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DIARY: December 2, 2001 09:37 PM Sunday; Rod Welch

Jack Park comments on applying for SBIR grant to fund SDS.

1...Summary/Objective
2...How to Overcome Ignorance Fear Denial Intelligence Possible??
3...SBIR Funding Opportunities Limited But Possibly Useful, Obtainable
.......Deployment Current Objective for SDS
.......Willfully Blind SDS Enables Intelligence Saves Time Money
.......Prototype SDS Scope Relative to Current Scope
.......SDS Ownership Participation Incentive for Development
.......Open Source Variant Needed to Obtain Jack's Help on SDS
.......KM Hard Work Fast, Easy, Fun Using SDS Like Playing Piano
............We want to talk to folks who want intelligence to be easier
............Reducing Cost Increasing Benefits Encourages Intelligence
............Addiction causes extra effort and is rewarding....
............Com Manager Adds Value Like Accountant
............Many Hands Make Light Work, Com Manager Adds Value
............Intelligence Infrastructure Leverages Benefits of Knowledge
............Psychological Pressure from Some SDS Uses is Hard Work
............Knowledge Brings Psychological Pressure of Responsibility
............Responsibility Causes Fear of Accountability for Action
............Small Problems Not Fun Feedback Essential for Intelligence

ACTION ITEMS.................. Click here to comment!

1...Deployment so people can learn from experience that
2...Culture of knowledge where people discuss POIMS and NWO

CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
New Way of Thinking Working Doug's Mission Bootstrap Institute, 99122
SBIR Grant Application for SDS
Ad Hoc Application Grant Funding Proposal SBIR
Secret of KM SDS Using Technology to Make Good Management Easier
Experience Builds Faith Creates Demand for Solution
Deployment SDS Enable People Discover Through Experience Advantage of
Communicate Build Culture of Knowledge Alliances on SDS Com Metrics P
Bright Stars Communicate on SDS Com Metrics POIMS Critical Marketing
Communicate Build Culture of Knowledge Alliances on SDS Com Metrics P
Willfully Blind, Fear and Denial
Culture Knowledge Foster with Intelligence Online Publish SDS Stuff f
Culture Knowledge Deployment Experience Using SDS Discover Intelligen
Communication on POIMS SDS NWO Com Metrics Develop Culture of Knowled

3615 -    ..
3616 - Summary/Objective
3617 -
361701 - Follow up ref SDS 54 0000 ref SDS 48 0000.
361702 -
361703 - Jack explains that SBIR funding is limited, but may be obtainable; he
361704 - does not discuss overcoming resistance to grapple with new ideas.
361705 - ref SDS 0 EQ9O  He indicates a grant would get a prototype of SDS up
361706 - and running, which seems to overlook SDS is already running, so need
361707 - clarification on scope of what he has in mind. ref SDS 0 4Z4M  Since
361708 - SDS enables intelligence, and there is no other source, and since
361709 - people feel SDS is a utopia beyond reach, the challenge seems to be
361710 - deployment that provides experience showing intelligence is within
361711 - reach.  This requires fostering a culture of knowledge by forming
361712 - alliances to discuss POIMS and Com Metrics in relation to conventional
361713 - work practice. ref SDS 0 YF8K  Jack reminds he wants an open source
361714 - variant to support a grant proposal.  He says disclosing Knowledge
361715 - Management is hard work causes people to avoid using SDS for making
361716 - intelligence fast, easy, fun and rewarding. ref SDS 0 5S4G  A rough
361717 - calculation illustrates the point. ref SDS 0 YG5M, and shows reducing
361718 - cost and increasing benefits of intelligence drives sales. ref SDS 0
361719 - OL7G  The fun and ease of SDS makes it addictive which causes extended
361720 - hours, like playing a piano to enjoy the music.  Not everyone need be
361721 - addicted in order for everybody to benefit from improving alphabet
361722 - technology. ref SDS 0 QX6J  Psychological pressure from some uses of
361723 - SDS for management support are very hard work, but it is much easier
361724 - than picking up the pieces from failure to do the work. ref SDS 0 QY6F
361725 -
361726 - Issued ref DIT 1 0001 asking for explanation of "getting a prototype
361727 - of SDS up and running," per below. ref SDS 0 4Z4M
361728 -
361729 -     [On 011206 sent follow up proposing action items. ref SDS 63 0001
361730 -
361731 -
361732 -
361733 -
3618 -
3619 -
3620 - Progress
3621 -
362101 -  ..
362102 - How to Overcome Ignorance Fear Denial Intelligence Possible??
362103 - SBIR Funding Opportunities Limited But Possibly Useful, Obtainable
362104 -
362105 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Jack Park responding to recent
362106 - discussions on applying for an SBIR grant.
362107 -
362108 - Jack says...
362109 -
362110 -       SBIR is not ad hoc.  Generally, an RFP in SBIRland is created by
362111 -       somebody who wants something in particular done, and they
362112 -       generally already know who they want to fund, though they often
362113 -       fund more than one just to keep things above board.  There are
362114 -       occasional "blue sky" RFPs, but not that many. ref DRT 1 0001
362115 -
362116 -       With respect to an SBIR, they're rather tiny in size and usually
362117 -       end up, if you get a phase 2, to be worth 500k to a million
362118 -       bucks over a two year time span.  Phase 1 is usually under 100k
362119 -       for 6 months or so. ref DRT 1 NY5M
362120 -
362121 -           Jack does not explain how a proposal to SBIR, or anyone
362122 -           else, can overcome aversion to click on links for learning
362123 -           SDS already exists, and so is not an overstated theory that
362124 -           cannot be developed, per letter on 011129, ref SDS 61 6T5L,
362125 -           citing prior experience with NSF on 991213. ref SDS 17 WR4J
362126 -
362127 -           Morris reported on 010425 that SDS use cases are a utopia,
362128 -           ref SDS 38 EP7F, so for people to believe this capability is
362129 -           possible they must gain experience.  How can we get people
362130 -           to experience the "music?"
362131 -
362132 -           On 000713 Morris' colleagues at Intel who review investment
362133 -           opportunities that fund new technologies, similarly believed
362134 -           that intelligence is "funny" and "alien," i.e., beyond
362135 -           reach, and so unbelievable, because they never had the
362136 -           opportunity to experience SDS to discover it saves time and
362137 -           money. ref SDS 12 1767
362138 -
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362140 -
362141 -        ..
362142 -       Deployment Current Objective for SDS
362143 -       Willfully Blind SDS Enables Intelligence Saves Time Money
362144 -       Prototype SDS Scope Relative to Current Scope
362145 -
362146 -
362147 - Jack continues...
362148 -
362149 -       My thinking is that there are lots of ways for you to use that
362150 -       amount of money to get a prototype SDS up and running.
362151 -       ref DRT 1 GZ6H
362152 -
362153 -           Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 noting SDS is already up and
362154 -           running, as shown by....
362155 -
362156 -               Application.....................010907, ref SDS 49 KX3L
362157 -               SDS saves time and money........011003, ref SDS 53 PS7I
362158 -
362159 -            ..
362160 -           The record on 011003 shows SDS is the only KM capability
362161 -           that is effective. ref SDS 53 EC5N  What is needed is...
362162 -
362163 -                Deployment so people can learn from experience that
362164 -                intelligence saves time and money.
362165 -
362166 -                Culture of knowledge where people discuss POIMS and NWO
362167 -                in relation to experience using SDS compared to
362168 -                conventional IT methods.
362169 -           ..
362170 -           This presents a dilemma explained on 011129 of how to
362171 -           get SDS deployed, ref SDS 61 OD8H, for saving time and money
362172 -           by adding intelligence for...
362173 -
362174 -              management...................941211, ref SDS 9 7388
362175 -              government...................911009, ref SDS 5 3333
362176 -              national security............010911, ref SDS 50 UP5K
362177 -              engineering..................990524, ref SDS 11 0876
362178 -              health.......................990924, ref DIP 11 0001
362179 -              education....................010614, ref SDS 39 HD6O
362180 -              law..........................911130, ref SDS 7 DR7O
362181 -              space exploration............991001, ref SDS 14 0001
362182 -
362183 -
362184 -        [On 011205 discussed with Joe Hennessey at NSF. ref SDS 62 0001
362185 -
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362191 -
3622 -

SUBJECTS
Open Source Must be Available on Proprietary Project for Ja   to Part
Development Advances by Giving-up Some SDS Ownership to Form Alliance
Ownership SDS Participation Incentive for Contributing to Development
Open Source People Empowered to Do What They Feel Like Doing Progress

4707 -
470701 -        ..
470702 -       SDS Ownership Participation Incentive for Development
470703 -       Open Source Variant Needed to Obtain Jack's Help on SDS
470704 -
470705 -
470706 - Jack points out...
470707 -
470708 -       For me to help, there will have to be some open source variant
470709 -       in mind. ref DRT 1 DT6I
470710 -
470711 -           Aligns with Jack's letter on 010221. ref SDS 36 005J
470712 -
470713 -           On 000503 opportunities for open source to advance were
470714 -           formulated. ref SDS 23 6903
470715 -
470716 -           On 000726 Jack submitted ideas for ownership, patents and
470717 -           licensing to meet his objective. ref SDS 25 1222
470718 -
470719 -           On 010223 Jack submitted ideas for a bifurcated SDS product
470720 -           that meets his objective for open source within a framework
470721 -           of IP for SDS. ref SDS 37 008P
470722 -
470723 -           Management and compensation was discussed by Jack for open
470724 -           source effort in his letter on 001031. ref SDS 31 TX7J
470725 -
470726 -           Submitted ref DIT 1 WV6H suggesting ownership in SDS is a
470727 -           stronger development path than open source, based on the
470728 -           record discussed with Doug on 011120. ref SDS 60 VY6H
470729 -
470730 -           To move forward, we need people to do specific tasks, which
470731 -           they do not want to do because they do not understand the
470732 -           benefits until well after they do them. There is no record
470733 -           of people on open source projects doing things they don't
470734 -           want to do. ref DIT 1 JY6N  An example is the letter from
470735 -           Grant Bowman on 001012. ref SDS 29 PT5M
470736 -
470737 -           Why not find people who can contribute and give them a stake
470738 -           in SDS as incentive to perform?  This takes faith.  What can
470739 -           we do to build faith? ref DIT 1 RY7J
470740 -
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470747 -
4708 -

SUBJECTS
Hard Work KM Requires Skill Tools Time Emotional Stability Support to
Fun Intelligence Relieves Stress and Improves the Work
Piano Skills Add More Value than Voice Data Entry Fun Pleasure Effect
Psychological Stability Com Manager KM Requires Emotional Stablity Sk

6407 -
640701 -        ..
640702 -       KM Hard Work Fast, Easy, Fun Using SDS Like Playing Piano
640703 -
640704 -
640705 - Jack continues...
640706 -
640707 -       If you keep on telling everybody that what you do is hard (which
640708 -       it is), you won't get too many folks wanting to talk to you.
640709 -       ref DRT 1 PR6L
640710 -
640711 -            People like and seek the accomplishment of hard work when
640712 -            they feel it brings rewards, like playing a piano, playing
640713 -            ball, or playing the stock market; but, extending great
640714 -            effort with little reward is avoided as "hard work."
640715 -
640716 -            Knowledge Management performed with conventional methods is
640717 -            very hard work, as reported on 000307, ref SDS 20 5182, and
640718 -            so is frustrating and avoided as reported by Eric Armstrong
640719 -            on 011003. ref SDS 53 EC5N
640720 -
640721 -            We want to talk to folks who want intelligence to be easier
640722 -            and more rewarding.
640723 -            ..
640724 -            SDS makes this work easier by a factor of 10 - 100.
640725 -            In other words, the record on 011003 took about 10 hours
640726 -            with SDS using the steps reported on 001219. ref SDS 35
640727 -            FO5M  It would take at least 100 hour using other methods,
640728 -            computed as 10 x 10, or about 2 weeks work, based on the
640729 -            following...
640730 -
640731 -            That record as of today has.....
640732 -
640733 -                        Subjects.............. 149
640734 -                        Headings..............  49
640735 -                        Links................. 265
640736 -
640737 -            USACE reviewed these tasks using SDS in a report on 971007.
640738 -            ref DRP 6 2779
640739 -
640740 -            Subjects take about 1 minute to create with SDS.  Most
640741 -            require only a few seconds, but some take 5 to 10 minutes
640742 -            because new organic structure has to be created in relation
640743 -            to existing structure, which takes time, like adding a room
640744 -            to a building, as explained on 890523. ref SDS 1 SQ5L  So
640745 -            assume....
640746 -
640747 -                subjects = 149 x 1  = 149/60  = 2.5, say 3 hours
640748 -
640749 -            Headings take on average about 60 seconds to create....
640750 -
640751 -                headings =  49 x 1  =  49/60  =  .8, say 1 hours
640752 -
640753 -            Links to align the record with history and authority take
640754 -            on average about 10 seconds using SDS.  Sometimes it can
640755 -            take a few minutes to look up a subject and locate relevant
640756 -            context, so allow 15 seconds per link...
640757 -
640758 -                links    = 265 x .25  = 66/60  = 1.1, say 1 hours
640759 -
640760 -            So, SDS command and control of the record for Eric's letter
640761 -            on 011003 required about 5 hours to organize, add alignment
640762 -            and summary, plus another 5 hours for analysis to write a
640763 -            comprehensible story that ties information to context of
640764 -            objectives, requirements and commitments, including time
640765 -            for review and correcting conflicts.  On 001019 Gil Regev
640766 -            reported that context helps a lot. ref SDS 30 IM5F
640767 -
640768 -            Some people feel that 3 hours for subjects is not needed;
640769 -            others would use an engine to build subjects automatically
640770 -            in the background or overnight.  This, however, overlooks
640771 -            that subjects expedite creating connections of cause and
640772 -            effect, i.e., organization aids alignment.  If SDS is not
640773 -            used, it can take from 10 minutes to several hours locating
640774 -            a position in Knowledge Space that relates in a material
640775 -            way to another location.  If we only assume 20 minutes is
640776 -            needed that calculates to....
640777 -
640778 -                alignment = 265 x 20 = 5300/60  = 88.3, say 90 hours
640779 -
640780 -            Adding 90 to 10 and subtracting the 3 hours saved not doing
640781 -            subjects, is 97 hours, or about 10 times longer under this
640782 -            scenario without using SDS.
640783 -
640784 -
640785 -             ..
640786 -            Reducing Cost Increasing Benefits Encourages Intelligence
640787 -
640788 -            Most folks would say, no one would spend 100 hours to
640789 -            understand Eric's letter about managing knowledge, because
640790 -            knowledge is not an important subject, so this is a false
640791 -            calculation.  This belief arises from lack of success that
640792 -            causes people to lose faith in creating KM, as reported on
640793 -            011003. ref SDS 53 SP6G  Since KM seems beyond reach, the
640794 -            time seems like a bad investment.
640795 -
640796 -            Suppose, however, 100 hours is reduced to 5 - 10 hours
640797 -            using SDS that enables others, say 10, 20, 100 people to
640798 -            benefit from Eric's letter by investing only a few minutes.
640799 -            Reducing the time and leveraging the benefits increases
640800 -            willingness to understand what Eric has to say. Someone
640801 -            might further be induced to invest time for understanding
640802 -            Eric, if his letter pertained to a different subject, for
640803 -            example, people paying cash for expensive lessons to fly
640804 -            commercial airlines and not being interested in landing
640805 -            procedures?  Would it be worthwhile to invest 5 - 10 hours
640806 -            to align Eric's report with other reports that show common
640807 -            patterns, like middle Easterners with links to Al Qaida, as
640808 -            reported on 010911? ref SDS 50 UP5K   Would saving $100B be
640809 -            enough incentive to use intelligence instead of relying on
640810 -            information?
640811 -
640812 -            Suppose, too, instead of Eric being frustrated about too
640813 -            many letters on knowledge management, his letter pertained
640814 -            to a medical operation or a prescription for medication.
640815 -            Would anyone feel it was worthwhile to align the record
640816 -            with the doctor's examination in order to avoid a mistake,
640817 -            as reported on 990912. ref SDS 13 0001
640818 -
640819 -            Suppose Eric's email was submitting or requesting data for
640820 -            guidance on a mission to Mars.  Would it would be worth
640821 -            investing time for adding alignment with specifications
640822 -            before programming the computer, so that the ship does not
640823 -            crash, as reported on 991001? ref SDS 14 3077
640824 -
640825 -            Thus, it is true that knowledge management is hard work
640826 -            that most people avoid, and, as a result, suffer severe
640827 -            consequences reported on.....
640828 -
640829 -                 Too many problems.............001207, ref SDS 34 V54M
640830 -                 National security failure.....010911, ref SDS 50 0001
640831 -                 Economy declines..............011031, ref SDS 57 0001
640832 -                 Job loses rise................011102, ref SDS 58 0001
640833 -
640834 -            SDS makes adding intelligence to information fast, easy and
640835 -            fun, as reported on 001004, ref SDS 28 6N9G, and so saves a
640836 -            lot of time and money, as reported by USACE. ref DRP 6 0001
640837 -
640838 -
640839 -             ..
640840 -            Addiction causes extra effort and is rewarding....
640841 -
640842 -            SDS makes it fast, easy and fun to acquire understanding,
640843 -            like putting a microscope on daily affairs. (see NWO for
640844 -            more on "understanding." ref OF 4 5361)  Sometimes this
640845 -            becomes addictive, driving efforts to understand.
640846 -
640847 -            Creating patterns of connections to understand cause and
640848 -            effect engenders a thirst, for knowledge that drives
640849 -            effort, perhaps like a piano player who is driven to hear
640850 -            the music.  This means long hours of enjoyment, that in
640851 -            another context is "hard work," as Eric Armstrong related
640852 -            on 011003. ref SDS 53 EC5N
640853 -
640854 -
640855 -             ..
640856 -            Com Manager Adds Value Like Accountant
640857 -            Many Hands Make Light Work, Com Manager Adds Value
640858 -            Intelligence Infrastructure Leverages Benefits of Knowledge
640859 -
640860 -            Not everyone needs to spend long hours using SDS; many can
640861 -            spend only minutes and still reap big rewards when deployed
640862 -            with adequate support.  SDS improves alphabet technology,
640863 -            which is generally considered the underlying engine of
640864 -            civilization by providing an external means of aiding
640865 -            pattern matching.  Not everybody who is literate reads and
640866 -            writes a lot, but having these skills improves everyone's
640867 -            life along a broad range of applications and levels of use.
640868 -
640869 -            In the same way that an accountant is more assiduous
640870 -            balancing the books to the last penny, others use the same
640871 -            tools with less vigor, yet still gain a lot of benefit,
640872 -            especially if the work is supported by a specialist.  One
640873 -            Com Manager spending 10 hours thinking about a letter helps
640874 -            others benefit by spending only a few minutes using SDS to
640875 -            work "intelligently" (see POIMS, ref OF 2 0367). Leveraging
640876 -            intelligence improves productivity by building shared
640877 -            meaning that enables complementary rather than conflicting
640878 -            action, explained in NWO. ref OF 4 4077 and also in POIMS,
640879 -            ref OF 2 SV5N
640880 -
640881 -            This dynamic of leverage that multiplies value so that a
640882 -            little intelligence goes a long way to improve productivity
640883 -            and earnings, per analysis on 011005. ref SDS 54 YL6H,
640884 -            means that everybody does not have to work hard in order to
640885 -            improve the work.  More people contributing with SDS
640886 -            reduces the burden on recognizing correlations,
640887 -            implications and nuance, under the rule....
640888 -
640889 -
640890 -                       Many hands make light work.
640891 -
640892 -
640893 -            Support staff further leverages intelligence.
640894 -
640895 -            If a secretary or engineer sets up a record by entering the
640896 -            ordinary receiving of documents, calls, meetings and other
640897 -            daily work, this reduces the time required for an analyst
640898 -            to develop effective intelligence for Communication
640899 -            Metrics.  This is not hard, nor psychologically demanding.
640900 -
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SUBJECTS
Psychological Burden Knowledge Conflicts Common Sense Culture Resists
Psychological Buffer of Communication Manager needed when Technology
Diplomacy Hard Work Psychologically Demanding Create Organizational M
Sel -Esteem Embarrassed by Discovering Executive Made Mistakes
Microscope SDS Debugs Management Alignment History Experience Organiz
Psychologically Demanding Power Knowledge Responsibility Notice Stres
Debug Management Stressful, Big Improvement wth SDS

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811001 -             ..
811002 -            Psychological Pressure from Some SDS Uses is Hard Work
811003 -            Knowledge Brings Psychological Pressure of Responsibility
811004 -            Responsibility Causes Fear of Accountability for Action
811005 -
811006 -            Intelligence enables knowledge for getting things done on
811007 -            time and within budget. see NWO, ref OF 4 29G5 and report
811008 -            by USACE on 971007. ref DRP 6 0001
811009 -
811010 -            SDS provides a microscope for looking deeper to understand
811011 -            correlations, implications and nuance that reveal problems
811012 -            when they are small and so can be fixed by minimal effort.
811013 -            Confronting the complexity of human thought evident in
811014 -            linkages that boggle the mind, as related by Eric Armstrong
811015 -            on 000125, ref SDS 19 3867, and, further, recognition of a
811016 -            great many more errors through the microscope of SDS than
811017 -            people normally encounter, because the conscious span of
811018 -            attention buffers them out, is psychologically demanding,
811019 -            even though it saves time and money.
811020 -
811021 -            Since action carries risk of failure that has consequences,
811022 -            many people prefer to defer action, hoping problems will
811023 -            solve themselves, rather than escalate under Aristotle's
811024 -            rule. see NWO, ref OF 4 4564  Therefore, responsibility for
811025 -            knowledge is avoided as seen from the legend of Prometheus,
811026 -            reviewed on 991108, ref SDS 16 5368, and evident from
811027 -            refusal to click on links reported on 991014, ref SDS 15
811028 -            3066, and in Eric's work reported on....
811029 -
811030 -                  000811........................ ref SDS 26 0001
811031 -                  011105........................ ref SDS 59 IL6K
811032 -                  011010........................ ref SDS 56 KS6G
811033 -
811034 -            People hate responsibility because fear of accountability
811035 -            prevents doing what "feels good" good at the moment, as
811036 -            explained in POIMS. ref OF 2 4079  KM requires delay for
811037 -            analysis to "look before you leap," rather than react
811038 -            spontaneously on impulse.  This saves money, but removes
811039 -            excuse of ignorance for failure.
811040 -
811041 -            As a result, fear of accountability for mistakes prevents
811042 -            using intelligence needed to avoid mistakes and get credit
811043 -            for improving the work, reported on 980405, ref SDS 10 5065
811044 -            Getting through this innovation loop by creating a record
811045 -            that is useful but not threatening is essential to meet
811046 -            Doug's ABC improvement goals, as reported on 991222.
811047 -            ref SDS 18 N65J
811048 -
811049 -            Raising issues without raising temperatures by creating an
811050 -            effective, diplomatic record is psychologically demanding,
811051 -            as reported on 010725. ref SDS 46 02FR
811052 -
811053 -
811054 -             ..
811055 -            Small Problems Not Fun Feedback Essential for Intelligence
811056 -
811057 -            When problems are small, there is a tendency to ignore
811058 -            them, and not to want to be notified, under feel good
811059 -            management theory reported on 911123. ref SDS 6 1331 Giving
811060 -            notice and feedback to people about small problems causes a
811061 -            lot of tension, and so can be psychologically demanding, as
811062 -            reported recently on 010725. ref SDS 46 02EW
811063 -
811064 -            Working on small problems requires feedback to refine
811065 -            accuracy of knowledge, as reported by Mary Keeler during
811066 -            the meeting at SRI on 000518. ref SDS 24 O43M  Feedback is
811067 -            therefore essential to effective intelligence, however, it
811068 -            is psychologically demanding for reasons set out in NWO.
811069 -            ref OF 4 2670
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811071 -
811072 -
811073 -
811074 -
811075 -
811076 -
811077 -
811078 -
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811080 -
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811082 -