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From: mtymp15@staff.tc.umn.edu (David Hutton)
Subject: Extraction of THC
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:40:28 GMT

On a lark two days ago, I took out my long-lost friend Jack Daniels and put
approx. 3 grams of medium quality "shake" marijuana into 1 oz and let it sit.
 
Just now, I filtered out the vegetable material, and ran it under a hot water
bath to get rid of some of Jack's water.  I am considering putting it into
a boiling solution to get rid of all of the water.
 
Now, my problem is that I am not a fan of alcohol, and yet there is a large
quantity of THC floating around in my test-tube.  The preparation is known
worldwide as "Green Dragon."
 
Does anyone know how to extract the THC from this solution?

Would evaporation eventually get rid of the water?

St. Anthony?


-- 
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Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will
be a material reflection for others to see of the serentity at the center of it
all." - Robert M. Pirsig  "Ride the surf of the sea of neuron activity." - Me
From: copley-devon@cs.yale.edu (Devon Copley)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: Pseudoephadrine hydrochloride
Date: 14 Dec 1992 01:31:53 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
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>In article <cf_y=v200WBKQ3ko0P@andrew.cmu.edu> Haw Juin Lin <hl27+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>
>>Has anybody ever heard of Pseudoephadrine Hydrochloride
>>
>>
>>and if so...what are the effects of taking this drug...are they similar
>>to ephadrine (white cross)...
>>
>>
>>
>>merlin
>>

Sorry, my friend, but Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride is NOT a new and 
exciting alternative from your current fave mind-blaster...

	IT'S SUDAFED, YOU IGNORAMUS!  YOU CAN GET IT AT 
	ANY DRUGSTORE!  IT'S THE BEST HIGH I EVER HAD!


Love and kisses,

Devon, Mark, Naomi and Miranda.



-- 
_______________________________________________________________________________
Devon M. Copley		       					Yale University
copley-devon@cs.yale.edu       Theatre Studies, Computer Science and Psychology
COPDEVM@YALEVM.BITNET		       "No matter where you go, there you are."
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From: lewis@aera8700.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
Subject: Re: Marijuana Effects
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:18:40 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.53247.13786@ms.uky.edu>, sheila@nx26.mik.uky.edu (shelia c kinney) writes:
> Not that I want to know (a friend does :) ), but is it possible 
> to get a better buzz out of marijuana from smoking menthol
> cigarettes?  

It's easier to smoke (pot or tobacco) without coughing when you smoke
menthol cigarettes.  

> I've heard, um, my friend has heard that there
> are tiny particles of fiber glass in menthol cigarettes; the 
> "cool" sensation is due in part to the fiber glass cutting 
> into the lung tissue.  

Hee hee.  This is almost as good as the UL about the clove-smoking
causing your internal organs to "dissolve".

>Therefore, if this is indeed true, one
> should get a better buzz from marijuana after smoking a menthol
> cigarette.  Is there anyone who has another verification of
> this possibility (I believe "my friend" saw the information
> in an article in High Times)?

I don't believe HT would print that sort of crap, except maybe in the Q/A
column, with a strong negation in the answer.

Seriously, fiberglass in your lungs would be a very bad idea.  It would
probably stay there forever.  Silicone is not water/fat/blood soluble.

Keith Lewis             klewis@mitre.org          "Mr. Cheap"
I don't dance to music; music dances to me.  Email me for my PGP key.
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.dreams,sci.med
From: rrempel@selkirk.sfu.ca (Rod Rempel)
Subject: Re: caffeine myths
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 05:49:21 GMT

raphael@fx.com (Glen Raphael) writes:

>v092kdab@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (susan) writes:

>>I was wondering how caffeine affected atheltic performance.  Why would an 
>>athlete use caffeine?, and why are the consequences so high?

>Caffeine, like cocaine, is a stimulant. In fact, coke and caffeine have the
>exact same desirable-to-athletes effect -- each drug causes an temporary
>increase in physical and mental alertness with a later corresponding
>decrease. If you time it right, you can use up some future energy in order
>to get more energy for right NOW. Get enough sleep in between and that can
>really come in handy for those marathon runs, or cross-country drives, or
>term papers...

... increased free fatty acid (FFA) mobilization into the blood stream for
use as a fuel (and therefore to spare glycogen) during prolonged
submaximal exercise ... just be sure to knock back the caffine in coffee,
not coke (sugar ... boo, hiss, ... insulin reaction ....) ...

Rod Rempel - rrempel@sfu.ca
Department of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University 
... if two million people do a stupid thing it's still a stupid thing.

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From: maupb@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr J L Saunders)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.folklore.urban,alt.religion.kibology
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LSD)
Date: 14 Dec 1992 21:03:20 -0000
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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In article <1992Dec13.181635.21958@ultb.isc.rit.edu> rxg3321@ultb.isc.rit.edu (R.X. Getter) writes:
%In article <lilf61INN8so@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> linden@positive.Eng.Sun.COM (Peter van der Linden) writes:
%>
%>Come on, what's all this bullshit, and why do I have to spell
%>it out?
%>
%>There is no "lethal dose" of LSD.
%
%I don't know if this has any relevance, but I read a recent article in
%Newsweek about a man who was murdered by a lethal dose of LSD served to him
%in jello. If there is interest, I can get the date, the page, and the text
%of the article. (it was very short)
%
%>
%>There is no "lethal dose" of marijuana.
%
%I imagine it carries the same or similar potential risk to cigarettes.

Yep, it causes cancer in laboratory cigarettes :-)

Jason
-- 
                       Jason L Saunders [ RouE ]      
                     email: maupb@csv.warwick.ac.uk
snail: Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven)
Subject: Re: Khat grows wild in Southern California
Reply-To: gak@wrs.com
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:58:17 GMT

In article 19006@netcom.com, rallen@netcom.com (Robert W. Allen) writes:
>The LA Times recently reported that the now-infamous East African drug khat
>(aka qat, miraa) has been growing in Southern California for decades.
>
>I'm waiting for the followup article about curious heads swarming to
>Laguna Beach and hacking branches off any unusual-looking tree... :-)

Time for the CAMP folks to head south, I guess...

bah.

gak

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        I'm always more outspoken after a few pints of Guinness.
                - Mrs. E. Slocombe

Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: sheila@nx26.mik.uky.edu (shelia c kinney)
Subject: high times
Keywords: drugs
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:47:47 GMT

you can usually find "High Times" around most college campuses
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: bd@sics.se (Bj|rn Danielsson)
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken.huxley
Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
	<1992Dec8.081723.1@wharton.upenn.edu> <1992Dec9.141909.2913@ctp.com>
	<dlr.723954396@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:22:24 GMT

In article <dlr.723954396@well.sf.ca.us> dlr@well.sf.ca.us (David L Racette) writes:
>Anyone else read Journey into the Madness? Or anyone know the author?

Yes, I have. The author is Gordon Thomas. Published by Bantam Books 1989.
ISBN 0-553-28413-4.

The book tells part of the story of CIA's secret abuse of LSD, but its main
focus is the subject of brain-washing techniques and torture, which evidently
became a hot topic after the Korean war, in which american prisoners of
war were tortured and brain-washed very efficiently by the communists.
The techniques that CIA then developed were (according to the book) passed
on to various US allies such as Iran, who later turned them against USA and
western Europe during the hostage war in Lebanon.

In my opinion, it is an interesting but not extremely good book, unless you
get off on detailed horror stories -- it's got lots of them. Maybe it sells
better that way :-).
--
Bjorn Danielsson                        |   If you listen to fools,
Swedish Institute of Computer Science   |        the mob rules!
bd@sics.se                              |               -- Black Sabbath
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From: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black)
Subject: Re: Ephedrine Reduction (was RE: Ephadrine)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:21:00 GMT
Organization: Eastern Illinois University

In article <eesnyder.724191996@beagle> eesnyder@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric E. Snyder) writes:
>
>While reduction from ephedrine seems the most common illicit method, 
>reductive amination from phenyl-2-propanone is definitely the most simple,
>provided P-2-P is available.  

    According to a DEA agent who gave a talk here a few years back, both of
the above are true.  It is only because P2P is so hard to get that
ephedrine reduction is so common.

-- 
   ******************************************************************
     Howard Black                             cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu
     Department of Chemistry                  Eastern Illinois Univ. 
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From: lewis@aera8700.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
Subject: Re: Transportation of controlled substances
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:16:49 GMT

In article <1g8jgoINN6hg@uwm.edu>, roy@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Roy Alan Radosevich) writes:
>In article <1992Dec10.220844.17397@reed.edu> jcherney@reed.edu writes:
>>Can someone satisfy my curiosity?  I know that it is bad news to attempt to bring drugs on  
>>flights in & out of the US (and every other country,of course), but what about flights inside  
>>the US?  Would it be possible to transport marijuana on an airplane inside the US?  If not,  
>>how could it possibly be done?

I've been on many flights within the US, and I've never been searched or
even sniffed.  The only thing they've ever looked inside was my carry-on
luggage.  If you're only carrying a small quantity, put it in your pocket.
If you're carrying a lot, put it in a suitcase and check it.  

>I wouldn't try it only because I dislike jail, but a FOAF rolled some 
>up in 2 or 3 baggies, a ziplock bag and then shoved it all in a half
>full bottle of shampoo. He went on 2 flights with a stopoff in between
>and made it fine.

Yes, it is a good idea to seal it well enough to keep the smell in.  The
measure you described above would be appropriate for going through customs. 
But it's overkill for a domestic flight, don't you think?

>*********"They're falling like bags of wet cement!!!"...Les Nesman***********
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"The turkeys are hitting the ground..."  :^)

Keith Lewis             klewis@mitre.org          "Mr. Cheap"
I don't dance to music; music dances to me.  Email me for my PGP key.
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.folklore.urban
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LSD)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 08:26:40 GMT

bowman@reed.edu (BoBoRamDos) writes:
: >Strychnine does not have any psychedelic effect - at all.
: 
: Actually, Bill, I think this statement's a little strong.  For the record, I
: *have* ingested strychnine recreationally, and -- though "psychedelic" is
: a little hard to define -- it sure *seemed* psychedelic to me.  Not alot,
: but a little.  BTW, when this occurred I was as-yet still unsubjected to
: the LSD-strychnine bullshit.

Hm - it might be possible - it is a CNS stimulant. All I can find in my
references is that it induces a feeling of "uneasiness" in the person who
has injested the material. I am not going to try it to see if there is any
other effect.

Bill
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: an2509@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Incandescents for Growing
X-Anonymously-To: alt.drugs
Organization: Anonymous contact service
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:56:47 GMT

How well do common incandescent light bulbs work for growing weed?
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From: un040367@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: dextromethorphan hydrobromide
Date: 20 Dec 92 13:51:50 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

In article <jah.724626381@mits>, jah@mits.mdata.fi (Jani A. Heinonen) writes:
> 10764860@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (PAUL WALSH) writes:
> 
>>Has anyone tried to boil any DM based liquid (eg Robitussin) down to a solid?
>>I would be interested to hear if anyone has tried this succesfully.
> 
>    Could codeine be succesfully precipitated to a solid from a cough syrup via
> electrolysis?
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
??? Your chemistry is way off the mark here. Are you perhaps getting
mixed up with electolytic deposition of metal from solution? The
answer is highly unlikely.

> Or is the concentration of codeine ions too small for that?

Would it make a difference if the contration were higher?

> If this worked, wouldn't it also be the way to make the purest freebase
> in your bathtub?

You can extract relatively pure freebase codeine by traditional
acid/base extraction techniques.

> --
> Jani Heinonen		jah@mits.mdata.fi		Finger for PGP key

> 		  Religion is the DMT of the masses.

But DMT is a supposed entheogen, and thus might be considered
a religion.

Jeremy
jeremy@rsc3.anu.edu.au (not this address)
From: judy@evolving.com (Judy Bettinger)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LSD)
Date: 14 Dec 92 15:08:43 GMT
Organization: Evolving Systems, Inc.

[drivel deleted]

You people have obviously fried too many brain cells to remember basic
netiquette.  This is of no interest to those of us in rec.pets.cats, where
it was crossposted.
-- 
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
Judy Bettinger  (judy@evolving.com)
Evolving Systems, Inc.
Denver, Colorado
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: pfcouvar@unix.amherst.edu (Peter F. Couvares)
Subject: Re: strychnine?
Organization: Amherst College
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 10:03:27 GMT

mjcrouch@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Matt J. Crouch) writes:
>Maybe i'm missing something.  Why does LSD-blotted doses supposely
>contain strychnine?  What is its purpose (if any).  It seems to make
>more sense to leave out the strychnine since it doesn't seem to pertain
>to the actual halluincegic (s.p?) properties, or does it?

	The stories you hear of LSD containing strychnine are myths.
Not only would be it be counter-productive for a dealer to put
anything other than LSD on a tab, as you have realized, but the amount
of strychnine that would fit on a tab (or a few tabs) of acid couldn't
affect a Human being in any discernible way. Any stomach aches,
jitters, or other unusual physical sensations are due to the acid and
its effect on your mind alone. See the FAQ for more info...

(And be sure to tell your friends--it's amazing how insidious this
myth is, and the more people that know the truth, the better.)

-Peter

Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: S2822338@UCSVAX.UCS.UMASS.EDU (s2822338)
Subject: Placebo - LSD...
Organization: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - AMHERST
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:12:31 GMT
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In <1992Dec15.000754.1@wharton.upenn.edu> mccoy39@wharton.upenn.edu writes:

> My guess about the enhanced LSD effects with Vitamin C is that
> many frequent trippers are also smokers, and are probably in need
> of some extra Vitamin C anyway.  The same could be said for people
> experiencing bad reactions too, although I am sure that much of
> this is placebo effect.  That *something* is being done helps calm
> the tripper.

How 'bout this (just a thought - but it might blow your socks off)

That LSD (and perhaps other halucinagens) actually make people more succeptable
to the placebo effect. Or in non-clinical terminology, they actually increase
your ability to effect your body using pure psychology...  Mind over matter you
know... and if matter happens to be particularly, shall we say, fluid, and your
mind is in overdrive, well, who KNOWS what could happen.  Well, some of you
probably know exactly what can happen.  It's pretty neat, huh?

Granted, with this comes the good and the bad, You can easily convince yourself
that you feel awful, as easily as you can convince yourself that you feel like
god.  So, think happy thoughts :-)

> The theraputic dose is only about half the toxic dose, and it is likely
> that taking ten or twenty hits would kill you.  Granted, I don't know of
> any people actually taking big doses, but it is not a good idea.  If

I do, and I wouldn't say that.  Taking handfulls might make you sick, or kill
you, but I wouldn't say that X is any more "dangerous" than sleeping pills,
that is you'd have to WANT to kill yourself to o.d. on it.  In addition, you
can throw up on X too, simple bodily reaction to too much of something in the
stomach, thus preventing o.d.  But 6-8 hits is not an uncommon dose.
And there seem to be no serious effects, even on the long term.
Granted, I think 2-3 hits is a better idea.  But, especially if you keep the
dose low, there's NOTHING to worry about.
Well, other than enlightenment, but I don't know if it's a good idea to take
enlightenment too seriously sometimes.

> one were to take a dose, then decide nothing is happening and take two
> more, the results could be very bad.  Psychologically safe, but not really
> a safe drug compared with LSD or mj. 

3 hits couldn't possibly cause anything "bad" to happen.  MAYBE 30.
The LD you are thinking of is almost certian to be for lab rats,
NOT people.

I'd say that it is psychologically safer than LSD, and more useful.
And What ISN'T safer than pot?  Well, biologically and psychologically safer,
not necessessarily politically safe :(

-Erik
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From: stame@emunix.emich.edu (Stewart Tame)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LSD)
Date: 14 Dec 92 15:54:04 GMT
Organization: Eastern Michigan University

In article <92348.143452U56673@uicvm.uic.edu> <U56673@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>There is a leathal dose of ANYTHING (with the exception of air)  You can OD and
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Try injecting it sometime . . . 

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From: lewis@aera8700.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
Subject: Re: Pseudoephadrine hydrochloride
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
    <Bz8HpE.FB9@udecc.engr.udayton.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:32:09 GMT

In article <Bz8HpE.FB9@udecc.engr.udayton.edu>, mmaryo@udecc.engr.udayton.edu (Michael J Maryo (U)) writes:
>In article <cf_y=v200WBKQ3ko0P@andrew.cmu.edu> Haw Juin Lin <hl27+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>
>>Has anybody ever heard of Pseudoephadrine Hydrochloride

Sudafed (a decongestant), right?

>>and if so...what are the effects of taking this drug...are they similar
>>to ephadrine (white cross)...

Pseudoephedrine is a better decongestant but not as good a stimulant.

>Hmmmmm.... I am learning something new everyday.  This may be a really stupid
>question, but white crosses are a form of Speed, right?  I used to take white
>crosses when I was in High School (Working 40+ hours a week too!).  I wasn't
>sure exactly what I was taking, but I got them from a very reliable source,
>so I trusted that they were just speed.  So I guess that ephadrine is a form
>of speed... Right?                    

Maybe it used to be speed, but some clever capitalist has started marketing
lookalike pills which contain ephedrine instead.  You can mailorder them
from ads in _High Times_, among other places.

Keith Lewis             klewis@mitre.org          "Mr. Cheap"
I don't dance to music; music dances to me.  Email me for my PGP key.
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs
From: wbogue@cwis.unomaha.edu (Willie Bogue)
Subject: Re: MDMA and self-esteem
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 04:32:27 GMT

If I may, I'd like to try and summarize some of the info about MDMA.
A more complete explanation was given somewhere earlier in this pile
of responses. The best books for further info are Ecstasy: The MDMA Story
and Psychedelics Encyclopedia. The Encyclopedia is by Peter Stafford.
I don't recall who wrote the other one.

On second thought, I'm just gonna copy this from Whole Earth Review. It's all
accurate and simplified.

MDMA (3,4 -Methylenedioxymethamphetamine)

Dosage: 100-150 mg/oral

Duration: 30-60 minutes to onset; 2-3 hour plateau; 6 hours to baseline

Effects: Ego softening; neurotically based fear dissolution; feelings of
emotionally based love and empathy. No visual effects. Lucidity retained, in-
depth communication facilitated. Present moment awareness heightened.

Side effects: Appetite loss; stimulation; mild jaw-clenching; mild to
moderate post-session fatigue. Occasional nystagmus (lateral eye wiggle).
Initial restlessness, nervousness, nausea, shivering or tremor.
CAUTION: May induce inappropriate and unintended emotional-bond imprinting.
Note: Reversible nerve cell toxicity has been reported in laboratory animals
at a dose equivalent to human consumption of 175 mg or more.

Contraindications: Concurrent use of stimulants or MAO inhibitors 
(see Warning). Heart ailments, glaucoma, hypertension, aneurism or "stroke"
history, hepatic or renal disorders, diabetes or hypoglycemia.

Context: Light and warm environment; with a loved one or a few close friends,
but sometimes with many others in celebration.

So, that's what I have. Good luck on finding any other information.

Willie
wbogue@cwis.unomaha.edu
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From: chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger)
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of
Organization: Lexington Public Access Unix. -KY- (606) 255-9121
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 02:56:06 GMT

In article <724012309snx@scarla.UUCP> darinf@century writes:
>
> The best way I have found for long and intense trips is to plan on taking
> about 6 - 10 hits (only if you are experienced). Drop two, the drop two more
> every half-an-hour after that.  This causes the PEAK to last longer.  With
> more hits at a time you can reach a higher plateau.  But do remember that
> you do build a tolerance.  This tolerance we be gone if you stay clean for
> at least two weeks.
>

In my experience, I have found that I have trouble with paranoia with 
smaller doses (150mic.g or less), but with larger doses, I have a much 
better time.  Don't ask me why.. With EXTREMELY small doses (like maybe half 
a hit of blotter), I will get more energy, and the only hallucinagenic 
effects I get are when I close my eyes, but it makes me paranoid *bad* with 
that small of a dose.  Later.


-- 
Chad Helfenberger
(chelf@lunatix.uucp) 
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