Keebler/Blog

• 10:51 AM Jonathan Keebler - Obama and Bush just left the whitehouse in a motorcade together
• 10:52 AM Jonathan Keebler - Damn, that car is seriously bulletproof. NBC said it has the same armour as a battleship
• 10:53 AM Jonathan Keebler - Obama won’t get to drive a car again for about 4 years
• 10:54 AM Jonathan Keebler - I hear crowds cheering, but no one is allowed anywhere near the cars
• 10:55 AM Jonathan Keebler - I wonder what Obama and Bush are talking about in the car…
• 10:56 AM kmays - Inauguration day! I’ve been waiting for this for 8 years. And it’s flurrying here.
• 10:57 AM Jonathan Keebler - There are saluting military officers lining almost every foot of the car route
• 10:59 AM Jonathan Keebler - We’re about 1 hour away from Obama taking the reins
• 11:00 AM Jonathan Keebler - Should Obama really be in a car with license plate “1″? Shouldn’t he be in a decoy at the back or something?
• 11:01 AM Jonathan Keebler - The first ladies have arrived at the ceremony. Michele Obama is wearing a yellow dress. Nuff said
• 11:01 AM Jonathan Keebler - Bush and Obama walking in together
• 11:02 AM Jonathan Keebler - NBC has to talk about Cheney’s wheelchair about every 5 minutes He hurt his back while “packing”.
• 11:03 AM Jonathan Keebler - Did the NBC commentator just say that JFK appeared “headless..umm..I mean hatless” during his inauguration?! What a slip!
• 11:03 AM charlie_lytle - About to watch Obama make this inauguration his bitch!!
• 11:04 AM drewfield - is watching the inauguration with with his 2 younger kids. Great lesson in history and providence.
• 11:05 AM Jonathan Keebler - Lots of famous people in the crowd…of course.
• 11:06 AM Jonathan Keebler - It seems like the cameramen are in a desperate quest to get shots of every Kennedy in the crowd. OH! THERE’S ANOTHER ONE!
• 11:07 AM pollyprissypant - Love the secret service code names for the Obamas and the Bidens…strangely poetic for the men in black. Renegade, Renaissance, Celtic?
• 11:07 AM mpoli - Thinking about walking over to Times Square to watch the inauguration. They are airing it on all the big screens there
• 11:08 AM Jonathan Keebler - Al Gore in da house!
• 11:09 AM Jonathan Keebler - How are they going to get wheelchair-Cheney down all those stairs? He’s probably going to have to take the freight elevator
• 11:10 AM pollyprissypant - I thought half the people making their way to the dais were already dead…you learn something new every day! Walter Mondale? Who knew?
• 11:11 AM mattdev - There is a sea of people at the inauguration.
• 11:12 AM Jonathan Keebler - Al Gore getting his hand-shake on! Wow, people love him. Lots of hugs for Tipper
• 11:13 AM Jonathan Keebler - While we’re all watching this, there’s a bunch of movers at the White House moving in Obama’s stuff.
• 11:13 AM pollyprissypant - How did Dan Quayle get an invite to this? Maybe I don’t want to know.
• 11:13 AM Jonathan Keebler - The Capital Building looks amazing with all the American flags everywhere.
• 11:14 AM Jonathan Keebler - Old President Bush is walking…with a limp. Still beats Cheney’s wheelchair
• 11:14 AM Jonathan Keebler - Jimmy Carter just arrived. Probably there to pimp his new book that came out today.
• 11:14 AM Jo_Crew - watching the inauguration – it’s just all getting started. What a day!
• 11:16 AM Jonathan Keebler - The Clin-tons just arrived. Hilary looks so happy. Bill looks pleased. They are holding hands though
• 11:17 AM pollyprissypant - Hillary and Bill…good times. Wonder how she feels about the fact that Joe Biden got to choose between Sec of State and VP?
• 11:18 AM Jonathan Keebler - Just 15 mins to go!
• 11:19 AM arosefull - The Boy is napping, but Momma’s gonna wake him up to hold him in her while watching the inauguration at noon!
• 11:21 AM Jonathan Keebler - Everyone seems really happy to see the 1st President Bush.
• 11:21 AM pollyprissypant - Jimmy Carter looks great and so does Rosalynn! Wow…I think they might know the secret to life and youth.
• 11:22 AM Jonathan Keebler - GIANT applause for the Clintons coming out
• 11:23 AM Jonathan Keebler - The official bible that will be used for the swear-in just arrived.
• 11:23 AM pollyprissypant - I think the crowd is getting the idea that they are mere minutes away from experiencing one of the most important moments in their history.
• 11:24 AM Jonathan Keebler - Reports that the crowd has had a lot of “clogs” and “security snafoos”. Not sure what that means
• 11:24 AM Jonathan Keebler - There are literally moving vans in-front of the White House right now
• 11:24 AM tracymueller - WHOA. Just saw a full crowd shot of the inauguration for the first time. Incredible.
• 11:25 AM Jonathan Keebler - The First Daughters just arrived. They are so poised at that age. Amazing kids
• 11:26 AM ashleyjill - has goose bumps! Watching the inauguration!!!
• 11:28 AM Jonathan Keebler - LOL NBC is shooting the Obama daughters through bulletproof glass which is making their heads all funhouse mirror. They aren’t going to like that
• 11:28 AM Jonathan Keebler - Laura Bush making her way on to the stage. “Polite” applause from the crowd
• 11:29 AM esquareda - Wow! #inaug09 suuuurre is a different scene compared to the previous inauguration. Sheesh – already with all the #change
• 11:30 AM Jonathan Keebler - The hype around Obama’s speech is insane! Expectations are sky high
• 11:31 AM Jonathan Keebler - Michele Obama and Jo Biden coming out onto stage. Everyone’s still talking Dr. Biden saying on Oprah yesterday that her husband was offered Secretary of State
• 11:32 AM Jonathan Keebler - There’s Bush, coming out of stage for the last time as President. He looks quiet and solem.
• 11:32 AM serenajones - I’m totally smitten for the voice over guy of the Inauguration.
• 11:33 AM MDM - Lets do this thing!
• 11:33 AM Jonathan Keebler - Yah, the voice-over guy is awesome. Sounds like a movie-trailer guy
• 11:33 AM Jonathan Keebler - As Bush nears the stage, he slaps on a smile
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• 11:34 AM Jonathan Keebler - Everyone is quiet on the stage; almost holding their breaths waiting for Obama to arrive
• 11:35 AM Jonathan Keebler - Michele Obama is holding a red box. Might have the Obama family bible in it
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• 11:35 AM Jonathan Keebler - hahaha Here comes Cheney being wheeled out.
• 11:36 AM Jonathan Keebler - Ruffles and flurishes being played
• 11:36 AM Jonathan Keebler - Out comes Bush, Cheney.
• 11:36 AM demersdesigns - Inauguration fedora count: in the millions. FTW #inaug09
• 11:37 AM Jonathan Keebler - And here comes Joe Biden, looking extremely happy. It’s amazing that his mother gets to see him sworn in as VP.
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• 11:38 AM Jonathan Keebler - First shot of Obama nearing the door. He looks focussed and calm
• 11:39 AM agent5959 - is watching the inauguration and feeling confidence about the upcoming year
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• 11:40 AM Jonathan Keebler - Obama about to walk out and see that massive crowd
• 11:40 AM daltonsmommy - Is getting a little emotional listening to the inauguration.
• 11:41 AM pollyprissypant - The crowd is going wild, I’m starting to tear up and there is Obama. (also my 2500th tweet)
• 11:41 AM Jonathan Keebler - Everyone’s eyes trained at the door where Obama is about to come out
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• 11:42 AM TundrasIgloo - The crowd is going wild out there on the mall. Idon’t ever remember an Inauguration that had people so excited.
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• 11:43 AM Jonathan Keebler - And here is Obama. The crowd goes wild! American flags everywhere
• 11:44 AM Jonathan Keebler - Man, that guy is a cool customer! Looks completely calm and composed
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• 11:44 AM Jonathan Keebler - Chants of “Obama, Obama, Obama” from the crowd
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• 11:45 AM Jonathan Keebler - The whole crowd goes silent as Dianne Feinstein takes to the podium
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• 11:46 AM Jonathan Keebler - Big emphasis on peaceful transition of power
• 11:47 AM Jonathan Keebler - “Supremacy of the ballot over the bullet”
• 11:47 AM angelas_notes - Watching the inauguration – my heart is breaking.
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• 11:47 AM Jonathan Keebler - This moment will be remembered as the “turning point for real and necessary change for our nation”
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• 11:51 AM Jonathan Keebler - Opening prayer
• 11:51 AM julees - Why do we have to pray at the inauguration?
• 11:51 AM julebanville - C-span won’t show people turning their backs on Rick Warren. #inaug09 #inauguration
• 11:52 AM inflatemouse - The last time I watched an Inauguration was 16 years ago. (Clinton’s 1st). #inaug09
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• 11:52 AM markeliasaputra - : Rick Warren, author of “The Purpose-Driven Life” leads the prayer at the inauguration ceremony.
• 11:52 AM Jonathan Keebler - Lord’s Prayer. The atheists must love this
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• 11:53 AM Jonathan Keebler - Aretha Franklin up to sing “My Country is of Thee”
• 11:54 AM Jonathan Keebler - Wow, she is great
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• 11:57 AM Jonathan Keebler - Robert Bennet, Utah takes the podium to introduce John Paul Stevens
• 11:57 AM Jonathan Keebler - Oath of office is next. The moment is finally here!
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• 11:57 AM Jonathan Keebler - Joe Biden swearing in.
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• 11:58 AM TameekaTime - whoa … the whole office just stopped working and is now watching the inauguration
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• 11:58 AM Jonathan Keebler - Joe Biden is now officially the Vice-President of the United States of America
• 11:59 AM suewolfe - is watching the inauguration with joy and hope in her heart!
• 11:59 AM pollyprissypant - Joe Biden is being sworn in. Take note as this will be his only gaffe-free moment in office.
• 11:59 AM Jonathan Keebler - Yo Yo Ma and friends performing a new work by John Williams
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• 12:01 PM Jonathan Keebler - BTW, at this moment the executive branch of the US is Bush and Biden.
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• 12:01 PM Elizabethx817 - I’m so excited to watch the Presidential Inauguration right now! Go Go Obama!!
• 12:01 PM Kerrysherin - I can’t stop crying…there’s not a dry eye through this whole inauguration!
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• 12:02 PM chattchic - Crying watching the inauguration…
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• 12:03 PM Jonathan Keebler - A very hopeful, happy piece of music by John Williams
• 12:03 PM ShireenJ - Itzak Perlman, Yoyo Ma and two others play Air and Simple Gifts, a composition made just for this inauguration.
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• 12:04 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama became the President 4 minutes ago officially
• 12:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama’s oath of office up next
• 12:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Crowd cheering as they stand
• 12:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama raises his hand
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• 12:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Big bumbles from Judge Roberts
• 12:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - And that’s it! Obama is sworn in. President Obama
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• 12:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - Marines playing ‘Hail to the Chief’
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• 12:07 PM Jonathan Keebler - And the crowd goes wild!
• 12:07 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama steps up to the microphone and looks out over the crowd. Crowd cheers “Obama, Obama”
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• 12:08 PM pollyprissypant - I honestly don’t understand how there are people in my office not the least bit interested in this. This is history! Be a part of it!
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• 12:08 PM Jonathan Keebler - “My fellow citizens, I stand her today humbled by the task before us, grateful of the trust you’ve bestowed”
• 12:08 PM Jonathan Keebler - “I thank Pres. Bush for his service to our nation”
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• 12:09 PM Jonathan Keebler - “we are in the midst of crisis…our nation is at war…”
• 12:10 PM Jonathan Keebler - “(there is a) sapping of confidence across our land”
• 12:10 PM Jonathan Keebler - “The challenges we face are real…but know this America: they will be met!”
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• 12:10 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We have chosen hope over fear”
• 12:11 PM Jonathan Keebler - We are a “young nation” but “the time has come to set aside childish things”
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• 12:12 PM Jonathan Keebler - “all are free, all deserve a chance…to persue their happiness”
• 12:13 PM Jonathan Keebler - Our ancestors: “For us…they fought and died…”
• 12:13 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Our capacity remains undisminished”
• 12:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and (start the work) of rebuilding America”
• 12:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - “we will lay new foundation for growth”
• 12:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - “we will restore science to its natural place”
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• 12:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We will transform our schools and colleges to meet the demands of a new age”
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• 12:15 PM Jonathan Keebler - “What the cynics don’t understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them”
• 12:15 PM Jonathan Keebler - “The question is not whether our gov’t is too big or too small”, it’s about whether it works or not
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• 12:17 PM Jonathan Keebler - “we reject as ‘false’ the choice between our safety and our ideals”
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• 12:17 PM Jonathan Keebler - Bush is slumped in his chair
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• 12:17 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Know that American is a friend of each nation and each man/woman/child who seeks a future of dignity and we are ready to lead once more”
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• 12:18 PM Jonathan Keebler - Our ancesters know “our power grows through…the force of our example”
• 12:19 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We will not apologize for our way of live, or waiver in its defense…You cannot outlast us and we will defeat you”
• 12:19 PM Jonathan Keebler - “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness”
• 12:19 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We are shaped by every language and culture”
• 12:20 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds will someday pass”
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• 12:20 PM Jonathan Keebler - “To the muslim world, we seek a new way forward…based on mutual respect”
• 12:20 PM Jonathan Keebler - We will judge you based on “what you build not what you destroy”
• 12:21 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your hand”
• 12:21 PM Jonathan Keebler - (1st World) We cannot ignore struggling nations, “The world has changed and we must change with it.”
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• 12:22 PM Jonathan Keebler - (Spirit of service) “must inhabit us all”
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• 12:23 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Our challenges may be new…but those values on which our success depends…these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet course of progress thoughout our history”
• 12:23 PM Jonathan Keebler - “New era of responsibility”. “we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and our world:
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• 12:24 PM Jonathan Keebler - “This is the price and the promise of citizenship”
• 12:24 PM Jonathan Keebler - “This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed”
• 12:25 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Let us mark this day of rememberance of who were are and how far we have travelled”
• 12:26 PM Jonathan Keebler - George Washington: “‘Let it be told to future world that in the depth of winter’…America in the face of our coming dangers in this winter of our common hardship”
• 12:26 PM Jonathan Keebler - “God bless you and God bless the United States of America”
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• 12:26 PM Jonathan Keebler - Huge applause from the crowd
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• 12:27 PM Jonathan Keebler - Elizabeth Alexander, poet takes to the podium with her poem “Praise song for the day”
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• 12:32 PM pollyprissypant - Also…how much would it suck to have to follow that speech? Man, I have the greatest respect for this poet.
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• 12:34 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Praying not for our nation but for the community of nations”
• 12:34 PM sigheti - Correct me if I am wrong: the Obama inauguration was the largest public speaking ever. How many people (just) there?
• 12:34 PM maymaym - Transcript of Barack Obama’s #inauguration speech is available here: http://is.gd/gAPZ Might mine the #inaug09 address later…. (via @halans)
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• 12:38 PM pollyprissypant - I always forget how much religion plays a part in these official US ceremonies. Throws me off everytime. Rev. is a fantastic speaker though
• 12:38 PM Jonathan Keebler - That was actually an amazing prayer by Rev. Lowery
• 12:38 PM MDM - I love the end of it.
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• 12:39 PM pollyprissypant - I know Bill Clinton has his head bowed in prayer, but it totally looks like he’s asleep. You know if anyone was going to…it would be him.
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• 12:40 PM Jonathan Keebler - And with that, Obama makes his way off the stage
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• 12:42 PM pollyprissypant - RT @torontostar Read Obama’s inaugural address: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/574111
• 12:42 PM jtcours - Based on the way Internet routing’s bouncing around, half the world must be streaming the inauguration, and the other half texting about it.
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• 12:45 PM Jonathan Keebler - A crowd of 3M people are trying to leave the National Mall. This could be interesting
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• 12:45 PM Jonathan Keebler - The official flags of the presidency are making their way from the stage.
• 12:46 PM Jonathan Keebler - There’s a fog lifting from overtop the crowd. Seriously. How did they plan that?
• 12:48 PM Jonathan Keebler - Photos of Bush and Obama walking through the Capital Building
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• 12:48 PM Jonathan Keebler - Bush is about to make his official departure on formerly-Marine-1
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• 12:49 PM pollyprissypant - Bush is heading through the rotunda and out to the helicopter. Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out (athough let it hit Cheney)!
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• 12:50 PM pollyprissypant - Love this: RT @jtobin It took the White House all of 1 minute to begin blogging: http://shortn.it/MX9C
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• 12:50 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama walking Bush out to the helipad
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• 12:51 PM Jonathan Keebler - Farewells between the former and current VP
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• 12:51 PM Jonathan Keebler - So long, Cheney
• 12:52 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama and Bush making small-talk on the stairs
• 12:52 PM MDM - Dick Cheney hurt his back packing. That’s funny.
• 12:52 PM pollyprissypant - Cheney looks like Mr. Potter from It’s a Wonderful Life…evil personified.
• 12:52 PM Jonathan Keebler - Fun fact: Bush will only get Secret Service security for 10 years from today
• 12:53 PM cbcnews - @thecbc Hundreds watch Obama Inauguration in CBC Atrium http://tinyurl.com/85z9zu #inaug09
• 12:53 PM Jonathan Keebler - Goodbye hug between Bush and Obama
• 12:54 PM Jonathan Keebler - And with a wave, Bush boards the helicopter
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• 12:54 PM Jonathan Keebler - The end of the Bush era of American politics
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• 12:55 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama and Biden standing on the stairs, watching the helicopter lifting off
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• 12:56 PM Jonathan Keebler - Former-Marine-1 lifting off. Joe Biden salutes from the stairs
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• 12:57 PM Jonathan Keebler - All the newsrooms are a-gasp as the helicopter slowly flies over Washington
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• 12:58 PM Jonathan Keebler - And that is it. Congratulations President Obama! A great moment in history

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