Science - Quotes

One thing I have learned in a long life: That all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike – and yet, it is the most precious thing we have. - Albert Einstein

Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. - Arthur Schlesinger

Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary. - Albert Einstein

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody. - Seth Lloyd

Science has an uncomfortable way of pushing human beings from center stage. In our prescientific stories, humans began as the focal point of Nature, living on an Earth that was the center of the universe. As the origins of the Earth and of mankind were investigated more carefully, it became clear that Nature had other interests beyond people, and the Earth was less central than previously hoped. Humankind was just one branch of the great family of life, and the Earth is a smallish planet orbiting an unexceptional sun quite far out on one arm of a run-of-the-mill spiral galaxy. - Seth Lloyd

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. - Jean Rostand

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. - Ashley Montague

Science is a combination of theory and experiment and the two together are how you make progress. - Lisa Randall

Science is a human activity, and the best way to understand it is to understand the individual human beings who practise it. Science is an art form and not a philosophical method. The great advances in science usually result from new tools rather than from new doctrines. … Every time we introduce a new tool, it always leads to new and unexpected discoveries, because Nature’s imagination is richer than ours. - Freeman Dyson

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. - Carl Sagan

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. - Albert Einstein

Science is an integral part of culture. It’s not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It’s one of the glories of human intellectual tradition. - Stephen Jay Gould

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated. - George Santayana

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense. - Thomas Henry Huxley

Science is organized knowledge. - Herbert Spencer

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. - Adam Smith

Science is the only religion of mankind. - Arthur C. Clarke

Science is the systematic classification of experience. - George Henry Lewes

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. - Louis Pasteur

Paraprosdokian

A paraprosdokian (from Greek, meaning "beyond" and "expectation") is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anti-climax. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.

Some paraprosdokians not only change the meaning of an early phrase, but also play on the double meaning of a particular word, creating a syllepsis.

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Humorous Questions and Answers

Q: Can February March?
A: No. But April May!

Q: Did you hear about the painter who was hospitalised?
A: Reports say it was due to too many strokes!

Q: Have you heard the joke about the butter?
A: I better not tell you, it might spread!

Q: How do you know that carrots are good for your eyesight?
A: Have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses?

Q: Music Teacher: What's your favourite musical instrument?
A: Kid: The lunch bell!

Q: What did the triangle say to the circle?
A: You’re pointless!

Q: What do you call a ghosts mom and dad?
A: Transparents!

Q: What do you call a group of men waiting for a haircut?
A: A Barbercue!

Q: What do you call a person that chops up cereal?
A: A cereal killer!

Q: What do you call a South American girl who is always in a hurry?
A: Urgent Tina!

Q: What do you call two fat people having a chat?
A: A heavy discussion!

Q: What kind of emotions do noses feel?
A: Nostalgia!

Q: What do you call bedtime stories for horses?
A: Pony tales

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Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency seems to be the rage these days. Is any one here into cryptocurrency? What are your thoughts?

On a friend’s suggestion/invite, I signed up on Steemit in January this year. Basically, Steemit is a blogging and social networking website on top of the Steem blockchain database. The Steem blockchain produces Steem and Steem Dollars which are magic bean tokens users obtain for posting, discovering, and commenting on interesting content.

If you are interested, read about Steemit HERE. or Sign up Here It’s free to join.

There is a comprehensive Q&A section that will answer any questions you may have. Otherwise, just check the list under ‘Tags’ for answers to any question you may have. There are also plenty of seniors in Steem whom you can asked. You will find that people are very willing to help.

I am not saying it’s easy money, but if you are hard-working, independent, and enjoy your freedom, this might just be for you. Or if you have time on your hands and want to make some income on the side, this might work for you. No capital required. Later on, if you decide that it is not for you, all you have wasted is the time you put in.

I am still very new, and still finding my way around. But then, I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and I am also tech-challenged, so progress is slow. I joined out of curiosity, and with an open mind, so I am not expecting instant results.

If you do join Steemit, let me know, so I can come round and give your posts a vote.

Success - Quotes

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi

The secret of many a man's success in the world resides in his insight into the moods of men, and his tact in dealing with them. - Timothy Titcomb

The success of today may be the disaster of tomorrow and of other days to be. The failure of today may be an everlasting success. - John Daniel

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline. - Graham Greene

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. - Bill Gates

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. - Maya Angelou

From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success. - Grandpa Potts and Inventors

If you love your work, if you enjoy it, you're already a success. - Jack Canfield

It’s the quality of one’s convictions that determines his success. - Remus Lupin

Men’s best successes come after their disappointments. - Henry Ward Beecher

Success is a hidden jewel, and is found but by a few. - Edward Counsel

Success is the child of Audacity. - Benjamin Disraeli

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Quote Worthy

Life is not always perfect, but it is always what you make it. So make it count, make it memorable and never let anyone steal your happiness. - Unknown

Sometimes, those who don’t socialize much aren’t actually anti-social, they just have no tolerance for drama and fake people. - Unknown

If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip. - Arnold H. Glasgow

The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary. - Alfred Kreymborg

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish. - Fredrich Hayek

The foolish man wonders at the unusual; the wise man at the usual. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. - Charles Caleb Colton

Whenever you are sincerely pleased, you are nourished. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. - Warren Buffett

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. - Unknown

Better a bald head than none at all. - Austin O’Malley

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Health - Quotes

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. - Thomas Jefferson

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. - Hippocrates

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. - Doug Larson

Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat. - Jill Johnson

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. - Carl Jung

Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz - something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding. - Chungliang Al Huang

Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create. - Voltaire

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states. - Carol Welch

One day in perfect health is much. - Arabic Proverb

People who laugh actually live longer than those who don't laugh. Few persons realize that health actually varies according to the amount of laughter. - James J. Walsh

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. - John F. Kennedy

Some things you have to do every day. Eating seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn’t going to get the job done. - Jim Rohn

Sometimes the remedy is worse than the disease. - Francis Bacon

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. - Jim Rohn

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny. - Jimmy Carter

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick. - P. T. Barnum

The groundwork for all happiness is good health. - Leigh Hunt

The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul. - Rona Barrett

Humour

I was offered sex today with a Victoria’s Secret mode. In exchange for that, I was supposed to advertise some kind of bathroom cleaner on my Facebook page. Of course, I declined because I am a person of high moral standards and strong willpower. Just as strong as Ajax, the incredibly strong bathroom cleanser. Now available in lemon scent and vanilla. - Unknown

A wedding ring is a symbol of commitment; a promise, a pledge, and a vow. The promise is to forsake all others, to stay devoted and true; the pledge is to honour that promise selflessly, to see the whole thing through; and the vow is to keep that pledge unwaveringly, until the days are few. It is a mutual agreement to become one instead of two. - J. W. Lord

A woman ... all beautiful and accomplished will, while her hand and heart are undisposed of, turn the heads and set the circle in which she moves on fire. Let her marry, and what is the consequence? The madness ceases and all is quiet again. Why? Not because there is any diminution in the charms of the lady, but because there is an end of hope. - George Washington

One of the trickiest forms of bad advice is seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice. Take for example ‘Know your limitations’ and ‘Man's reach should exceed his grasp.’ Which is it? It can't be both, can it? No! But for years I have bounced between the frustration of having my reach exceed my grasp and the boredom of the certain knowledge of my limitations. Don't make the same mistake. When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both. ‘Turn the other cheek’ cancels ‘An eye for an eye,’ leaving us free to render justice in accordance to whatever cockamamie principles we happen to come up with that morning. - Al Franken

Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a museum and you decide that a certain painting would look better in your house, and you simply grab the painting and take it there. But if you were very, very hungry, and you had no way of obtaining money, it would be excusable to grab the painting, take it to your house, and eat it. - Daniel Handler

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Life - Quotes

Our life is in the loom; it rolls up and is hidden as fast as it is woven. It is to be taken out of the loom only when we leave this world; then only shall we see the pattern. - Henry Ward Beecher

Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon. - H.P Lovecraft

The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently. - Jerome K. Jerome

Real life was messier than fiction, and in it you didn't always have time to do or say the right things. - Bentley Little

One's life should be sufficiently interesting to furnish entertainment in the record. - Amos Bronson Alcott

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others. - Simone de Beauvoir

Still, all day, the iron wheels go onward, grinding life down from its mark. - Gerald Massey

The fine art of Life is to make another Soul vibrate with a song of joy. - Edwin Leibfreed

The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down. - Joe Biden

Take responsibility for making your own life beautiful. - Tomothy Leary

The facts of life are the impossibilities of fiction. - Jerome K. Jerome

The best life is that which makes the best of life. - Ivan Panin

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Quote Worthy

The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. - Ray Bradbury

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble. - Henry Miller

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don’t worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. - Unknown

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each. - Henry David Thoreau

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. - Robert Louis Stevenson

It’s not rocket science when it comes to weight loss. It’s about eating a little less and moving a little bit more. - Bob Harper

Sometimes, you just need a break. In a beautiful place. Alone. To figure everything out. - Unknown

If you would not be thought a fool in others conceit, be not wise in your own. - Wellins Calcott

No known roof is as beautiful as the skies above. - Michael O’Muircheartaigh

It is the mind of man alone that is the cause of his bondage or freedom. - Chanakya

Illusion is sometimes all that keeps us sane. - Laurel K. Hamilton

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. - Ovid

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Happy Lunar New Year

For those celebrating the Lunar New Year -

A Happy New Year to you! - The Year of the Dog!

Wishing you good health, peace and prosperity!

Humorous Quotes

Proverbs, Axioms, maxims, Aphorisms …

Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire. - Chinese Proverb

No one is good at everything but everyone is good at something. - Unknown

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world. - Italian Proverb

Only in the darkness can you see the stars. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Only the sufferers know how their bellies ache. - Burmese Proverb

One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed. - Aesop

Not everything you hear is good for talk. - Japanese Proverb

Constant dripping will wear away a stone. - Greek Proverb

Hold fast to the words of your ancestors. - Maori Proverb

Forethought is easy, repentance is hard. - Chinese Proverb

Even a sheet of paper has two sides. - Japanese Proverb

Be ever vigilant but never suspicious. - English Proverb

A little axe can cut down a big tree. - Jamaican Proverb

Empty sacks will never stand upright. - Italian Proverb

For news of the heart, ask the face. - Guinean Proverb

An old ox makes a straight furrow. - Spanish Proverb

Great chiefs prove their worthiness. - Seneca Proverb

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. - Charles Dickens

A man's got to do what a man's got to do. - Unknown

A fault confessed is half redressed. - English Proverb

A crown’s no cure for a headache. - English Proverb

No one is easy to live with all of the time. - Unknown

Nothing seems expensive on credit. - Czech Proverb

Give thy thoughts no tongue. - William Shakespeare

One hand washes the other. - Epicharmus

Humorous Questions

Can an atheist get insurance against Acts of God? - Unknown

Does ‘expect the unexpected’ make the ‘unexpected expected’? - Unknown

If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it a success? - Jerry Seinfeld

If a man’s wife is his better half, and he marries twice, what then becomes of him? - Unknown

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? - Unknown

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? - Unknown

If the police arrest a mute, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? - Unknown

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented? - Unknown

Why are ‘overlook’ and ‘oversee’ opposites? - Unknown

Why are ‘wise man’ and ‘wise guy’ opposites? - Unknown

Why are they called ‘stands’ when they are made for sitting? - Unknown

Why do ‘tug’ boats push their barges? - Unknown

Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? - Unknown

Why do shops have signs that read: "GUIDE DOGS ONLY" when the dogs can't read and their owners are blind? - Unknown

Why does ‘fat chance’ and ‘slim chance’ mean the same thing? - Unknown

Why does ‘slow down’ and ‘slow up’ mean the same thing? - Unknown

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Happiness - Quotes

I believe that happiness can be found. If I thought otherwise, I should be silent and not make unhappiness the more bitter by discussing it. - Karl Hilty

If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. - Jane Austen

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes. - Charles Dickens

If you would have your home and your surroundings happy, be happy. You can transform everything around you if you will transform yourself. - James Allen

In short, the world abounds with simple delusions which we may call ‘happiness’, if we be but able to entertain them. - H. P. Lovecraft

It is good sometimes that the happy of this world should learn, were it only to humble their foolish pride for an instant, that there are higher, wider, and rarer joys than theirs. - Charles Baudelaire

Happiness is like your shadow. Run after it and you will never catch it, but keep your face to the sun and it will follow you. - Croft M. Pentz

It is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible. - Jane Austen

Make cheer from your own heart, for the sun rises and sets according to your perspective on the universe. - Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Maybe that was the secret of happiness – not expecting any one thing to last forever. - Barbara O’Neal

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye. - Austin O’Malley

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. - Aristotle

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Quote Worthy

We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward. - Alison Croggon

Many times, what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift. And eventually we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth. - Richelle E. Goodrich

If you ever want your soul to dance in the clouds, you will at some point have to juggle lightning and taste the thunder. - Christopher poindexter

Sometimes the biggest mistake we make in life is letting people stay in our lives far longer than they deserve to. - Unknown

Stars are like friends; there’s always some around, you just need to find your favourite one. - Jessie

Ideally, I’d like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless. - Keith Jarrett

It is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends. - George Washington

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish. - François de la Rochefoucauld

Better freedom with a crust, than slavery with every luxury. - Christian Nestell Bovee

Necessity may be mother of invention, but fun is the father. - Alex Osborn

Your fate is to be yourself, both punishment and crime. - Jane Hirshefield

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. - Thomas Edison

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Trivia

I cannot guarantee the accuracy of all the points. :-)

One out of 20 people have an extra rib.

One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen.

Our body gives enough heat in 30 minutes to boil 1.5 liters of water. 

Our brain uses the same amount of power as a 10-watt light bulb. 

Papua New Guinea (Ethnic groups: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian) has the largest number of spoken languages (850 languages circa 2015). 

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F. 

Pearls dissolve in vinegar. 

People who laugh a lot are healthier than those who don't. 

Putting dry tea bags in gym bags or smelly shoes will absorb the unpleasant odor. 

Right-handed people tend to chew food on their right side. 

Samhainophobia is the the fear of Halloween. 

Scallops have up to 100 eyes around the edge of their mantles. 

The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom. 

Sleeping without a pillow reduces back pain and keeps your spine stronger. 

Slugs have four noses. 

Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down. 

Starfish have no brains. A starfish doesn't have a brain in its head like we do. Instead its entire nervous system acts like a distributed brain. 

Take a 10-30 minute walk every day and while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate antidepressant. 

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Humorous Quotes

Divorce is simply modern society's version of medieval torture. Except it lasts longer and leaves deeper scars. A divorce releases the most primitive emotions; the ugliest, raw feelings. Emotionally wounded people do their best to inflict pain upon the other party, but rather than using claws they use divorce lawyers. - William Shatner

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods. - Christopher Hitchens

In my vast experience, I’ve found it always wiser to go along with female advice … First, you make them happy by doing what they tell you. That’s the main thing. Let them think they’re in control. They love it. Then, if it turns out they were right, everything’s cool. If it turns out they were wrong ... then you have the pleasure of basking in the glow of superiority. - Richard Laymon

It is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of time it takes to knit something. Birthday on Saturday? No problem. Socks are small. Never mind that the average sock knit out of sock-weight yarn contains about 17,000 stitches. Never mind that you need two of them. (That’s 34,000 stitches, for anybody keeping track.) Socks are only physically small. By stitch count, they are immense. - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

One of the strengths of Internet dating is that it’s anonymously impersonal, which helps take the sting out of rejection. If you're interested in someone who notices your profile or you're intrigued by a computer-generated match, let the e-mail begin. If you're not interested, delete the e-mail with about the same level of remorse you'd feel from dumping jellyfish overboard. - Judsen Culbreth

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Love

Wail not too wildly for expiring Love: The Love that dies was never quite alive. - Richard Garnett

What is love? To be delighted by the happiness of another. - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

When there is love in the heart, there are rainbows in the eyes, which cover every black cloud with gorgeous hues. - Henry Ward Beecher

When you love someone, you have to let them go. It's the only way to keep them. - Macrina Wiederkehr

You don't need scores of suitors. You need only one ... if he's the right one. - Louisa May Alcott

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. - Dr. Seuss

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. - Vincent van Gogh

Some people will only love you as long as you fit in their box. Don't be afraid to disappoint. - Unknown

Love speaks a language most sublime, its idioms known in every clime. - Ardelia Cotton Barton

Love's wing moults when caged and captured, only free, he soars enraptured. - Thomas Campbell

Love for those too easily won does not last long. - Roman Proverb

It is easy to halve the potato where there's love. - Irish Proverb

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Quote Worthy

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise. - Cato the Elder

No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future. - Ian Wilson

Times of darkness are actually our greatest teacher, because that’s when we really begin to search for the light and listen to our heart. - Daniel Nielsen

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story. - Mary McCarthy

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. - Karl Marx

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. - William Hazlitt

Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men will be able to achieve. - Jules Verne

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. - Ruth E. Renkel

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. - Theodore Roosevelt

Don’t waste sunsets with people who will be gone by sunrise. - Unknown

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed. - General Douglas MacArthur

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. - Rosa Luxemburg

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