| There is a lot of talk about making
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| | all lucky that's all he decided to dangle
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| English the official language of the USA.
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| | out the window?This whole Amish style of
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| That would stop the need to spend so much
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| | speaking made me think about the English
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| money printing out things like drivers
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| | language and some of the odd ways in
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| license, tax, voter registration and
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| | which we describe things in different
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| other official forms in so many
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| | parts of the USA. Like all Americans born
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| languages. If people come here, they will
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| | here, I guess I have been short with
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| simply have to learn English. However, is
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| | those who come to America from somewhere
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| it really that simple? English is
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| | else and have trouble learning our
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| anything but a virgin language. It has
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| | language. I mean, how many times should I
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| roots in the tongues of many nations and
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| | have to say 'BIG MAC' at McDonalds to
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| one word can mean many things. If you
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| | actually get one? It's frustrating, but
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| travel around our great nation, you will
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| | imagine how people who come from other
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| discover some extreme examples of that
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| | places feel when confronted with
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| fact.Several years ago, I visited
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| | English?After doing a little research I
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| Pennsylvania Dutch Country with my
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| | discovered some reasons that the English
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| family. Most people have read about the
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| | language is confusing to those who speak
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| Amish people, but it's something you have
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| | other tongues. The main problem seems to
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| to see for yourself to believe. They
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| | be that one word simply has too many
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| first came to North America to escape
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| | meanings. Let's take the word love for
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| religious and political persecution in
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| | example. A child says, "I love you,
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| Holland and the Netherlands. Most live in
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| | Mommy," and tends to mean I need you and
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| Pennsylvania, some in Ohio and Indiana
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| | miss the comforting feeling I get when I
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| and a few have established closed
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| | don't see you. A baseball fan says, "I
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| communities in Canada.The religious life
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| | love that team!" They mean that they are
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| of the Amish tends to dominate all they
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| | a fan of that team. To go further, their
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| do. While they appreciate the freedom
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| | commitment to the team may vary. Do they
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| that America offers them, they want none
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| | attend every game? Follow their team on
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| of what they consider our vices. Most of
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| | the road? Have box seats? How much do
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| the traditional Amish people refuse the
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| | they really "love" that team?A man says
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| use of electricity and modern
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| | to a woman, "I love you." Does he mean
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| conveniences like telephones, cars and
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| | for now, for the moment, until someone he
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| machine driven farm equipment. The
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| | thinks is better comes along? The old
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| majority are Farmers who use horse drawn
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| | Stephen Stills song, Love The One You're
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| carts for their transportation and horses
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| | With illustrates one example of what love
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| for plowing, pulling wagons and other
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| | can mean to a person. It seems that the
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| heavy work.The most amazing sight you can
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| | meaning of the word love can be very
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| see in Pennsylvania Dutch Country is an
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| | different for a man then it is for a
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| Amish barn raising. The entire community
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| | woman.For men love often means sex. While
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| gets together when someone needs a new
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| | a man might say "I love you" and mean I
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| barn and builds the bulk of it in just
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| | like the way you look and want to have
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| one day! The men construct the barn while
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| | sex with you, a women might say "I love
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| the women cook and provide refreshment. I
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| | you" and mean that she finds the man
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| guess that when it comes to the Amish, it
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| | attractive in many ways and sex is merely
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| takes a village to raise a barn!Because
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| | the ultimate expression of all else that
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| they consider waging war a sin, the Amish
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| | she feels. I believe that women, in
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| are generally classified as Conscientious
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| | contrast to men, can have a greater depth
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| Objectors with Selective Service. They
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| | to their feelings for another person. Is
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| have their own schools and churches and
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| | this because they tend to be more
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| teach that being self-sufficient is
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| | emotional to begin with?I have noticed
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| vital. They do use banks, save a great
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| | that women tend to have friendships and
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| deal of the money they earn from farming
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| | associations that are deeper then those
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| for the future, give ten percent of their
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| | enjoyed by men. While women will probably
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| worth to the church and refuse to
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| | share their most intimate thoughts and
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| participate in the Social Security
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| | feelings with a close friend or
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| program. The Bible says to make no image
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| | associate, men will not. They will
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| of any thing on the earth or in heaven.
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| | generally talk about business, sex,
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| You will not see any religious statues in
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| | politics or sports. No wonder people
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| their churches. They do not use cameras
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| | trying to learn English get confused. It
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| of any type and the Amish dislike having
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| | seems that Americans simply cannot say
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| tourists take their picture.Sometimes it
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| | what they mean, mean what they say or
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| is hard for tourists to resist the
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| | even agree on what they mean!The Clinton
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| temptation to photograph these unusual
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| | scandals of the 1990s illustrated the
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| people because they look so quaint. The
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| | problem with English. When President
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| Amish dress in what might be described as
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| | Clinton spoke of sex, he meant
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| very plain clothing. The men wear dark
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| | intercourse between two people. Others
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| pants with suspenders, light shirts, a
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| | argue that intimate bodily contact of any
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| wide brimmed hat and a dress coat for
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| | kind is also sex. Surveys at the time
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| special affairs or cold weather. Most
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| | tended to show that most men agreed with
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| have beards and stop shaving when they
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| | the President's definition, but didn't
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| are engaged or marry. The women wear
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| | support him. Most women did not agree
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| dresses, no pants, and most will never
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| | with the definition, but supported him!
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| cut or trim their hair. None of the Amish
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| | Others say that what the president did
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| wears jeans, anything with a design on it
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| | with Monica Lewinsky was merely petting.
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| or buttons. They use hooks and eyes on
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| | Imagine a first day English student from
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| their clothes because of a tradition that
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| | a foreign country listening to a man say,
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| says their persecutors in Holland wore
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| | "I love my dog, I pet her everyday."
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| large buttons on their coats as a sign of
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| | Later the same man says, "I love my wife.
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| pride. Most wear large dark colored shoes
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| | I pet her every chance that I get!"As an
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| and none wear sneakers or dressy
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| | experienced Speaker, I have had the
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| footwear.The Amish speak their own
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| | opportunity to travel all over the USA
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| language that has been described by
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| | and Canada. Whenever possible, my wife
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| dialectologists as an old form of Dutch
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| | and children joined me during summer
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| mixed with German and some Old English.
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| | months. It was on these trips that we
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| It is their attempt to speak modern
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| | first realized how words that people use
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| English that really gets your attention!
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| | could mean very different things
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| If I were outside our house and needed my
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| | depending on where you live in the United
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| wife to give me a diaper for the baby I
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| | States. We all feel the call of nature,
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| might say, "Honey, throw a diaper out the
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| | for example, but not all of us go to the
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| window. I need one for the baby."
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| | same place. On more then a few occasions,
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| However, the Amish would say, "Father,
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| | my wife and kids had to come and ask me
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| please throw the baby out of the window a
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| | where the facilities were and which door
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| diaper." Yikes! Maybe that's where
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| | they should use.In much of the Northeast
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| Michael Jackson got the idea of dangling
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| | where I am originally from, we go to the
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| his kid out of the window. I guess we're
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| | Bathroom.
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