What? You want to see one of my infostories? When excursion is over you’ll see all of them.

Do you know that I have a little pictureshower in my pocket?


This face of the dog can bark and become red. I can show you my “windy forest”. We must go to my hall. I’ll help you and you’ll like it.

Do you see that transparent and blue square on the wall? Please go there and listen to me. You are sitting in the cube. It is like a cup… big virtual cup with sea water… And now look.

That big forest is a main one – “windy forest”. In this forest only wild animals live. We shall go there. Oh, no, you are afraid again! You forget about my little pictureshower. From this face of a wild dog some virtual waves come, and the animal, who tries to attack you, will sleep. Any questions? OK. Yes…hmm… This cube looks like a magnifying glass. But this glass is only for fine details. When you look through it you think of these fine details and imagine the result if you combine them together.

But we are late. To “windy forest”!Many animals live in this forest. They are big, strong and healthy. And do you want to know what they eat? Sometimes I go shopping. Of coarse, together with my house. Best of all tigers like beef steaks. Giraffes like vegetables. Other animals like… But look! That is my electric liana! It has electric eyes and they put some information to my info-books. Animals can’t see it. And that is the “endless” river. Some sparse fishes live there.

But we must go. I want to show you other places.


This is my room of the old things. My grandpa was a biologist too. There are some books about animals and insects. And three books about the virtual apparatus. That is his old computer – Pentium. I like this room because it teaches me to keep the old things. Here I learnt to read, to write. It was my grandpa’s favourite room.

And this is my day-off room. When I am very tired I come here and sleep or look at glasspictures (photo). Every person must sleep a little bit when he works hard. Sometimes I take a book from the room of the old things and read it. But best of all I like to read some of my pictureshower story-books.

Au: Now I have shown you all the rooms that I wanted to show you today.
S: And other rooms?
Au: Come and see me some day and I’ll show you all of them.

S: And how so many places can be in the small house?
Au: You can measure a house in meters but fantasy is endless.


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"My Virtual Home"

Vitaliy Prusov, 13 years old

The house of future.
The house of future is in a big glass sphere. It is under the water but when the supplies of air finish the house of future will rise on the surface and then will go down under the water again.

In the center of the sphere there is a house of future. Around it many big trees, grass, shrubbery will soar high in the air. People could choose the seasons in the sphere according of their wishes.
The house of future will consist of ten different rooms which can change their places, forms, size and quantity of windows.
Every room will consist of a table and a big screen. On the table there will be a control panel. Every thing has its own code. If you compose a code on the screen the thing with this code will appear in the room.

People could set every thing in every place of the room, open or close the windows and the doors, and do many other things.
The house of future can speak, watch and think as it is alive and it possesses many other useful qualities.
This house can give answers on every questions, say what time is it, tell the weather for tomorrow.
If people go into the room when it is dark the house will switch on the light.
According of their wishes people can be found in other room in the house.
When somebody enter in the house of future the house will start music that the person likes.
So I am in the house of future.
I have invented the house of future with hope what in future my project will be realized.


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Vova Elizarov, 12 years old

All World is My House!
( The poem in the three visions)


THE FIRST VISION

Gray-haired Neanderthal man sat on a trunk of the fallen pine and thoughtfully looked in the party of a break of a glacier sparkling in beams of the bright sun. He was old and is ailing: it was him twentieth spring! It is not enough to whom from him tribesmens it was possible to live up to so respectable age: one were carried away with a unsuccessful hunt or the raging elements, others - numerous unknown illnesses or famine. Two his sons already for a long time hunted independently in distant wood forests; both his daughters lived with the families behind the Large river.

Neanderthal man unconsciously twisted stemy of a camomile in hands; it petals tickled his nose.

Last two years he lived in close cave under a large stone, slided from a hill. In cave fire for a long time gone out, it was cold, it was nothing to eat, as his hunt for a long time already has ceased to be successful. How many goats and deers were extracted by he for last year? By a free hand he has become to put stones: large - "deers" - to the left of itself; is smaller - than "goats" - on the right. He thought, he simply recollects recent events of the heavy life, sums up to the earthly existence.

And only wise Creator looked at him with a smile: Savage! Yourself do not understand, what do you make! In your brain forming one more crinkle: these rough stones not that other, as details of the first accounting machine!

In a head of savage contours of a large iron box, stuffing by any screens, dials blinking by bulbs, buttons and regulators vaguely appeared unintelligible while to it. The box was motionless, but could make very much! Bulbs and the buttons by invisible strings entangled consciousness of Neanderthal man caused in him what - that new, unintelligible to him sensations. Suddenly it seems up to him, his feeble hands can easily lift in the sky a stone rock, and him feeble legs in a condition at one moment to transfer hi for a far mountain.

By feeling vague anxiety, savage has rejected flower in the party, has broken off strong bough of a tree and has gone dig by it ground on abrupt breakage of a coast of the river. But, alas, about iron century was still so far...

With last forces he has returned to himself home. What was his house? When he was more young, on summer he left on abrupt breakage at a coast of the river and lived there in a superficial hole, by covering floor by its dry grass. Severe winters was spending by him in the forest at a source not freezing brook, in deep burrow, which itself has dug under rhizome of tree. This burrow was for hi both drawing room, and bedroom, and restaurant.

About what house he dreamed?

He would like to have cave far behind the Large River, where always is warm. Cave should be deep and Imperceptible outside, that the undesirable visitors passed by it. Cave should be located near to an abrupt slope, that it was not filled in with water from rains and spring high waters. It would be good, if the entrance in cave protcted by high trees that the storm winds did not penetrate into it. And there are a lot of other wishes to external and internal shape of the house - cave of old Neanderthal man. Poor devil nothing has been heard about Bill Gates and virtual office equipment, but his soul intuitively aspired to something raised and accomplished ...


THE SECOND VISION

The gray-haired Scientist took in at a glanse serially screens several computers located on his large working table. At the age of two centurys he was rather vigorous and strong. As well as the majority of his contemporaries, he lives in the virtual house, which bases some centuries back were developed wise Bill Gates. These houses were literally sated with any gauges, computers and home appliances, which were included in work on one only to desire of tenants, not only carrying out, but also anticipating their slightest desires. The people should not worry neither about hygiene, nor about health, about businesses - everyone made for them obliging, obedient and all-powerful devices and machines.

The people have forgotten, what are illnesses, stresses, physical and psyhological difficulties. The mastering by knowledge and riches of culture has become accessible and pleasant employment for all. Everyone could completely devote himself to employment by favourite business or decision especially of difficult scientific problem. The duration of life has become to be measured in many hundreds years.

The computers and other engineering literally have protected the people from the external world, protected and preserved them not only from natural cataclysmes, but also in general against slightest anxiety. The people began to protect at first separate houses, and then - whole settlements and cities by protective barriers, screens and other structures, inside which created the microclimate. Not only weather, but also season inside these screens could be established at the request of the people. For the greater isolation from elements of the external world some settlements became to place deeply under ground. Basically alive nature has become not necessary for the man. The people could live many years, not leaving on a surface of ground.

... At one time scientists puzzled over problem: why on a surface of a Mars are not traces of reasonable life?...

But for the present not all cities have hidden under a surface of ground. Moreover, formed and many specialized settlements connected basically to astronomical supervision and space communication extended. The people for a long time have mastered the Moon and other planets, have learned steadily to accept and to decipher signals of other civilizations. Instead of development super-heavy and super-power space ships for communication with other worlds people became to use natural space bodies. You see not at random at the end of the 20-th century, when our sky was shined with a superlarge comet of Hale-Bopp, besides natural admiration its beauty, it was offered to use it in the economic purposes:

To “Hale-Bopp” Comet

How Inconceivable's The Universe,
And Mystery of The Creation
Not Mystique, but Cognition, we Suppose,
Is In the Comets’ Revelation. I Wonder Who Could Saddle You Up ,
And Ride You As A Horse Through Space,
Like Giant Interplanetary Knight,
In Everlasting Universal Race…
You Came from Distant Worlds, We Know
You’re Being Pushed By Infinite Power,
And Ages Will Until Again You Glow,
And Light Up Nightly Sky with Sparking Shower Alas, It’s Time for You to Fly Away,
To Leave Us for Unknown Worlds,
You Never Stop, You Make Your Lonely Way
You Mighty Pilgrim, Herald of the Lord …
Where Were You? What're You Seen?
Who Met You On Your Way Through Space?
Who Fell in Love with You? Who Frightened You Away?
Who'd You Remember in This Universe? You’re Bound for a Depth of Nothingness
Where Light Of Dying Stars Protrudes in Vain,
Good Bye, Oh Wonder Comet, Fly in Peace.
And See You … In A Thousand Years Again!
What Are You - Burning Fire or a Wave?
What Treasure Do You Hide Inside Your Tail?
You May Be Bringing Seeds of Weird Life,
Or Just a Cloud of Deadly Icy Hail …


Adolph ELIZAROV, Senior research scientist of Crimean Astrophysical Observatory,
334413, Crimea, p/o Nauchny, Ukraine. E-mail: eai@crao.crimea.ua
19 March, 1997.
Free Translation from Russian by Paul BORZYAK, Melbourne, Australia. E-mail: Paul_Borzyak@neca.nec.com.au
9 April, 1997.

THE THIRD VISION

Recently my Main Processor magnanimously has allocated to me some hundreds years of personal time, and I could, at last, it is a little to think over itself and about the life.

The mine head automatically accepted colour of that epoch, which came in the world in the given time. The exact duration of my life could be established only by the bulky special program, if to start it at once on several giperprocessor of microelectronic structure. The duration of life of the people for a long time has become concept uncertain, as physical old age and the illnesses for a long time were defeated; any unreliable body automatically and painlessly was replaced new artificial, more reliable; the conditions of life were defined only by desire of people or any expediency. And concept "year" has become uncertain, as the Earth, and all Solar system for a long time have ceased to exist, their matter has dissipated in the cosmical space, has turned to a space dust and partially has passed in other objects.

I remember the life of many star congestions and Galaxies have passed, arose, developed and many civilizations and systems of Reason, different forms of life of plants and animals disappeared. The man in many respects has comprehended Reason of the universe, has learned to move in space and time with arbitrary large speeds and in any direction.

Where I lived, what was my house? My life passed in the worlds with conditions, suitable to the people, or in artificial constructions soaring in space space to new objects, interesting to us.

The people for a long time have learned to create computers fineer atom and even of electron. We closely come to a solution of a structure of a matter and bases of the universe. The founder in many respects has approached us to itself, has shown a solution of many secrets, but the person does not open yet.

Analyzing structure of atoms, people began carry analogy between elementary particles and supertiny computers: is it here a secret of a nature of genes and heredity is concealed? What amazing similarity between a variety of a matter constructed from the same elementary particles, and variety complex programs sold by the same processors isn't it? Whether is the mysterious phenomenon of a heredity analogue of display of enormous computer memory?

Of what house could I dream? I wanted only one: to appear in workshop of the Founder to learn secrets of the Universe, origin of a matter, energy, life and reason.

But, by learning all this, as though could I be saved from temptation to alter the world in own way, to make the universe " under itself "? Can be, in that and there is a greatest sense of Wisdom, that all to open to the people?

... So I reflected turning the sight deep into of worlds. I have overtaken all , I can all , all is dependent on me - that the Founder has permitted. What disturbs me? What a vague anxiety I feel? All well and completely around me. All is beauty around me. The all beautys and riches of the universe are accessible to me. I do not frightened whims of weather, lifeless spaces and pernicious heat of a star flame. The perfect machines and courageous projects on development of other planets and Galaxies are dependent on me. I saw all, I has overtaken all.

What a vague vision disturbs me? What not clear and imperceptible image rises before mine mental look and excites my soul? What an unfamiliar to me, but very exciting smells to my face, causes unknown - or forgotten? - sensation and feeling?

With an alarm and I excitement peered at model of atom. What it reminds to me, about what we have forgotten in the Computer-World, what so does not suffice to us in our perfect life?

I was passed on our artificial pathes, has admired our multi-coloured and bright screens with the images of stages and landscapes from life of other worlds, has touched our alive and artificial ornaments. They were magnificent, reflected all last achievement of design and ergonomics, but all of them suddenly have seemed to me senseless and even hostile. I addressed to our super-power computers, but they only bewildered blinked by screens of displays.

I already almost have penetrated into structure and properties of a nuclear nucleus, but the scientific achievement suddenly have ceased to render on me the magic inspiring influence.

Sometimes it was seemed to me, I clearly see this subject, unfamiliar to me, which has caused in me such anxiety. Something in it even reminded that atom, which structure I studied. But neither in my memory, nor in the enormous catalogues of machine libraries I did not manage to find an intelligible explanation to this phenomenon. All habitual for me the subjects had become uninteresting and are unpleasant to me.

What in them suddenly has ceased me to arrange? Our world created at our desire, catching and warning any our whim, suddenly has seemed to me another's and unnatural. I changed colour and form of separate subjects, was transferred to different places, caused my favourite music and pictures, but they only strengthened my suppressed mood.

What so has upset me?
I have not found the answer.
Who will help me, who will solve my riddle?

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Boris Papinyan, 15 years old

"My Virtual Home"

Hi, friends! My name is Boris and I'm a programmer. I've been working for our computer firm since 1995, the year I graduated from the University. It's a cool job and I love it. Our office is in the city. So it takes me an hour to get home. My house is at the seaside, in a beautiful location. It's surrounded by woods of pine-trees, that are full of wild animals. The woods come close to our place, so I had to do my best to protect the house and my family from unexpected guests. On the other hand, I tried to make my house comfortable and cozy. It didn't cost me much, because it was me to design it and complete all the necessary jobs.

Today is Saturday and I'm allowed to leave the office a bit earlier. The heat is unbearable. My air-car is running fast, slightly touching the ground. From time to time it jumps over hills and stones, buzzing softly as a bee. Where is my house? It's hard to notice it among the trees. But the car knows the direction, it's self-controlled. My house is me. It feels my spirits, foretells my wishes. Hello, here we are (pic. 1).

I jump out of the car and it runs into the garage. I put off my shoes and socks and step on the Path. Cool soft grass hugs my feet and tickles the toes. Water fountains on the both sides of the Path gradually change its forms and shapes, glittering in the sun. The Path also changes its surface: hot sand, small cool stones, sharp brushlike plants and again soft grass. It's just the way I like and need after a busy day. The music of nature and my house is not very loud, it greets me and welcomes, waking up the area. The Path always takes medical examination. It's my Mom's idea. Be sure, she has already looked through my results and given orders to the Cook. I'm hungry.

The front door opens and I find myself in the hall. (pic 2)

On the wall around the mirror, there are many tiny things: pins, flowers,but the idea is scarves and necklaces. Mummy has designed them, originally mine. When guests come, they are to choose and wear any ofand get in the sensitive indicators to be identified touch with thebathroom, House. Mom gives me a kiss and goes to the kitchen. She reminds me not to stay too long in the for dinner is getting ready.

I enter the bathroom and step down the empty pool, which occupies entirely the whole room. (pic. 3).


Do you like to sing, taking shower? I do. So, the Pool waits for my voice and orders. The pictures on the walls of the bathroom change due to the variant I choose. When I sing "My Bonny is over the ocean", salt ocean water comes from all sides, filling the pool. When I sing "Rain, rain, come from Spain", it starts raining. I can call even for waterfall or gazers, hot vapor and icy water with snow. It depends. Today I choose pine-tree smells and cool shower. My Mom hates my being late for dinner.

Our kitchen looks like a laboratory. The central machine is the Cook. It develops the results of our medical examinations and plans the menu. I keeps the diary of everything we eat to make a balanced daily diet. My today's meal contains energy rich foods, body-building foods, protective and regulative foods. As for the last food group (vitamins, minerals and microelements), much of them are get from our OSS (Ocean Separator Station). (pic.4).


The kitchen is Mom's favourite place. What I sometimes do is inventing a new kind of sandwich. We have meals in the dining room. The music is an essential part of the meal, provided by the Cook. The air conditioner controls the state of atmosphere, reducing carbon dioxide. It seems you are high in the mountains. The Carbon dioxide is good nourishment for the mushrooms, growing in the cellar (pic. 4) The mushrooms absorb dust, too, giving back oxygen. We do not discuss things during our meals, for it's not healthy. The amount of food is enough to be filled with new energy and optimism.

When dinner is over, Mom calls for Robpets, which are to tidy the room and wash up the dishes. Robpets do all the cleaning around the house (pic 2). They are funny looking creatures. Some of them crawl on the walls, floors and ceilings, polishing and cleaning the surfaces. We designed them only a year ago. At first, Tim (a cat) and Rex (a puppy) were surprised and amused. The animals tried to play with them and sometimes made harm to Robpets. Finally, Tim and Rex got used to busy creatures and seem to respect them. They except brushing more willingly. Probably, their brushing boxes are more comfortable now.

Mom also wants me to look neat and smart. Though our Tailor Box needs reconstruction, the procedure is quite simple. You enter the box and it accurately takes your measures. After that you leave the box, choose a fashion model and press the sewing button. Our suits are more comfortable than the ready made staff aimed at mass market.

Now, it's time for Activision. I enter my room and sit down in the Activision armchair. Three meters far from the armchair, there is a desk. You can see neither a monitor nor a screen on it. The desk is empty. I choose my favourite channel and in a moment three dismal projection objects appear on the desk. Of course, it's an illusion, projection of the reality. In this way I can get in touch with my friends and even play some sport games with them. The objects seem to be real and you can feel weights. When I'm thirsty, there's no need to go downstairs: running juice system provides you with any juice you choose.

It's time to go to bed. My air-bed is comfortable. You need neither sheets nor blankets. It seems you hang in the air above the bed. I'm really tired and fall asleep. Bye-bye.

Boris


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Ksenia Chelyadinova, 16 years old

The House Of Desires

My house stands on the hill of my desires. It can change its form and content, depending of my desires and wishes. It is built of future materials. Now it presents a cube which is situated on four columns.There is an air garden between columns, unusual plants grow there, rare kinds of animals live and eczotic birds fly. There is a fountain in the centre of the garden,water of which irrigates the whole garden up to the corners. In my house everything happens according to my desires, sometimes we have very strange wishes and throughts.

I want to be beautiful very often and then I find myself in the Room Of Beauty. Here I became beautiful with frightened beauty. My hair changes with different colours and shine so that it is impossible to look at it. There is a mysterious radiance in my eyes, and they seem to be deep and dark as a bottom lake. Here a person is so beautiful in body as beautiful is his soal.

When I want a desire to love and to be loved, at once, I find myself in the Room Of Love. Here I meet a handsome young man. First I wanted to carry out all my wishes, but then I understand that I do not need a servant that a loving person.

Sometimes I want to discuss and meditate, so I find myself in the Room Of Wisdom. Here I became wise as an old men and speak with clever persons. When I want to be funny I find myself in the Room Of Funnies and communications. I do here everything I can do and I cannot do.

I have the Room Of Traveling, when I want to travel. I can find myself in any place of the world even in another galactic. It is better not to sleep in thise room because you can get into your dream that is in your imagination.

At last, when you are tired of yourself you find yourself in the Room Of Reincarnation. You can became any animal, a fairy girl and even a thing.

I invite all persons with unordinary mentality with unusual psychology, with difficult character with unstandart behaviuor with fearful appearance to visit my house.

You are welcome.


 

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