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Title: Former pilot and 9/11 conspiracy theorist shoots and kills 2 teen children, then himself
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URL Source: http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/former-pilot-and-911-conspira.html
Published: Feb 5, 2013
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Post Date: 2013-02-05 21:53:12 by wudidiz
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Former pilot and 9/11 conspiracy theorist shoots and kills 2 teen children, then himself

Xeni Jardin at 6:41 pm Mon, Feb 4

Slaying victims Alex and Macaila Marshall with their father, Phillip Marshall.

Phillip (alternately, "Philip") Marshall, 54, a career airline pilot who claimed to have once served as a contract pilot for the CIA and DEA during the Iran-Contra affair, shot and killed his two teenage children, and the family dog, then killed himself.

The apparent murder-suicide was discovered at the family home in an upscale gated golfing community in Murphys, California.

According to local news reports, teen friends of Alex Marshall, 17 (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), and Macaila Marshall (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), 14, noticed the siblings had not been active via text or social media updates since Thursday and went by the house on Saturday to check on them.

The last posts made by either child to Instagram and Facebook were dated Thursday night.

The friends told police that when they arrived, they found Phillip Marshall, 54, "lying in a pool of blood inside the home," his 9mm Glock nearby.

Deputies believe the children were shot while sleeping on a couch.

The family dog was found shot to death in a nearby bedroom.

Marshall's estranged wife Sean, the children's mother, was out of the country at the time.

Phillip Marshall has been identified as a former pilot for Eastern and United airlines. He self-published a number of books, including at least two about his 9/11 conspiracy theories: "The Big Bamboozle" (February 9, 2012) and "False Flag 911: How Bush, Cheney and the Saudis Created the Post-911 World" (July 29, 2008).

A previous novel published in 2003, "Lakefront Airport, New Orleans," detailed his claimed experience as a pilot for the US during Iran/Contra.

In his books and his social media bios (including multiple Facebook accounts, his Twitter account and a Tumblr), he claims to have served as a contract pilot for the CIA's Special Activities Division during the Iran-Contra affair, flying shipments to and from Nicaragua.

He appeared on "outsider truth" shows like Coast to Coast to promote the theories in his books that 9/11 was an "inside job," the result of a plot between the US government and the Saudis.

From his author bio on Createspace.com, Amazon.com's self-publishing service:

Philip Marshall, a veteran airline captain and former government "special activities" contract pilot, has authored three books on Top Secret America, a group presently conducting business as the United States Intelligence Community.

Beginning with his role in the 1980s as a Learjet captain first as part of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sting on Pablo Escobar, and later in the covert arming of the Nicaraguan Contras, Marshall has studied and written 30-years worth of covert government special activities and the revolving door of Wall Street tricksters, media moguls, and their well funded politicians.

I am unable to confirm the veracity of the claims in his self-authored bio at this time.

A Facebook page for "The Big Bamboozle" showed posts as recent as January 31 with titles like, "WHAT IS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HIDING?," "THE ARAB WORLD KNOWS THE RAID WAS A HOAX," and posts about the Bin Laden assassination having been faked.

"PICTURES PAINT A THOUSAND WORDS," read one such Facebook post from Marshall about photographs of the assassinated Al Qaeda leader. "Since bin Laden died in 2001, these would be "alleged" photos of bin Laden. Give us a break."

He once also pitched those theories to a television news journalist with whom this blogger is acquainted.

A young friend of the two slain teens with whom this blogger is personally acquainted described them as "sweet, funny, lively, good kids."

A tweet from Macaila on January 25:

Would it be wrong if I threw my cat with his claws retracted at my dads face right now?... #pissoff— Macaila Marshall (@MacailaMarshall) January 25, 2013

Photos from the siblings' Instagram feeds suggest that they were outgoing, well-liked by friends, and loved one another very much. In one, Macaila is in the hospital after a "golf cart accident," with her father sitting in the background.

In the last self-portrait she posted on January 28, her brother blows a hair dryer at her while she goofs in the mirror.

"I pretty much just wanted to say how great of a big brother you are," Macaila writes to her brother in another Instagram caption, "I love you so much!"

A family photo Instagrammed by Alex shows the boy at a much younger age.

In it, he is helping his father mow the lawn with a toy lawnmower.

Macaila Marshall, from her Facebook profile.


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#202. To: wudidiz (#0)

Drugs are Bad!

MEDIA RELEASE
Uudate: Marshall Investigation
Contact: Sgt Chris Hewitt
Release Date: 03/29/13

PDF http://sheriff.co.calaveras.ca.us/Portals/sheriff/Press/2013/Update_Marshall_Investigation.pdf

...Phillip Marshal's blood sample contained .08 mg/L hydrocodone (pain reliever/narcotic), .02 mg/L morphine (pain reliever/narcotic), and .80 mg/L hydroxybupropion (anti-depressant). Alcoholic beverages, including a bottle of whiskey and an open l2-pack of beer, were found inside the Marshall home.

From the Wiki page: ...the FDA issued a health advisory, which warned that the prescription of bupropion and varenicline for smoking cessation has been associated with reports about unusual behaviour changes, agitation and hostility. Some patients have become depressed or have had their depression worsen, have had thoughts about suicide or dying, or have attempted suicide.[87][88] This advisory was based on the postmarket review of anti-smoking products, which identified 153 reports of the suicidal adverse events for varenicline over the first year it was marketed and 75 reports for bupropion over ten years...

pretty much case closed.

Impressive report. The Sheriff heard the rumblings from the peanut galleries.


explosion at pentagon *Before* flight77? (Thanks Phil)
youtube.com/watch?v=CwBX_XPTrrE

Aquila  posted on  2013-03-31   10:42:41 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#205. To: Aquila, *9-11* (#202)

explosion at pentagon *Before* flight77? (Thanks Phil)
youtube.com/watch?v=CwBX_XPTrrE

You seem to have changed your views of the case quite a bit but interesting video. Most interesting, imo, was G.W. Bush's statements starting at 5:58 that indicate he flew by the Pentagon, in a helicopter, while it was still in flames. Also, the statement by Peter Goss starting at 5:05 that the Speaker of the House is third in line of succession to the Presidency, which is disputable.

GreyLmist  posted on  2013-04-05   6:07:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#211. To: All (#205)

the statement by Peter Goss

Correction: Porter Goss

Adding some additional notes here on Porter Goss, the alleged 9/11 hijackers, suspect connections, etc.

Post #197 above:

Goss (who was later appointed to CIA Director by President Bush, only to mysteriously resign shortly afterwards, no reason given) was one of those present at that infamous breakfast meeting at the Capitol, on the morning of September 11, 2001, with General Mahmoud Ahmad, head of the Pakistani ISI. [sic] At that September 11 meeting were three lawmakers Bob Graham, Porter Goss and Jon Kyl who were part of the Congressional delegation to Pakistan. Also present at this meeting were Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S. Maleeha Lodhi and several members of the Senate and House Intelligence committees. This meeting was described by one press report as a “follow-up meeting” to that held in Pakistan in late August.

CIA's Porter Goss and the 9/11 cover up -- YouTube video, 15 minutes

Dr. David Graham poisoned; claimed he met 3 of the 9/11 hijackers in Shreveport, Louisiana a year before the attacks

9-11 Philip Marshall and His Two children Silenced for Telling the truth -- apfn.org

Phil Marshall’s first wife, who lives in New Orleans now, contacted that paper with a screed against her husband. She hasn’t seen him since 1998, since they were divorced. She lives in New Orleans, he moved to the West Coast, [sic] and this individual who the first wife’s married too is the…is an auditor for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, down in Louisiana, that’s run by the Energy Department, but that we know that reserve is tied in directly to the oil industry, and y’know, when we talk oil, we’re talking Cheney, we’re talking Bush.

Renovation to revolution: Was the Pentagon attacked from within? -- June 2012 article

Whether it was cordite or something else, there were a number of highly credible witnesses that reported secondary explosions going off in and around the impact hole for nearly an hour after the aircraft crashed.[80] One of these was the CIA agent turned Florida congressman, Porter Goss, in whose district the alleged hijackers received their training. Goss went on to lead the first official inquiry into the events of 9/11.[81]

9 11 Prior Knowledge Porter Goss Statements 8 10 2004 ABC -- YouTube video, 4.5 minutes

Goss opposes 9/11 Commission reform recommendation of an Intel Czar that would outrank the CIA Director as just another layer bureaucracy

No objection from me on his opposition to an Intel "Czar" but in this 15 minute YouYube video, Porter Goss Ex CIA Director on Camp Ashraf Paris 20 Jan 2012, Goss pushes for the delisting of the MEK/Mujahedeen-e-Kalq as an "Iranian Dissident" terror group as if they're more like displaced refugees and wonders why they were being listed as terrorists. Having been in Intel, Americans might expect he'd know that they not only participated in the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, among other notorieties, but have also killed Americans. He mentions Camp Ashraf in Iraq -- a compound where thousands of them have prospered as a protected class. They even have their own lobbyists to campaign in America on their behalf and against Iran. One of their leaders has the Hebraic name of Maryam and this is a description of their compound as reported at the site of Zionist Daniel Pipes:

It has shops, a swimming pool, an ice cream store, a bakery and a soda factory that makes a cola-and orange-flavored drink locals call Ashraf Cola.

Other reporters speak of a park with an artificial lake, sculptures, etc. But a New York Times article about the documentary, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006) reports this:

outsourced food services that allow Halliburton to charge soldiers $45 for a six-pack of soda.

Soda said in that movie to be made locally; most likely in the MEK's Camp Ashraf. More on that issue and connection probability in the first 4 minutes of this 7.5 minute YouTube video:

REALIST NEWS - Iraq for sale documentary everyone needs to see

GreyLmist  posted on  2013-04-05   22:37:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#213. To: All, *Black Ops - Psyops* (#211) (Edited)

in this 15 minute YouYube video, Porter Goss Ex CIA Director on Camp Ashraf Paris 20 Jan 2012, Goss pushes for the delisting of the MEK/Mujahedeen-e-Kalq

Excerpts from a mild and stunted report on the MEK's terrorism:

Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) - The Investigative Project on Terrorism

A Marxist element of the MEK murdered several of the Shah's U.S. security advisers prior to the Islamic Revolution, and the group helped guard the U.S. Embassy after Islamic students seized it in 1979.

During the 1970s, the MEK killed U.S. military personnel and U.S. civilians working on defense projects in Tehran and supported the takeover in 1979 of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

And there begins the Iran-Contra saga, basically, that factors into the Philip Marshall case, along with Barry Seal and Porter Goss of Operation 40.

undergrounddocumentaries.com -- COVER UP: Behind the Iran-Contra Affair (Full Version): Strikingly relevant to current events.

COVER UP: Behind the Iran-Contra Affair -- YouTube, 1:12:23

At 11:05, Reagan deal with Iran before 1980 election to send money and arms there in exchange for Iran agreeing to delay the release of our 52 hostages an additional 76 days; Reagan's campaign was afraid Carter would successfully bring them home [what was called the October Surprise] and win the election -- Barbara Honegger, member of Reagan-Bush campaign in 1980

56 hostages taken captive in 1979; 52? released after 14 months on the day of Ronald Reagan's inauguration

At 14:34, Former President of Iran, Bani Sadr -- docs showing written orders for shipment of American parts and weapons to Iran through an Israeli owned company.

More Americans were kidnapped during Reagan's Presidency.

At 15:58, Jerry Levin allegedly taken hostage in Lebanon in March of 1984 and held for 7 months, then allowed to escape after his wife's negotiations with the Syrian government. She claims the Reagan agenda was to Iran.

At 17:13-17:36, Sis Levin (wife of alleged hostage Jerry Levin) says:

"Many of us think, in looking at it, that if there had not been hostages, they would've had to have been created because, if the agenda to get arms to Iran were discovered, the only thing the American people would take as an excuse would be the very human element of a very human President weeping over hostages."

At 17:36-18:00, Honegger claims the Reagan-Bush administration was allied with the Ayatolla Kohmeini regime from the beginning and behind the scenes because Reagan feared a Soviet invasion of Iran.

[My note: the Ayatolla was reportedly a British citizen who lived in France for some time]

At 18:00, Ollie North states that he and Director Casey thought using "the Ayatolla's money" to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a right idea.

Edited for punctuation, spelling and spacing.

GreyLmist  posted on  2013-04-09   6:37:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#216. To: GreyLmist (#213)

Porter Goss Ex CIA Director on Camp Ashraf Paris 20 Jan 2012

This porter goss guy is quite a piece of work. That video should be seen right before or after the pentagon video:

It's more than a bit interesting that this guy, the co-chair of the original 911 investigation- and the co-sponsor of the patriot act, was meeting with the pakistani ex-ISI chief that financed the hijacker of flt 77--on the morning of 911.

But the people that bring it up are "conspiracy theorists". Punks like this Porter Goss eat decent people for breakfast.

Aquila  posted on  2013-04-09   10:58:56 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#220. To: Aquila, All (#216) (Edited)

9-11 Is this AA Flight 77 And what is this explosion - YouTube posted at #216

Aquila: It's more than a bit interesting that this guy [Porter Goss], the co- chair of the original 911 investigation- and the co-sponsor of the patriot act, was meeting with the pakistani ex-ISI chief that financed the hijacker of flt 77--on the morning of 911.

But the people that bring it up are "conspiracy theorists".

Yes. Will try to post more about that later. For now, at 2:05 of that video, Goss says that he got to the office of the Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, just as the plane hit the Pentagon; and he [talks at 1:53] of wanting the Capitol evacuated. From that statement about the timing of his arrival at Hastert's office, it can be presumed that the clip of him in a press interview at the beginning of the video (with booming and plane sound effects) was not filmed during the Pentagon attack.

Speaker Hastert makes a critical statement at 2:47 about adjourning the House. The question is, in the paniced conditions of the day, did he adjourn it sine die? -- "without appointing a day on which to appear or assemble again."[2]; Reference: Adjournment sine die. That reference also notes an adjournment sine die of the 110th Congress in 2008. What's remarkable about that and possibly the 9/11 adjournment by Hastert is that to adjourn the legislature sine die with no appointed time to reassemble has the connotation/effect of dissolving Congress, not just dismissing it for a recess.

Edited sentence 3 of paragraph 1.

GreyLmist  posted on  2013-04-09   19:39:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#234. To: Aquila, All (#220)

9-11 Is this AA Flight 77 And what is this explosion - YouTube posted at #216

Speaker Hastert makes a critical statement at 2:47 about adjourning the House. The question is, in the paniced conditions of the day, did he adjourn it sine die? -- "without appointing a day on which to appear or assemble again."[2]; Reference: Adjournment sine die. That reference also notes an adjournment sine die of the 110th Congress in 2008. What's remarkable about that and possibly the 9/11 adjournment by Hastert is that to adjourn the legislature sine die with no appointed time to reassemble has the connotation/effect of dissolving Congress, not just dismissing it for a recess.

Cross-referencing pilotsfor911truth.org link at Post #266 of 4um Title: 9 11 Fake Video Stars The J Star Clones – Why Covert Operation’s Cointel Must Have ‘Fake’ Video and ‘No Planes’:

http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t21402.html

Excerpts:

goss is officially on record as being on the floor of the House at 9:52am, where he calls everyone to a quick prayer:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/c record/01crpgs.html http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ge...mp;position=all

[accessible at the pilotsfor911truthpage]

RECESS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. There
being no further requests for morning
hour debates, pursuant to clause 12,
rule I, the House will stand in recess
until 10 a.m. today.
Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 20 minutes
a.m.) the House stood in recess
until 10 a.m. today.

0952
AFTER RECESS
The House was called to order by the
Speaker pro tempore (Mr. GOSS) at 9
o’clock and 52 minutes a.m., thereby
terminating the recess.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Due to
the circumstances of today, the Chair
calls the House to order at this time.
The prayer will be offered by the
guest chaplain.

PRAYER
The Reverend Gerard Creedon, St.
Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, offered
the following prayer:
God of peace and life, send Your spirit
to heal our country; bring consolation
to all injured in today’s tragedy in
New York and Washington. Protect us
and help our leaders to lead us out of
this moment of crisis to a new day of
peace. Amen.

RECESS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
House will stand in recess subject to
the call of the Chair, pursuant to
clause 12 of rule I.
Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 53 minutes a.m.), the House stood in recess
subject to the call of the Chair.

1003

AFTER RECESS
The recess having expired, the House
was called to order at 10 o’clock and 3
minutes a.m.

Noted for procedural and evacuation research, etc.

GreyLmist  posted on  2013-05-15   14:50:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#235. To: Aquila, All, *9-11* (#234) (Edited)

http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t21402.html

Excerpts:

goss is officially on record as being on the floor of the House at 9:52am, where he calls everyone to a quick prayer:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/c record/01crpgs.html
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ge...mp;position=all

RECESS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. There
being no further requests for morning
hour debates, pursuant to clause 12,
rule I, the House will stand in recess
until 10 a.m. today.
Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 20 minutes
a.m.) the House stood in recess
until 10 a.m. today.

0952
AFTER RECESS
The House was called to order by the
Speaker pro tempore (Mr. GOSS) at 9
o’clock and 52 minutes a.m., thereby
terminating the recess.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Due to
the circumstances of today, the Chair
calls the House to order at this time.
The prayer will be offered by the
guest chaplain.

PRAYER
The Reverend Gerard Creedon, St.
Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, offered
the following prayer:
God of peace and life, send Your spirit
to heal our country; bring consolation
to all injured in today’s tragedy in
New York and Washington. Protect us
and help our leaders to lead us out of
this moment of crisis to a new day of
peace. Amen.

RECESS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
House will stand in recess subject to
the call of the Chair, pursuant to
clause 12 of rule I.
Accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 53 minutes a.m.), the House stood in recess
subject to the call of the Chair.

1003

AFTER RECESS
The recess having expired, the House
was called to order at 10 o’clock and 3
minutes a.m.

Noted for procedural and evacuation research, etc.

I think that is very strange and this is why:

Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

[Relevant summary with bracketed inserts by me for the House of Representatives info]

8:46:30[10] Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower

9:03:02: Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower

9:08: The FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through New York Center airspace.

[9:20 The House of Representatives is recessed for 40 minutes until 10:00.]

9:39: Fox News Channel reports, "We -- we are hearing -- right now that another explosion that -- has taken place. At the Pentagon."

9:42: the FAA issues the execution order for SCATANA grounding all air traffic over the United States and diverting any incoming international traffic to alternate destinations.

9:43: The White House and the Capitol are evacuated and closed.

9:45: United States airspace is shut down. No civilian aircraft are allowed to take off, and all aircraft in flight are ordered to land at the nearest airport as soon as possible.

[9:52 After the Capitol is in evacuation for 9 minutes, Porter Goss as Speaker pro tempore ends the House recess 8 minutes early. The House stays in session for 1 minute, supposedly for a prayer -- 32 minutes after recess had initially been called -- but who is still there?]

[9:53 The House of Representatives goes into recess again, but this time is subject to the call of the Chair] -- i.e. not Speaker of the House, Hastert, or the appointed Speaker pro tempore acting in his place...meaning that during the minute that the House was recalled to session (supposedly for a prayer but more than half an hour after the House had recessed and after evacuation/closing of the Capitol was being implemented for 9 minutes), the status of the House of Representatives was seemingly changed somehow to Committee of the Whole mode. See Wikipedia excerpt below for more on that.]

9:58:59 The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses

[10:03 The 2nd House recess ended after 10 minutes (but 3 minutes after the 1st recess was scheduled to end), when it was apparently re-called to order at this time by the Chair. If anyone had returned by 10:00, thinking that was when the recess they had heard called was scheduled to be over, they might have been told that the House was in an indefinite recess period due to the crisis and then left again -- to await notification from "the Chair" to return whenever conditions had improved enough. Legislation could then have been passed by stealth in "Committee" mode without a quorum. However, an indefinite recess amounts to adjournment sine die (without a set time to return), which has the connotation/effect of dissolving Congress. Reference: Post #220 above.]

10:03:11 United Airlines Flight 93 is crashed

10:10 Part of the west side of the Pentagon collapses.

10:28:22 The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

10:50:19 Five stories of part of the Pentagon collapse due to the fire.

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

As presiding office of the House of Representatives, the Speaker holds a variety of powers over the House but usually delegates them to another member of the majority party. The Speaker may designate any member of the House to act as Speaker pro tempore and preside over the House. [sic] The Speaker may also designate a Speaker pro tempore for special purposes, such as designating a Representative whose district is near Washington, DC to sign enrolled bills during long recesses.

On the floor of the House, the presiding officer is always addressed as "Mister Speaker" or "Madam Speaker," even if it is a Speaker pro tempore, [sic] When the House resolves itself into a Committee of the Whole, the Speaker designates a member to preside over the Committee as the Chairman, who is addressed as "Mister Chairman" or "Madam Chairwoman."

Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives) - Wikipedia

In the United States House of Representatives, the Committee of the Whole, short for Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, is a parliamentary device in which the House of Representatives is considered one large congressional committee. The presiding officer is chosen by the Speaker of the House and is normally a member of the majority party who does not hold the chair of a standing committee.

Procedurally, the Committee of the Whole differs from the House of Representatives even though they have identical membership. The Committee of the Whole only requires 100 members for a quorum, while only 25 members are required to force a recorded rather than voice vote. In the version of the Committee of the Whole that existed in the British House of Commons, the original use of this committee was to debate bills privately and prevent a recorded vote from being taken. It is normally invoked to give initial consideration of important legislation, including bills for raising revenue, and serves to expedite the process since debate over amendment occurs under a special five-minute rule. The House and the Committee of the Whole do not operate at the same time; rather, to consider bills, the House must resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole. To dissolve itself, the Committee of the Whole must "rise and report with a recommendation". The Committee of the Whole can recommend amendments to any bill. The House must then approve these amendments before the amendments are added to the final bill.

It allows bills and resolutions to be considered without adhering to all the formal rules of a House session, such as needing a quorum of 218.

Edited for spelling.

GreyLmist  posted on  2013-05-16   7:17:51 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#236. To: All (#235) (Edited)

9/11: Is this AA Flight 77? And what is this explosion? - YouTube [Link set to start at 1:47]

1:47-3:04 -- Hastert and Goss statements, which conflict with the reported timelines noted above at Post #235. Also, in the first 22 seconds, Goss makes a statement that contradicts assertions by officials like Condoleezza Rice that the use of a plane in a terrorist attack was not a possibility that had been considered previously.

Edited for formatting and timestamping.

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