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Starfleet Renewal Reminders 2 Treasury Report

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Fun & Games The Trek Life

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Enterprise News Nichelle Nichols on "Heroes"

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Winona Ryder to Play Spock's Mother

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Bruce Greenwood To Play Christopher Pike

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Greenwood on Pike

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Ron Moore on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

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HEPHAESTUS is the Greek name for the Roman god of the forge, Vulcan. Birmingham has the world's largest iron statue, that of the Roman god, Vulcan. We named our Starfleet chapter the Hephaestus to give us ties to our city and to Star Trek, which has had its own Vulcan since 1966. Hephaestus forged armor and weapons for the gods. We create our own "armor and weapons" here, in our newsletter, so it is called THE ANVIL.

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VICE ADMIRAL DANNY POTTS

Change is good, apparently!

like more information on these positions, contact VRC Lucy Ferron at [email protected]

Over the years, we’ve gradually expanded the number of gatherings the chapter has held. Without noticing it, we had grown to having events in October, November and December… That’s a lot of events.

The 2008 Region 2 Summit is finally accepting registrations. Point your web browsers at: http://www.treknoid.com/summit2008 and get yourself registered!

So this year, we decided to combine all the events together into a single Thanksgiving gathering, and the turnout was everything we could have hoped for. We had representatives from chapters in other states, even other Regions!

As you may have heard, a new convention is starting up in the Birmingham area. It’s called OmegaCon, and it’s the weekend of March 14-16, 2008. You can find out more about it at: http://www.omegacon.us

Thanks to everyone who participated, and we look forward to next year! I especially appreciate the Star Wars Vault book I received. It’s high on the ‘cool’ list!

We’re planning on running a fan table there, so we’ll be needing volunteers to spend time at the table. Let me know if you’re planning to show, and when you might be able to spend some time representing STARFLEET.

If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to serve Region 2, then there’s a lot of open positions at the moment. Currently, the positions of Chief of Computer Operations, Quartermaster and Auctioneer are all available. If you’d

I’ll see you all next month!

The second annual Fall Feast was a great success. We played games, watched episodes of Voyager, and, of course, feasted on lots of tasty food. If you missed the feast, you missed the juiciest, most delicious turkey cooked by our host Pete. My compliments to the chef. Plenty of dressing and gravy and vegetables completed the meal. Thanks to all who contributed. After stuffing ourselves, we all enjoyed the Ferengi Take away game, which resembled a chocolate fest with many crew members receiving chocolate.

fidence for our Commanding Officer, and an election for second officer and the executive committee. Once I receive the details from Danny, I will give you the specifics. Since we’re into the holiday season, we’ll hold the vote of confidence and elections in January. Speaking of the holidays, my favorite time of the year is here. I love the decorations, the music, and the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers. I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season! See you next year! Pat Hicks

On a business note, it’s time again to hold a vote of con-

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The November Business meeting was held at Kingdom Comics in Vestavia Hills.

Pete discussed the still on-going snafu with the Sales Tax issue with in Starfleet which has his hands tied not being able to sell any Quartermaster items.

The first item discussed was the Fall Feast on Nov. 17th. People in attendance reviewed what they were bringing and the activities to take place.

Neil reported on the Marines side of things. Currently Alabama doesn’t have an OIC.

There was some minor discussion regarding the upcoming Hi-def release of The Menagerie. There was limited interest in running a recruiting table at the event, but most crew expressed that they would be busy planning/preparing for the Fall Feast, and would not be available.

Roy reported for the Department of Archeology. He stated that there are many neat exhibits coming to the McWane center and surrounding venues in the next coming months. After all that was reported then the Great Dalmuti game broke out and a good time was had by all.

Danny discussed the need for Hephaestus elections for Second Officer and the Executive Committee. He agreed to get a copy of the rules regarding elections to Pat Hicks.

Green - 12/18/2007 Mangina - 01/18/2008 deGruy - 03/27/2008 Simmons - 04/12/2008 Benton - 05/24/2008 Hicks - 05/22/2008 Hurst - 05/22/2008 Greening - 05/22/2008 Lindsay - 08/03/2008 Carr – 08/04/2008 Miller - 08/04/2008 Mohney - 11/03/2008 Evans - 11/10/2008 Yawn - 11/27/2008 Potts - 02/20/2010

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Executive Committee

Danny Potts, Vice Admiral – Captian

Sue Ellen Mohney, Captain

Pat Hicks, Captain - 1st Officer

Denby Potts, Rear Admiral

Dennis Evans, Fleet Captain – Second Officer

Lynnette Yawn, Lt.

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Roy Green, Col - Archaeology and Anthropology

Pete Mohney, Vice Admiral

Computer Sciences

Flo Hurst, Cdr.

Engineering Vacant

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Dennis Evans, Captain, Chief

Roy Green, Col, Security Intelligence, Chief

Pat Simmons, Captain

Charlie Boartfield, Crewman

Melissa Boartfield, Crewman Medical Sheila Benton, Lt Cmdr, Chief Medical Officer, SFMD

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Sue Ellen Mohney, Captain, Chief of Operations and Counselor

Neil Yawn, Brigadier, SFMD

Denby Potts,Rear Admiral, Ships Stores Officer and Secretary

Roy Green, Col

Sheila Benton, Lt Cmdr, Stampede Coordinator, SFMD

Sheila Benton, Lt. Col.

Lynnette Yawn, Lt, Ship's Galley Officer

Unassigned Crew and Civilians

Cadet Training Haley Youngblood Cadet Apparent

Gloria Greening, Lt.

Matthew Potts, Cadet Recruit

Nicholas Mohney, Ensign

Katrina Mohney

Edward deGruy, Lt. Comm

Tara Mohney

MarkAdam Miller, Lt. J.G.

Athena Youngblood

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NCC-2 2004 and safe environment for these beautiful children whom I’m very proud of. Crave Online: How did you get involved with Heroes? Did you have to audition? Nichelle Nichols: Well, it was a magical moment I’d say, in a point in time that just stood still. I was passing through. I was doing a film in Denver called The Torturer and I came to LA to pass through, pick up some more clothes and go to another film. My agent said, “Oh this is great. Since you’re here, you can…” I said, ‘But I’m only going to be here two days. One day to pack and one day to leave.” And he says, “One of those days they’ve asked for you to come out and interview for this role.” And I said, “I can’t go. I can’t go.” He says, “You have to go.” He’d never said anything like that and he said, “I’m sending you the sides and it’s for Heroes.” I’d only seen a couple of episodes of Heroes because I’ve been traveling so much but I knew that I really liked it. I thought they were talking about like a day, a guest appearance for a day. So I came out to the studio and there sat all these men and women. And then I went, “Uh-oh, the last time I saw this many people out, I got Star Trek.” I’m laughing to myself. And of course, it was for a recurring role and they asked me if they could film me, and if I would do this scene. I had looked at the scene kind of and I had gotten it the night before. This was early in the morning, so I looked at the scene and I thought I felt her. They said that day they were delighted but I heard that before and I said, “Thank you, thank you so much.” I left and they said, “Thank you so much.” They were laughing and enjoying me, you know. And I left and got on a plane for Phoenix to do another movie, This Bitter Earth. So it was quite wonderful when I get a call, someone not even affiliated with me had tracked me down and said, “Isn’t this incredible? You’re going to be on Heroes.” I called my agent and said people are telling me I’m going to be on Heroes. He said, “How would they know?” I said, “They’re Trekkers, they know everything.” That’s almost the way I found out.

Nichelle Nichols on ‘Heroes’ Crave Online: Heroes is so much about family, and now you’re the grandmother to heroic kids. What do you think is the importance of family on the show? Nichelle Nichols: That’s a very good question because family is very important in Heroes and especially a New Orleans family. I’m feeling that it’s very similar to my own family. I come from a large family and we’re always at each other’s beck, there for one another. It’s a very loving family and a very diverse family. AI find the same thing here. I have these two young grandchildren who bring out [that] I’m a strong woman who’s gone through an awful lot and has lost her daughter and now is raising and providing a home for these two beautiful grandchildren. That’s the focus of my life now because we’ve gone through Katrina. We’ve survived and to establish a strong

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haunting remark from the producers and executive producers, people who would or should know. But maybe they haven’t decided yet or maybe they’re planning it and they really don’t want anyone to know, including me.

have to adjust to what your emotion was and who you were. Star Trek, we were going forth in peaceful exploration and meeting any difficulties head on that we might have. I find such a correlation between the two in terms of the human dignity within us. That is inspiring. No matter if there is an evil situation, there is a counter good. I’m finding the adjustment from one to the other is very natural.

Crave Online: How many episodes are you signed for? Can we at least assume you’re going to be part of the “Generations” of heroes? Nichelle Nichols: I couldn’t be part of anything else but, could I? But I would be honored. Right now it’s a recurring role and it keeps growing. I’m liking it very, very much. I don’t know how many more I’m doing because it continues to extend and I hope it continues to extend and extend, and extend. Those scenes keep growing. I’m just interested in watching it and letting them know what my schedule is so that I can come and do their bidding and become Nana. It’s an absolutely lovely match.

Crave Online: Do you have any tips for Zachary Quinto as Spock? Nichelle Nichols: No. I believe Zach has talked with Leonard and I just saw him the other day at a premiere, or an awards show. He is very, very excited. He himself is a Trekker and you can imagine how excited he is to be chosen to play Spock, the young Spock. I gave him my best wishes. When I first came on the show, all I had seen of Zach were some pictures in the makeup room. I said I wasn’t sure about that actor, as I was seeing him in a picture, in a photo which is totally different, totally of the role he’s playing in Heroes. The moment I met him, I saw him in one of the episodes. I said, “Oh my God, what an actor.” Then when I met him in person, I said, “This is the young Spock,” so they did a brilliant job in casting him.

Crave Online: What do you think of the idea of a Star Trek prequel film, and Zoe Saldana as Uhura? Nichelle Nichols: I think it’s just terrific to know that Gene’s legacy shall not only live in what was there when he was here, but that it’s going on in that same image and like. I think that in J.J. Abrams’ hands, it’s there, all the respect and all of the wonderful characteristics that made Star Trek what it was will be honored. But I think he will also take it to even new heights as Gene would have loved. I know that he’s up in heaven going like, “Right on.” So I’m delighted and I’m looking forward to meeting Zoe and to meeting with J.J. I talked with him and he was a delightful man, although I had met him before. It was just a joy to know that he’s taking the helm for Star Trek. I’d say as Trekkers that said Star Trek lives and they can just say now Star Trek lives on and on.

Crave Online: Any chance of you having a cameo role in the new Star Trek movie? Nichelle Nichols: Wouldn’t that be nice? I will be blasting it all over the world if and when that should happen. I think that would be so wonderful. Crave Online: What similarities have you seen between Trekkers and die hard Heroes fans? Nichelle Nichols: That’s a good question because diehard Trekker fans are die-hard Hero fans. I discovered when shortly after within days that I had been cast as Nana and had not reported yet, so it was still almost thought to be like a secret. It was still a surprise and of course Trekkers had heard the rumor and here I am in Las Vegas before 30,000 people and a couple of weeks later in Atlanta before 40,000 people and when I had gotten permission to say, yes I am, I can confirm the rumor that I will be joining cast of Heroes. That place came apart, like you absolutely could not believe, it was thunderous. So the approval of it and the joy that their Star Trek star was going in the cast of the stars of Heroes was was amazing and it went on for a good four or five minutes. There was screaming and yelling so I was off and running to a good

Crave Online: Do you think any more classic Trek veterans will be joining the cast of Heroes? Nichelle Nichols: I have no idea. Oddly enough, like I said, I was traveling so much that I was not aware that George had been on, had joined the cast for the time that he did until almost the time just before I signed on. I thought that was just amazing. Of course, then I got the first season box of DVDs and it was so much fun to watch. Crave Online: What is doing TV like now as opposed to Star Trek? Nichelle Nichols: On Heroes, it’s quite different because of the timed elements can change on you. You can go four months back. You can do flashbacks and you

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NCC-2 2004 ters of what they’re playing. Like Damon plays this little demon that can’t stand his cousin. He wants to do him in and he’s so good at it, you believe he’s this little monster. The moment they say cut the two of them are laughing and falling into each others arms and wrestling and playing games. Then he says, “Okay let’s first team up,” and then scene is there, bang they’re right back together. And Micah is a phenomenal artist, a pianist. His music is amazing and I thought he was playing the player piano and that was him. So when I said, “Isn’t it wonderful that we have another musician in the house,” it was a fact and that he really was a musician in the house and his charm, both of them, are so captivating. I just enjoy them so much. And of course, Dana . I’ve just never really worked with anyone quite so poised and talented and beautiful and young. I’m really, really proud to be working with her. I haven’t met the whole cast but some who were on the lots came into make-up and they’d walk up to me and grab me and hug me and say, “Oh, it is so good to have you joining us” like Hayden and just any of them that I’ve met. I’m looking forward to meeting the rest of them and really enjoying the ones that I’m working with. Crave Online: Who would you most like to have more scenes with? Nichelle Nichols: Anybody who will have me. Any of them on there because I’ve been to awards shows and see how beautiful they are with one another and how they have treated me. So I can only hope that they might come to New Orleans or I might come up there where they are.

start you know. Crave Online: Obviously the Heroes story lines are well kept secrets. Was it ever like that on Star Trek keeping surprises for the audience? Nichelle Nichols: Actually no, not so much a surprise but we were working five days a week and we never had much time in those first weeks of putting the show on because we had no audience yet as we started out all together. When the show went on and we began to get this fan mail so amazing, we were all excited and then the mail started coming in asking us questions of this and we’ll read that and were we going, what was going to happen. We were still, of course, dizzy filming and so but we didn’t have that sense of keeping it all secret as this because it wasn’t that. That was not the focus as such as now. But episode after episode was with the entire cast and guest actors so it was more the adventure each time that was about to take place that our fans sat and waited to find out what’s going on, it could happen this week. Crave Online: Who have you enjoyed having scenes with on Heroes? Nichelle Nichols: Well, I have enjoyed Micah and Damon so much. They are the exact opposite of charac-

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NCC-2 2004 she will be appearing in the films The Informers and The Last Word.

Winona Ryder To Play Spock’s Mother Two-time Academy Award nominee Winona Ryder has been hired to play the mother of Spock in the new Star Trek film.

At 36, Ryder is only six years older than Zachary Quinto, who will be playing a young version of Spock alongside Leonard Nimoy. This raises the possibility Ryder will be seen in flashback scenes depicting an even younger version of Spock. Previously, a baby Spock was already briefly seen in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

By hiring Ryder, the producers more than make good on their promise to cast big-name actors in Trek. Ryder has been active in Hollywood for over twenty years, having appeared in major films such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Girl, Interrupted and A Scanner Darkly. She received Oscar nominations for her roles in The Age of Innocence and Little Women, and already made a first step into the world of science fiction by starring in Alien: Resurrection. Soon,

The role of Amanda Grayson was originally portrayed by Jane Wyatt. Wyatt appeared in the Original Series episode “Journey To Babel,” as well as in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. In the brief flashback scene in Star Trek V, she was played by an actress named Cynthia Blaise, while Majel Barrett provided her voice in the Animated Series episode “Yesteryear.”

Voyager network UPN. Most recently, Greenwood starred in the HBO drama series John from Cincinnati.

Bruce Greenwood To Play Christopher Pike

The Hollywood Reporter article announcing the news provided few other details, beyond providing a brief overview of the role of Pike in Trek lore. The character first appeared in the unaired Original Series pilot “The Cage” as captain of the Enterprise, only to be replaced by the character of Kirk for “Where No Man Has Gone Before” when actor Jeffrey Hunter refused to appear in the second pilot. Footage of Hunter as Pike was later used for the two-part TOS episode “The Menagerie.”

Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood will be playing Captain Christopher Pike in the new Star Trek film. Although not a big-name star, Greenwood’s work will be familier to many moviegoers. The actor played President Kennedy in Thirteen Days, Truman Capote’s lover in Capote, and also had a role in the science fiction blockbuster I, Robot. On television, Greenwood had roles on St. Elsewhere and Knots Landing, and the lead role on the critically acclaimed series Nowhere Man, one of the first series aired by Star Trek:

The eleventh Star Trek film started production yesterday. It’s not known whether Greenwood was already present to film scenes, or whether he will start work later on during the five-month filming period.

Greenwood On Captain Pike

too much. When asked if time travel would be involved, he said, “I can’t tell you,” and then smiled. He added,”Although I know a great deal. You’ll have to wait a year to know what I know.”

Captain Christopher Pike will be familiar to fans of the original, according to Bruce Greenwood, slated to play Pike in Star Trek XI.

He went on to talk about his costume fitting. When asked about Captain Pike’s uniform, he said, “I think there will be a certain nod to the 60s.”

Speaking with both MTV and IESB recently, Greenwood discussed his upcoming role while being careful not to say

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Greenwood described attempts to keep the script under wraps. “When I read the script I had to go to J.J. Abrams’ office and read it while I was being watched and leave it,” he said. Jokingly he added, “I’m not sure if any of us are going to be allowed on set.”

does not seem to faze Greenwood. When informed that the movie was a prequel, his response was “Yes. So what?” Greenwood confirmed that Pike would not end up in a box with lights. “That’s been done,” he said.

At fifty-one, Greenwood is eleven years older than Jeffrey Hunter was when Hunter played the role. That

Ron Moore on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’

day as you prepared to do battle of one form or another upon entering the soulless conference room or the corner office of the Executive Producer,” explained Moore.

Writers conducted surveillance, says Ron Moore, describing his time in the Hart building where Star Trek writers were housed.

Several writers discovered that one could tell which page of a script was being discussed using a pair of binoculars,” said Moore. “This led to covert gatherings whenever we knew that Michael Piller had been summoned for a ‘Rick Meeting.’ We would crowd the window and trade the two pair of binocs usually at hand to get the perfect view of the script in question.” Those peering through the binoculars would sometimes see script notes and would try to figure out what was happening in the meeting. The surveillance went on for several months until Rick Berman’s office was renovated and shutters were added to the windows, closing out visual access.

glory days.”

Speaking via his new blog, Ron Moore posted some of his memories of working on TNG. He decided to share the memories while they were still fresh in his mind. “I’ve been thinking a lot about my early days at Star Trek,” he explained. “Maybe it’s because the newest film in the franchise has begun shooting, or maybe it’s because I’m just getting up there in years and starting to think back on ye olde

Moore went on to open a window into the working life of the writers who worked on TNG. “The Hart Building was the only place where the writers of Next Gen were housed (or confined, depending on how you looked at it),” he began. “No other production offices were located in the building, which loomed over the Paramount dining room and commissary, nor were any other members of the production especially eager to enter the premise since the comings and goings into our building were easily monitored from the windows and balcony of the vaguely Stalinistic structure of the facing Cooper Building directly across the way, and visiting the writers was something that was very much frowned upon from on high.” He explained further that the Cooper building was the home of the central offices for the production and where one had to go to seek money or approvals. “There was something about climbing the steep staircase to the second floor of Cooper that seemed to suck the joy out of your

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Jan 11 - 13, 2008 GAFilk, Atlanta, Georgia Info: PO Box 702, Alpharetta, GA 30009-0702 http://www.gafilk.org/ [email protected] Guests: Jeff Bohnhoff, Maya Bohnhoff, Brian Richardson, Brobdingnagian Bards

Apr 4 - 6, 2008 Eyecon, Orlando, Florida Info: PO Box 470742, Lake Monroe, FL 32747 Ph: 407-435-1288 http://www.eyeconfla.com/ [email protected] Guests: Jared Padalecki, Chad Lindberg, Alona Tal

Jan 12 - 19, 2008 Richard Hatch Cruise, Miami, Florida Info: PO Box 3605, 110 Red Mountain Rd., Aspen, CO 81612 Ph: 970-925-3677 http://www.RichardHatchCruise.com/ [email protected] Guests: Richard Hatch

Apr 11 - 13, 2008 CoastCon 31, Biloxi, Mississippi Info: PO Box 1423, Biloxi, MS 39533 http://www.coastcon.org/ [email protected] Benefits: Hope Haven Children's Shelter

Jan 18 - 20, 2008 Atlanta Game Fest, Atlanta, Georgia Info: 3577-A Chamblee-Tucker Road #215, Atlanta, GA 30341 http://www.atlantagamefest.com/ [email protected]

May 2 - 4, 2008 Galaxy of Stars, Jackson, Mississippi Info: 109 Fairmont Cove, Brandon, MS 39047 Ph: 601-941-3470 http://www.jimmytonerecords.com [email protected]

Jan 25 - 27, 2008 Florida Extravaganza, Orlando, Florida Info: PO Box 300546, Fern Park, FL 32730-0546 Ph: 407-401-9203 http://www.fxshow.com/ [email protected]

May 16 - 18, 2008 Mobicon, Mobile, Alabama Info: PO Box 161632 Mobile, AL 36616 http://www.mobicon.org/ [email protected] Benefits: The Bay Area Food Bank

Feb 15 - 17, 2008 Furry Weekend Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia Info: PO Box 1511, Madison, AL 35758 http://www.furryweekend.com/ [email protected] Guests: Bonk Longtail, Tilt Longtail

Jul 18 - 20, 2008 MetroCon, Tampa, Florida Info: 4501 Manatee Avenue West #304, Bradenton, FL 34209-3952 http://www.animemetro.com/metroconventions/ [email protected]

Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2008 Sleuthfest, Deerfield Beach, Florida Info: 6619 Roxbury Lane, Miami Beach, FL 33141 http://www.mwa-florida.org/sleuthfest.htm Guests: Lee Child, Doug Lyle

Aug 29 - Sep 1, 2008 Dragon*Con, Atlanta, Georgia Info: PO Box 16459, Atlanta, GA 30321-9998 Ph: 770-909-0115 http://www.dragoncon.org/ [email protected]

Mar 7 - 9, 2008 MegaCon, Orlando, Florida Info: PO Box 1097, Safety Harbor, FL 34695 Ph: 727-796-5725 http://www.megaconvention.com/ [email protected] Mar 19 - 23, 2008 IAFA-29, Orlando, Florida Info: ICFA Registrar, Post Office Box 50517, Eugene, OR 97405 http://www.iafa.org/ Guests: Vernor Vinge, Roger Luckhurst, Greer Ilene Gilman, Brian Aldiss Mar 28 - 30, 2008 Naruto-Star Trek Convention, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Info: PO Box 970131, Boca Raton, FL 33497 Ph: 561-479-3872 http://www.narutotrek.com/ [email protected] Guests: Maile Flanagan, James Cawley, Naruto Uzumaki, Aaron Pabone, The Punktuations

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