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	<title>Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0</title>
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	<description>Orginal Signal aggregates the 17 most popular Web 2.0 sites. The main purpose of the site is to provide 
a quick glance on what's happening without using your desktop/web RSS reader. New headlines (since your 
last cookied visit) come in pretty orange, visited ones are grey. All credits go to the authors of these weblogs. 
Without their hard work Original Signal would not exist. Original Signal was inspired by Popurls and the Web 2.0 Workgroup.</description>
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  <title>Cross Reality: When Sensors Meet Virtual Reality</title>
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  During my recent visit to MIT in Boston I met with Joseph Paradiso, Associate Professor and Director of the Responsive Environments Group at MIT Media Laboratory. He showed me some demos of what his lab is up to, focusing mostly on what is termed "Cross Reality". This is when sensor/actuator networks meet online virtual worlds. Paradiso co-authored a paper that has just been released in the July-September edition of the IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. The paper outlines and analyzes Cross Reality experiments done within Second Life, the most popular virtual world with 15 million current subscribers. In this post we'll give you a layman's overview of the paper, because we think this trend is important to the Web's future.SponsorWhat is Cross Reality?Cross Reality is about connecting &quot;location-specific 3D animated constructs&quot; in virtual worlds  to in-building sensor installations. The paper notes that &quot;the convergence of shared 3D virtual worlds with popular web-based data sources to form a "Second Earth" has been broadly predicted.&quot; It's also been the topic of many a science fiction novel. So it's interesting to see the latest practical experiments in this &quot;hyper reality.&quot; It  should be noted that there are already commercial applications. The paper points to IBM's visualization of datacenter operation and VRcontext's ProcessLife technology. The latter &quot;uses high-fidelity 3D virtual replicas   of real plants or factories to remotely browse and influence industrial processes in realtime.&quot;Billowing Power StripsIn one of its projects, MIT created a cross reality environment called "ShadowLab," which is a Second Life map of the Media Lab's third floor animated by data collected from a network of 35 &quot;smart, sensor-laden power strips&quot; (a.k.a. PLUGs). MIT chose to use power strips &quot;because they are already ubiquitous in offices and homes,&quot; plus they have power and can be connected to a network.   Virtual DataPond in the Virtual Atrium (left) and a real DataPond in the real Media Lab Atrium (right)MIT added other features to the power strips via expansion boards - such as motion sensors, temperature sensors, and memory cards for local data logging.Ubiquitous Sensor PortalsMIT has also created a whole portal network that maps sensors to virtual worlds, called the  Ubiquitous Sensor Portal. There are 45 portals currently in the Media Lab, each one featuring a myriad of environmental sensors - such as motion, light and sound level, vibration, temperature, and humidity. They have a small touch-screen display and audio speaker, for user interaction. The Portals also act as base stations for an 802.15.4 network inside the lab, &quot;enabling wireless communication with a variety of wearable sensors.&quot; Each portal has an extension into Second Life, allowing people to visit the Media Lab virtually. This isn't just a one-way process either; as well as affecting virtual worlds, portal interactions can push virtual phenomena into the user's physical space.     Two views of the virtual extension of a Portal into Second Life; the first shows sensor data over time, the second  streaming real-time audio/video into Second Life.MobileMIT expects that handhelds and mobile devices will play an important role in future Cross Reality applications, &quot;both as a source of data to animate their users' environments and avatars   and as augmented reality terminals through which local sensor networks can be explored and programmed.&quot; The lab has already begun to experiment in this area, with a Star Trek-inspired device it calls a  Tricorder (image to right) and a newer device called the &quot;Ubicorder.&quot; Both devices provide a real time interface to sensor data.MIT expects the mobile area of cross reality to expand rapidly &quot;once smart phone Augmented Reality becomes better  established.&quot; ReadWriteWeb has been following this trend closely; read our recent Augmented Reality analysis here and here.ConclusionThe projects of the Responsive Environments Group at MIT are  enabling real world data, increasingly being provided by sensor/actuator networks, to be plugged into virtual and physical interfaces. The group is still exploring both the technical and practical sides of this, so it's uncertain what it will lead to in the commercial world. But we're certain it will fuel future startup innovation in the coming year or two. Watch this space!Discuss        ]]></content:encoded>
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  http://www.episerver.com/Global/Products/White%20papers/EPiServer_whitepaper_SocialIntranet.pdf?epslanguage=enRT @neal_perry: White Paper: The Social Intranet Workbook: Harnessing the Power of Enterprise 2.0: http://bit.ly/lTQQC Creating mashups: 5 classic mistakes to avoid | ITworldCreating mashups: 5 classic mistakes to avoid - http://bit.ly/fmhdT The don&#039;ts on this list are much better than the do&#039;s.   ]]></content:encoded>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:04:01 CEST</pubDate>
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  A source for buyback offers. Receive the highest possible buyback offer on your electronics.  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Google Loses Engineering Director Who Once Caused Steve Ballmer To Melt Down</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:03:56 CEST</pubDate>
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  After nearly 5 years with the company, Engineering Director Mark Lucovsky is leaving Google for a role with VWware, we've learned. Lucovsky has been an integral part of Google's APIs, including the all-important Search APIs.Before Google, Lucovsky worked at DEC and then Microsoft for 16 years, eventually gaining the title of "Distinguished Engineer." He had been the principle architect on Windows NT, which would eventually evolve into Windows XP. "I wrote most of the kernel executive, kernel32, and the Windows API," he told StoneTemple Consulting in an interview two years ago.  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Twitter Back on Track In June With 20 Million U.S. Visitors</title>
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  Twitter may not be for teens, but plenty of other people are flocking to the service.  After taking a breather in May, when U.S. unique visitor growth almost screeched to a halt, Twitter picked up the pace again in June.  According to comScore, in June Twitter.com attracted 20.1 million unique visitors in the U.S., up 14 percent from May.The resumption of growth isn't of the sky-pointing variety Twitter experienced earlier this year, but it is a healthy month-over-month rate.  Page views hit 628 million, a 21 percent increase over the month before.  And these estimates are just for the Twitter Website.  As much as half of Twitter's usage occurs offsite (via desktop and mobile clients).  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>BlackBerry Gets a Social Network: But Will You Use It?</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:04:02 CEST</pubDate>
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  If you&#8217;re the owner of a BlackBerry or an iPhone, you probably know that there&#8217;s a special bond that links these people together.  Whether it&#8217;s BlackBerry thumb or iPhone apps, there are so many shared experiences on which to form a connection.  Enough so, apparently, to justify a BlackBerry-specific social network: MyBlackberry.The new official BlackBerry community, launching tomorrow, has a great deal of community and connection features.  And while it offers social profiles, app recommendations and more, BlackBerry&#8217;s real goal is feedback and getting customers to answer each other&#8217;s support questions.MyBlackBerry, as you can see in the screenshot below, is discussion-centric: it allows users to ask questions on three primary topics: apps, BlackBerry tips and tricks, and accessors.  It also customizes the experience based on your BlackBerry model, so you won&#8217;t see accessories for the Storm if you have a Bold. From what we were told, RIM (the makers of the BlackBerry) is trying to gauge user input to improve their product.It&#8217;s a logical move by the company &#8211; it connects users, gives them more buy-in, and probably best of all, lowers the cost of customer support for RIM &#8211; why call into a call center when you can just post on the BlackBerry support boards and get an answer from a friend? The big question though: will busy BlackBerry users actually join it and be active?  We&#8217;re not sure about that one, but look forward to finding out the answer.Tags: blackberry, MyBlackBerry, RIM  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>A Workaround For The Gmail Push Workaround</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:04:01 CEST</pubDate>
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  Since we wrote the story last week about GPush, the iPhone app that delivers Gmail messages through iPhone Push Notifications, we've gotten numerous emails with the same question: Where can I get it? Unfortunately, as I said in the post, it looks like Apple is dragging its feet in accepting the app. So today, we bring news of a potential workaround. Yes, a workaround for a workaround.After reading our post, Developer Harry Finocchiaro created a simple application called "Gmailpush" and uploaded it to Google Code for all to use. What is does is checks your Gmail account for new messages and then sends you a text message alert when a new one comes in. Is this ideal? No. But depending on how fast it works (I haven't tried it out yet), it is a potential workaround for those who really want push Gmail on the iPhone.  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Fonera+ Gets Upgraded to 2.0, Adds Built-in Download and Upload Services, Other Goodies</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:04:01 CEST</pubDate>
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  As you recall Fon makes wireless routers for sharing. You install the Fon node in your house, share it with others, and then are given access to other Fonera routers around the world. It's sort of a viral Wi-Fi community.Now, however, the Fonera is incredibly more interesting. The device can now access web services without the aid of a computer, allowing you to download torrents and "content" as well as upload to multiple services just by plugging in a USB key. The router also can be used as a webcam or print server and can connect to a 3G or HSDPA node and share the connection over Wi-Fi. It also supports 802.11n and acts as a wireless NAS with remote browsing capabilities. In short, the router just got much smarter.  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Eggs, Milk, Bread - the World’s First Grocery API</title>
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  The third largest retailer in the world, Tesco, a grocery-and-more chain largely in the UK, will soon unveil a REST API for its online store (Tesco API profile). Developers will be able to search products, as well as get nutritional information, such as how many calories are in a serving of crisps or biscuits.The most   ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>The Obama Time Capsule and the Future of Publishing</title>
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  Just when you thought the Obama lovefest was dwindling, Photographer Rick Smolan released his latest book, The Obama Time Capsule. The book tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_obama_time_capsule_and_the_future_of_publishin.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';includes photography, maps and election results from President Obama's road to the White House. What makes this project unique is that Smolan offers readers a chance to upload their own photographs and personalize their copies. SponsorSaid Smolan,"Half the people in the room picked up their cameras and took a photo of the television set just as Obama won." With The Obama Time Capsule, pictures taken by friends and family will live alongside professional pictures of the campaign trail.  Smolan is waiving any profit on the project in the hopes that he'll provide readers with an affordable product they will cherish with their grandchildren. This user-generated component to the book ensures that The Obama Time Capsule becomes a time capsule for anyone willing to pay the $34.95 to Amazon. Said Hewlett-Packard's Andrew Bolwell in a recent ABC World News feature on the book,"We think a book like this that's printed only after it's ordered, that's personalize for the end user, is absolutely the future of publishing.  You can have your own family cookbook with Grandma's recipe through to Martha Stewart's recipe." It appears that unbeknown to Bolwell, the future (much like President Obama) has already arrived. RWW has already covered a number of companies where products are produced on an individual basis and personalized to the user. Below is a list of companies that allow users to upload, price and purchase their personalized books: 1. Blurb: Blurb offers users the chance to personalize books in a variety of formats. The quality of this product is extremely striking and buyers can opt for a number of page layouts and finishes. While this service lacks the professional photography touches of The Obama Time Capsule, it certainly doesn't lack the personalization. What's more, the company is one of the few businesses able to earn healthy revenue in our down economy.2. Lulu: Similar to Blurb, Lulu also allows customers to personalize and create books. Users can upload photos from their Facebook, Flickr and Photobucket accounts as well as directly from their computers. The finished products are sold in the Lulu online storefront as eBooks or physical hard covers. The company even offers square, compact and wallet sized options.3. CreateSpace: In late 2007, Amazon launched CreateSpace as an on-demand book publishing service. In addition to being able to create a personalized book and sell it in the Amazon storefront, users can also create Kindle-specific books, audio CDs, MP3s, DVD's and video downloads. While the service isn't as sleek as Lulu or Blurb, the potential to reach the Amazon audience is a huge draw to those looking to earn money with their creative talents. 4. Scribd: Another site with a large audience, Scribd recently launched their own store this past April. With 60 million unique visitors per month, the company is a great platform for those looking to publish their original works. Budding authors can price and publish their books alongside Simon and Schuster titles in the Scribd storefront. For now, the storefront only services the eBook audience. 5. Tastebook: Both Grandma and Martha Stewart's recipes can live side-by-side in this personalized cookbook making site. Featured in a RWW article on recipe resources, this tool offers users the chance to personalize cookbooks and produce them on an individual basis. The Obama Time Capsule is obviously a very cool project, but it's clear to see that personalized book production is certainly not a new concept. That being said, regardless of whether or not it's a paradigm shifter for publishing, the quality of The Obama Time Capsule, coupled with Smolan's recognition as a TIME photographer and TED speaker will likely still draw fans. Discuss        ]]></content:encoded>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:33:57 CEST</pubDate>
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  As you recall Fon makes wireless routers for sharing. You install the Fon node in your house, share it with others, and then are given access to other Fonera routers around the world. It's sort of a viral Wi-Fi community.Now, however, the Fonera is incredibly more interesting. The device can now access web services without the aid of a computer, allowing you to download torrents and "content" as well as upload to multiple services just by plugging in a USB key. The router also can be used as a webcam or print server and can connect to a 3G or HSDPA node and share the connection over Wi-Fi. It also supports 802.11n and acts as a wireless NAS with remote browsing capabilities. In short, the router just got much smarter.  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Posterous Puts Google Maps In Your Posts</title>
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  Posterous is the instant email-to-blog-to-everywhere platform for livestreaming, photo and video sharing, group blogs, and just about anything else you can dream up. And they recently stole the crown from Tumblr in the middle space between blogging and microblogging.Today they&#8217;re getting even more useful. As you may have noticed, locations and maps are now a part of your Posterous. That&#8217;s because Posterous has integrated with Google Maps to allow for easy embedding of maps, and automatic geo-tagging to displaying location, complete with mini maps, for photos.As with everything Posterous creates, benefiting from the Google Maps integration takes little to no effort on your part. Should you want to share your location as a Google Map on your Posterous, all you need to do is paste in the Google Maps URL and Posterous will do the rest. The final result is a fully functional map embed minus the embed code.Plus, adding geo-data and mini-maps for photos is automatic (you can adjust privacy options in your settings). All you do is post your photos as usual, and Posterous will grab the geo-coordinates and include the location name with an option to display a mini map view. Should you be fond of posting multiple photos at the same time, no worries, Posterous handles the geo-data for all the photos you post, letting you glimpse each locale on the Google Map embed.Being that it&#8217;s summer time, and most of us will be taking a vacay or two, the Google Maps integration with Posterous is pretty cool. Not only can you share your entire trip experience with all of your social networks or just a few via custom Posterous email addresses, but now you can share your location and maps too.Reviews: Google Maps, Posterous, TumblrTags: geo-location, geotagging, Google Maps, posterous  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>ZooLoo Creates a Master Dashboard for Your Online Life</title>
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  This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.  The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.Name: ZooLooQuick Pitch: ZooLoo is a complete online environment around your own domain name, giving you tools to manage your life online.Genius Idea: Personal branding and online life management are huge markets, and for good reason &#8211; the social web&#8217;s made managing and promoting your personal identity more important than ever.  A lot of people go to social web tools to do it, but the best way is still to start a website on your own personal domain (i.e. BenParr.com).  Yet unless you&#8217;ve got some tech savvy, setting it all up and managing it can be painful.ZooLoo tries to achieve two things.  First, it wants to make it easy for you to create your own customized website on your own domain.  Second, it provides an impressive array of tools to create the perfect web experience so that you can make it your own.  On top of this, it has social networking features that connect you with your friends (or locks them out, depending).The process is simple: register, pick a domain, and customize. Customization comes in the form of themes, templates, blogs, photos, video, and more, mostly within the zCreator management tool.  You can upload photo albums, create your own personal YouTube, and even access your favorite shopping websites.  It&#8217;s meant to not only be a destination for your friends, but one for managing your life as well.You can control who sees your website too, through ZooLoo&#8217;s privacy settings and group features.  You can set it so that only family or work friends see specific aspects of your website, much like Facebook privacy settings.  Of course, they&#8217;re going to have to be members for this feature to work.ZooLoo&#8217;s elegant and feature-rich.  If you&#8217;re a technical person or someone who needs full control over his or her branding, build your own website.  But if you want to build something that&#8217;s slick and chock full of multimedia, then ZooLoo&#8217;s worth your consideration.Sponsored by Microsoft BizSparkBizSpark is a startup program that gives you three-year access to the latest Microsoft development tools, as well as connecting you to a nationwide network of investors and incubators. There are no upfront costs, so if your business is privately owned, less than three years old, and generates less than U.S.$1 million in annual revenue, you can sign up today.Entrepreneurs can take advantage of the Azure Services platform for their website hosting and storage needs. Microsoft recently announced the &#8220;new CloudApp()&#8221; contest &#8211; use the Azure Services Platform for hosting your .NET or PHP app, and you could be the lucky winner of a USD 5000* (please see website for official rules and guidelines).”Reviews: Facebook, PHP, YouTubeTags: bizspark  ]]></content:encoded>
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  <title>Nine Cause-Based Job and Volunteer Resources</title>
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  Individuals often have to sacrifice their livelihood for a cause. It's not fair, but it happens. But what happens when they're tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/nine_cause-based_job_and_volunteer_resources.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';forced to volunteer at a corporate job? This morning CNBC and Web Guild published articles on how some individuals are "volunteering" to defer pay to maintain their positions or fill time between job interviews. As "volunteering" is defined as "working on behalf of others without being motivated by financial or material gain," this seems like a strange use of the word. In the case of employees deferring pay, this seems more like an unfortunate burden rather than an act of volunteerism. If you're an experienced professional looking to stay sharp and you've got the freedom to contribute to actual volunteer-driven efforts or you'd like to try working for a cause-based organization, below are some great resources:Sponsor1. Change.org's Jobs for Change: Jobs for Change offers activism, software development and law-related positions for a variety of nonprofit organizations. The organization is best known as a social network where users trade opinions on how they can change America through grassroots efforts. 2. Care 2: Care 2 claims to be the world's largest listing of jobs with socially responsible companies. The site offers a list of environmental and renewable-energy related jobs including positions for design and construction specialists with LEED certifications. 3. Idealist: Idealist is a project of Action Without Borders and lists a number of job and volunteer opportunities for those looking to become change agents. The site focuses specifically on addressing social and environmental problems and volunteers can do everything from building a shelter in Ghana to becoming a board member with a North American environmental agency. 4. Volunteer Match: San Francisco-based Volunteer Match helps almost 70,000 nonprofit organizations provide direct services and advocacy to our communities. Whether you're interested in driving a Meals on Wheels van or trekking to Nepal to rebuild structures of historical significance, Volunteer Match offers a variety of options. 5.Nonprofit Technology Network: NTEN is an extremely well-known group in the nonprofit world. Their annual conference draws some of the industry's best cause-tech experts including my personal favorite, Beth Kanter. The job site lists IT support, development and media director positions with great organizations across the country. 6. Opportunity Knocks: Opportunity Knocks is a great place to find jobs in the non-profit sector. The site allows users to narrow search results down by salary, city and cause-related interest. There's also a resume tool where users can upload multiple CVs and apply to jobs within the system. 7. Treehugger: Treehugger is one of the leading green networks and was acquired in 2007 by Discovery to help power their Planet Green channel. The site has always offered a variety of tips and articles on sustainable living, environmental justice and holistic health. The jobs site offers volunteer and paid positions for companies and organizations who've made a real commitment to sustainability. 8. NetSquared: While not specifically a volunteer or job site, NetSquared offers cause-tech innovators the opportunity to contribute to global solutions. The site issues challenges to tech-savvy innovators, and volunteers answer the challenges with mobile SMS aid solutions, social action map mash ups and Twitter fundraising tools.9. YouTube's Video Volunteer Program: As a project of All For Good, the YouTube Video Volunteer Program matches budding filmmakers with NGO's that require promotional or educational video material. Some of the current project applicants include Alaska's Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Heart of America's Warriors and Earth.org's Open Travel Guide.If you've got additional volunteer matching resources, feel free to add them in the comments below. Discuss        ]]></content:encoded>
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  Ever wanted to see where your city's highest concentration of frisky, mature Cougars was located?  How about a list of locations in town that offer free meals when it's your birthday?   Two ex-Googlers have quietly launched a site called TownMe that's looking to answer these questions and more.  In fact, the site is aiming to become a comprehensive guide to pretty much everything that's relevant at the local level, from restaurant reviews to the best schools and hospitals in town.Co-founder Elad Gil says that TownMe is still in "very, very early stages", so there are still many features to come, but the core of the site seems to be in place, with local reviews and guides available for plenty of restaurants and events like San Francisco's street fairs.  The variety of topics covered is fairly broad, though at there are still a modest number of reviews.  While Gil ackowledges that there are other major sites like Yelp in this space, he points out some key differences.  The site aggregates data from across the web, and also accepts user-submitted content  ]]></content:encoded>
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