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EDUCATION
ELECTIONS
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| Campaign
Finance (Brookings Institution) |
| Campaign Finance Reports and Data, Federal Election Commission. |
| CQ MoneyLine. Information on campaign finance |
| Center
for Public Integrity |
| Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Detailed information on national results for major and minor candidates for U.S. President from 1789. Popular and electoral votes, primary votes, maps, charts, voter turnout, state results pages, county level maps and data, Congressional district results, gubernatorial results. Includes information on upcoming 2008 presidential election. |
| E-Democracy. United States. Election news, information, and links |
| Election
Collection 2000: An Internet Library. (Wayback Machine) A publicly
accessible repository, commissioned by the Library of
Congress, of digital materials covering the U.S. Presidential
Election of 2000. |
|
Election 2002 Web Archive (Library of Congress) |
| Election
Statistics 1920-present, Clerk of the U.S. House of
Representatives |
| Elections 2008 University of Michigan links |
| Elections and Voting (Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association) |
| Electoral
College (National Archives). Explains its history and how it works, including the distribution of electoral college votes among the states, 1981-2000. |
| FactCheck.org. Annenberg Political Fact Check. Site from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. aims to provide non-partisan information on the accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political figures. |
| Federal
Election Commission |
| Lexis-Nexis Congressional "Members & Committees" includes campaign contributors and campaign finance reports, 1989 - present. |
| OpenSecrets.org
Your Guide to the Money in U.S. elections |
| ProCon.org Pros and cons of controversial issues, including the 2008 election; gives positions of candidates on particular issues. |
| Project Vote Smart |
| ReformElections.org |
| U.S. Electoral College. Information from the National Archives |
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ENERGY
| Annual
Energy Outlook |
| Annual Energy Review |
| DOE
Information Bridge. Provides full text and bibliographic
information on research and development reports in physics,
chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences,
energy technologies, renewable energy, and other topics.
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Energy Citations Database, 1943-present |
| Energy.gov U.S. Dept. of Energy |
| Energy Information Administration Provides energy statistics |
| Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission |
| International Energy Annual |
| International Energy Outlook |
| Map
of Power Reactor Sites (Nuclear Regulatory Commission). Also provides list |
| Monthly Energy Review |
| Energy Security for the 21st Century From the White House. |
| National
Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| Office of Fossil Energy (DOE). Links to status of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Northeast Heating Oil Reserve, and Naval Petroleum Reserve. |
Short-term Energy Outlook
State Electricity Profiles and U.S. Overview |
| State Energy Data Report |
| U.S.
Nuclear Reactors |
| Yucca
Mountain Repository |
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ENVIRONMENT
| Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| Bureau
of Land Management. BLM home page |
| Biological Indicators of Watershed Health (EPA) |
| Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Office |
| Center
for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. A source for raw data |
| Clean Water Analytical Methods (EPA) EPA publishes laboratory analytical methods that are used by industries and
municipalities to analyze the chemical and biological components of wastewater,
drinking water, sediment, and other environmental samples that are required by
EPA regulations under the authority of the. Clean Water Act and the Safe
Drinking Water Act. Almost all of these methods are published by EPA as
regulations in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). |
| Colorado Water Science Center (USGS). |
| Congressional
Research Service Reports (National Library for the Environment).
Over 1200 full-text documents on the environment and related
topics from 1993 to the present. |
Enforcement
and Compliance History Online (ECHO). Allows
you to search for facilities in your community for the
purpose of determining whether:
- EPA or State/local governments
have conducted compliance inspections for air, water,
or hazardous waste
- violations were detected or
- enforcement actions were taken
and penalties were assessed in response to environmental
law violations.
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| Envirofacts
Data Warehouse Retrieve environmental information from EPA databases
on air, chemicals, facility information, hazardous waste,
risk management plans, Superfund, toxic releases, and
water permits. You may retrieve information from several
databases at once, or from one database at a time. |
Environmental
Health Services (Centers for Disease Control) |
| Environmental
Protection Agency |
| Environmental Regulations. Federal
Register (proposed regulations) and CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) (final regulations) on GPO Access.
|
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management.
A multidisciplinary database that provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations from scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. Includes TOXLINE and Conference Papers Index.
Coverage: 1967- |
| Environmental
Resources on the Web. Cooperative guide produced
by the Center for Environmental Journalism and the CU-Boulder
Libraries |
| EPA
Browse by Topics |
|
EPA Compliance and Enforcement |
| EPA
Databases and Software |
| EPA
Enviromapper. Enter zip code and get local EPA regulated
facilities, environmental justice information, brownfields,
surface water information, and superfund cleanup sites. |
| EPA
Freedom of Information Office (FOIA) Homepage |
| EPA
National Service Center for Environmental Publications |
| EPA
National Superfund Sites National Priorities List (NPL) |
| EPA
Office of Air and Radiation |
| EPA
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances |
| EPA
Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response |
| EPA
Office of Water |
| EPA
Online Library System. Locate EPA publications in
28 libraries in U.S. |
| EPA Publications Source |
| EPA
Region 8 Technical Library (Denver) Location &
hours. |
| EPA
Publications Source. Provides access to EPA public
and technical information. |
| EPA
Search Your Community. Enter a 5 digit zip code and
get a list or map of EPA regulated facilities in the area
and their environmental impact, or find watershed environmental
conditions. |
| EPA Test Methods: Index
to EPA Test Methods |
| Sources
of EPA Test Methods |
|
EPA Window to My Environment. A wide range of federal,
state, and local information about environmental conditions,
such as air and water quality, and features in an area
of your choice, by zip code or city. |
| ETDEWEB. ETDE World Energy Base (ETDEWEB) where you can search and explore the growing collection of over 3,972,000 bibliographic records and more than 185,000 full text documents! Access to additional full text documents is provided with more than 709,000 DOI links and many other availability links. |
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)
Find, view, and submit comments on all rulemaking documents that are open for comment. EPA posts all their rulemaking materials through Regulations.gov. The Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) has replaced EPA's electronic public docket and on-line comment system, EDOCKET. |
| Fish
and Wildlife Service |
| Forest
Service (USDA) |
| Treesearch USDA Forest Service research and development publications online. |
| Global
Change Research Program |
| Interior
Department Library |
| National
Resources Inventory (NRI). Statistically based sample
of land use and natural resource conditions and trends
on U.S. nonfederal lands. Maps of land use, land cover. |
| Pesticide
Industry Sales and Usage |
| National
Climatic Data Center |
| National
Environmental Publications Information System [NEPIS]. |
| National
Environmental Scorecard. Published by the League
of Conservation Voters, the Scorecard provides analysis
of the voting records of members of Congress on environmental
issues from 1979 to the present. Some state information
also included. |
| National
Off-Highway Vehicle Management Strategy (Bureau of Land Management) |
| National
Park Service |
| Natural
Resources Inventory (NRI) -- A statistically based
sample of land use and natural resource conditions and
trends on U.S. nonfederal lands. |
| Office of Emergency Management |
| Reclamation
Bureau, Upper Colorado Region |
| Regulations.gov
Find, review, and submit comments on all Federal Register
documents open for public comment. Search by topic or
agency |
| Rocky
Mountain Research Station (USDA Forest Service) |
| Superfund Information Systems Search the CERCLIS database (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System) for general information on sites and locations. |
| Superfund: Sites Find information about a specific Superfund site or group of sites |
| Toxics
Release Inventory (TRI) |
|
Water Resources of the United States (USGS) |
| Wetlands Information (National Wetlands Inventory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Provides access to digital data as well as wetlands status and trends information. |
| White
River National Forest. Land and Resource Management
Plan 2002 Revision; fire information; recreational opportunities |
| Yucca
Mountain Repository |
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS/DEFENSE
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| Advisory
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (in Univ. of North Texas Cyber Cemetery) |
| Air
Force Link (Dept. of the Air Force) |
| Air
University Library Index to Military Periodicals |
| America.gov Information on U.S. foreign policy and American life and culture, from the State Dept.'s Bureau of International Information Programs, formerly the U.S. Information Administration. |
| Annual
Defense Report through 2005 |
| Arms
Control and International Security. Archives
of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. |
| Army Field Manuals from GlobalSecurity.org. |
| Army
Publications, and Forms. Includes regulations.
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| Background
Notes on Countries of the World (U.S. Dept. of State) |
| Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Current site, and Bureau of Arms Control Reports (Archive site)
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| MDA: Missle Defense Agency |
| Central
Intelligence Agency |
| Defense
Almanac Contains a variety of information and
statistical material about the Department of Defense |
| Defense Department |
| Defense
Technical Information Center Central faciliy for the collection and dissemination of technical information for the Dept. of Defense. |
| DoD
Dictionary of Military Terms |
| Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations
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| Federation
of American Scientists. Arms sales; biological weapons; chemical weapons;
missile defense; terrorism. |
| Federation of American Scientists Congressional
Research Service reports. Includes military and national security documents
index; includes international affairs. |
| Foreign
Relations of the United States, 1861-1974 List of All
Volumes. |
| Foreign
Relations of the United States 1861-1960 (incomplete) , digital
facsimile. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| Foreign
Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers
(selected volumes from Truman, 1945, forward) |
| The European Library "Gateway to Europe's National Libraries." Allows unified online searching of all European national libraries. |
| Federal Procurement Data System Lists companies acquiring major government contracts; requires registration. Data in process of being transferred from previous version. |
| Gulf
War Debriefing Book by Andrew Leyden (unofficial source) |
| Homeland
Security Department |
| Homeland Security Digital Library.
Policy, strategy, and presidential documents; theses and other reports. |
| Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties compiled and edited by Charles J Kappler, University of Oklahoma |
| Infragard:
Guarding the Nation's Infrastructure. A partnership
between the FBI and private industry, businesses, academic
institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies
and others to share information and analysis in matters
related to the internal security of the U.S. |
| International Information Programs (USInfo.State.Gov) Dept. of State
(Formerly USIA) |
| Iraq
War Debate 2002/2007 (Univ. of Michigan comprehensive site) |
| MERLN:
Military Education and Research Library Network. Contains Military Policy Awareness links, providing direct access to defense related U.S. policy statements on selected key topics. |
| Militarily
Critical Technologies List (MCTL) |
| Military and Defense Statistical Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan Documents
Center) |
| Military
Ready Reference Links (Columbia University)
|
| National Security Strategy (U.S. ) 2006 report. |
| National
Strategy for Victory in Iraq from the White House site |
| Country Reports on Terrorism/Patterns
of Global Terrorism mandated reports on terrorism, from the MIPT Terrorism Information Center. The most complete site |
| State Department (For current information, beginning with the George W. Bush presidency), and State
Department (archive of older information) |
| Strategic Studies Institute of the Army War College Provides access to information and analysis on international security issues including Iraq, otehr parts of the world, and the U.S. military. |
|
Treaties (U.S. Senate Treaties home page). |
| Treaties
(Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet, Library
of Congress). 94th Congress to present plus some earlier
treaties. |
| Treaty
Actions (U.S. Dept. of State, 1997 - present) |
| United States Army |
| U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission |
| U.S.
Dept.of State Electronic Archives
(Formerly DOSFAN) Electronic research collections from the Dept. of State,
in partnership with the University of Illinois-Chicago
and the Federal Depository Library Program . Covers materials produced 1990-1997. |
| U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants (Greenbook). Shows a complete historical record of United States foreign aid to the rest of the world by reporting all loans and grants authorized by the U.S. government for each fiscal year. |
| USA Patriot Act site (Colorado Association of Libraries Intellectual Freedom Committee) Includes a downloadable brochure for library patrons. |
| Vietnam
War Declassification Project (Gerald R. Ford Library). Gives links to National Security Adviser documents and other Vietnam War documents and photographs |
| Virtual
Vietnam Archive (Texas Tech University) |
| War
on Terrorism: Post Saddam Iraq. (East Carolina
Univ., Joyner Library) News and commentary; background
and analysis; key documents; strikes; sanctions; weapons
of mass destruction. |
| White
House Page on Iraq. Offers Presidential
and other government officials' remarks, press releases, and other information. |
| World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (U.S. Dept. of State) |
| World Wide Military Expenditures (GlobalSecurity.org) |
| See also Congress
and Presidents
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GEOLOGY
| EarthExplorer
Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs,
and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological
Survey |
| Earthquake Hazards Program, USGS. Information on worldwide earthquake activity, earthquake science, and earthquake hazard reductionm |
| Earthquake Information by State |
| Earth and Ocean Science at Science.gov. |
| Geological
Survey |
| Geological
Survey Formal Reports List of Titles Searchable lists
of titles for bulletins, professional
papers, circulars, water-supply papers, and thematic maps
back to 1948. |
| Geology.com An assortment of information from many different government agencies and commercial sites, including news and access to maps, images, etc. |
| National
Geologic Map Database A catalog of paper and digital maps, and where to find them. Also includes a lexicon of geologic names and a list of places where geologic mapping is in progress. |
| National
Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive (EROS Data Center)Long-term preservation and access for: natural resoources management, national hazards mitigation, and environmental studies. |
| Photofinder A
quick and easy way to find and order USGS digital aerial photos. |
| Quaternary Faults and Fold Database of the United States. USGS. Also links to National Seismic Hazard Maps. |
| USGS Maps, Imagery, and Publications. Allows you to browse or search online USGS publications. Includes information on how to obtain printed maps and publications. |
| Volcano Hazards Program, USGS . Worldwide and U.S. volcano information. |
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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
| Ben's
Guide to U.S. Government |
| Budget
of the United States Government |
| Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance |
| Consolidated
Federal Funds Reports Counties and Areas |
| CQ Moneyline Formerly Political Moneyline. Information on campaign finances. |
| Economic
Report of the President |
| Federal
Acquisition Regulation |
| Forms.gov. One-stop-shopping"
for the Federal forms most used by the public.
Contains many, but not all, of the forms issued by Federal
agencies |
| Forms
From the Feds (University of Memphis) |
| General
Accounting Office |
| Geographic
Locator Codes (GLCs or FIPS Codes) Lists codes federal agencies should use in designating geographic locations anywhere in the United States or abroad in computer programs. |
| GobiernoUSA.gov USA.gov in Spanish; official portal to the U.S. government. |
| GovernmentAttic.org Provides access to information released under the Freedom of Information Act, and other government information not elsewhere available. |
| Government Information en Español by Benjamin Longoria at St. Mary's University |
|
Information Management: Challenges in Managing and Preserving
Electronic Records. GAO Report on the National Archives. |
| Monthly Statement of the Public Debt and downloadable files |
| Office
of Management and Budget |
| Office
of Personnel Management |
| Plum
Book U.S. Government Policy and Supporting Positions . Used to identify presidentailly appointed positions within the federal government |
| Political
Moneyline |
| Public Policy Issues and Groups From the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table. |
| Ready.gov
Citizen emergency preparedness information. (U.S.
Dept. of Homeland Security) |
|
Regulations.gov
Centralizes citizen comments on proposed federal legislation
and regulations. Find, review, and submit comments on
federal document sopen for comment and published in the
Federal Register. |
| Regulatory
Plan and the Unified Agenda. (Regulatory Information
Service Center, Univ. Massachusetts) Browseable and searchable
agendas of regulatory and deregulatory activities. |
| Uncle
Sam -- Who's Who in the Federal Government.
Links to biographies of the cabinet and administrators
of independent agencies, Congressional leadership and
committee chairs, ambassadors, and judges.. (University
of Memphis) |
| United
States Government Manual Comprehensive information
on the organization of the federal government, including
departments, agencies, offices, and related bodies. |
| U.S.
Office of Government Ethics (OGE). Mission to prevent
and resolve conflicts on the part of govenment employees;
to foster high ethical standards for Federal employees;
and to "strengthen the public's confidence that the
Government's business is conducted with impartiality and
integrity." |
| U.S.
Senate Select Committee on Ethics |
| Task
Force on Restrictions on Access to Government Information
(American Library Association Government Documents Round
Table) Government publications, articles, organizations. |
| USA.gov Official portal to the U.S. government. |
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HEALTH/MEDICINE
| Advisory
Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE) Final
Report |
| African
American Health From Medline Plus |
| Agency
for Toxics Substances and Disease Registry [ATSDR] |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives |
| Atlas
of Stroke Mortality: Racial, Ethnic and Geographical Disparities
in the United States. (Centers for Disease Control) |
| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration) |
| DisabilityInfo.gov.
One stop online access to resources, services, and information
available throughout the federal government. |
| Drug
Control, Office of National Drug Control Policy |
| Faststats A-Z (National Center for Health Statistics). Provides easy access to health statistics by topic. |
| Food
and Drug Administration |
|
global.health.gov Country reports; world health
statistics; fact sheets |
| Government Views of SARS Bibliography of online resources about SARS from the City College of New York library website. |
| Health
and Human Services Department |
| Health
and Social Services Ready Reference Links (Columbia
University) |
| Health,
United States 2007 Comprehensive compilation on trends in health statistics. |
| Hispanic
American Health (MedlinePlus) |
| Human
Genome Resources |
| Indian
Health Service |
| Life
Expectancy Tables |
| Medline
Plus. National Library of Medicine's Medline
database indexing articles in medical journals, plus National
Institutes of Health articles on 750 conditions and topics. It also contains drug information; clinical
trials information; directories of doctors, hospitals, libraries.
English and Spanish. |
| National Cancer Institute A comprehensive site with access to popular and technical information on cancer, literature searches, patient resources, and statistics |
| National
Center for Health Statistics |
| National
Institute on Drug Abuse |
| National
Institutes of Health |
| National Nutrient Database For Standard Reference, USDA |
| National
Toxicology Program |
| Native
American Health |
| NIAID Research on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health) |
| Occupational
Safety and Health Administration |
| Physical
Activity and Health, A Report of the Surgeon General |
| PREVline
(Prevention Online). Alcohol, drug, and tobacco abuse
prevention publications. |
| PubMed.
The National Library of Medicine's search service for
journal citations and books, covering over 17 million citations back to the 1950s. Includes access to some full text. |
| Reports
of the Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Medline Plus health information provided by the. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) from the Centers for Disease Control |
| Stratospheric
ozone and Human Health. Ozone, UV and health-related
data. |
| Tribal
Connections: E-Health Portal
l to a variety of health resources and training opportunities to minimize isolation and improve access to physical and mental health resources for Native Americans. |
| WISQARS.
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System.
Interactive database that provides customizable mortality tables by type of injury, state,
race, and sex (Centers for Disease Control ) |
| Womensheath.gov |
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HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
| Access
to Archival Databases (AAD). (National Archives and
Records Administration). Online access to a selection
of nearly 50 million historic electronic records created
by more than 20 federal agencies on a wide range of topics;
including military related files, such as Japanese-American
Internee file, Civil War Sites, World War II File of American
Prisoners of War; indexes to photographs; and the Famine
Irish data files. |
| Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates (American Memory Project) |
| American
Memory Project: Historical Collections from the National
Digital Library |
| Core
Documents of U.S. Democracy (GPO Access) |
| Cybercemetery
Archive of defunct U.S. government agency and commission
websites maintained by the University of North Texas. |
| Foreign
Relations of the United States, 1861-1974 List of All
Volumes. |
| Foreign
Relations of the United States 1861-1918, digital
facsimile. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| Freedom
of Information Act Electronic Reading Room (FBI) |
| Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Kappler's Treaties) |
| Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations. Supplements Kappler's with 9 additional treaties not included in v.2. |
| Indian
Land Cessions Maps |
| Official
Federal Land Patent Records Site (BLM) |
| U.S.
Historical Census Browser 1790-1970 |
| Veterans
History Project (American Folklife Center at the Library
of Congress). Audio and video-taped oral histories, along
with documentary materials such as letters, diaries, maps,
photographs, and home movies, of American's war veterans
and those who served in support of them. |
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HOUSING
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMMIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
LAW/COURT CASES
| Decisions
of the Comptroller General |
| elaws:
employment laws assistance for workers & small businesses
(U.S. Dept. of Labor) |
| Federal
Courts Finder (Emory University, MacMillan Law Library) |
| Federal
Court Locator (Villanova University) |
| Federal
Government Resources, Laws and Regulations (University
of Michigan) |
| Findlaw.
Links to federal, state, foreign, and international laws;
business law resources; public and consumer resources;
law student resources. |
| Global
Legal Information Network (Library of Congress) |
| Internet
Law Library |
| Justices
of the Supreme Court (Cornell Univ.). Provides pictures and biographies of justices. |
|
Law: Court Decisions (Auraria Library Subject Guide) |
| Supreme
Court of the United States |
|
Supreme Court Historical Society |
| Supreme
Court Decisions, 1990-present (Cornell) Also contains a section of historic Supreme Court decisions. |
| Supreme
Court Opinions on GPO Access, 1992-2000, through the Federal Bulletin Board. |
| U.S.
Code. Located at the U.S. House of Representatives.
Search by title, chapter, section as well as phrase and
Boolean searching. |
| U.S.Courts.gov. Provides directory and other information about U.S. federal courts at all levels, from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. |
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