Recordpub.com - One for the Books: Going Green

It isn't just the current fashion to "go green" and learn more about the world around us; our lives may depend on it.

Media sources around the country have reported the mystifying disappearance of the honey bees. And now Michael Schacker has written "A Spring Without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply." "In some ... honey bee colonies, not a single bee remains," he writes. "It's a terrible shock -- and a great mystery." Schacker presents interesting scientific facts about bees, taking us right inside the hive and explaining each bee's job. He says bees are intelligent and have many ways of communicating, "from sounds and motions to pheromones and more." They even perform an elaborate "waggle dance" that gives the other bees directions to the flowers. Bees' enemies include pesticides, fungus, mites, drought and extreme weather, viruses and other diseases, but colony collapse disorder, or CCD, is just devastating. The author explains how "bees had simply flown off and never returned, leaving ... surprisingly few or no dead bodies in the hive or on the ground in front of the entrance." In 2007, "some apiaries lost up to 95 percent of their hives to CCD," and "as of March 2008, CCD was officially reported in 35 states." Bee pollination is crucial to one-third of all U.S. crops. "If all the bees die, many agricultural crops would go with them." The loss to our food supply would be staggering. "As soon as humanly possible," says the author, "before it gets any worse, we must know -- why do the bees die?" Is it cell phones disrupting bee communication? mites or a virus? insecticides? He also looks into the future, offers ideas on taking better care of our bee friends, and lists resources for possible solutions.

National Geographic Books has published "Green Guide: The Complete Reference for Consuming Wisely," compiled by the editors of the Green Guide magazine. The hefty resource work has 448 pages full of useful information on such topics as healthy meals, green housekeeping, wise use of electricity, safe beauty products and much more. There are suggestions for dog and cat care, how to choose pens and pencils, changing from paper to cloth napkins, setting up a rain barrel, and even choosing the right dental floss. "Practical" is the key word here, with suggestions for going green every day, from what bottle your baby should drink out of to which building materials to select for your home. The book doesn't really dictate; it explains why one choice is better than another. The author insists that "in nearly every case, going green means saving green" -- money, that is. Actress Meryl Streep says in the foreword, "This is the book we've all been wishing would be written for years. It's the ultimate green living reference, a go-to guide for practical, ready-to-apply solutions to the most pressing environmental problems facing us today." The book includes a glossary and tidbits such as "Eco-Tips," "The Science Behind It," "Take Action" and "Ask the Editors," and a list of resources and books for further reading.

I am loving this next one. "The Green Bible" includes a New Revised Standard Edition of the Old and New Testaments, with more than 1,000 verses printed in green ink. It doesn't change any verses; it just highlights them in green. These are verses that pertain to our stewardship of the planet -- the land, the air, the gardens, the animals and ourselves. But wait -- there's more! The book also offers more than 100 pages of quotations and essays on related subjects by a dozen environmentalists and theologians. And more: It includes a "green subject index," concordance, list of resources and "The Green Bible Trail Guide," which follows six green themes through the chapters of the Bible. J. Matthew Sleeth sounds an alarm in his essay: "The last of the majestic chestnut trees near my childhood home are now extinct. There are no chestnuts on Chestnut Lane, no elms on Elm Street, no caribou in Caribou, Maine, and no buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. Multiple states have had to change their official tree, animal, or flower because of extinctions." The book is produced in an "eco-friendly" printing process with soy-based inks, recycled paper, and a 100 percent cotton and linen cover. This would make a lovely gift for a person of faith.

Finally, this one is absolutely fascinating. In "The World Without Us," author Alan Weisman takes us on a tour of a possible future planet Earth. What would happen if, suddenly, all the humans disappear -- perhaps after a devastating virus strikes only people? How would the plants and animals respond? How long would buildings last? What about bridges, dams, power lines, nuclear power plants? Would any of our works of art survive? This is not fiction; he did a lot of scientific research. Weisman presents his information so that it's easy to visualize. He jumps right into a vision of tomorrow, creating in the mind of the reader a time-lapse motion picture of buildings collapsing, bridges falling, roads deteriorating, trees taking over cities, streets turning into rivers.

"When we humans become extinct, part of our legacy will live on in the predators we introduced," he writes, including the mongoose in Hawaii and the brown tree snake in Guam. And what about the oceans of plastic and all the radioactive sources we've generated? The dangerous world that survives us may go on to destroy much more plant and animal life than one would have suspected. We have not been good caretakers of our planet. But it isn't too late for us to change, says the author, who includes a large bibliography. It's riveting reading, and it would be of special interest to anyone interested in science, architecture or even science fiction.

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LOCAL BOOK CLUBS:

The Book Discussion Group at the Randolph Library meets the first Monday of the month, except August, at 6:30 p.m. in the Randolph Senior Center. The group is open to everyone, and new members are always welcome. The library will stock copies of the books each month. Call the library at 330-325-7003.

December 1: Manhunt by James Swanson

Pierce-Streetsboro Library's Book Discussion Group meets regularly on the second Monday of each month at 6:45 p.m. in the library's meeting room. New members are always welcome to attend and participate in the discussion. The library is located at 8990 Kirby Lane in Streetsboro, next to the administrative offices of the Streetsboro City Schools. For more information, call the library at 330-626-4458. Here is the schedule of meeting dates and books to be discussed:

Dec. 8: Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber (fiction)
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The Friends of Pierce-Streetsboro Library will host a book sale from noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 14 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 15 in the meeting room of the Pierce-Streetsboro Branch of the Portage County District Library, 8990 Kirby Lane. For more information, call Ellen Poole at 330-626-3749.
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New book reviews added to the National Catholic Reporter Web site:

JESUS: WORD MADE FLESH
and
JESUS: A PORTRAIT

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And two by Sister Joan Chittester:

WELCOME TO THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD AND ITS MEANING FOR YOU

and

THE GIFT OF YEARS: GROWING OLDER GRACEFULLY

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from Shelf Awareness:

New Books Out November 10 and 11:

Just After Sunset by Stephen King
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz
The Hour I First Believed: A Novel by Wally Lamb
The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq by Steve Fainaru
The Bodies Left Behind: A Novel by Jeffery Deaver
Call Me Ted by Ted Turner and Bill Burke
Rickles' Letters by Don Rickles and David Ritz

New Books Out November 17 and 18:

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Cross Country by James Patterson
The Private Patient by P.D. James
Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time by Stephen R. Covey
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from Publishers Weekly:
On Sale Soon:
[c] = children's titles
= PW starred review

November 10
Call Me Ted by Ted Turner with Bill Burke

November 11
You: Being Beautiful by Dr. Michael F. Roizen and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
Lyrics 1964-2006 by Paul Simon
Rickles' Letters by Don Rickles

November 17
Cross Country by James Patterson

November 18
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
[c] Burning Up: On Tour with the Jonas Brothers by Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas
The Private Patient by P. D. James
Why We Suck by Dennis Leary
Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon by Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt, and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.
32 Lessons on How to Be an All-Star in Business by Earvin Magic Johnson
Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey

November 21
[c] Baby Einstein: Lullaby Time byJulie Aigner-Clark, illus. by Nadeem Zaidi
[c] Baby Einstein: Nature Nesting Blocks by Julie Aigner-Clark, illus. by Nadeem Zaidi

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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
By The Associated Press

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
2. "Salvation In Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam)
3. "Swallowing Darkness" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine)
4. "The Gate House" by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing)
5. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
6. "The Brass Verdict" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
7. "Extreme Measures" by Vince Flynn (Atria)
8. "Midnight: A Gangster Love Story" by Sister Souljah (Atria)
9. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
10. "A Good Woman" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte Press)
11. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)
12. "Bones" by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine)
13. "Testimony" by Anita Shreve (Little, Brown)
14. "A Lion Among Men" by Gregory Maguire (William Morrow)
15. "Rough Weather" by Robert B. Parker (Putnam)

NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)
2. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron, Brett Witter (Grand Central)
3. "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)
4. "Flat Belly Diet" by Liz Vaccariello, Cynthia Sass (Rodale Books)
5. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway)
6. "The Snowball" by Alice Schroeder (Bantam)
7. "The Purpose Of Christmas" by Rick Warren (Howard Books)
8. "Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery" by James Patterson, Hal Friedman, Cory Friedman (Little, Brown)
9. "The American Journey of Barack Obama" by Life Magazine (Little, Brown)
10. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
11. "My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey" by Jill Bolte Taylor (Viking)
12. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)
13. "Letter to My Daughter" by Maya Angelou (Random House)
14. "Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets" by Jon and Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson (Zondervan)
15. "Guinness: World Records 2009" by Guinness World Records (Guinness Publishing)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1."One Silent Night" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
2. "Suite 606" by Nora Roberts as J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, Mary Kay McComas (Berkley)
3. "The Darkest Evening of the Year" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
4. "Foul Play" Janet Evanovich (Harper)
5. "Small Town Christmas" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
6. "Duma Key" by Stephen King (Pocket)
7. "Double Cross" by James Patterson (Vision)
8. "The Chase" by Clive Cussler (Berkley)
9. "Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
10. "Living Dead in Dallas" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
11. "Quicksand" by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
12. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog " by John Grogan (Harper)
13. "Deadly Harvest" by Heather Graham (Mira)
14. "Tom Clancys Ghost Recon" by David Michaels (Berkley)
15. "All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire" by Kerrelyn Sparks (Avon)

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)
2. "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers)
3. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers)
4. "Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)
5. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
6. "The Love Dare" by Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick (B&H)
7. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)
8. "Rachael Rays Big Orange Book" by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)
9. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (NAL)
10. "What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel (Workman Publishing Group)
11. "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Daz by (Riverhead)
12. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage)
13. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (Harper)
14. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
15. "Remember Me?" by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press Trade Paperback)
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS
By The Associated Press

FICTION
1. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)
2. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
3. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)
4. "Salvation In Death" by J.D. Robb (Putnam)
5. "Swallowing Darkness" by Laurell K. Hamilton (Ballantine)
6. "The Gate House" by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing)
7. "Extreme Measures" by Vince Flynn (Atria)
8. "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
9. "Midnight: A Gangster Love Story" by Sister Souljah (Atria)
10. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
11. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers)
12. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
13. "The Brass Verdict" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
14. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers)
15. "Bones" by Jonathan Kellerman

NONFICTION
1. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)
2. "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)
3. "Flat Belly Diet" by Liz Vaccariello, Cynthia Sass (Rodale Books)
4. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron, Brett Witter (Grand Central)
5. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers)
6. "The Snowball" by Alice Schroeder (Bantam)
7. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway)
8. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
9. "Letter to My Daughter" by Maya Angelou (Random House)
10. "The Purpose Of Christmas" by Rick Warren (Howard Books)
11. "StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)
12. "Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery" by James Patterson, Hal Friedman, Cory Friedman (Little, Brown)
13. "The American Journey of Barack Obama" by Life Magazine (Little, Brown)
14. "My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey" by Jill Bolte Taylor (Viking)
15. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)

The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the week ended last Saturday at more than 2,500 Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
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The following authors are making the media rounds, talking about their books:

--Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
--Alan Zweibel, Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories
--Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
--Kimberly Dozier, Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Report---And Survive---The War in Iraq
--Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
--John Fund, author of Stealing Elections, Revised and Updated: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy
--Matthew Yglesias, Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats
--Joseph Farah, None of the Above: Why 2008 Is the Year to Cast the Ultimate Protest Vote
--Michael Connery, Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Progressive Majority
--Paula Deen, author of Paula Deen's Kitchen Wisdom and Recipe Journal
--Katie Brown, author of Katie Brown Celebrates: Simple and Spectacular Parties All Year Round
--Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World
--Dr. Laura Berman, author of Real Sex for Real Women
--Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals
--Deborah Sharp, Mama Does Time
--Philip Dray, Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen
--Don Tapscott,Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
--Adam Shepard, Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream
--Tom Brokaw, author of Boom!: Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow
--Jill Price, author of The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science--A Memoir
--Tracy Campbell, Deliver the Vote: A History of Election Fraud, an American Political Tradition
--Vernon Jordan, author of Make It Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out
--Roger Moore, author of My Word Is My Bond: A Memoir
--Warrick Dunn, author of Running for My Life: My Journey in the Game of Football and Beyond
--Diane Johnson, author of Lulu in Marrakech
--Madeleine Albright, Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership
--Carmindy, Get Positively Beautiful: The Ultimate Guide to Looking and Feeling Gorgeous
--Chris Adrian, A Better Angel: Stories
--Valerie Bertinelli, Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
--Artie Lange, author of Too Fat to Fish
--Christopher Buckley, author of Supreme Courtship
--Ted Turner, author of Call Me Ted
--Nena Baker, author of The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being
--Joseph Galloway and Harold Moore, co-authors of We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam
--Marian Wright Edelman, author of The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation
--Howard Blum, author of American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
--Warrick Dunn, Running for My Life: My Journey in the Game of Football and Beyond
--Patti LaBelle, Recipes for the Good Life
--Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
--James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
--Maureen McCormick, Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
--Jeff Henderson, Chef Jeff Cooks: In the Kitchen with America's Inspirational New Culinary Star
--Charles Faddis, author of Operation Hotel California: The Clandestine War Inside Iraq
--Alaa al Aswany, Chicago
--Jamie Oliver, author of Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life
--Frank Gifford, author of The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever
--Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything
--Vernon E. Jordan, author of Make It Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out
--Jonathan Alter, author of Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture
--Toni Morrison, author of A Mercy
--Martha Stewart, author of Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook
--Randy Owen, author of Born Country
--Peter Greenberg, author of Don't Go There!: The Travel Detective's Essential Guide to the Must-Miss Places of the World
--David Foster, author of Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys
--Robert J. Samuelson, author of The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence
--Thomas Friedman, author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
--Taras Grescoe, author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
--Don Rickles, author of Rickles' Letters
--Terrell Owens, author of T.O.'s Finding Fitness
--Frank Gifford, The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever
--Laura Berman, Real Sex for Real Women: Intimacy, Pleasure & Sexual Well-Being
--Max Kennedy, Danger's Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her
--Paul Simon, Lyrics: 1964-2008
--Annie Leibovitz, author of Annie Leibovitz at Work
--Jon Meacham, author of America Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
--Kyra Phillips: Liza Mundy, author of Michelle: A Biography
--Peter Walsh, author of It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff
--Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
--Bob Woodward, author of The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008
--Deepak Chopra, Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment
--Eric Ripert, On the Line
--Eugene Jarecki, author of The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and a Republic in Peril
--Jeff Henderson, author of Chef Jeff Cooks: In the Kitchen with America's Inspirational New Culinary Star
--Irene Pepperberg, author of Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
--John Updike, The Widows of Eastwick
--T. Boone Pickens, author of The First Billion Is the Hardest
--Jose Andres, author of Made in Spain: Spanish Dishes for the American Kitchen
--Grgoire Bouillier, author of The Mystery Guest: An Account
--Barbara Lee, author of Renegade for Peace and Justice
--Bill O'Reilly, author of A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
--Annie Leibovitz, Annie Leibovitz at Work
--Ben Ratliff, The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music
--Quincy Jones, The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions: Photos, Letters, Memories & More from Q's Personal Collection
--Francine du Plessix Gray, Madame de Stael: The First Modern Woman
--John Madden, author of NBC Sunday Night Football Cookbook
--Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted
--Alan Zweibel, author of Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories
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