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Tuesday 11 September 2012

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There's a world of opportunity to re-think and re-design the way we make stuff. 'Re-Thinking Progress' explores how through a change in perspective we can re-design the way our economy works - designing products that can be 'made to be made again' and powering the system with renewable energy. It questions whether with creativity and innovation we can build a restorative economy.

Find out more about the circular economy at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation


xkcd created the above fabulous chart regarding money, that shows "almost all of it, where it is and what it can do."  Click here to be taken to a much larger interactive version and below please find xkcd's list of sources:

Sources & Notes:
  1. http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/damage1980.asp    
  2. http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/damage.asp    
  3. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1910    Whitehead, J.C., 2003: "One million dollars per mile? The opportunity costs of Hurricane evacuation", Ocean and Coastal Management 46, 1069.    
  4. http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/shadow/docs/Pielkeetal2006a.pdf    (estimates of costs if historical hurricanes hit today)
  5. http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/averages.php    
  6. http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/index.php    
  7. http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/index.php    
  8. http://www.opensecrets.org/pres04/index.php?cycle=2004    
  9. http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/index.php    
  10. http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/    
  11. http://mashable.com/2011/10/05/social-network-ad-revenues10-billion/    
  12. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/full_list/    
  13. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/medicare-loses-nearly-four-times-much-money-health-insurers-make_552860.html    
  14. http://www.nber.org/digest/dec03/w9720.html    
  15. http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2010NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final.pdf    
  16. http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/09/14/319109/report-what-has-55-billion-in-aid-done-for-somalia/    
  17. http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-05-12-afghan_N.htm    
  18. http://www.eli.org/Program_Areas/innovation_governance_energy.cfm    
  19. http://inewp.com/?p=8824    
  20. http://www.eli.org/pdf/Energy_Subsidies_Black_Not_Green.pdf    
  21. http://costofwar.com/en/publications/2011/analysis-fiscal-year-2012-pentagon-spending-request/    
  22. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/business/economy/23fed.html    
  23. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/estimate-for-deporting-illegal-immigrants-94-billion/    
  24. http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=104240    
  25. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/economics/econ_facts/    
  26. http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/    
  27. http://www.insurancenetworking.com/news/risk_management_natural_disasters_economic_losses_earthquakes_insurance-26963-1.html    
  28. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704124504576118421859347048.html    
  29. http://en.hdhod.com/Busy-and-valuable-Bees-are-worth-220-billion-dollars-a-year_a141.html    
  30. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/world-cup-2010/8749931/Qatar-World-Cup-in-2022-could-cost-138-billion-according-to-financial-analyst.html    
  31. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-caused-up-to-235-billion-in-damages-world-bank-says/2011/03/21/ABtzwn4_story.html    
  32. http://www.grist.org/list/2011-07-15-2011-climate-disasters-cost-a-record-265-billion    
  33. http://www.rdmag.com/uploadedFiles/RD/White_Papers/2010/05/nsf10322.pdf    
  34. http://www.givingusareports.org/products/GivingUSA_2011_ExecSummary_Print.pdf    
  35. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/10taxstatscard.pdf    
  36. http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=102886,00.html    
  37. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/16/us-usa-coal-study-idUSTRE71F4X820110216    
  38. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.LCAP.CD    
  39. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/5de6ef96-8b95-11db-a61f-0000779e2340.html#axzz1afC0CLMR    
  40. http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/10frusg/10guide.pdf    
  41. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/124xx/doc12461/2011_10_07_MBR.pdf    
  42. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html    
  43. http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals    
  44. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/hist15z1.xls    
  45. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/hist02z1.xls    
  46. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/hist02z4.xls    
  47. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/hist02z5.xls    
  48. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/receipts.pdf    (pp. 196-)
  49. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/100xx/doc10068/effective_tax_rates_2006.pdf    
  50. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/27_14.pdf  
  51. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/hist.pdf    All historical tables
  52. http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/tax/2010/AverageFedTaxRates2007.pdf    
  53. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy11/pdf/spec.pdf    (pp. 171-)
  54. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039/01-26_fy2011outlook.pdf    
  55. http://www.geohive.com/charts/ec_gdp4.aspx    
  56. http://www.heritage.org/Index/Explore.aspx?view=by-variables    
  57. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html    
  58. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/CountryData.html    
  59. National Governors Association & National Association of State Budget Officers, "The Fiscal Survey of States", Spring 2011    http://nasbo.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=yNV8Jv3X7Is%3d&tabid=38
  60. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB71/EIB71.pdf    Consumer fruit prices
  61. http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/Gold_all_there_when_Ft_Knox_opened_doors    
  62. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-17-cancer17_ST_N.htm    Cost of cancer treatment as of 2008
  63. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d10/tables/dt10_188.asp?referrer=list    Total spending on primary/secondary education
  64. http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq5.html#cocacola    Historical Coca Cola prices
  65. http://www.costhelper.com/cost/games/singing-voice-lesson.html    Singing lessons
  66. http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaf/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=7C14BA2F-D0EC-4F22-9D91-F31BB8264AA6&copyid=C0D7202E-E554-4149-A0BC-47B0391D09F4    Coca Cola advertising budget
  67. www.nirs.org/factsheets/mdatwhatcostfactsheet.pdf    Moody's nuclear power installed cost estimate
  68. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/mar/25/china-renewable-energy-pew-research#data    China renewable energy investment
  69. http://californiasolarstatistics.ca.gov/reports/quarterly_cost_per_watt/    Solar (California only)
  70. Projected Costs of Generating Electricity 2005 By Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, International Energy Agency    http://books.google.com/books?id=1xqXF_pIn2AC&lpg=PA8&ots=ZVLs3LkLbs&dq=solar%20plants%20overnight%20cost%20kWe&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false
  71. http://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/marriage-majestic-william-kate-wedding-to-cost-70-million/    William and Kate's wedding prices
  72. http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/navycvn21.htm    Nimitz carrier cost
  73. http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20090412.aspx    Ford carrier cost
  74. http://ctmirror.org/story/magnet-school-costs-strain-state-local-budgets    Magnet schools
  75. http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/Documents/FactSheetPK12PublicSchoolFacilityInfrastructure.pdf    School construction/etc costs
  76. http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/publications/BEST-Growth-Disparity-2006.pdf    School costs
  77. http://polisci.osu.edu/faculty/jmueller/MID11TSM.PDF    Costs of post-9/11 security
  78. http://www.thecrimereport.org/archive/anticrime-costs-hit-167-billion-prisons-cited    Anticrime spending
  79. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2016231/480-cloaks--160-wand-41-500-tuition-How-REALLY-cost-send-child-Hogwarts.html    Hogwarts tuition
  80. http://web.archive.org/web/20061207132919/http://www.dsca.mil/programs/HA/HUMANITARIAN%20DAILY%20RATIONS.pdf    Humanitarian aid rations
  81. http://www.bread.org/hunger/us/facts.html    Poverty details
  82. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0709.pdf    Poverty details
  83. http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/04/editorials/hungry_us_children.htm    Hunger
  84. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html    Households in US
  85. http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2011/03/16/tax-prep-costs-how-much-will-it-cost-to-get-your-taxes-done/    Tax prep estimates
  86. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html    Misc
  87. http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/cost/index.html    Nuclear spending
  88. Baker, A. D. III (1998). Combat Fleets of the World, 1998-1999. USA. p. 1005. ISBN 1557501114.    Submarine cost
  89. http://www.lungusa.org/stop-smoking/tobacco-control-advocacy/reports-resources/cessation-economic-benefits/states/united-states.html    Smoking economic cost
  90. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-04-08-fda-tobacco-costs_N.htm    Contrary story on economic costs
  91. ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ce/share/2010/age.txt    Consumer costs
  92. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s1151.pdf    Credit cards
  93. http://publications.milliman.com/research/health-rr/pdfs/cancer-patients-receiving-chemotherapy.pdf    Chemotherapy
  94. http://traveltips.usatoday.com/average-cost-hawaii-vacation-two-34699.html    Hawaii
  95. http://www.cbayresort.com/promos/HarmonyRomance/    Resort week
  96. http://www.aspca.org/adoption/pet-care-costs.aspx    Pet ownership
  97. http://www.farmandranchguide.com/news/regional/price-for-brazil-s-farmland-depends-on-fertility-location/article_e7d72bfb-fa69-5245-9977-f2858e975e56.html    Rainforest land per acre
  98. http://www.telecomsmarketresearch.com/research/TMAAAYYD-US-Average-Monthly-Smartphone-Bill-Vendor-Operating-System.shtml    Monthly smartphone/regular phone bills
  99. http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/12statab/income.pdf    Income
  100. http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3151    Federal income, effective
  101. http://www.quickanded.com/2010/02/effective-tax-rates-of-the-richest-400-americans.html    
  102. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/reader-response-how-much-americans-actually-pay-in-taxes-part-ii/    
  103. http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2011-05-05-tax-cut-record-low_n.htm    Wish I had a better source for the 23.6% number. Anyone have Julie Snyder's phone number?
  104. http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_17.html    Used/new cars
  105. http://www.census.gov/const/uspriceann.pdf    Median home prices
  106. http://www.valoans.com/bah-rates-mha.cfm?state=MASSACHUSETTS&mha=MA120    Basic Allowance for Housing
  107. http://www.tylernewton.com/files/economic-growth-and-equity-investing.pdf    Stock market long-term growth
  108. http://ehbs.kff.org/pdf/8226.pdf    Health insurance premiums
  109. http://www.thesupercars.org/top-cars/most-expensive-cars-in-the-world-top-10-list/    Most expensive production car
  110. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Inauguration/story?id=6665946&page=1    More inauguration data
  111. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/DC-Decoder/2011/0215/US-aid-to-Egypt-What-does-it-buy    Annual military aid to Egypt
  112. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/87xx/doc8758/11-13-lt-health.pdf    Health care spending
  113. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1809002    Eisenach, Jeffrey A. and Caves, Kevin W., Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of RUS Broadband Subsidies: Three Case Studies (April 13, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1809002
  114. http://www.statesman.com/business/personal-finance/put-away-4-million-to-be-independently-upper-1595445.html?printArticle=y    Amount needed to live comfortably off investments
  115. http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/    Yearly box office take
  116. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/100million.php    Nominal $100,000,000+ box-office movies
  117. http://www.bookstats.org/    Book publishing industry
  118. http://205.254.135.24/steo/wf-table.pdf    Household heating
  119. http://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=3718    Tax expenditures
  120. http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/06/getting-handle-tax-expenditures    Tax expenditure context
  121. http://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=startdown&id=3740    Background on tax expenditure methodology
  122. http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/titman/2010/03/01/more-thoughts-on-the-value-of-saudi-aramco/    Saudi Aramco market cap estimate
  123. http://www.rms.com/Publications/1938_Great_New_England_Hurricane.pdf    New England Hurricane assessment
  124. http://www.air-worldwide.com/PublicationsItem.aspx?id=18484    Disasters today
  125. http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/hurricane_future.html    Long Island hurricanes
  126. http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/09/11/103694.htm    9/11 insured losses
  127. http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/03/news/companies/super_bowl_ads/index.htm    Super Bowl ads
  128. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_reconstruction_costs.htm    Iraq reconstruction
  129. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/pdf/10pdf/annual_report_fy10.pdf    NYC real estate
  130. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/3/37/2011-12_Wikimedia_Foundation_Plan_FINAL_FOR_WEBSITE_.pdf    Wikimedia revenues
  131. http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=711    Better state shortfall information
  132. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxtopics/baseline-distribution-tables-2.cfm    A bunch of effective tax rate tables, roughly match federal CBO numbers for 2006, may substitute in revenue tables except it'd mean re-fitting the curves
  133. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?Docid=3152&DocTypeID=5    Alternative tax proposals
  134. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?Docid=3163&DocTypeID=1    Effective federal tax rates
  135. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?Docid=3222&DocTypeID=2    9-9-9 plan
  136. http://www.itepnet.org/whopays3.pdf    Effective state and local breakdown by quintiles!!
  137. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/unclaimed-money-16-billion-unredeemed-treasury-bonds/story?id=13841871    Unclaimed savings bonds
  138. http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/08/13/Monetary-Value-of-Harvard-University/    Harvard finances
  139. http://progressreport.cancer.gov/doc_detail.asp?pid=1&did=2007&chid=75&coid=726&mid    Better cancer spending numbers
  140. http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2011/3b.html    Worker pay
  141. The State of Working America, 2008/2009 By Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, Heidi Shierholz    CEO pay ratios
  142. http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/scf/files/2007_scf09.pdf    Consumer Finance report (percentiles)
  143. http://taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?DocID=2879    Income percentiles
  144. http://www.bls.gov/cex/2010/Standard/quintile.pdf    Consumer expenditures by quintile
  145. http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/EMP_WealthandEconomicMobility_ChapterIV.pdf    More on wealth distribution, matches 2007 SCF data
  146. http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2011/09/21/inside-the-list-facts-and-figures/    Forbes 400 (US) weatlh
  147. http://www.census.gov/population/popclockworld.html    World population (Differs from UN estimate by 0.4%)
  148. http://samsclub.com/    Coca Cola wholesale prices ($7.72 / 24 cans)
  149. http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/04/mobile-ad-spending-65-percent-2011/    Mobile advertising spending
  150. http://www.rwa.org/cs/the_romance_genre/romance_literature_statistics/industry_statistics    Romance publishing industry
  151. http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=5&step=1    GDP by industry better breakdown
  152. http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/05/news/economy/AAA_study/    Car accident cost
  153. http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/baseball/mlb/salaries/team    Sports team salaries
  154. http://www.develop-online.net/news/33625/Study-Average-dev-cost-as-high-as-28m    Video game dev costs
  155. http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/22/pf/meals_averagecost/    Average restaurant costs
  156. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/09/24/opinion/sunday/20110925_BITTMAN_MARSHgph.html?ref=sunday    Dinner comparisons
  157. http://www.apple.com/    Apple products
  158. http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eReader-eBook-Reader-e-Reader-Special-Offers/dp/B0051QVESA    Kindle products
  159. http://www.amazon.com/gp/most-gifted/pc/1232596011    Netbooks
  160. http://www.costhelper.com/cost/wedding/groom-tuxedo.html    Suit prices
  161. http://www.costhelper.com/cost/fitness/bike.html    Bicycle prices
  162. http://www.edmunds.com/tco.html    Car TCOs
  163. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388574    Change value
  164. http://www.zagat.com/buzz/2012-america%E2%80%99s-top-restaurants-guide-available-now    More cost/meal (agrees with CNN 2005 * inflation)
  165. http://www.rolypoly.com/news/articles/R&I%202009%20Top%20400%20Restaurant%20Chains.pdf    Cost/meal
  166. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22926.pdf    Cost of US wars
  167. http://www.cdi.org/issues/milspend.html    Cold War defense outlays
  168. http://finance-data.com/series/GDP    GDP by year
  169. http://www.workmall.com/wfb2010/world/world_economy.html    2009 world GDP
  170. http://www.conference-board.org/data/globaloutlook.cfm    2011 world GDP estimated
  171. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/the-fine-print-on-the-debt-deal/    Polling on increasing or cutting different categories--uses data from General Social Survey 2010
  172. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/11/07/the-rising-age-gap-in-economic-well-being/?src=prc-headline    Old and young median net worth
  173. http://www.isda.org/statistics/pdf/ISDA-Market-Survey-annual-data.pdf    Credit market sizes
  174. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1993/0JRSS.php    Jurassic Park budget
  175. http://money.cnn.com/news/storysupplement/economy/bailouttracker/    Bailouts in general
  176. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7893574.stm    Second auto bailout
  177. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/business/20auto.html?_r=2&hp    First auto bailout
  178. http://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/banking/2000dec/brv13n2_2.pdf    S&L bailout cost
  179. http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/current/z1.pdf    Debt, general accounts
  180. http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/865/    Upper-income quintile tax curve
  181. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Shuffle-Through-Bill-Gates-039-Codex-Leicester-by-Leonardo-da-Vinci-47122.shtml    Codex Leicester
  182. Chapter 3, "The matter of money", in Jayasuriya, Sisira and Peter McCawley, "The Asian Tsunami: Aid and Reconstruction after a Disaster".    Asian tsunami aid
  183. http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/0/34D7008FAD7FA8AD8525750400712AEB/$File/White+Paper+%28Dec.+2010%29.pdf    EPA life value
  184. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1299.pdf    Foreign aid
  185. http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/fundingoverview/Pages/fundingbreakdown.aspx    2009 stimulus (better)
  186. Stamp weight: 0.025 grams    Original research—took 4 stamps to get a gram scale to register 0.1g
  187. http://databases.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/ftlaudSchoolConstruction/ftlaudSchoolConstruction_list.php?ctlSearchFor=&simpleSrchTypeComboNot=&a=integrated&id=1&criteria=and&type1=&value11=school&field1=Type_Of_Addition&option1=Contains&not1=    Typical new school
  188. http://www.kingabdullahcity.com/en/aboutkaec/InvestorRelations.html    King Abdullah Economic City budget
  189. http://www.dubaichronicle.com/2011/11/15/7-billion-euros-contract-for-high-speed-railway-awarded/    KAEC high-speed rail
  190. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09403t.pdf    Missile defense
  191. http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/1987/10/strategic-defense-how-much-will-it-really-cost    SDI (Star Wars) estimated cost 1987-1997
  192. http://www.amazon.com/American-Standard-2386-010-020-Elongated-Two-Piece/dp/B000ZH8TKQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1321409611&sr=8-3    Toilet weight: 78 lbs
  193. http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_materials.htm    Density of porcelain: 2403 kg/m^3
  194. http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/aeo/electricity_generation.html    Cost of various sources of electricity
  195. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/environment/rtfo/govrecrfa.pdf    Biofuel carbon footprint
  196. http://205.254.135.24/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3    US DOE FAQ: average household electricity usage in 2009: 10896 kWh/year
  197. http://205.254.135.24/consumption/residential/data/2009/    Total homes
  198. http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa/ruble.htm    Closest I could get to USSR ruble effective exchange rate
  199. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10393.pdf    University endowments
  200. http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html    US population
  201. http://www.coc.org/files/nowandFuture.pdf    Incomes
  202. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0059.pdf    Better household numbers
  203. http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=tea&months=60    Tea prices Amount of tea [produced] in China [in a given year]

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