Not sure if any of you have been paying attention to former Silicon Valley darling Theranos, but there's definitely some bad news gone right this week.
Theranos was founded by a Jobs-esque Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, and promised to upend the world of medical testing with a new technology that could run hundreds of tests off a single drop of blood. You'd go into Walgreens, get your finger pricked, and then get your results a few hours later.
As someone who worked as a laboratory scientist that was ridiculous nonsense. Retests to confirm potentially life-threatening values are common. Some of our work involves microscopy, such as when we identify the number and type of white blood cells under a microscope to differentiate between a high count of normal cells (due to illness or infection) and blood cancers like leukemia. The machines are good but they're not good enough to tell the difference between bottom right and 2nd from top-right. You can't do retests or microscopy with a single drop of blood.
Theranos refused to allow government regulators to examine the new technology, claiming "trade secrets". Turns out the vaunted new tech didn't work and they sent out years' worth of false results (including several that sent patients to the ER). Founder Holmes has been barred from owning or operating a laboratory for two years, the government has revoked its certification of Theranos' laboratory, and also has prohibited it from running tests for Medicare/Medicaid patients. Holmes' net worth has dropped from over $4 billion to $0.
A slap in the face to Silicon Valley's "disruptive" techniques, a warning to future imitators to make sure their tests are accurate, and a big victory for patient safety. A good day.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
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This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
Really? Jesus. I knew they'd switched over to real, industry-standard analyzers after the WSJ called them out but even that was incompetently run and they didn't do quality control or perform basic maintenance. A half-decent defense attorney should be able to get a pardon, easy.
Honestly I'm shocked and dismayed that it took the regulators this long to shut Theranos down, but I'm guessing the delay's due to all the star power on the board and the strings they could pull. Frickin' Henry Kissinger was on it.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
Really? Jesus. I knew they'd switched over to real, industry-standard analyzers after the WSJ called them out but even that was incompetently run and they didn't do quality control or perform basic maintenance. A half-decent defense attorney should be able to get a pardon, easy.
Honestly I'm shocked and dismayed that it took the regulators this long to shut Theranos down, but I'm guessing the delay's due to all the star power on the board and the strings they could pull. Frickin' Henry Kissinger was on it.
I thought Kissinger was too busy making the Monarch into a viable Villain with his magic murder bag to be involved in such mundane things
Not sure if any of you have been paying attention to former Silicon Valley darling Theranos, but there's definitely some bad news gone right this week.
Theranos was founded by a Jobs-esque Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, and promised to upend the world of medical testing with a new technology that could run hundreds of tests off a single drop of blood. You'd go into Walgreens, get your finger pricked, and then get your results a few hours later.
As someone who worked as a laboratory scientist that was ridiculous nonsense. Retests to confirm potentially life-threatening values are common. Some of our work involves microscopy, such as when we identify the number and type of white blood cells under a microscope to differentiate between a high count of normal cells (due to illness or infection) and blood cancers like leukemia. The machines are good but they're not good enough to tell the difference between bottom right and 2nd from top-right. You can't do retests or microscopy with a single drop of blood.
Theranos refused to allow government regulators to examine the new technology, claiming "trade secrets". Turns out the vaunted new tech didn't work and they sent out years' worth of false results (including several that sent patients to the ER). Founder Holmes has been barred from owning or operating a laboratory for two years, the government has revoked its certification of Theranos' laboratory, and also has prohibited it from running tests for Medicare/Medicaid patients. Holmes' net worth has dropped from over $4 billion to $0.
A slap in the face to Silicon Valley's "disruptive" techniques, a warning to future imitators to make sure their tests are accurate, and a big victory for patient safety. A good day.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
How in God's name was a lab that refused to be regulated certified to do police forensic testing?
Not sure if any of you have been paying attention to former Silicon Valley darling Theranos, but there's definitely some bad news gone right this week.
Theranos was founded by a Jobs-esque Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, and promised to upend the world of medical testing with a new technology that could run hundreds of tests off a single drop of blood. You'd go into Walgreens, get your finger pricked, and then get your results a few hours later.
As someone who worked as a laboratory scientist that was ridiculous nonsense. Retests to confirm potentially life-threatening values are common. Some of our work involves microscopy, such as when we identify the number and type of white blood cells under a microscope to differentiate between a high count of normal cells (due to illness or infection) and blood cancers like leukemia. The machines are good but they're not good enough to tell the difference between bottom right and 2nd from top-right. You can't do retests or microscopy with a single drop of blood.
Theranos refused to allow government regulators to examine the new technology, claiming "trade secrets". Turns out the vaunted new tech didn't work and they sent out years' worth of false results (including several that sent patients to the ER). Founder Holmes has been barred from owning or operating a laboratory for two years, the government has revoked its certification of Theranos' laboratory, and also has prohibited it from running tests for Medicare/Medicaid patients. Holmes' net worth has dropped from over $4 billion to $0.
A slap in the face to Silicon Valley's "disruptive" techniques, a warning to future imitators to make sure their tests are accurate, and a big victory for patient safety. A good day.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
How in God's name was a lab that refused to be regulated certified to do police forensic testing?
Not sure if any of you have been paying attention to former Silicon Valley darling Theranos, but there's definitely some bad news gone right this week.
Theranos was founded by a Jobs-esque Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, and promised to upend the world of medical testing with a new technology that could run hundreds of tests off a single drop of blood. You'd go into Walgreens, get your finger pricked, and then get your results a few hours later.
As someone who worked as a laboratory scientist that was ridiculous nonsense. Retests to confirm potentially life-threatening values are common. Some of our work involves microscopy, such as when we identify the number and type of white blood cells under a microscope to differentiate between a high count of normal cells (due to illness or infection) and blood cancers like leukemia. The machines are good but they're not good enough to tell the difference between bottom right and 2nd from top-right. You can't do retests or microscopy with a single drop of blood.
Theranos refused to allow government regulators to examine the new technology, claiming "trade secrets". Turns out the vaunted new tech didn't work and they sent out years' worth of false results (including several that sent patients to the ER). Founder Holmes has been barred from owning or operating a laboratory for two years, the government has revoked its certification of Theranos' laboratory, and also has prohibited it from running tests for Medicare/Medicaid patients. Holmes' net worth has dropped from over $4 billion to $0.
A slap in the face to Silicon Valley's "disruptive" techniques, a warning to future imitators to make sure their tests are accurate, and a big victory for patient safety. A good day.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
Not to mention all the guilty that cant be retried now.
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The bad news - freshman law student gets butthurt over 'Black Lives Matter' t-shirt and writes testy letter to the school about it.
Gone right - The professor wearing the shirt responded in the most proper law-school way possible. I can only hope that the kid actually learned the lesson they needed to.
The bad news - freshman law student gets butthurt over 'Black Lives Matter' t-shirt and writes testy letter to the school about it.
Gone right - The professor wearing the shirt responded in the most proper law-school way possible. I can only hope that the kid actually learned the lesson they needed to.
Not sure if any of you have been paying attention to former Silicon Valley darling Theranos, but there's definitely some bad news gone right this week.
Theranos was founded by a Jobs-esque Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, and promised to upend the world of medical testing with a new technology that could run hundreds of tests off a single drop of blood. You'd go into Walgreens, get your finger pricked, and then get your results a few hours later.
As someone who worked as a laboratory scientist that was ridiculous nonsense. Retests to confirm potentially life-threatening values are common. Some of our work involves microscopy, such as when we identify the number and type of white blood cells under a microscope to differentiate between a high count of normal cells (due to illness or infection) and blood cancers like leukemia. The machines are good but they're not good enough to tell the difference between bottom right and 2nd from top-right. You can't do retests or microscopy with a single drop of blood.
Theranos refused to allow government regulators to examine the new technology, claiming "trade secrets". Turns out the vaunted new tech didn't work and they sent out years' worth of false results (including several that sent patients to the ER). Founder Holmes has been barred from owning or operating a laboratory for two years, the government has revoked its certification of Theranos' laboratory, and also has prohibited it from running tests for Medicare/Medicaid patients. Holmes' net worth has dropped from over $4 billion to $0.
A slap in the face to Silicon Valley's "disruptive" techniques, a warning to future imitators to make sure their tests are accurate, and a big victory for patient safety. A good day.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
Not to mention all the guilty that cant be retried now.
Well this is a pretty shitty way to look at it. How do you know they're guilty if the evidence they were convicted by was falsified? What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Not sure if any of you have been paying attention to former Silicon Valley darling Theranos, but there's definitely some bad news gone right this week.
Theranos was founded by a Jobs-esque Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, and promised to upend the world of medical testing with a new technology that could run hundreds of tests off a single drop of blood. You'd go into Walgreens, get your finger pricked, and then get your results a few hours later.
As someone who worked as a laboratory scientist that was ridiculous nonsense. Retests to confirm potentially life-threatening values are common. Some of our work involves microscopy, such as when we identify the number and type of white blood cells under a microscope to differentiate between a high count of normal cells (due to illness or infection) and blood cancers like leukemia. The machines are good but they're not good enough to tell the difference between bottom right and 2nd from top-right. You can't do retests or microscopy with a single drop of blood.
Theranos refused to allow government regulators to examine the new technology, claiming "trade secrets". Turns out the vaunted new tech didn't work and they sent out years' worth of false results (including several that sent patients to the ER). Founder Holmes has been barred from owning or operating a laboratory for two years, the government has revoked its certification of Theranos' laboratory, and also has prohibited it from running tests for Medicare/Medicaid patients. Holmes' net worth has dropped from over $4 billion to $0.
A slap in the face to Silicon Valley's "disruptive" techniques, a warning to future imitators to make sure their tests are accurate, and a big victory for patient safety. A good day.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
Not to mention all the guilty that cant be retried now.
Well this is a pretty shitty way to look at it. How do you know they're guilty if the evidence they were convicted by was falsified? What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
They weren't convicted was the point. Shoddy lab work may have let the guilty go free and now double jeopardy applies to those cases.
Not sure if any of you have been paying attention to former Silicon Valley darling Theranos, but there's definitely some bad news gone right this week.
Theranos was founded by a Jobs-esque Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, and promised to upend the world of medical testing with a new technology that could run hundreds of tests off a single drop of blood. You'd go into Walgreens, get your finger pricked, and then get your results a few hours later.
As someone who worked as a laboratory scientist that was ridiculous nonsense. Retests to confirm potentially life-threatening values are common. Some of our work involves microscopy, such as when we identify the number and type of white blood cells under a microscope to differentiate between a high count of normal cells (due to illness or infection) and blood cancers like leukemia. The machines are good but they're not good enough to tell the difference between bottom right and 2nd from top-right. You can't do retests or microscopy with a single drop of blood.
Theranos refused to allow government regulators to examine the new technology, claiming "trade secrets". Turns out the vaunted new tech didn't work and they sent out years' worth of false results (including several that sent patients to the ER). Founder Holmes has been barred from owning or operating a laboratory for two years, the government has revoked its certification of Theranos' laboratory, and also has prohibited it from running tests for Medicare/Medicaid patients. Holmes' net worth has dropped from over $4 billion to $0.
A slap in the face to Silicon Valley's "disruptive" techniques, a warning to future imitators to make sure their tests are accurate, and a big victory for patient safety. A good day.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
Not to mention all the guilty that cant be retried now.
Well this is a pretty shitty way to look at it. How do you know they're guilty if the evidence they were convicted by was falsified? What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
My post was meant as an addendum to the previous post. The issue will be that both innocent people were wrongly convicted and that guilty people were wrongly exonerated such that they may continue to harm others while possibly learning lessons to prevent being caught in the future.
Though, I dug into what I was reading earlier about it and despite what the article said, which I can no longer find any trace of, I'm not seeing anything about Theranos doing work for police. Might be why the article suggesting so was pulled. Most I can find about shoddy lab work and convictions is the one from several months ago where the drug testing lab scientist had been sampling the wares daily for years during work hours.
The bad news - freshman law student gets butthurt over 'Black Lives Matter' t-shirt and writes testy letter to the school about it.
Gone right - The professor wearing the shirt responded in the most proper law-school way possible. I can only hope that the kid actually learned the lesson they needed to.
God damn. Literally schooled.
I especially appreciated the part in the middle end where the professor states that your reaction to something doesn't give it that meaning, and that everyone should make a reasonable attempt to discern meaning. It's something this board frequently struggles with, in fact.
I have this dream that one day, a sovereign citizen will smack a WBC protester, and use every legal obstruction mumbo jumbo to try to grind the legal stuff to a standstill. The Unstoppable Bigot versus the Unmovable Idiot.
Of course the WBC would just sue the city/township/state they got smacked in, but let me dream.
Though, I dug into what I was reading earlier about it and despite what the article said, which I can no longer find any trace of, I'm not seeing anything about Theranos doing work for police. Might be why the article suggesting so was pulled. Most I can find about shoddy lab work and convictions is the one from several months ago where the drug testing lab scientist had been sampling the wares daily for years during work hours.
Though, I dug into what I was reading earlier about it and despite what the article said, which I can no longer find any trace of, I'm not seeing anything about Theranos doing work for police. Might be why the article suggesting so was pulled. Most I can find about shoddy lab work and convictions is the one from several months ago where the drug testing lab scientist had been sampling the wares daily for years during work hours.
He...was a vampire?
Nah. Just high as a kite every day at work.
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Though, I dug into what I was reading earlier about it and despite what the article said, which I can no longer find any trace of, I'm not seeing anything about Theranos doing work for police. Might be why the article suggesting so was pulled. Most I can find about shoddy lab work and convictions is the one from several months ago where the drug testing lab scientist had been sampling the wares daily for years during work hours.
He...was a vampire?
Drug testing lab. She worked her way through the lab's entire supply of testing meth (so, essentialy pure, high grade) and then started stealing other drugs too to keep the high going.
Not sure if any of you have been paying attention to former Silicon Valley darling Theranos, but there's definitely some bad news gone right this week.
Theranos was founded by a Jobs-esque Stanford dropout, Elizabeth Holmes, and promised to upend the world of medical testing with a new technology that could run hundreds of tests off a single drop of blood. You'd go into Walgreens, get your finger pricked, and then get your results a few hours later.
As someone who worked as a laboratory scientist that was ridiculous nonsense. Retests to confirm potentially life-threatening values are common. Some of our work involves microscopy, such as when we identify the number and type of white blood cells under a microscope to differentiate between a high count of normal cells (due to illness or infection) and blood cancers like leukemia. The machines are good but they're not good enough to tell the difference between bottom right and 2nd from top-right. You can't do retests or microscopy with a single drop of blood.
Theranos refused to allow government regulators to examine the new technology, claiming "trade secrets". Turns out the vaunted new tech didn't work and they sent out years' worth of false results (including several that sent patients to the ER). Founder Holmes has been barred from owning or operating a laboratory for two years, the government has revoked its certification of Theranos' laboratory, and also has prohibited it from running tests for Medicare/Medicaid patients. Holmes' net worth has dropped from over $4 billion to $0.
A slap in the face to Silicon Valley's "disruptive" techniques, a warning to future imitators to make sure their tests are accurate, and a big victory for patient safety. A good day.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
Oh I hadn't heard that part at the about them being blocked from being assholes at the Pulse memorial by "angels". That's more good news.
"Angels" have been at a lot of LGBT memorials and funerals for over well a decade because of WBC. We sang at one of Matthew Shepard's memorials and we had Angels there too, happily no WBC presence.
I've seen a bunch of stuff online from cops about playing Pokemon Go. Sitting in a park with the radar gun going. Well just park next to a gym and battle while you work.
Oceanside police started the pursuit shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday when an officer tried to pull over the driver of a 1993 Nissan sedan for a minor traffic violation on Oceanside Boulevard, police said.
Instead of stopping for a ticket, the driver kept going, ending up in Vista where the pursuit was handed off to deputies on North Melrose Drive, authorities said. The Nissan driver meandered through the city for nearly 20 minutes before heading into the jail parking lot off Melrose, near Hacienda Drive.
He stopped, ran from the car and clambered over a fence into the jail intake area, where prisoners are driven in for booking, a sheriff’s official said.
Oceanside police started the pursuit shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday when an officer tried to pull over the driver of a 1993 Nissan sedan for a minor traffic violation on Oceanside Boulevard, police said.
Instead of stopping for a ticket, the driver kept going, ending up in Vista where the pursuit was handed off to deputies on North Melrose Drive, authorities said. The Nissan driver meandered through the city for nearly 20 minutes before heading into the jail parking lot off Melrose, near Hacienda Drive.
He stopped, ran from the car and clambered over a fence into the jail intake area, where prisoners are driven in for booking, a sheriff’s official said.
Well that was thoughtful of him, to simplify things.
Oceanside police started the pursuit shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday when an officer tried to pull over the driver of a 1993 Nissan sedan for a minor traffic violation on Oceanside Boulevard, police said.
Instead of stopping for a ticket, the driver kept going, ending up in Vista where the pursuit was handed off to deputies on North Melrose Drive, authorities said. The Nissan driver meandered through the city for nearly 20 minutes before heading into the jail parking lot off Melrose, near Hacienda Drive.
He stopped, ran from the car and clambered over a fence into the jail intake area, where prisoners are driven in for booking, a sheriff’s official said.
Oceanside police started the pursuit shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday when an officer tried to pull over the driver of a 1993 Nissan sedan for a minor traffic violation on Oceanside Boulevard, police said.
Instead of stopping for a ticket, the driver kept going, ending up in Vista where the pursuit was handed off to deputies on North Melrose Drive, authorities said. The Nissan driver meandered through the city for nearly 20 minutes before heading into the jail parking lot off Melrose, near Hacienda Drive.
He stopped, ran from the car and clambered over a fence into the jail intake area, where prisoners are driven in for booking, a sheriff’s official said.
Seth Ortega and Javier Soch, both Marines, were playing the game in a park near Wilshire and Pomona avenues in downtown Fullerton at about 10:30 a.m.
Soch said his game froze and he happened to look up and noticed a man carrying a red plastic rose.
Ortega and Soch said they watched the man approach a woman and her three children.
The woman and her children quickly ran away from the man, according to Ortega and Soch.
The mother called 911 while Ortega and Soch kept a watchful eye on the man.
Ortega and Soch said they watched the man approach another woman and her two children, who were also playing Pokemon Go.
"We see the gentleman go approach them again, at this point, me and my roommate start walking across the street and the gentleman actually walks up and touches one of the children, one of the boys, his toe, and starts walking his way up to the knee," Ortega explained.
"At this point I'm running across the street and a gentleman who was walking down the street does the same thing," Ortega continued.
The children ran to their mother as Ortega and Soch stayed with the man until officers arrived.
Authorities said the man was arrested for child annoyance and it was discovered that he had an outstanding warrant for attempted murder in Sonoma, California.
Police said the man would be extradited to Sonoma for the attempted murder warrant.
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No shit?
Just because you are a bear doesn't mean that you shouldn't have manners.
This has even further consequences than that. Theranos was frequently contracted to do testing for crime scenes, meaning that there is a huuuuuge number of cases that must now be re-examined and may even result in pardons for those who were convicted based on that evidence.
Honestly I'm shocked and dismayed that it took the regulators this long to shut Theranos down, but I'm guessing the delay's due to all the star power on the board and the strings they could pull. Frickin' Henry Kissinger was on it.
I thought Kissinger was too busy making the Monarch into a viable Villain with his magic murder bag to be involved in such mundane things
How in God's name was a lab that refused to be regulated certified to do police forensic testing?
Low-balling bids and cronyism.
Not to mention all the guilty that cant be retried now.
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Gone right - The professor wearing the shirt responded in the most proper law-school way possible. I can only hope that the kid actually learned the lesson they needed to.
God damn. Literally schooled.
Well this is a pretty shitty way to look at it. How do you know they're guilty if the evidence they were convicted by was falsified? What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
They weren't convicted was the point. Shoddy lab work may have let the guilty go free and now double jeopardy applies to those cases.
My post was meant as an addendum to the previous post. The issue will be that both innocent people were wrongly convicted and that guilty people were wrongly exonerated such that they may continue to harm others while possibly learning lessons to prevent being caught in the future.
MWO: Adamski
Though, I dug into what I was reading earlier about it and despite what the article said, which I can no longer find any trace of, I'm not seeing anything about Theranos doing work for police. Might be why the article suggesting so was pulled. Most I can find about shoddy lab work and convictions is the one from several months ago where the drug testing lab scientist had been sampling the wares daily for years during work hours.
I especially appreciated the part in the middle end where the professor states that your reaction to something doesn't give it that meaning, and that everyone should make a reasonable attempt to discern meaning. It's something this board frequently struggles with, in fact.
Westboro takes it about as well as you'd expect.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Of course the WBC would just sue the city/township/state they got smacked in, but let me dream.
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He...was a vampire?
Nah. Just high as a kite every day at work.
Drug testing lab. She worked her way through the lab's entire supply of testing meth (so, essentialy pure, high grade) and then started stealing other drugs too to keep the high going.
Isn't Theranos a WoW raid boss?
Oh I hadn't heard that part at the about them being blocked from being assholes at the Pulse memorial by "angels". That's more good news.
"Angels" have been at a lot of LGBT memorials and funerals for over well a decade because of WBC. We sang at one of Matthew Shepard's memorials and we had Angels there too, happily no WBC presence.
Now it's the FBI's turn to hide
The amazement of cops dealing with Pokémon GO players has been hilarious.
It's scavenger hunt for everyone involving everywhere?
Remember being a kid, running outside with friends, and catching neat bugs and frogs? It's basically that but with phones and less bug and frog poop.
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Well that was thoughtful of him, to simplify things.
Looks like he went from out of the frying pan...
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...into the prison.
Two Marines playing Pokemon GO help catch an attempted murder suspect
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