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CRIMSON AND WHITE
Friday. Jan. 14, 1938
THE MILNE SCHOOL
Albany N. Y.
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Number 13
SENIOR
NEWS
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DOG
PIDICULOUS REGENTS RIDDIxES EXAM
CATPAET I
Answer q u e s t i o n s : 1 , 4 , 7 , 1 8 , 2 0 , 3 , 2 , 1 0 , 9 , 8 , 5 , 1 1 , 1 6 , 1 9 , 6 , 1 3 ,
i. p r c f .
1^,14,15,17,and PAIvT II
profottc
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,vhat mc.ae the Tower of Pisa lean ?
Do you think: that paper can be used to keep people warm ?
.7hat i s the c h i e f cause f o r auto t i r e s going f l a t ?
Mhat type of: questions are on an I n t e l l i g e n c e Test ?
I^hy i s i t bad f o r b i r d s to eat apples ?
Give tliree good ex..mples of a c o l l e c t i v e noun
-/hat has eighteen legs and catches f l i e s ?
//here i s the buwc.nnee Eiver ?
Can you give the n a t i o n a l i t y of IJapoleon ?
Does a f i r e whistle always blow foi- a f i r e ?
Can you t e l l which f i s h t r a v e l s the f a r t h e s t in a day ?
iVhat i s the best wr.y to grow whiskers ?
*
]\fhat do c i t y people in the country miss the most ?
How r:.uch i s bq plus 5q ?
/Yhy do people eat with the knife and spoon sometimes ?
Ants arc not the hardest working- c r e a t u r e s . 'Why ?
If you were i l y i n ^ and the plane caught a f i r e , what would ^ ou do ?
,Vhat /cind oi chicK^in i s -.s toush as p^^vinfe stone ?
what i s the quicKost
'jp the h o s p i t a l '( .
Give the moaning of ^^seous, Industrious, and p i o u s .
( Only quesbions answ^vTcd in English will bo counted )
No rirls wearing ski-pants will be allowed to t-j.ke the test.
Pari
II
1. There was a famine in the land.
2. -Report cards often keep families hot for a week.
3. Income tacl:s.
4. How long is a short circuit ?
5. They eat them by the peck.
6. Flypaper, v/astepaper basket, and garbage can.
7. A baseball team.
8. Far, far away.
9. Course I can.
10. Ko. It blows for water, they already hav- the fire.
11. The goldfish. It travels around the globe.
IP.. By installment plan. A little down ..:ach 'Vv..ok.
13. The trains to the city.
14. You'r e w'1c o m e.
If3. The fork leaks.
16. They take timj off to attend all the picnics.
17. Try to keep cool.
13. A Plymouth Rock..
19. Running :Ln the hoi Is.
20. Gaseous-full of gas. Industrious-full of dust. Pious-full of pi^
Oath : " 1 nov;, Mt tlv: c.losp of the cx^'. .iri:.tion in
(:;iu(Ue Regents), declare that prior to chis examination I was
familiar with the Instructions to candidates, 1 had no knowledge
of what questiohs wore to be proposed, and have neither given nor
recieved aid in answering any of them."
Signature
"I do so declare "
CRIMSON JhTD -.VHITE
fht^iSr-l
Ivm. Al]\TSEJJ.ii 0 P M s
TYFIl^G COURSE
FOR SENIOR
HIGH
The CorfL-iierce Department desires to
give every student in Milne ..n opportur-.
nity to lec.rn how to type* Typing i s q
personal asset to almost anyoae
todcy.
Work done in high school .und c o l l e g e
w i l l probr.bly r e c e i v e hl re . t t e n t i o n i f
i t is typed. The l e t t e r s you write w i l l
be w r i t t e n m^r-^ quicKly c^nd w i l l recwive
b e t t e r .vttontiou from tntiir r e ^ d e i s , i f
they are typed. Perhaps, ._>nd wno Knows,
you may want to work: some suimier or i n
our spare time. Needless to s r y , g
knowledge of typing v / i l l probably help
you to f i n d a job more e a s i l y *
In February , the Commerce Departm.ent v / i l l o f f e r a typing course to
tenth and eleventh year
non-comm.ercial
studenos.
The course may be taken f o r
a h a l f year, o r , i f one (1) R^^gents unit
i s desired as an e l e c t i v e , the work v / i l l
continue u n t i l next January. No outside
homework is required in typing, and i t
may be e l e c t e d as a f i f t ^ s u b j e c t ,
Th. se i n t e r e s t e d in taicing t h i s
course should report to Room #236 as
soon as p o s s i b l e *
Thom.as Kins e l la
Supervisor of Comjnerce
5.iSIvETBiXL
DEiVv/S
SE;^0N
K E END
The basketball season o f Milne High
School i s drcAving near the end. There
are only f i v e games l e r t uu the schedule.
Four of those arc CousucuLive nonie ^awes
and the liiii.l one i s an awwy gf,^me» The
Red R^'iders v / i l l meet Rensselear t o n i g h t ,
Schuyler, Jcnuary 22; Coeymans, January
28; and Rafena, February 12,
in the homie
games. The av/ay game is with Si:!. Joseph^
of Albany on February 19.
Everyone
should make an e f i o r t to attend the
remainder of the gr.mes*
JiJ^UARy 1 4 ,
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SEKxORS iL.J^
TO GIVE jovm
SV'TEaxTER D . . N C E
The 'unual Senior H.gh School party
w i l l be g i ven on Jaiuary 29, in the'Cum'mons o f Hawley Hall« The ho, rs w i l l "be
from 8 o^clock to 12 o ' g l o c k .
Barton
Zabin and h i s orchestra w i l l furnish the
music®
The party w i l l be a "sweater" dance
which w i l l be a novelty to Milne. Both
the g i r l s and beys should ccme a t t i r e d
in c c l o r f u l sweaters to l i v e up to the
occassion,
Benjamin Douglas is the
general
chairman of the party* The coirmittees
which w i l l a s s i s t Mr^ Douglas have not
y e t been decided upon* B i l l y Burgess i s
in charge o f the arrangements f o r the
orchestra.
The chaperons f o r the occaas^icn are
Dr^ F r e d e r i c k , Miss Fillingham,
Miss
Wheeling, and Miss Gushing.
.DELPHOI DEi?E..TS THET.. NU
IK .xNNlL.L iiO-,VLIKG LiliArCH
'Li.s't
Friday a f t e r n o o n , Adelpnoi
defeated Theta Nu i n a bo'il/ling match held
at the Palace ^i.lleys. Two teams p a r t i cipated from each s o c i e t y , et.ch team
pc aying two ^^ames f o r the match and i.ne
game t<, warm up iiit The f i n t d score in
the games was 6 - 0 ,
The high scorurs f c r the dc.y were
Seely Funk and Dick Pa land, of Adalphoi^
Thet^ Nu was handicapped becf.use of the
absense o f some o f their p l a y e r s , but
everyone in both s o c i e t i e s had a grand
t.iii;©.« It has been decided by the two
societies
that they v/ould have another
match sometime s h o r t l y , a f t e r the MidYear exams.
MISS EiJx'O N i^KS OF IK ION
ON PLu'XEJ/IENT OF BOOKS
STUDENT •COINCIL SPONSORS
SENIOR HIGH P.xRTY
The Senior High student council in
t h e i r v/eoiily
meeting discussed
the
coming Seiiior H?.gh party which is to
t£ke place January 29 in the Commons,
Members
suggested a bai'n
dance, a
sweater da^ice, a c o l l e g i a t e dance, and a
Big Apple dance»
It v/as decided to
have the hcmerooms vote ^n the type of
dance they v;anted. The homerooms voted
to have a sweater di.nce, E ery^ne w i l l
wear a bri^^ht c c l c r e d sweater to the
affair.
Kenneth. Lashur, p r e s i d e n t , apj^ointed Benjami a Dcuglrs, genera l chairman of
the p a r t y . The a s s i s t i n g
conTil,tt®es
h?,v3 not boon annc unced. William jDurfeuss
nas secured Barty 2iabin -.aA nis o r c h e s tra f o r th- event
ji-ttention, Iviilne Students,
the reference
Do you want
book's ^^ be joaced in the
conference
room so that i t may be used as a r e f e r ence room?
Do you v/ant the reference books
to be r e t u r m e d to t h e i r eld pl.'.ce in the
main ru^m?
Please check cne of these, tei.r this
out, and place i t in the box on the desk
iii the l i b r a r y , Thanic you J
CRIMSO:
J.J^U.J^Y 14, 1938
\-.HITE
z o y . .iND HIS TIr.IE -
Edit..r-lr--Ohicf
..ss^cl .to E U t c r
Senior .^ss, E d i t c r
Maaatji-^u S f . i t c r
S o c i e t y E^'itor
Exchaajo Z'^.itors
Club E d i t o r
Stude.it Council Ivep»
Fe ture E d i t o r
Sperts Editor
Sports .Vritors
G i r l s » Sport E d i t o r
Art Editor
Viroir^ia Tripp
Butty B-rdon
A l f r e d Vhooler
Gecifje P a r r t o r .
Janet Colo
Janet Ci*ov/ley
L o i s Hayuor
Mar ion iwcCormr.ck
S e e l e y Punk:
Betty Scliultz
Richard Game
Kin,_sley Grimes
Ed Staro7Gr,tlior
Mar^'aret Charles
Richard Andrews
BY IVu.TTHL'vV J0SEPH30N
•t^ndle Z l a v/i.s one c f the
foremost
French n o v e l i s t s
o f the l a t t e r h a l f
of
the nineteenth cei.tury* V/hen he was youn^
he know p a v e r t y ; h i s entrance into
literature v/a.s one o f the c r u e l e s t ,
but
gradually he b u i l t up h i s name. He s t a r t ed a hUt^e c y c l e o f novels, one th: t took
him almost a l l o f h i s workint l i f e .
They
were c a l l e d the RoUi_on»-Macquarts becfiuse
he, in t h i s s e r i e s
took a l l c f h i s main
characters from the immense family o f
Routjon-Macquart and showed that
their
a c t i o n s were o,.ly the r e s u l t o f e n v i r o n ment and h e r e d i t y .
In Zolas day, tho 'rcmr.ntic novel was
s t i l l popular.
In a broad sense, he was
one of the developers of the modern r e , . l istic
novel.
Preceded by Balzac, who
Dorothy Dey
Ruth Rasp
miade
G
study
o
f the s o c i a l cr^i.nization
Betty Holmes
Ann Kunti;.^;
of
..is
tiu.es
,
and
youn(i,er than F l a u b e r t ,
Ruth S e l k i r k
Helen Bar;cor
the founder o f "Naturalism" (a study o f
Nancy Glass
Doris YGlsh
the miutual e f f e c t s o f s o c i e t y and the i n Jean Best
Betty Txncher
sividual)
Z o l a advanced the idea of
Newell Cross
Miriam Pruend
studyint3 ccmtemporary s o c i e t y us i t i s .
Charles McCullock
Dcrotiiy Shattuck
For many ye:.rs Zola had profound . i n f l u Jf.net Clark
Charles Sr.. ' o r s o n
ence on French l i t e r a t u r e .
Then ^-ken
Bonjr.ir.in DoUt^las
his l i t e r a r y powers were slippine.^ h i s
l i f e v/as ^iven a dramatic and b e a u t i f u l
Herbert Marx
Bu s i ne s s Ilar-a.:,. e r s
in-^
Pr a U.C 1 i n S t e i rjaar dtclim.ax by the unbelievable Dreyfus
c
i
d
e
n
t
.
vViliiam Burgess
Distributi;..-:;
Johu vvyKes
Earl
Goodrich
Zola had a s t r o n g , e n e r g e t i c l i f e
Mimeojrabhors
Geori_,e S c o v i l l
f u l l of meL.nint," even f o r us moi-e than a
S i c k Palr.n'^
quarter o f century l a t e r .
Printer
Mnrjorie S'Santon
Typ i s t s
Barbara Sciper
Now tho book i t s e l f . Well w r i t t e n
L u c i l l e Armistead
and r i c h l y documented, i t i s a broad view
Dorhotjay Sherman
o f Zola*s l i f e and a s s o c i a t i o n s . The
or Ej-ives us an e..:cell..nt backround b e f o r e
he r e l a t e s an i n c i d e n t . As a whole
tho.
Miss Catherine E. wheeliiv;
p r o j e c t i s satisfying,'. One complaint
is
Paculty Advist^'r
that the ta.kes f o r .,,rantod that you know
Published weekly by the Crimson.and what uncei t a i n terms mioaji. It i s confusinc
at times.
White st . i f at the Milne S c h o ' l ,
Albrny, New York,
Reporters
NOTICE, h i m i T E S :
SUGGESTION BOX
Do Milne students liKe the present
arrarioment o f tho r e f e r e n c e books? The
l i b r a r i a n s would l i k e to know.
If
the
bocks are t o remain in the
conference
"Ivlany o f the students could su^^est
room some o f the sij^^ns on the
shelves
v..lu.,blt. l:.:provemenis in the c l u b s , S t u must
be
chan^jed.
I
f
the
bc^ks
are
t c be
dent O o u n c i l , e t c , , but they are toe bashreturned
to
the
main
room,
the
chan^-e
f u l t.:
anythir^.
It we had a su^,t,esti )n b : x on the main desk, f i r s t f l G c r . j • should be made b e f o r e the be^innint; of
the second semester*
we shy M i l n i t o s c^uld write down our a d v i c e on a s l i p of paper and j u s t drop i t
W i l l ^ou t e l l us wheat you would
i n . Then V70 x u l d do sumethiiig ab?ut the
l i k e tc have us do? We hcve no p r e f e r ^Tumblinc
the l o c k e r s and classrocms^
e n c e . Y/e moved the books as an e x periment. Each l o c a t i o n has s p e c i a l ad—
Ther
was j u s t such a su^^^sticn
box a few yo..rs a^u in Miluo. L o t ' s r e - vanta^^es, and each l o c a t i o n has i t s d i s advantQi_es from our p o i n t of view.
vive chat c.iicient p r a c t i c e .
A c o r t a i n youn^ M i l n i t e tuld
ue,
You may t e l l one o f the librarir.ns
your v e r d i c t
or ^cu may drop a s l i p i n
the box on the desk. On ;^'Cur s l i p w r i t e
"Main room" or "Conference room" tc i n d i c a t e the l o c a t i o n that you p r e f e r .
Miss Thelma Eaton
^IgWBWFlil
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SOCIETIES
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Phe .viembers t>ave quotations from
John Masofield* Frances Seymour gave a
report on his l i f e and Marjorio pond
read a s e c t i o n of one of his poemsa
Thoi'o was a discussion on the QuinSigma Dancc. The Seniors
and Juniors
discussed _ lans f o r i n i t i a t i o n v;hich
w i l l take place February 10*
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EXCHANGES
lutu
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John "uiJPe you doing
anything t h i s e v e nii.g?"
Jec.n ( e a g e r l y ) "No.,, nothing at a l l , "
John •V/hat a waste o f t i m e . "
Mur-Mur-Et te
Ed(at r i d i n g acadeny) • •'I v^c.nt tc
rent
a h' r s e . "
Attendc.nt • "How long? '•
Dick;
long as ^ou g o t . There are 5
of u s . "
Theta NU*
Theta Wu wishes to extend h e a r t i e s t con^i'ratulations to Adelphoi f o r
the l a t t e r * s v i c t o r y in the bov;ling
match, l a s t Friday•
Theta Nu welcomed Sheldon Bond,
a former student of M^lne vtuo i s now
attending Hobart Collw^e^
John H^decker played his g u i t a r
accompaniod b.; V/illiam Saunders^
Theta Nu refused a challeng'o from
Adelphoi to a hocKey match duo to the
fc.djt that
oner ^ Lre no hockey players
in ThoT:a Nu.
Sigma;
Betty Bar don opened the •. moo'ting
in the abscnce of the p r e s i d e n t . Betty
Mann gave liis biography nnd Margaret
Chase rqr.r. xrom the worKS of Don Marqiis,
Betty Barden announced S. So V ^ Dine r.s
the autSoi- f o r next week. The president
announced a chf.ng'e in the
cotamittGe
f o r the ouin-Slgmr. dance, Jean Tarches
w i l l replace Margaret Chase and V i r g i n ia Jordon v / i l l replace Janet Jansing'*
S h i r l e y Ruben i s on the program conanittee.
The coiTiraittee f o r the
Initiation
i s J food
coiTJTiittee,
Janet
Crowley,
chairm'^.n; Verna P^ricins, i , u c i l l e Armiste.:id, Doris Vv'elsh, <^na Nancy cilass.
Sigma voted to send a bouquet to
Thelma S e g a l l , l e s t ye".r»s president
who i s s i c k .
NEW iVIEMBERS ATTISND
FRENCH CLUB MEETING
Mary Winshurst, p r e s i d e n t ,
conducted the meeting on Friday• The new
members come to
the
meeting. They
a r e ; Joyce Murdick, Una Underwood,Miriam Freund, Marjory Sherman and.
Jane
Grace, Dorothy Shattack and Robert Gardner.
In the meeting,
some c f
the
membe: s fc,ave a p l a y , "Les Gens Roya ux"
These taking part weret Dick Palc.nd,
Ed Walker, Herby Marx, Franklin S t e i n hardt,
IsabellO: Chapman,
and Jean
McDermo t t .
For the remainder c f the period
there was extemporaneous speaking.
DR3iATICS CLUB Hu.S
iViONTHLY JOmT HviETING
The Dramatics Club had a j c i n t
meetiiig in the auditorium on Friday.
Benjamin Dcu^-lc.s gave
a r e p o r t on
the proceeds from
the
Christmas
p l a y s . A f t e r the meeting, the s e p a r ate groups met.
The S p e c i a l ij.cting Group at the
meeting, discussed the current plays
i n New Yprk. The membei s t c l d about the
plays which they have seen and
the
plays which they would like to s e e .
The Crimson and White s t a f f a p o l o g i z e s to Adelphoi f o r
omitting t h e i r
news l a s t v/uck*
The Sophomore Acting Group decided
to give a play i n assembly. The play
is
Crooks And A Lady, b^ Eugene
P i l l o t . Miss Nightingale, the
club
sponsor, read the play during
the
meeting. The cast has not been s e l e c t ed y e t .
Armon Llvermore gave a r e p o r t on
the bo .k, "I'.Icsser Mt:»rco P c l o " by Burns.
It i s purely f i c t i o n abcut the adventures of iiarco P o l o , but
it
i s an
excellent c r c r t i c n .
The a^ts Group mot
in the auditorium,
Ir.st Friday, The
members
decided to f i n i s h the model stage that
was started by the group l a s t
year.
The next meeting w i l l bo i n the shop.
Adelphjj;
Kenneth Lash.,r reported on
the
p l a y , ••Winterset" by Maxwell iinderscn,
which has been made into a movie®
The
settiii^' is drearier than •'Dead End" jj
The whole s t c r y is based on reven^G*
Adelphoi has also challenged Theta
Nu to a hockey irc.tch.
HOBBY CLUB I^AKS
T.Jui. ON SKIING
The Hobby Club met
Friday in
room235o EdgfO* Hrrding g£.ve £ji i n t e r esting' talK on skiing® He spoke about
the d i f f e r e n t stups in skiingi,
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of
sl-^.yer.
When Dizz^ or L e f t y come running around.
The g i r l s iicvc a " p i c n i c " , goin^- to town.
You try, oh so herd, to mr.ke him f a l l ,
But, ho j u s t has his eye on the b a l l .
».ftor s i t t i n g
f o r weeks on good hard
benches.
"V/hy I Icnow thr.t p l a y e r ,
somebody mentions •
So r.way :,-ou ^o f o r an i n t r o d u c t i o n ,
And what ho says, mrdces you throve a c o n vulsione
"Ahi Ono Ox my mc.ny c.dmirers", says h e ,
And you xool l i k e you^ve j u s t been stung
by a boo«
Then
himself up to the
house,
And raids the i c e - b o x , the gr^rt b i g
lousoj
into the p a r l o r he then p r o c e e d s ,
To t e l l of the b r s e b a l l te\m that he
leads.
You
Diazy
listen,
invites
and
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TO Ttni: FEivL.LE bUGiiiiR
Oh, to mr.rry r. b c s e b - . l ! player J
There* s nothing so swell ns this type
u
listen,
f o r hours and
nours,
And slowly but surely, ^/our
opinion
sours.
You tninlc i t i s best a f t e r ..11,
To f o r j o t about a f o l l o w , that f o o l s v/ith
a ball.
^liosalio",
starrin^s Eleanor Powe l l ond Kelson Eddy i s another MetroGoldwyn-4vIayer musical s u c c e s s .
This
p i c t u r e was adopted from the
1928
Flo Z i e f f e l d operdttQ®
R O S Q I I G {Eleanor
Powell)
is
a.'
Balk&n p r i n c e s s and is sent to Vossar
under an assumed nrme. She meets Dick
Thorpe (Nelson Eddy) a West Point
f o o t b a l l hero and they see a great
deal o f each other u n t i l her
kindly
father summons her homo. Cadet Thorpe
however f l i e ^ the ocean to f i n d her,
unav;are that she [s a rcyc-.l b l o o d .
Of course
uhero i s more to the
s t c r y but i t As a l l centered around
this p l o t .
Durir%' tho course of the p i c t u r e
M ss Powell appears in a c cuple
of
dancing scenes. The most entertaining
one i s that performed on a . gr<[^duoted
s e r i e s of g i g a n t i c drums,
.•. Frank
Morgan wh^. plays the pcxt c f the k l t g
adds a b i t of Imnior v;ith is
ventriloquism.
'^Rosalie", was a feood musical
with l i t t l e or no emotion. However,if
you care f o r t h i s sort of a p i c t u r e i t
would be v;orth your v/hilo to see i t .
You •re so i l a d vdien h e ' s gone.
You evon admit thf.t y o u ' r e v/r6ng.
But next ciay the radio i^^oes on again,
And Gehrig t o l l s you v;hat a help "Whof t ios"have been.
FINE ROIO^CE
" I ' m in a dancing mocd", shouted Bob
White t^ Rosalie~ as he cficci-ted her to her
Cabin of Dreams. "How ab^ut Trucking?"
he sug-'^stedo
" I Vv^on't Dance", because
(rhore CO. Id only be one author to
you danced v/ith Mfirie, and The Lady i s a
t h i s poem. I ' l l leave i t to your imagTramp." '^Fleasoy pleaded BcFT" " I ' l l ^be"
ination. )
Faithful,
m t ' s tho Last Thinb I Do".
Well,
It's a O'clock
in ^
Morning",
St.id R e s a l e ,
Good MioTiT, Sw^^etheart".
" R o s a l i e " , he s a i d , " I s t i l l love tc idTss
r.IGHTlviAIffi
you go., d n i g h t " .
n c , ti The us and
Times No", she retorted*
"Stop, your'o
Last night I had such p r e t t y dreams,
breaking niy he- r t " ho moaned, V^hy not?
You held mc in your arms, i t seems.
I t ' s the natural thing t o do. Why-: r e n ' t
And wiien r.t l a s t I c.ii^nced to wako,
you The Girl you used to be"7 Shh, she
I found i t to b o , that l a s t p i e c o of cake, V/hisp"ers in the D a r ^ , Eoi~ccrae the Folks
wlic l T v o "
the H ^ l l , T h c t ' s funny, Bob,
Lois Haynor '38 saldT*"^! Th^TIDit t h i s was a Ten OClock
Town?"
The f o l k s walked tc them and s; Id,
"Having a Wonderful TlmeY"
'Tie? se pardon us w e ' r e in love','
RoSu.lie sairl, f u i ^ t h o n , "Tc ^bTF, Scid,
l l y Bob you must g o ; Remember, T o Morrow i s tmother d r y , and ^ou can come
around "T^nce in A While) Goodni^ht. My
l o v e " , "Toudlo-oo;y
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