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Bon Marche

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTxy0WSjIUS6L5TI3r-oqdPDbwBgiiUaQAxNMu8vlKX3DfbKpNd3WBF-Bzjv99MHp-Y5cQIu9Ax-3JA4HLcdiv2R5tf35ftbGaxcNni0ycvPkpcIfOs9Hl2YQCsukeN3n9dny99qR54Q/s1600/DSC_0563blackandwhite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTxy0WSjIUS6L5TI3r-oqdPDbwBgiiUaQAxNMu8vlKX3DfbKpNd3WBF-Bzjv99MHp-Y5cQIu9Ax-3JA4HLcdiv2R5tf35ftbGaxcNni0ycvPkpcIfOs9Hl2YQCsukeN3n9dny99qR54Q/s640/DSC_0563blackandwhite.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">le Bon Marche</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The escalators here give a visual challenge</div><div style="text-align: center;">with an abstract sense of movement.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is difficult enough to find the escLalator going up </div><div style="text-align: center;">in this <i>grand magasin</i> but am I upside down?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">le Bon Marche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rue de Sevres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div>

Bon Marche

le Bon Marche The escalators here give a visual challenge with an abstract sense of movement. It is difficult enough to find the escLalator ...

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Le Bon Marché - La Grande Epicerie de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdhhGuM0PjasGjDhO4_NVKp9C8BCICl44NZiPr5-woPW-KET7MmM8Uq_nU8LpnD0hMsnSpqc0TJjnJDU1dj7IK8TlVWMKcI34fQ3XKhxF7CrXDVaf4kG125wqZApjelrp0dfzJLFcYzc/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+016+DSC_9222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdhhGuM0PjasGjDhO4_NVKp9C8BCICl44NZiPr5-woPW-KET7MmM8Uq_nU8LpnD0hMsnSpqc0TJjnJDU1dj7IK8TlVWMKcI34fQ3XKhxF7CrXDVaf4kG125wqZApjelrp0dfzJLFcYzc/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+016+DSC_9222.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Bon Marché</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although you cannot take photos inside La Grande Epicerie de Paris*</div><div style="text-align: center;">you have ample opportunity to photograph through the windows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wonder if he even notices what is happening on the street.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">*unless you are very tricky</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Grande Epicerie de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Bon Marché</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">24, rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Bon Marché - La Grande Epicerie de Paris

Le Bon Marché Although you cannot take photos inside La Grande Epicerie de Paris* you have ample opportunity to photograph through the windo...

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Le Bon Marché - le carrousel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-N-_5XTsklhqvS0NOef2NjgVhRrwRg3a_rZuAbWh1ZNmkTef67xPxqdXmMRBTY7xB_gBH5V6ykkWCwpt62jX0PAWvdstGU5csTAWUIkAcdtbHRCDLEHOQ-jV_ykSr9lVOLiyCYvcCQM/s1600/DSC_0568cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-N-_5XTsklhqvS0NOef2NjgVhRrwRg3a_rZuAbWh1ZNmkTef67xPxqdXmMRBTY7xB_gBH5V6ykkWCwpt62jX0PAWvdstGU5csTAWUIkAcdtbHRCDLEHOQ-jV_ykSr9lVOLiyCYvcCQM/s640/DSC_0568cropped.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Square Boucicaut</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">le carrousel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Almost hidden in the shadow of Le Bon Marché, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">sits this vintage carousel.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Alas, it was too early in the morning for little passengers, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but by the afternoon it will be full.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Bon Marché</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Square Boucicaut</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">24, rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris </span></i></div>

Le Bon Marché - le carrousel

Square Boucicaut le carrousel Almost hidden in the shadow of Le Bon Marché, sits this vintage carousel. Alas, it was too early in the mor...

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Square Boucicaut - en l'été

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqVmPJS9JgebnJIJmMXJx-6_yFHTGt4n1Q6USwyKM4pGuTLVaI1JVENpjrNYIZGWQw9Gr2D5t7lkz42ygBscFkUyHVOEJXoejvpkReUyB_7jKNUpIL7blBpmfM1Wlqdkm_vKGXphvoYQ/s1600/2010+june+17-18+DSC_0562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" rca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqVmPJS9JgebnJIJmMXJx-6_yFHTGt4n1Q6USwyKM4pGuTLVaI1JVENpjrNYIZGWQw9Gr2D5t7lkz42ygBscFkUyHVOEJXoejvpkReUyB_7jKNUpIL7blBpmfM1Wlqdkm_vKGXphvoYQ/s640/2010+june+17-18+DSC_0562.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Square Boucicaut</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Early in the morning, this little pocket of a park was empty </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">except for the gardener.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Paris is often late to rise,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and you can have her almost to yourself </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">if you are an early bird.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Square Boucicaut</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>entre Rue de Babylone et Rue de Sèvres</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Sèvres-Babylone</em></span>

Square Boucicaut - en l'été

Square Boucicaut Early in the morning, this little pocket of a park was empty except for the gardener. Paris is often late to rise, and y...

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Le Bon Marché -- des chapeaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjnrM13I_kiPIc6xuIPkO-h3fGR2BgDIt_-uM5e-jiGThFzI1_i8XBbDE4q3NxXSCPwcoMqyd-Ruz6NnJ93ziqBa_tZS5nb66M69WcoSjbsYud4zNUyvh2N5khTKRix-Cn0YIMYh7R3Q/s1600/2010+paris+june+17-18+0564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjnrM13I_kiPIc6xuIPkO-h3fGR2BgDIt_-uM5e-jiGThFzI1_i8XBbDE4q3NxXSCPwcoMqyd-Ruz6NnJ93ziqBa_tZS5nb66M69WcoSjbsYud4zNUyvh2N5khTKRix-Cn0YIMYh7R3Q/s640/2010+paris+june+17-18+0564.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you have been reading my blog for a period of time, you know that I am almost as passionate about hats as I am shoes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This chapeaux is not quite my style but I was captivated by the design.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What do you mean, <em>pas de photos</em>?  Whoops</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Le Bon Marché</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Sèvres-Babylone</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Bon Marché -- des chapeaux

If you have been reading my blog for a period of time, you know that I am almost as passionate about hats as I am shoes... This chapeaux is ...

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Still shopping?

Still shopping?

You had better hurry! Bon Marché Métro Sèvres-Babylone

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Un chapeau et un .....?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDNEfu748UBB_m2IRHSDfj0WmNel9R8C0jUUqip7mL0D_E2Hn2-utirN6lsv2Kb9sMMNIIcNgCAQJOhD-6Oz-fmWvTH7TzeYXiXDbkg1Tlzj2cyoagFCT9rNEyaT1gXmZZ73Y0KQBHfY/s1600/DSC_0564cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513545875326051458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDNEfu748UBB_m2IRHSDfj0WmNel9R8C0jUUqip7mL0D_E2Hn2-utirN6lsv2Kb9sMMNIIcNgCAQJOhD-6Oz-fmWvTH7TzeYXiXDbkg1Tlzj2cyoagFCT9rNEyaT1gXmZZ73Y0KQBHfY/s640/DSC_0564cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>Un chapeau et un .... je ne sais pas! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I was sneaking a photo of this stylish hat at Le Bon Marché as I had done <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/07/des-chapeaux-rouge-et-rose.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>before</strong></span></a> and in reviewing my daily collection of photographs, I wondered what exactly was that to the right of my focus. Is this another hat? Surely not -- it looks like wadded up underwear (albeit Parisian lingerie) that has been bunched up on a headband! Quelle horreur! I would wear the fashionable hat on the left bien sûr but not the "underwear headband." Can you imagine showing up at an event with THAT on your head? I can just hear the snickers now....</div><br /><div></div>

Un chapeau et un .....?

Un chapeau et un .... je ne sais pas! I was sneaking a photo of this stylish hat at Le Bon Marché as I had done before and in reviewing my ...

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Lonely Carrousel -- Square Boucicaut

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpt9stMSRZ3LIbni9zkxWQ1VCKZWS0ag2Xb5y_bWZndyM4NVEv5lfXMPvldVHhAGNMxiS03sEzPRbjrCZICx0Th1JCIf_TPNlcBu7PJlVrpSk2BFTWi36F1IwfKVq5CgMab9HYNYaaDvc/s1600/DSC_0568cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504726950862423202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpt9stMSRZ3LIbni9zkxWQ1VCKZWS0ag2Xb5y_bWZndyM4NVEv5lfXMPvldVHhAGNMxiS03sEzPRbjrCZICx0Th1JCIf_TPNlcBu7PJlVrpSk2BFTWi36F1IwfKVq5CgMab9HYNYaaDvc/s640/DSC_0568cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>Waiting for the opening of Bon Marché we sat in Square Boucicaut, the garden honoring the memory of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristide_Boucicaut"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Aristide Boucicaut</strong></span></a>, le créateur du célèbre grand magasin du Bon Marché.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This day in June the garden is empty except for the gardener and the operator of this carrousel -- no riders, large or small. </div>

Lonely Carrousel -- Square Boucicaut

Waiting for the opening of Bon Marché we sat in Square Boucicaut, the garden honoring the memory of Aristide Boucicaut , le créateur du célè...

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M. C. Escher?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkxbnq1mslYzL5gWRn8xfgJaaqlympKWqIeAB7ZC0TTQyXZ7yIaq_9fPnrnrGS_O640c6tu3EmexbHNNoG6K9Nae0bkHA2c_oBjkzc0L7WjKd6JDJ4tV7ZbOrrB_WHkDZ4uZLKBrsUSg/s1600/DSC_0563blackandwhiteescher.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503618240229735170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkxbnq1mslYzL5gWRn8xfgJaaqlympKWqIeAB7ZC0TTQyXZ7yIaq_9fPnrnrGS_O640c6tu3EmexbHNNoG6K9Nae0bkHA2c_oBjkzc0L7WjKd6JDJ4tV7ZbOrrB_WHkDZ4uZLKBrsUSg/s640/DSC_0563blackandwhiteescher.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; ; DISPLAY: block; ; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div></div><span style="font-size:130%;">M. C. Escher's infinite staircase?</span><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"> </p><br /></span><br /><div align="right"><span style="font-size:130%;">Ou l'escalier mécanique du Bon Marché?</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdu2AIk_agFRG2zGVGiLAYnUV21YexwdJI-lEGZ7D6L8687pOCbJSNQsPhm6ecDZlxeEteYUXrw8oZ8Q8J0Lngc89qbS1RG1G9Ym79zGxf_7ZhCf9CnuoKrDqs3xvzeq6io88deauNi8/s1600/DSC_0563blackandwhite.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503616917853115026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdu2AIk_agFRG2zGVGiLAYnUV21YexwdJI-lEGZ7D6L8687pOCbJSNQsPhm6ecDZlxeEteYUXrw8oZ8Q8J0Lngc89qbS1RG1G9Ym79zGxf_7ZhCf9CnuoKrDqs3xvzeq6io88deauNi8/s640/DSC_0563blackandwhite.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; ; DISPLAY: block; ; CURSOR: hand" /></a>

M. C. Escher?

M. C. Escher's infinite staircase? Ou l'escalier mécanique du Bon Marché?

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Des Chapeaux: Rouge et Rose

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl12tHLVXsB1ylvot644LNiz9lRITwcmh8ivqV_L0o7GpTMMbZVY9dJBqxCGdXcsK2eBh-tWI54qbt-pdEsa8jwq3Ov6lwskUGp892-U0aoPogk0EicyB4hnDRR2s9HRUQCJBUvs9qJzw/s1600/DSC_0032.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495326299673390962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl12tHLVXsB1ylvot644LNiz9lRITwcmh8ivqV_L0o7GpTMMbZVY9dJBqxCGdXcsK2eBh-tWI54qbt-pdEsa8jwq3Ov6lwskUGp892-U0aoPogk0EicyB4hnDRR2s9HRUQCJBUvs9qJzw/s640/DSC_0032.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>Oh la la! A confession: J'adore bien les chapeaux! It is not quite the obsession I have with les chaussures but only because I do not wear one daily, bien sûr.<br /><br />The vision of these beauties in <a href="http://www.lebonmarche.com/"><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Le Bon Marché</span> </a>were too much for my camera to resist and thankfully I managed to get a shot before being chastised. Did I purchase one? Malheureusement, non. A big hat presents a real challenge to carry home, and on another day I will share "that" story (and photo) with you! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>Note: The link above only has the logo for Le Bon Marché so it may be in transition. However, this post on </em><a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/search/label/Bon%20March%C3%A9"><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><em>Peter's Paris</em></span></a><em> has a wealth of information with photos. Merci, Peter! </em></div>

Des Chapeaux: Rouge et Rose

Oh la la! A confession: J'adore bien les chapeaux! It is not quite the obsession I have with les chaussures but only because I do not we...

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Le Bon Marché - La Grande Epicerie de Paris

Le Bon Marché - le carrousel

Square Boucicaut - en l'été

Le Bon Marché -- des chapeaux

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Un chapeau et un .....?

Lonely Carrousel -- Square Boucicaut

M. C. Escher?

Des Chapeaux: Rouge et Rose

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