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ERICH FROMM FEAR OF FREEDOM

The most important misunderstanding seems to me to lie in a confusion between the human necessities which I consider part of human nature, and the human necessities as they appear as drives, needs, passions, etc., in any given historical period. This division is not very different from Marx’s concept of “human nature in general”, to be distinguished from “human nature as modified in each historical period”. The same distinction exists in Marx when he distinguishes between “constant” or “fixed” drives and “relative” drives. The constant drives “exist under all circumstances and ... can be changed by social conditions only as far as form and direction are concerned”. The relative drives “owe their origin only to a certain type of social organization”.”. Human Nature and Social Theory

TAO TE QIN

Lao TzuTao Te Ching
Tao

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The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.The unnamable is the eternally real.Naming is the origin of all particular things.Free from desire, you realize the mystery.Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source.This source is called darkness.Darkness within darkness.The gateway to all understanding.
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When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.Being and non-being create each other.Difficult and easy support each other.Long and short define each other.High and low depend on each other.Before and after follow each other.Therefore the Masteracts without doing anythingand teaches without saying anything.Things arise and she lets them come;things disappear and she lets them go.She has but doesn't possess,acts but doesn't expect.When her work is done, she forgets it.That is why it lasts forever.
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If you overesteem great men,people become powerless.If you overvalue possessions,people begin to steal.The Master leadsby emptying people's mindsand filling their cores,by weakening their ambitionand toughening their resolve.He helps people lose everythingthey know, everything they desire,and creates confusionin those who think that they know.Practice not-doing,and everything will fall into place.
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The Tao is like a well:used but never used up.It is like the eternal void:filled with infinite possibilities.It is hidden but always present.I don't know who gave birth to it.It is older than God.
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The Tao doesn't take sides;it gives birth to both good and evil.The Master doesn't take sides;she welcomes both saints and sinners.The Tao is like a bellows:it is empty yet infinitely capable.The more you use it, the more it produces;the more you talk of it, the less you understand.Hold on to the center.
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The Tao is called the Great Mother:empty yet inexhaustible,it gives birth to infinite worlds.It is always present within you.You can use it any way you want.
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The Tao is infinite, eternal.Why is it eternal?It was never born;thus it can never die.Why is it infinite?It has no desires for itself;thus it is present for all beings.The Master stays behind;that is why she is ahead.She is detached from all things;that is why she is one with them.Because she has let go of herself,she is perfectly fulfilled.
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The supreme good is like water,which nourishes all things without trying to.It is content with the low places that people disdain.Thus it is like the Tao.In dwelling, live close to the ground.In thinking, keep to the simple.In conflict, be fair and generous.In governing, don't try to control.In work, do what you enjoy.In family life, be completely present.When you are content to be simply yourselfand don't compare or compete,everybody will respect you.
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Fill your bowl to the brimand it will spill.Keep sharpening your knifeand it will blunt.Chase after money and securityand your heart will never unclench.Care about people's approvaland you will be their prisoner.Do your work, then step back.The only path to serenity.
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Can you coax your mind from its wanderingand keep to the original oneness?Can you let your body becomesupple as a newborn child's?Can you cleanse your inner visionuntil you see nothing but the light?Can you love people and lead themwithout imposing your will?Can you deal with the most vital mattersby letting events take their course?Can you step back from you own mindand thus understand all things?Giving birth and nourishing,having without possessing,acting with no expectations,leading and not trying to control:this is the supreme virtue.
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We join spokes together in a wheel,but it is the center holethat makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot,but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house,but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being,but non-being is what we use.
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Colors blind the eye.Sounds deafen the ear.Flavors numb the taste.Thoughts weaken the mind.Desires wither the heart.The Master observes the worldbut trusts his inner vision.He allows things to come and go.His heart is open as the sky.
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Success is as dangerous as failure.Hope is as hollow as fear.What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure?Whether you go up the ladder or down it,you position is shaky.When you stand with your two feet on the ground,you will always keep your balance.What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?Hope and fear are both phantomsthat arise from thinking of the self.When we don't see the self as self,what do we have to fear?See the world as your self.Have faith in the way things are.Love the world as your self;then you can care for all things.
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Look, and it can't be seen.Listen, and it can't be heard.Reach, and it can't be grasped.Above, it isn't bright.Below, it isn't dark.Seamless, unnamable,it returns to the realm of nothing.Form that includes all forms,image without an image,subtle, beyond all conception.Approach it and there is no beginning;follow it and there is no end.You can't know it, but you can be it,at ease in your own life.Just realize where you come from:this is the essence of wisdom.
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The ancient Masters were profound and subtle.Their wisdom was unfathomable.There is no way to describe it;all we can describe is their appearance.They were carefulas someone crossing an iced-over stream.Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.Courteous as a guest.Fluid as melting ice.Shapable as a block of wood.Receptive as a valley.Clear as a glass of water.Do you have the patience to waittill your mud settles and the water is clear?Can you remain unmovingtill the right action arises by itself?The Master doesn't seek fulfillment.Not seeking, not expecting,she is present, and can welcome all things.
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Empty your mind of all thoughts.Let your heart be at peace.Watch the turmoil of beings,but contemplate their return.Each separate being in the universereturns to the common source.Returning to the source is serenity.If you don't realize the source,you stumble in confusion and sorrow.When you realize where you come from,you naturally become tolerant,disinterested, amused,kindhearted as a grandmother,dignified as a king.Immersed in the wonder of the Tao,you can deal with whatever life brings you,and when death comes, you are ready.
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When the Master governs, the peopleare hardly aware that he exists.Next best is a leader who is loved.Next, one who is feared.The worst is one who is despised.If you don't trust the people,you make them untrustworthy.The Master doesn't talk, he acts.When his work is done,the people say, "Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!"
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When the great Tao is forgotten,goodness and piety appear.When the body's intelligence declines,cleverness and knowledge step forth.When there is no peace in the family,filial piety begins.When the country falls into chaos,patriotism is born.
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Throw away holiness and wisdom,and people will be a hundred times happier.Throw away morality and justice,and people will do the right thing.Throw away industry and profit,and there won't be any thieves.If these three aren't enough,just stay at the center of the circleand let all things take their course.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.What difference between yes and no?What difference between success and failure?Must you value what others value,avoid what others avoid?How ridiculous!Other people are excited,as though they were at a parade.I alone don't care,I alone am expressionless,like an infant before it can smile.Other people have what they need;I alone possess nothing.I alone drift about,like someone without a home.I am like an idiot, my mind is so empty.Other people are bright;I alone am dark.Other people are sharper;I alone am dull.Other people have a purpose;I alone don't know.I drift like a wave on the ocean,I blow as aimless as the wind.I am different from ordinary people.I drink from the Great Mother's breasts.
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The Master keeps her mindalways at one with the Tao;that is what gives her her radiance.The Tao is ungraspable.How can her mind be at one with it?Because she doesn't cling to ideas.The Tao is dark and unfathomable.How can it make her radiant?Because she lets it.Since before time and space were,the Tao is.It is beyond is and is not.How do I know this is true?I look inside myself and see.
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If you want to become whole,let yourself be partial.If you want to become straight,let yourself be crooked.If you want to become full,let yourself be empty.If you want to be reborn,let yourself die.If you want to be given everything,give everything up.The Master, by residing in the Tao,sets an example for all beings.Because he doesn't display himself,people can see his light.Because he has nothing to prove,people can trust his words.Because he doesn't know who he is,people recognize themselves in him.Because he has no goad in mind,everything he does succeeds.When the ancient Masters said,"If you want to be given everything, give everything up,"they weren't using empty phrases.Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.
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Express yourself completely,then keep quiet.Be like the forces of nature:when it blows, there is only wind;when it rains, there is only rain;when the clouds pass, the sun shines through.If you open yourself to the Tao,you are at one with the Taoand you can embody it completely.If you open yourself to insight,you are at one with insightand you can use it completely.If you open yourself to loss,you are at one with lossand you can accept it completely.Open yourself to the Tao,then trust your natural responses;and everything will fall into place.
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He who stands on tiptoedoesn't stand firm.He who rushes aheaddoesn't go far.He who tries to shinedims his own light.He who defines himselfcan't know who he really is.He who has power over otherscan't empower himself.He who clings to his workwill create nothing that endures.If you want to accord with the Tao,just do your job, then let go.
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There was something formless and perfectbefore the universe was born.It is serene. Empty.Solitary. Unchanging.Infinite. Eternally present.It is the mother of the universe.For lack of a better name,I call it the Tao.It flows through all things,inside and outside, and returnsto the origin of all things.The Tao is great.The universe is great.Earth is great.Man is great.These are the four great powers.Man follows the earth.Earth follows the universe.The universe follows the Tao.The Tao follows only itself.
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The heavy is the root of the light.The unmoved is the source of all movement.Thus the Master travels all daywithout leaving home.However splendid the views,she stays serenely in herself.Why should the lord of the countryflit about like a fool?If you let yourself be blown to and fro,you lose touch with your root.If you let restlessness move you,you lose touch with who you are.
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A good traveler has no fixed plansand is not intent upon arriving.A good artist lets his intuitionlead him wherever it wants.A good scientist has freed himself of conceptsand keeps his mind open to what is.Thus the Master is available to all peopleand doesn't reject anyone.He is ready to use all situationsand doesn't waste anything.This is called embodying the light.What is a good man but a bad man's teacher?What is a bad man but a good man's job?If you don't understand this, you will get lost,however intelligent you are.It is the great secret.
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Know the male,yet keep to the female:receive the world in your arms.If you receive the world,the Tao will never leave youand you will be like a little child.Know the white,yet keep to the black:be a pattern for the world.If you are a pattern for the world,the Tao will be strong inside youand there will be nothing you can't do.Know the personal,yet keep to the impersonal:accept the world as it is.If you accept the world,the Tao will be luminous inside youand you will return to your primal self.The world is formed from the void,like utensils from a block of wood.The Master knows the utensils,yet keeps to the the block:thus she can use all things.
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Do you want to improve the world?I don't think it can be done.The world is sacred.It can't be improved.If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.There is a time for being ahead,a time for being behind;a time for being in motion,a time for being at rest;a time for being vigorous,a time for being exhausted;a time for being safe,a time for being in danger.The Master sees things as they are,without trying to control them.She lets them go their own way,and resides at the center of the circle.
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Whoever relies on the Tao in governing mendoesn't try to force issuesor defeat enemies by force of arms.For every force there is a counterforce.Violence, even well intentioned,always rebounds upon oneself.The Master does his joband then stops.He understands that the universeis forever out of control,and that trying to dominate eventsgoes against the current of the Tao.Because he believes in himself,he doesn't try to convince others.Because he is content with himself,he doesn't need others' approval.Because he accepts himself,the whole world accepts him.
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Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use themonly with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,how can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn't wish them personal harm.Nor does he rejoice in victory.How could he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral.
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The Tao can't be perceived.Smaller than an electron,it contains uncountable galaxies.If powerful men and womencould remain centered in the Tao,all things would be in harmony.The world would become a paradise.All people would be at peace,and the law would be written in their hearts.When you have names and forms,know that they are provisional.When you have institutions,know where their functions should end.Knowing when to stop,you can avoid any danger.All things end in the Taoas rivers flow into the sea.
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Knowing others is intelligence;knowing yourself is true wisdom.Mastering others is strength;mastering yourself is true power.If you realize that you have enough,you are truly rich.If you stay in the centerand embrace death with your whole heart,you will endure forever.
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The great Tao flows everywhere.All things are born from it,yet it doesn't create them.It pours itself into its work,yet it makes no claim.It nourishes infinite worlds,yet it doesn't hold on to them.Since it is merged with all thingsand hidden in their hearts,it can be called humble.Since all things vanish into itand it alone endures,it can be called great.It isn't aware of its greatness;thus it is truly great.
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She who is centered in the Taocan go where she wishes, without danger.She perceives the universal harmony,even amid great pain,because she has found peace in her heart.Music or the smell of good cookingmay make people stop and enjoy.But words that point to the Taoseem monotonous and without flavor.When you look for it, there is nothing to see.When you listen for it, there is nothing to hear.When you use it, it is inexhaustible.
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If you want to shrink something,you must first allow it to expand.If you want to get rid of something,you must first allow it to flourish.If you want to take something,you must first allow it to be given.This is called the subtle perceptionof the way things are.The soft overcomes the hard.The slow overcomes the fast.Let your workings remain a mystery.Just show people the results.
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The Tao never does anything,yet through it all things are done.If powerful men and womencould venter themselves in it,the whole world would be transformedby itself, in its natural rhythms.People would be contentwith their simple, everyday lives,in harmony, and free of desire.When there is no desire,all things are at peace.

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Tao Te Ching

ANTONIO GADES

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Antonio Esteve Rodenas més conegut amb el nom artístic d' Antonio Gades (Elda, Alt Vinalopó 14 de novembre de 1936 - † Madrid, 20 de juliol de 2004), fou un ballarí i coreògraf espanyol.
Va néixer en una família humil en una casa-cova a Elda, pocs mesos després de començar la guerra civil espanyola. A principis de 1937, el seu pare, paleta de professió, s'allista voluntari en l'Exèrcit republicà, traslladant-se al front de Madrid. Poc després el seguirà tota la família. El 1947 Antonio Gades va haver de començar a treballar i ho farà en un conegut estudi fotogràfic "on les fotografies d'artistes de l'època omplien tota la paret de la cambra fosca" i al diari ABC com a mosso.
El 1949 s'inscriví en una acadèmia de ball, on la casualitat el permetria conèixer mesos més tard Pilar López Júlvez. Va ser aquesta qui li suggerí el nom artístic d'Antonio Gades, com a record de les ballarines gaditanas. Pilar serà la seva descubridora i admirarà en ell els dots naturals i la seva exquisida puresa. En 1951 entra a formar part de la companyia. Pilar i el primer ballarí, Manolo Vargas, seran els encarregats de donar-lo a conèixer el món del folklore espanyol en un repertori amplíssim. Alhora que viatja arreu del món, descobrirà la seva gran inspiració per a la creació de les seves pròpies coreografies: Federico García Lorca.
Durant els 12 primers anys viatja, balla i es forma també en dansa clàssica, "aquell temps d'aprendre no l'he perdut mai". Gades és ja conegut i valorat internacionalment. En el Teatre de l'Opera de Roma fou anomenat "el ballador de l'essència andalusa", prova que s'ha decantat fermament per aquest folklore. El 1962 fundà la seva primera companyia. A Itàlia actuà, a més de Roma, en el Festival de Spoleto com a primer ballarí i coreògraf amb Carmen i al Teatre de La Scala de Milà. Alfredo Mañas havia escrit expressament per a ell "La historia de los tarantos". Gades explicarà el seu viatge a l'exterior com una manera de buscar les arrels flamenques, doncs per a ell a Espanya els oropeles i l'excés de vistuosisme havien "prostituït" la cultura flamenca popular.
Després d'alguns mesos a Itàlia tornà a Espanya representant La historia de los tarantos i rodant una pel·lícula (ja havia intervingut en un petit paper a Itàlia amb Vittorio Gassman), Els Tarantos del director Francesc Rovira-Beleta. Representa a Espanya el 1964 a l'Exposició de Nova York qui l'acull com a un ídol del flamenc. Aquest és també l'any que es casa amb Marujita Díaz, separant-se 20 mesos després. El 1965 estrena Don Juan al Teatre de la Zarzuela. L'obra suposà un fracàs de públic. Antonio Gades havia posat bona part dels seus recursos en la producció i es trobarà pocs mesos després gairebé sense diners. Fins a 1968, quan es casa amb la ballarina Pilar San Clemente, no se'l veu tornar a la Scala de Milà al costat de Rudolf Nureyev on, sense obtenir un gran èxit, es reafirma en la seva capacitat per a transmetre la puresa del ball espanyol.
El 1969 realitza la coreografia de El amor brujo amb l'Òpera de Chicago. Representa l'obra a França, Itàlia, Espanya, Japó, Estats Units, Marroc, Argentina, i entre altres països amb la seva pròpia companyia, el Ballet d'Antonio Gades. El 1971 se separa de la seva esposa, de qui tenia dos fills i el 1973 s'uneix a Pepa Flores amb qui tindrà tres filles: l'actriu María Esteve, Tamara i la cantant Celia Flores. Fins a 1974 recorrerà tot el món, arribant a Roma amb la seva nova obra: Bodas de sangre o, en el seu títol original, "Crónica del suceso de las bodas de sangre". L'èxit li acompanya, ja fins i tot a Espanya, però Gades anuncia la seva retirada i dissol la companyia.
El 1976 roda amb Albert Camus Dies del passat. Llevat d'un viatge per Cuba i Estats Units amb Alicia Alonso, no torna a ballar. El 1978 és nomenat Director del Ballet Nacional Espanyol. Malgrat el seu rotund èxit, només roman dos anys en el càrrec. Amb els ballarins del Ballet Nacional que renuncien al seu càrrec, forma nova companyia fins a 1981. Abans roda Bodas de sangre amb Carlos Saura, amb qui faria a més El amor brujo, Carmen i Flamenco.
És temps de l'obertura i la figura controvertida de Gades s'obre un buit en el panorama polític i cultural espanyol. Durant la Transició Espanyola es declararava com un "català d'Elda" d'ideologia marxista i pancatalanista independentista. Va participar en política encapçalant la candidatura del Bloc d'Esquerra d'Alliberament Nacional (BEAN) a les eleccions municipals d'Alacant el 1979, i es mantindria vinculat a aquesta formació durant la dècada dels 80. Més tard va acabar militant en el Partit Comunista dels Pobles d'Espanya, sent membre del seu Comitè Central i es va mantenir vinculat al Partit Comunista de Cuba tota la seva vida.
El 1986 se separa de Pepa Flores. El 1988 es casa amb Daniela Frey, matrimoni que dura fins a 1993. La seva última producció com a coreògraf serà Fuenteovejuna sobre el text de Lope de Vega i adaptació de José Manuel Caballero Bonald, estrenada a l'Òpera de Gènova el 1994. Amb la seva última va fer una gira per Japó, Itàlia, França, Regne Unit, Espanya, Cuba, i diversos països llatinoamericans. Continuà amb el seu exercici de puresa en l'art: "el ball no és un exercici, el ball és un estat anímic que surt a través d'un moviment". El 1999 va rebre la Creu de Sant Jordi.
Després d'una llarga malaltia al costat de la seva nova companya, Eugenia Eiriz, va morir a Madrid el 2004. El 6 de juny havia rebut de mans de Fidel Castro l'Orde José Martí, màxima condecoració de la República de Cuba. El 2005 les seves cendres van ser enterrades al Mausoleu dels Herois de la Revolució Cubana. A la seva mort, Francesc Frutos, aleshores Secretari general del Partit Comunista d'Espanya dirà que era "home de compromís i dignitat, de lleialtats i amics, va beure des de nen de les fonts de la tradició obrera, del sofriment del treball, de la necessitat, elevant el seu art més gran, el ball flamenc, un ball de classe amb consciència, fins a la categoria de manifestació universal".

Si Dios fuera una mujer (de Mario Benedetti)

¿y si Dios fuera una mujer? -Juan Gelman ¿Y si Dios fuera mujer?pregunta Juan sin inmutarse,vaya, vaya si Dios fuera mujeres posible que agnósticos y ateos no dijéramos no con la cabeza y dijéramos sí con las entrañas. Tal vez nos acercáramos a su divina desnudez para besar sus pies no de bronce,su pubis no de piedra,sus pechos no de mármol,sus labios no de yeso. Si Dios fuera mujer la abrazaríamos para arrancarla de su lontananza y no habría que jurar hasta que la muerte nos separe ya que sería inmortal por antonomasia y en vez de transmitirnos SIDA o pániconos contagiaría su inmortalidad. Si Dios fuera mujer no se instalaría lejana en el reino de los cielos,sino que nos aguardaría en el zaguán del infierno,con sus brazos no cerrados,su rosa no de plásticoy su amor no de ángeles. Ay Dios mío, Dios mío si hasta siempre y desde siempre fueras una mujer qué lindo escándalo sería,qué venturosa, espléndida, imposible,prodigiosa blasfemia.

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