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Monday, August 10, 2009

LCROSS Points to Life Detection on Other Planets and New Himalayas Species and More for Monday, August 10, 2009

LCROSS Spacecraft Detects Life On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806091014.htm

LCROSS (Wiki Link)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCROSS

Bonn hosts climate change talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8193203.stm

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Wiki Link)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Website)

http://unfccc.int/

Psychological Factors Help Explain Slow Reaction To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090807154404.htm


'Motion Picture' Of Past Warming Paves Way For Snapshots Of Future Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141138.htm

Global Warming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming

Climate-caused Biodiversity Booms And Busts In Ancient Plants And Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806121757.htm

Ozone Depletion Reduces Ocean Carbon Uptake

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141716.htm

Ozone depletion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion

Carbon sink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink

Wastewater Produces Electricity And Desalinates Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112601.htm

Orangutans Make Musical Instrument

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090810/sc_livescience/orangutansmakemusicalinstrument;_ylt=Aoq8ShvIDyusRoE_LV.PwBYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNkaGgzYThzBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwODEwL29yYW5ndXRhbnNtYWtlbXVzaWNhbGluc3RydW1lbnQEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZ
Pongo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan

Greater Yellowstone Elk Suffer Worse Nutrition And Lower Birth Rates Due To Wolves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717121424.htm

Yellowstone National Park

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park

Cervus canadensis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk

Canis lupus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus

Canis lupus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328607


Is Bat White-nose Syndrome An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803185832.htm

White-nose syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-nose_syndrome

Scottish species reach new heights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8189613.stm

Mary Had A Lot Of Lambs: Researchers Identify Way To Accelerate Sheep Breeding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112401.htm

Ovis aries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_sheep

Ovis aries (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/311906

Flying frog among 353 new Himalayan species: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/sc_afp/asiaenvironmentwildlifewwfhimalayas;_ylt=AvzzLle_EJmbbqWQt6NiSc.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMxZmpoOGljBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDgxMC9hc2lhZW52aXJvbm1lbnR3aWxkbGlmZXd3ZmhpbWFsYXlhcwRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNmbHlpb

Invasive Species Threaten Critical Habitats, Oyster Among Victims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717121426.htm

Links Between Nerve Roots And Plant Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806121724.htm

New Cancer Drug Delivery System Is Effective And Reversible

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112359.htm

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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Regrow Your Teeth? and More for Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5730et-us-ocean-plastics/

NASA goes green with new sustainability base

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32299032/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Geckos' Amazing Grip Is Triggered By Gravity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804210625.htm

Gekkonidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gekkonidae

Replacement teeth grown in mice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8182684.stm

Scientists halt epilepsy in mice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8178703.stm

Orangutan ruse misleads predators

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8184015.stm

Pongo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan

Fishermen attack Amazon dolphins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8184000/8184157.stm

Poaching Crisis As Rhino Horn Demand Booms In Asia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090726092605.htm

Rhinoceros horn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_horn#Horns

European bison on 'genetic brink'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8182000/8182104.stm

Bison bonasus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison_bonasus

Bison bonasus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328110

Bison bonasus (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2814/0

Domestic dog origins challenged

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8182371.stm

Canis lupus familiaris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_familiaris

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1228387

Iconic fire-singed koala faces risky surgery

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32296776/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

Phascolarctos cinereus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/128425

Rare turtles at risk from tourists in Greece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8183308.stm

Thinking Crickets: 'Cognitive' Processes Underlie Memory Recall In Crickets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803193645.htm

Gryllidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryllidae

Urban dwellers 'should keep bees'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8184655.stm

Apiary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiary

Ancient spiders yield 3D secrets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8184396.stm

Forests fall to beetle outbreak

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre57300n-us-usa-forests-beetle/

Dendroctonus ponderosae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pine_beetle

First-ever 'Wanderlust Gene' Found In Tiny Bony Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804193236.htm

Sick Fish May Get Sicker Due To Climate Change And Other Stresses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803185830.htm

Coral Reefs Face Increasing Difficulties Recovering From Storm Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623112119.htm

International Marine Project Helps Protect Some Of The World's Rarest And Most Fragile Coral Reefs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090804071820.htm

Galapagos Coral Conservation: Impact Mitigation, Mapping and Monitoring

http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/66755/

Ocean coral 'offers pain therapy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8183039.stm

Terpenoids—LXXII1: Chemical studies of marine invertebrates—XXVI, 2 Δ9(12)-capnellene-3β,8β,10α,14-tetrol, a novel polyoxygenated sesquiterpene from the alcyonarian capnella imbricata


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6THR-42NJFYR-75&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=3243f026b51d0c8c20e535253c5ca00b
Coral

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral

Greenroofs Can Save Cities Millions Of Gallons Of Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803083628.htm

Green roof

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_roof

Understanding Biology Of Guam's Native Fadang Tree

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723113504.htm

Cycas micronesica

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas_micronesica

Cycas micronesica (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/630768

Cycas micronesica (IUCN Red List – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/61316/0

Tires Made From Trees: Better, Cheaper, More Fuel Efficient

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721122846.htm

Newly Discovered Snow Roots Are 'Evolutionary Phenomenon'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611192134.htm

Corydalis conorhiza

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corydalis

Trees are 'crucial famine food'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8182673.stm

Growing Evidence Of Marijuana Smoke's Potential Dangers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090805110741.htm

An Ancient Bug Makes Electricity

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/JustOneThing/story?id=8249436&page=1

Geobacter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geobacter

New Yeasts Could Help Fast-Track Biofuel Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090801193917.htm

Structure Of Antibiotic Ramoplanin Reveals Promising Mechanism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803185828.htm

Ramoplanin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoplanin

Middle Miocene Oxygen Minimum Zone Expansion Offshore West Africa: Evidence For Global Cooling Precursor Events

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090801095806.htm
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Friday, July 17, 2009

WHO Loses H1N1 Count & Cure for MD? & More for Friday, July 17, 2009


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy


Male Sex Chromosome Losing Genes Via Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201127.htm

Y Chromosome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Chromosome

DNA Not The Same In Every Cell Of Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131449.htm

DNA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA

Neanderthals were likely poised for extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31948849/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Homo neanderthalensis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_neanderthalensis

How Dachshunds Got Such Short Legs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141146.htm

Dachshund

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachshund

Canis lupus familiaris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_familiaris

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1228387

Tiny lizard falls like a feather

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8150000/8150333.stm

Holaspis guentheri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holaspis

Holaspis guentheri (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/793276

In sand, desert lizard swims like a snake

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31949660/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Scincus scincus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scincus_scincus

For fish, it’s the more the merrier

http://www.eol.org/pages/327553


Ecologist Brings Century-old Eggs To Life To Study Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716203205.htm

Ancient Microbes Helped Build Rock Structures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141221.htm

Stromatolite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromatolite

Capturing CO2: Global Warming Fix From Microbes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715101441.htm

‘Catching CO2 in a Bowl’ – Inorganic Chemistry

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic802454w

Arctic Sea Ice Images Derived From Classified Data Should Be Made Public, According To A New Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715112033.htm

Major Arctic Sea-ice Formed Earlier Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131435.htm

Arctic Climate Under Greenhouse Conditions In The Late Cretaceous

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709095422.htm

Summer Is Here And The Mercury Is Rising ... Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715160446.htm

Organic Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_mercury#Safety

Waste From Textile Industry Transformed Into Rich Compost With Help Of Manure And Earthworms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716093959.htm

How do you build a wind farm out at sea?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8151222.stm

Low carbon way 'to reshape lives'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8150919.stm

Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial Production In 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709205950.htm

Retailers miss plastic bag target

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8155057.stm

Baking Soda: For Cooking, Cleaning, And Kidney Health?
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Monotremata News and Megapiranha and More for Monday, June 29, 2009

'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623120846.htm

Lion prides form to win turf wars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8120000/8120712.stm

Panthera leo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_leo

Panthera leo (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328672

Litter of lynx kittens raises biologists' hopes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31586820/ns/us_news-environment/

Felis lynx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx

Felis lynx (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/18767

Wood harvest puts pandas at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8119000/8119402.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailuropoda_melanoleuca

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link- Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328070

Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626091127.htm

Dolphin 'super pod' seen in firth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8120523.stm

Delphinus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-Beaked_Common_Dolphin

Moray Firth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moray_firth

Platypus Helps Illuminate Ovarian Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626191301.htm

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus

Study On Papua New Guinea's Long-beaked Echidna Reveals Elusive Habits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609220725.htm

Tachyglossidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna

Monotremata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotreme

Pain Of Dysplasia In Dogs Relieved With Gold Treatment, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626084633.htm

Canis lupus familiaris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_familiaris

Video: Rare albino duck set to make debut at Denver zoo

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AkDl_VIp4inSz3hKfdvznbWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNlM3ZhdGU4BGFzc2V0Ay9hYmMvMjAwOTA2MjkvYXZfYWJjX29kZC9feW5ld3Nfb2RkMDkwNjI5X3dubl9hbGJpbm9fZHVja19fMTQyMTg4NTUEcG9zAzcEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3ZpZGVv?ch=4226726&cl=

Legless frogs mystery solved


http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8116000/8116692.stm

Obesity Clues From Research On How Burrowing Frogs Survive Years Without Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629081133.htm

Anura

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuran

Toothy 3-foot Piranha Fossil Found

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090625/sc_livescience/toothy3footpiranhafossilfound;_ylt=ApjIp3iqNqp8dpAt_6iMa6sPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNjcHFpcWxsBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNjI1L3Rvb3RoeTNmb290cGlyYW5oYWZvc3NpbGZvdW5kBHBvcwMxMQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1

Megapiranha paranensis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapiranha

Hordes of hungry grasshoppers invade Utah

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_grasshopper_invasion;_ylt=AkrmalIVMfumnnQ8PPLsT2IDW7oF

Caelifera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper

Crop plants get genomics centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8119704.stm

Genetically Modified Rice Fights Allergies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090627/sc_livescience/geneticallymodifiedricefightsallergies;_ylt=Ane6Clofz7M90RbXOqaFSUoPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNrZGtocTlvBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNjI3L2dlbmV0aWNhbGx5bW9kaWZpZWRyaWNlZmlnaHRzYWxsZXJnaWVzBHBvcwM5BHNlYw

Oryza sativa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice

Yeast: Highest Resolution Three-dimensional Structure Yet Of A Membrane Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090615203100.htm

Ascomycota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast

Why Low-Calorie Diet Extends Lifespans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090624152811.htm

How High-Carb Foods Can Raise Heart Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625133215.htm

Scientists attack energy industry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8122864.stm

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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Anoiapithecus brevirostris Discovery and More for Wednesday, June 3, 2009



New Hominid With 'Modern' Facial Features

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602083729.htm

Salvador Moyà-Solà, David M. Alba, Sergio Almécija, Isaac Casanovas-Vilar, Meike Köhler, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Josep M. Robles, Jordi Galindo, and Josep Fortuny. A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811730106

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0811730106

Dolphin and whale climate fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8077272.stm

'Nature's ghosts' filmed for first time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8077000/8077903.stm

Macroderma gigas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Bat

Macroderma gigas (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12590/0

Macroderma gigas (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328820

Lawsuits filed over wolf hunting in Rockies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31073035/

Canis lupus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus

Canis lupus lupus

http://eol.org/pages/1226119

FDA approves cancer drug for dogs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31084765/

Canis lupus familiaris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_familiaris

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1228387

Belch-o-meter: collar measures methane in bovine burps

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8078033.stm

Pigs offer new stem cell source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8078996.stm

Sus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus

Ancient Mammals Changed Diets With Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204255.htm

* Penguins Mapped From Space By Their Feces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602122621.htm

Aptenodytes forsteri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049604

Canaries That Hear Poor Songs As Juveniles Nevertheless Sing Rather Normal Songs As Adults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121053.htm

Serinus canaria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary

Serinus canaria (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/922693

Why birds in cities are singing louder than their country cousins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8079539.stm

When Evolution Is Not So Slow And Gradual

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602133551.htm

Poecilia reticulata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guppy

Poecilia reticulata (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/208520

Legless lizard found on recovery trail

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25573013-30417,00.html

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronzeback_Snake-lizard

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (IUCN Link – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15361/0

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/791263

In The Turf War Against Seaweed, Coral Reefs More Resilient Than Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601111932.htm

Anthozoa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthozoa

'Death Receptors' Designed To Kill Our Cells May Make Them Stronger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601102023.htm

Pharmacists may be switching your meds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30627962/


Plants 'can recognise themselves'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8076000/8076875.stm

Ethanol Production Could Jeopardize Soil Productivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602112257.htm

Couple to plead guilty in toxic pet food case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31083389/
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