# 9-6-2023 - Burning Man Flood, Sorty McSortface, & NFL Kickoff

An episode of [Pray News](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1697158801), 6 Sep 2023, 17 min.

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## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: A man's heart plans his course, but the Lord directs
[0:04] Speaker 1: his steps. Proverbs 16, 9. Dear Heavenly Father, we recognize
[0:10] Speaker 1: that while we may make our plans and have dreams,
[0:13] Speaker 1: it's ultimately your will that prevails in our lives. Help
[0:17] Speaker 1: us to embrace this truth, trusting that your plans for
[0:20] Speaker 1: us are far greater than anything we could imagine for ourselves.
[0:24] Speaker 1: Grant us the wisdom to seek your guidance in all
[0:26] Speaker 1: we do, the courage to follow where you lead, and
[0:29] Speaker 1: the peace to trust in your divine orchestration of our lives.
[0:33] Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord, for establishing our steps, for guiding us
[0:35] Speaker 1: towards your purpose, and for always being the steady hand
[0:38] Speaker 1: that directs our path. We pray that we'd be guided
[0:41] Speaker 1: by your spirit and alert to what you're saying and
[0:44] Speaker 1: how you're moving through your word and the people around us.
[0:47] Speaker 1: It's in the powerful name of Jesus that not only
[0:49] Speaker 1: we pray, but we trust with every part of our lives. Amen.
[0:55] Speaker 1: Welcome to PreNews, where hope is our only bias. Today's
[0:58] Speaker 1: news at a glance, the Burning Man Festival is doused
[1:01] Speaker 1: with a flood, leaving thousands stranded in the mud. We
[1:04] Speaker 1: want to introduce you to our new robot friends, Sortie
[1:07] Speaker 1: McSortface and SirSortsalot, and the NFL season starts tomorrow, and
[1:11] Speaker 1: we made a list of teams that you might want
[1:13] Speaker 1: to root for. Today's stories feature struggles, innovations, and lighthearted fandom.
[1:18] Speaker 1: Life is diverse, and each day offers fresh new challenges, absurdities,
[1:22] Speaker 1: and victories. Let's pause for a moment today and appreciate
[1:25] Speaker 1: them all. Each challenge offers a chance to show resilience
[1:29] Speaker 1: and a reliance on God. Each absurdity offers a chance
[1:32] Speaker 1: to laugh and remember that life is fun. And each
[1:34] Speaker 1: victory is an opportunity to exercise humility and gratitude. Life
[1:38] Speaker 1: is good, my friends. Life can be hard and it
[1:41] Speaker 1: can bring struggles. Man, oh man, life is filled with goodness.
[1:45] Speaker 1: And every day brings a new chance to praise the
[1:47] Speaker 1: Lord with our lives and how we live. If you've
[1:50] Speaker 1: enjoyed this take on the news, consider writing us a
[1:52] Speaker 1: review and leaving us a rating. Doing so will make
[1:55] Speaker 1: sure that others can find us as well. Before we
[1:57] Speaker 1: begin today's first story, let's hear a word from these sponsors.
[2:01] Speaker 1: Our first story today comes out of Nevada. Burning Man,
[2:04] Speaker 1: a festival that started in 1986 on a San Francisco beach,
[2:09] Speaker 1: has now become the Mecca for nearly 72,000 attendees a year. Artists, musicians,
[2:14] Speaker 1: and activists all congregate in the Black Rock Desert, about
[2:18] Speaker 1: 110 miles north of Reno. However, this year's gathering took
[2:22] Speaker 1: a turn for the worse when this festival area was
[2:25] Speaker 1: flooded due to a torrential summer storm. Half-inch rain fell
[2:29] Speaker 1: in a matter of hours, rendering the grounds impassable. Organizers
[2:33] Speaker 1: had to halt vehicle traffic, postponing the festival's final events,
[2:37] Speaker 1: and the flooding delayed the exodus of attendees, transforming the
[2:40] Speaker 1: desert into a muddy morass of people. As the stranded
[2:44] Speaker 1: crowd faced deteriorating conditions and rumors of dwindling supplies, including
[2:49] Speaker 1: low food and water, one can sense the festival's core
[2:52] Speaker 1: tenets being severely tested. Most attendees hunkered down, some managing
[2:56] Speaker 1: to make it to the nearest town either on foot
[2:58] Speaker 1: or by hitching rides. Among the stranded were celebrities like
[3:02] Speaker 1: Chris Rock, who walked six miles through the mud before
[3:04] Speaker 1: hitching a ride. To quote Cindy Bishop, a Bostonian attending
[3:08] Speaker 1: her second Burning Man, she said, we're going to take
[3:10] Speaker 1: care of each other and make the best of it.
[3:13] Speaker 1: And that seems to be what a lot of people
[3:14] Speaker 1: did in this time. A lot of people hunkering down,
[3:18] Speaker 1: remaining lighthearted and supporting each other. Reports indicate that many, quote,
[3:22] Speaker 1: burners were surprisingly unfazed by the dire circumstances. President Joe
[3:27] Speaker 1: Biden acknowledged the crisis, and the White House coordinated with
[3:29] Speaker 1: local authorities to monitor the situation. Interestingly, what started out
[3:34] Speaker 1: as a countercultural festival for hippies has evolved into a
[3:37] Speaker 1: scene populated by tech moguls and celebrities all over the place.
[3:40] Speaker 1: This year's disaster has exposed the contrast between those who
[3:43] Speaker 1: came in air-conditioned RVs and private jets to those who
[3:47] Speaker 1: were more prepared for the festival's principle of, quote, radical self-reliance.
[3:51] Speaker 1: While Burning Man is generally not viewed through a religious lens,
[3:54] Speaker 1: and we by no means celebrate Burning Man as an event,
[3:57] Speaker 1: its recent ordeal echoes themes familiar for many Christians, community, resilience,
[4:02] Speaker 1: and preparedness. The Apostle Paul speaks of rejoicing in our sufferings,
[4:05] Speaker 1: knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and
[4:09] Speaker 1: character produces hope. And we pray that this struggle, although
[4:13] Speaker 1: really hard for a lot of people, produce some sort
[4:15] Speaker 1: of endurance and some sort of character in the people
[4:17] Speaker 1: who attended and endured. The stranded festival-goers forced to rely
[4:21] Speaker 1: on each other in a trying time offer a compelling
[4:24] Speaker 1: testament to human solidarity, despite what their beliefs might be.
[4:28] Speaker 1: Despite the differences in lifestyle and beliefs, one can find
[4:31] Speaker 1: something deeply meaningful about a community coming together in adversity.
[4:35] Speaker 1: Let this event also serve as a reminder that while
[4:37] Speaker 1: we may plan, it's the Lord who establishes our steps.
[4:40] Speaker 1: In our walks, though it be through the desert or
[4:43] Speaker 1: through life, preparedness and community are not just survival skills,
[4:46] Speaker 1: but spiritual practices that bring us closer to the divine. So,
[4:50] Speaker 1: with all this being said, let's lift the attendees up
[4:53] Speaker 1: in prayer. Lord, we lift up all those who found
[4:55] Speaker 1: themselves in unexpected adversity at Burning Man Festival. May their
[4:59] Speaker 1: experience of community and mutual aid in a time of
[5:01] Speaker 1: need serve as a testament to the resilience and solidarity
[5:04] Speaker 1: that we all long for. And, Lord Jesus, we pray
[5:08] Speaker 1: ultimately they would find that in you and in the
[5:10] Speaker 1: community of God as well. Regardless of our differences, we
[5:13] Speaker 1: wish them well, and we pray that the families that
[5:16] Speaker 1: were struggling through this would be okay. Guide us in
[5:19] Speaker 1: times of hardship, and may your grace and the support
[5:21] Speaker 1: of the community around us guide us through all struggles.
[5:24] Speaker 1: We pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen. For our
[5:27] Speaker 1: second story of today, we want to introduce you to
[5:30] Speaker 1: two robots with some quirky names. Recycling. The humble process
[5:35] Speaker 1: of turning old into new. It seems caught in a
[5:38] Speaker 1: loop of inefficiency. Despite our best intentions, the blue bins
[5:41] Speaker 1: often stand as mere placebos, offering a psychological bomb for
[5:45] Speaker 1: consumer guilt. You see, recycling has been caught in a
[5:48] Speaker 1: terrible cycle of inefficiency, and it seems as though all
[5:52] Speaker 1: these efforts to recycle actually aren't doing anything. But here,
[5:56] Speaker 1: in a facility in Boulder County, Colorado, the winds of
[5:59] Speaker 1: change carry a scent of silicon and motor oil. Meet
[6:02] Speaker 1: our new friends, Sortie McSortface and Sir Sort's-a-Lot. two pioneering
[6:07] Speaker 1: AI-powered robots developed by AMP Robotics that may just revolutionize
[6:12] Speaker 1: recycling as we know it. These are not just any robots.
[6:15] Speaker 1: Inspired by the claw machines from arcades, these are supercharged
[6:19] Speaker 1: with intelligence that can discern millions of shapes, logos, and
[6:22] Speaker 1: even skew numbers, sorting 80 items per minute. A task
[6:27] Speaker 1: that was once the stumbling block for recycling companies, namely
[6:30] Speaker 1: sorting materials with intricate detail, now seems within reach because
[6:34] Speaker 1: of this AI technology. Recycling in the U.S. has long
[6:38] Speaker 1: faced structural barriers. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, less
[6:42] Speaker 1: than 9% of plastic finds its way into recycling facilities.
[6:46] Speaker 1: And even then, the quality is often so poor that
[6:48] Speaker 1: these plastics are mostly incinerated or dumped into landfills. Traditional
[6:52] Speaker 1: sorting methods have done little to bridge this quality gap. However,
[6:56] Speaker 1: with the advent of AI, robotics companies are turning the tide.
[7:00] Speaker 1: These new age robots are not mere machines. They're vision
[7:03] Speaker 1: systems trained on numerous pictures of waste items. The robots
[7:07] Speaker 1: can identify granular specifics, such as chemical makeup of a
[7:11] Speaker 1: plastic bottle, which allows for highly targeted sorting. The high-tech
[7:15] Speaker 1: optics of AI algorithms can distinguish a milk jug from
[7:18] Speaker 1: a pesticide container, a task nearly impossible for human sorters
[7:22] Speaker 1: at the speed waste is actually processed. So why haven't
[7:25] Speaker 1: we switched to robotic sorting wholesale? One significant hurdle is
[7:29] Speaker 1: the cost, which is the case with most things. Each
[7:32] Speaker 1: robot runs a bill of around $ 300, 000. But, like all technology,
[7:37] Speaker 1: costs will likely decrease over time, making them increasingly accessible.
[7:41] Speaker 1: While they might not offer a solution for all the
[7:43] Speaker 1: problems afflicting recycling in the industry, most significantly the throwaway
[7:47] Speaker 1: culture that has escalated single-use plastics, the robots are certainly
[7:51] Speaker 1: a step in the right direction. The industry is ripe
[7:53] Speaker 1: for this transformation, as seen with the increasing investments from
[7:56] Speaker 1: tech giants like Google and Microsoft. Despite the optimism, caution
[8:00] Speaker 1: is necessary, though. Advances in AI could unwittingly bolster corporate
[8:05] Speaker 1: greenwashing strategies, which means companies might be quick to declare
[8:08] Speaker 1: their products recyclable when they're actually just sortable, pushing the
[8:12] Speaker 1: onus back on the consumers and recycling facilities. Initiatives that
[8:16] Speaker 1: place financial responsibility on producers rather than merely enhancing sorting
[8:20] Speaker 1: facilities are equally important in fostering a circular economy. Moreover,
[8:25] Speaker 1: the current efficiency in sorting does not address the sheer
[8:28] Speaker 1: volume of waste. As Suzanne Jones, executive director of EcoCycle,
[8:33] Speaker 1: pointed out, what we need is a radical shift in
[8:35] Speaker 1: production patterns, not better ways of handling the aftermath. The
[8:40] Speaker 1: gifts of ingenuity, innovation, and a curious mind are not
[8:44] Speaker 1: human accidents. They're reflections of the creator's grand design. In
[8:48] Speaker 1: this context, AI's role in revamping recycling is more than
[8:51] Speaker 1: a technological feat. It's an inspired leap towards stewardship of
[8:54] Speaker 1: the earth that God has given us. It's essential to
[8:57] Speaker 1: remember that stewardship goes beyond conservation. It includes innovation and
[9:01] Speaker 1: forward thinking to solve the problems we've created. Ingenuity glorifies
[9:06] Speaker 1: God by revealing new facets of his wisdom embedded within
[9:09] Speaker 1: the creation. When we improve recycling facilities or create AI
[9:13] Speaker 1: bots that manage waste better, we're essentially participating in God's
[9:16] Speaker 1: redeeming work of this earth. These are not just secular pursuits,
[9:20] Speaker 1: but sacred endeavors to bring us closer to fulfilling our
[9:22] Speaker 1: God-given mandate in Genesis 2, to look after this earth
[9:26] Speaker 1: and tend to it well. As Christians, it's not enough
[9:29] Speaker 1: to simply admire these advancements. We are called to be
[9:32] Speaker 1: a part of them. We have a collective duty to
[9:34] Speaker 1: advocate for sustainable practices and support innovation that aligns with
[9:38] Speaker 1: God's call to be caretakers of the earth. Every sorted bottle,
[9:41] Speaker 1: every conserved resource serves as a small but significant act
[9:45] Speaker 1: of worship, a step toward a world that God intended
[9:48] Speaker 1: it to be. Dear Lord, we thank you for the
[9:50] Speaker 1: gift of innovation and the ability to solve complex problems
[9:53] Speaker 1: that affect your creation. As we celebrate advancements in recycling technology,
[9:57] Speaker 1: Let us not forget about our ultimate calling to be responsible.
[10:00] Speaker 1: stewards of the earth. May we continue to work towards
[10:03] Speaker 1: sustainable practices, always mindful of our duty to care for
[10:05] Speaker 1: this planet that you have entrusted with us. Give us wisdom, Lord,
[10:09] Speaker 1: and give us empathy towards others. In Jesus' name, amen.
[10:13] Speaker 1: Let's close by talking about football. The NFL season kicks
[10:16] Speaker 1: off on Thursday night, where the Super Bowl champion Kansas
[10:19] Speaker 1: City Chiefs will host the up-and-coming Detroit Lions. The cultural
[10:23] Speaker 1: phenomenon of the NFL cannot be escaped. Sports accounted for
[10:26] Speaker 1: 94 of the 100 most watched telecasts last year, and
[10:30] Speaker 1: the NFL alone accounted for 82 of those top 100 telecasts.
[10:34] Speaker 1: The average viewership of a regular NFL season game is
[10:38] Speaker 1: about the same as the NBA Finals every single year.
[10:41] Speaker 1: To hammer home just how popular the NFL is, the
[10:43] Speaker 1: Oscars had 18.7 million viewers last year. And that's about
[10:48] Speaker 1: the average viewership of just any random NFL game on
[10:51] Speaker 1: any given Sunday. That means a lot of people are
[10:54] Speaker 1: going to be asking if you watched the game on Sunday,
[10:57] Speaker 1: and we don't want you to be left in the
[10:58] Speaker 1: dark when that happens. Maybe you are into football, but
[11:01] Speaker 1: you don't want to be left out of the conversation.
[11:03] Speaker 1: Or perhaps you want to get into football to relate
[11:06] Speaker 1: to coworkers or family. Rest assured, dear listener, Prey News
[11:09] Speaker 1: has your back. The best way to get into football
[11:12] Speaker 1: is to be invested in a team. So we have
[11:14] Speaker 1: compiled a list of five teams to root for this season.
[11:17] Speaker 1: We know that by creating a list of five NFL
[11:19] Speaker 1: teams to root for, we leave out 27 other teams,
[11:22] Speaker 1: which is bound to anger some passionate fans out there.
[11:24] Speaker 1: But that's the nature of news sometimes, right? Can't please everyone. Anyways,
[11:28] Speaker 1: here are five teams that we think you should consider
[11:31] Speaker 1: rooting for this year if you aren't loyal to a team.
[11:34] Speaker 1: First team, the Green Bay Packers. The Green Bay Packers
[11:38] Speaker 1: are a historic franchise with a legacy of success, prestige,
[11:41] Speaker 1: and elite quarterback play. They were the winners of the
[11:44] Speaker 1: first two Super Bowls and had four Super Bowl titles
[11:46] Speaker 1: to their franchise name. Green Bay is a small city,
[11:49] Speaker 1: but its fans are strong and passionate. Plus, they get
[11:52] Speaker 1: to wear cheese on their heads. Why is this the
[11:54] Speaker 1: year to begin rooting for the Packers? Because their elite quarterback,
[11:57] Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, just left to play for the New York Jets.
[12:00] Speaker 1: So why does that make them a good team to
[12:02] Speaker 1: root for? It's almost like buying stock when it's at
[12:04] Speaker 1: a low. You get to be a fan of a
[12:07] Speaker 1: historically elite team and possibly get a front row seat
[12:11] Speaker 1: to a new era of success. They have a good
[12:13] Speaker 1: head coach, Matt LaFleur, who has a history of success,
[12:16] Speaker 1: and a new quarterback everyone is eager to see, Jordan Love.
[12:19] Speaker 1: We can't guarantee that this season will be pretty, but
[12:21] Speaker 1: the Packers have earned a lot of trust over the
[12:24] Speaker 1: decades of sustained success. Second team you should consider rooting for,
[12:28] Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. Why should you root for the Chiefs?
[12:31] Speaker 1: Two words, Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes has been the quarterback for
[12:35] Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs since 2018. Since he began there,
[12:39] Speaker 1: he has won two NFL MVPs, made it to three
[12:41] Speaker 1: Super Bowls, and won two of those three Super Bowls,
[12:44] Speaker 1: being named Super Bowl MVP of each. Patrick Mahomes' career
[12:48] Speaker 1: is just getting started, but he is already lauded as
[12:51] Speaker 1: one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game.
[12:53] Speaker 1: Couple his talent with the offensive genius of head coach
[12:56] Speaker 1: Andy Reid, who is a proverbial nice guy, and Hall
[12:59] Speaker 1: of Fame tight end Travis Kelsey, The Chiefs are heavy
[13:02] Speaker 1: favorites to make it to their fourth Super Bowl in
[13:05] Speaker 1: just five years. Third, the Detroit Lions. If you like
[13:09] Speaker 1: plucky underdogs, the Lions might be the team for you.
[13:12] Speaker 1: The Lions have been perennial losers for decades, but last
[13:16] Speaker 1: year gave us a glimmer of hope. Led by lion-hearted
[13:18] Speaker 1: head coach Dan Campbell, Detroit overachieved last year and exceeded
[13:23] Speaker 1: everybody's expectations. They didn't make the playoffs, but they managed
[13:26] Speaker 1: to have a top-five offense and win some exciting games
[13:30] Speaker 1: down the stretch. They have a young and talented defensive
[13:33] Speaker 1: line and an underdog at quarterback, Jared Goff, who many
[13:36] Speaker 1: people wrote off when the Rams traded him. The Lions
[13:39] Speaker 1: don't have a history of winning, but this year might
[13:41] Speaker 1: be different. If you want to take a chance on
[13:43] Speaker 1: a team this year, the Lions might be a good pick. Fourth,
[13:46] Speaker 1: the New York Jets. Every season has its chosen one,
[13:49] Speaker 1: a team destined to rise from the ashes. That team
[13:52] Speaker 1: this year seems to be the New York Jets. The
[13:55] Speaker 1: Jets have been a historically beaten-up franchise, unable to eke
[13:58] Speaker 1: out a winning season since 2015. Last year, the Jets
[14:02] Speaker 1: drafted two rookies who took the league by storm. Wide
[14:05] Speaker 1: receiver Garrett Wilson won Offensive Rookie of the Year, and
[14:08] Speaker 1: cornerback Sauce Garner won Defensive Rookie of the Year. This
[14:11] Speaker 1: team is young, well-coached, and only missed one thing to
[14:14] Speaker 1: take them to the next level, a quarterback. And that's
[14:17] Speaker 1: when you enter in future Hall of Famer and four-time
[14:20] Speaker 1: league NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers. He left the Green Bay
[14:24] Speaker 1: Packers this offseason to join the Jets, hopefully to aid
[14:27] Speaker 1: them in their rise. If you want to hop on
[14:29] Speaker 1: the Jets' bandwagon this year, seats are still available, but
[14:31] Speaker 1: they might not be when the season starts. Lastly is
[14:34] Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals. This team is hard not to root for.
[14:38] Speaker 1: The Bengals were a mediocre franchise for nearly two decades
[14:41] Speaker 1: before the arrival of Joe Burrow, the league's coolest quarterback.
[14:45] Speaker 1: He is a truly talented player, but the real value
[14:47] Speaker 1: he brought to the Bengals was confidence. You used to
[14:50] Speaker 1: count on this team to lose in their first round
[14:52] Speaker 1: of the playoffs every year, but now you can count
[14:55] Speaker 1: on them to be in the AFC Championship game every
[14:57] Speaker 1: single year. Their humble beginnings add to their appeal. When
[15:01] Speaker 1: you root for the Bengals, you feel like you're rooting
[15:02] Speaker 1: for everyone who struggled and finally found success. So those
[15:06] Speaker 1: are five teams to root for. If you want three
[15:09] Speaker 1: honorable mentions, we have the Los Angeles Rams, who were
[15:12] Speaker 1: the darling of the NFL two years ago, won a
[15:14] Speaker 1: Super Bowl, but then fell dramatically last year. Now they're
[15:16] Speaker 1: rebuilding with the youngest team in NFL history. There's also
[15:19] Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, one of the best rosters in the NFL.
[15:23] Speaker 1: and who lost the Super Bowl last year. And then
[15:25] Speaker 1: there's the Jacksonville Jaguars, nobody's first choice, perennially mediocre, but
[15:30] Speaker 1: have a fun new offensive roster and a head coach
[15:32] Speaker 1: and a quarterback who are very open about their faith.
[15:35] Speaker 1: If we aren't careful, sports can just be yet another
[15:38] Speaker 1: idol added to the list. Sports can take up valuable
[15:40] Speaker 1: time and attention away from our faith, family, and connections.
[15:44] Speaker 1: So anytime we venture into new interests or hobbies, we
[15:46] Speaker 1: must keep that in mind. Ask yourself, is this going
[15:48] Speaker 1: to take away from my faith and distract me from
[15:50] Speaker 1: what's really important? However, sports can also provide connections to
[15:54] Speaker 1: the people around us and moments of inspiration that motivate
[15:57] Speaker 1: us to be the best version of ourselves. Paul compared
[15:59] Speaker 1: our faith to athletics. In 2 Timothy 4, Paul talked
[16:03] Speaker 1: about finishing the race well and winning the prize that
[16:05] Speaker 1: God has set before him. In 1 Corinthians 9, Paul
[16:08] Speaker 1: talked about approaching our faith as an athlete does in
[16:10] Speaker 1: a sport, with diligence and a desire to win. When
[16:14] Speaker 1: we put it in the right context, the love for
[16:16] Speaker 1: sports can inspire us in our faith. Yet may we
[16:18] Speaker 1: always be reminded to never let hobbies take the place
[16:20] Speaker 1: of genuine progress in our faith and our devotion to
[16:23] Speaker 1: our family and others. That being said, let's lift this
[16:26] Speaker 1: up in prayer and end our time together. Dear Lord,
[16:29] Speaker 1: as the new NFL season unfolds, may we enjoy competition, camaraderie,
[16:33] Speaker 1: and community that come with it. Let us be mindful
[16:35] Speaker 1: of the time and attention we give to sports, ensuring
[16:38] Speaker 1: it does not take away from our responsibilities or spiritual pursuits.
[16:42] Speaker 1: Help us to use sports as a way to connect
[16:44] Speaker 1: and share meaningful moments with others. all while keeping you
[16:47] Speaker 1: at the center of our lives. We love you, Lord,
[16:49] Speaker 1: and we praise you in this time. In Jesus' name, amen.
[16:53] Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us today on Pray News. It
[16:55] Speaker 1: is our aim to be informed and transformed. We pray
[16:58] Speaker 1: today you would proceed with hope, love, and determination to
[17:00] Speaker 1: be a force for good. If you've enjoyed this take
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