• Millions of Americans live in areas with little or no comprehensive health care
• MIHI establishing nationwide telemedicine network to provide specialty care
• Serving the underserved makes MIHI sole practitioner to millions

There’s no doubt that the U.S. health care system is fractured. Our patchwork quilt of health care services leaves many citizens isolated and medically stranded. Far beyond the current contentious health care debate, millions of Americans live in areas that have chronically suffered with little or no health care services. For various reasons of geography, economics or social circumstance, certain populations in the country have far too few primary care providers. Defined by the government as Medically Underserved Areas, recruiting physicians to these communities is challenging not only because of the population’s complex human needs and limited health care resources, but also due to a lack of available social amenities.

Decades ago, country doctors were common, but they are now scarce in the 21st century, creating a critical need for primary care physicians in rural areas. Small towns around the country face the loss of basic medical services, because they have so few doctors to run their clinics. Many attribute the dearth of rural doctors to the increasingly complex and specialized nature of medical practices and the rapid pace of technological advancement.

Within this void, Medical Innovation Holdings Inc. (OTC: MIHI) uses technology to target and serve these underserved. MIHI is addressing this pressing need by establishing a nationwide, multi-disciplinary specialist provider network to serve rural patients via a seamless, comprehensive and sophisticated telemedicine program. The company’s platform is designed to bring much needed access to quality health care in real time while generating substantial efficiencies and cost savings.

The company’s telemedicine platform offers a range of modalities of telemedicine to create a virtual multi-specialty practice bringing modern medicine to underserved communities. The company’s subsidiary, 3Point Care, provides personalized pairing of its specialty doctors with traditional primary doctors, connecting patients with specialty health care professionals.

With the ability to provide a vast array of health care-related services on its various technology platforms, the company intends to create a comprehensive health care-centric business ecosystem where multiple products and services can be offered. As the company expands its unique business model into a large national footprint, a vast network of underserved patients will receive much needed services and, in essence, make MIHI a sole practitioner and product provider to a large swath of the population.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.MedicalInnovationHoldings.com

• Huge and exponentially growing global need
• Industry independent
• Established reputation for reliability and cost-effectiveness

If there’s one challenge that dominates almost every aspect of our modern information age, it is most certainly Big Data. Over and above the increasing number of ways Big Data can be processed and analyzed, depending upon the need, the most fundamental problem is the sheer storing of exponentially growing volumes of data produced by virtually every industry and institution.

With the skyrocketing number of technologies and applications available to individuals and organizations for capturing and digitizing visual, audio, text, numeric, and every other conceivable type of information, the jump in data storage requirements is staggering and continues to expand. There’s nowhere that demand for storage isn’t going through the roof.

High volume data storage has been the focal point of California-based Qualstar Corporation (NASDAQ: QBAK) for over two decades, centering on the design, development, and production of automated tape libraries for storing, retrieving, and managing all forms of critical electronic data, largely for network computing.

Serving markets through global resellers and distributors, the company’s solutions are compatible with virtually every operating system and platform and are “supported by applications packages from all leading developers.” Most importantly, by developing solutions targeting several vertical markets, Qualstar is able to address a wide range of sectors and opportunities, including:

• Media & Entertainment
• Oil & Gas
• Government & Military
• Education
• Information Technology
• Medical Imaging
• Banking
• Surveillance

For more information, please visit www.Qualstar.com

• IGC purchased exclusive rights to USF patent focused on preventing amyloid-beta plaques from aggregating on neurons
• Company plans to pursue clinical trials related to this patent on path to FDA approval
• In 2017, direct costs associated with Alzheimer’s and other dementias will total an estimated $259 billion, according to the Alzheimer’s Association
  

If you are an investor, there have been significant developments over the past year that you should be tracking. These include remarkable, if preliminary, results regarding the effect of THC on amyloid-beta plaques, the plaques on neurons associated with Alzheimer’s disease, as well as a critical link between the related technology and India Globalization Capital (NYSE MKT: IGC). This information was summarized in an article first published on Benzinga (http://dtn.fm/MS9cb) and recently adapted for HIGH TIMES (http://dtn.fm/w5DS9), titled “Marijuana Could Help Treat Alzheimer’s: Here’s How It Would Work”.

Details from these articles include:

• A paper published by the Salk Institute has validated a study by the University of South Florida, indicating that low doses of THC (one of the main chemical compounds present in marijuana) break up amyloid-beta plaques on neurons.
• The prestigious journal Nature then published a paper showing that “cognitive function was restored in old mice who were given low doses of THC.”
• After discovering that THC in low doses binds to amyloid-beta plaques, preventing them from aggregating on neurons, the University of South Florida filed a patent for that mechanism.
• Following intensive negotiations, India Globalization Capital, a diverse Maryland-headquartered company now focused on the development of cannabis-based therapies, bought the exclusive rights to that U.S. patent filing.

In the articles, Ram Mukunda, IGC CEO, states, “In Alzheimer’s Disease, beta-amyloid aggregates into a plaque-like substance that builds around the neurons and disrupts communication between them. So of course, if low-doses of THC can break up those plaques and prevent them from forming in the first place, it’s a huge breakthrough.”

He further explains that “What IGC is going to do with this patent is take it to clinical trials. We have productized it, and there is more than sufficient evidence. So, now we are now talking to several different places to see where we can begin clinical testing on the path to FDA approval.”

“[W]e are the only cannabis-based pharmaceutical company working on Alzheimer’s,” Mukunda concluded.

For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.IGCInc.us

• Origo to acquire High Times in transaction valued at $250 million
• High Times will be traded under Origo’s ticker symbol following close of acquisition
• Better access to capital and an elevated profile will enable High Times to expand its brand and fund new opportunities

Origo Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: OACQ) is acquiring the iconic marijuana media company High Times Holding Corp. in a move that allows High Times to become publicly traded, according to a MarketWatch article published July 31 (http://dtn.fm/Me6cL).

Origo will acquire all of High Times’ equity in a transaction valued at $250 million. Origo will give 23.5 million new shares to High Times and end up with 83% of the company. If the acquisition goes through, High Times will be traded under Origo’s ticker symbol, OACQ, on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

High Times Holding Corp. is the publisher of High Times Magazine, which began operations in 1974. High Times announced the move July 27 (http://dtn.fm/rKg5N), calling the acquisition a merger and saying the company has been positioning itself to better capitalize on future growth by broadening its focus on events, licensing and media, the company’s three primary segments.

Better access to capital and an elevated profile will enable High Times to expand its brand and fund new opportunities to leverage nationwide medical and recreational use initiatives, the announcement states. The public market is the best way to capture and fund opportunities and encourage innovations, High Times CEO Adam Levin said in the announcement.

Origo Acquisition Corp. was founded in December 2014 and is headquartered in New York. The company is publicly traded, although it has no existing line of business.

Origo is a special-purpose acquisition vehicle, also known as a shell company or a “blank-check company.” Decades ago, blank-check companies had a bad reputation; they were popular in the 1980s but ran into regulatory issues and became known as fraudulent.

In the 2000s, special purpose acquisition vehicle companies, or SPACs, regained popularity. This year alone, 17 SPACs have gone public, per MarketWatch statistics. The number is on-track to surpass 20 in 2017; in 2016, 13 SPACs went public.

Funds raised in an IPO by a SPAC are placed in a trust account, and the money can only be released in the event of a transaction or acquisition which a majority of the company’s public shareholders approve.

SPACs are required to acquire at least one company within two years of formation. If they don’t, investors get their money back. Because of this, SPACs are considered low-risk and are favored by hedge funds and other large investors.

For more information on High Times, visit the company’s website at www.HighTimes.com/about

• Technology that improves bioavailability of orally ingested cannabinoids
• Safer approach that mitigates risks from carcinogens
• Generates revenue by out-licensing its technology internationally

Announcement of a new government initiative to reduce the level of nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels is good news for Lexaria Bioscience (CSE: LXX) (OTCQB: LXRP). Less addictive cigarettes mean less dependence on smoking as a delivery system, not only for nicotine but other substances like cannabinoids, which is why the folks at Lexaria are cheering the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on. This innovative bioscience company has developed technology that offers a safer and more efficient delivery system for bioactive compounds, including cannabinoids.

The idea of reducing nicotine levels has been knocking around for a while. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1994, Dr. Neal Benowitz, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, proposed the idea, according to Scientific American (http://dtn.fm/StK3t). Lower levels of nicotine might make smoking less of a habit and so reduce the toll of the many carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) found in tobacco smoke. Less nicotine would also reduce the risks associated with nicotine itself. The substance is highly addictive, and heavy long-term use may damage arteries, increasing the risk of stroke. Nevertheless, the dangers posed by its use pale in comparison to those caused by the arsenic, benzene, lead and other carcinogens that permeate tobacco smoke.

In 1994, though, the FDA did not have the authority to set nicotine levels for cigarettes. That changed after the passage of the Tobacco Control Act in 2009, which gave the agency power to reduce, but not eliminate altogether, the amount of nicotine in cigarettes. Now, the FDA is exercising its mandate. Its new commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, believes that by making smoking less addictive, more Americans will buck the habit and avoid the peril of developing cancer. In addition, reduced nicotine levels in cigarettes may ultimately cause a divorce from smoking. After all, there are a variety of alternative ways to ingest nicotine, including vaping and chewing gum.

If the smokescreen is removed from cigarettes, they will be seen for what they are: simply, a hazardous delivery system for nicotine, albeit an effective one, no doubt. And for those who must have their nicotine, there are much safer ways to get it, an argument that applies equally well to cannabinoids. Lexaria has proprietary technology for improved delivery of bioactive compounds, which offers a no-smoking safer way to administer cannabinoids.

The company’s lipophilic enhancement technology has been shown to enhance the bioavailability of orally ingested cannabinoids, a decided advantage, since cannabinoids are not absorbed very well by the body’s gastrointestinal tract. The Lexaria process improves bio-absorption of cannabinoids to levels that equal smoking, and onset has been reported as occurring within 15-20 minutes, as opposed to 60-120 minutes for edibles. The company’s technology is patent-protected for cannabidiol (CBD) and all other non-psychoactive cannabinoids, and patent-pending for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), other psychoactive cannabinoids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and nicotine.

The Lexaria technology, which also improves taste, has the potential to improve the absorption and potency of a variety of medical products, including vitamins and analgesics. The company plans to generate revenue by out-licensing its technology internationally.

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• MKGI just announced $3 Million private placement
• Insiders took down over 20 percent of the offering
• Insider actions are a valuable barometer of future valuations
• MKGI changing trajectory of booming alternative lodging rentals (ALR) market

Tips for beating the market come and go, but one indicator has consistently held up. If insiders such as executives, directors or others with familiarity of a public company are buying or selling shares, investors should consider doing the same thing. Analytical research has repeatedly shown that insider trading activity is a valuable barometer of future stock valuation and market sentiment.

Monaker Group (OTCQB: MKGI), a technology-driven travel company, just announced its entry into definitive documentation relating to a private placement of equity financing totaling in excess of $3.0 million in gross proceeds (http://dtn.fm/B3j1d). The real eye opener in this announcement is that “Certain insiders and board members participated in the offering, representing $635,000 or approximately 21 percent of the transaction.” It’s not only a vote of confidence by the insiders but also time for astute investors to take notice when “certain insiders and board members” take down over 20 percent of a private placement financing.

A closer look at Monaker gives some indication of insider predilections. Monaker Group is a technology-driven travel company focused on delivering innovation to the alternative lodging rentals (ALR) market. The Monaker Booking Engine can instantly book any of more than 1.4 million vacation rental homes, villas, chalets, apartments, condos, resort residences and castles. The key to MKGI’s strategy is to move ALR into the mainstream travel industry, offering instant confirmation, something relatively new to ALR. Then, by combining instant-confirmation options with all other traditional travel options, MKGI will be able to offer a true all-in-one online booking site and alter the course of the booming alternative lodging rentals market.

As Bill Kerby, CEO of Monaker, stated in a recent press release, “Since the introduction of our proprietary booking engine last year, we’ve received growing interest by both product suppliers and potential distribution partners. This interest has been buoyed by strengthening consumer demand for instantly-bookable ALRs.”

With decades of travel industry experience and relationships, Monaker targets volume travel booking entities. The company expects large B2B white label use of the Monaker Booking Engine into mainstream travel channels such as airlines, travel agent platforms and cruise organizations. Monaker believes white label use (other companies branding and using the engine as their own) will ultimately generate over 90 percent of the company’s future growth.

The enticement for travel agencies and large travel bookers is that the Monaker Booking Engine provides a customizable instant booking platform for ALR. By developing instant booking confirmation and integrating everything necessary to offer traditional hotels, travel, cruises, car rental and entertainment then combining it all with ALR into one full-service site for consumers, Monaker intends to change the trajectory of the ALR travel industry.

Monaker is on a path that may well disrupt the status quo of the fastest growing segment of the nearly $700 billion travel market. Company insiders increased their own positions and purchased 20 percent of the private placement for a reason, astute investors should take notice.

For more information about the company, visit www.MonakerGroup.com

• eLearning programs to close the skills gap
• Shortage of electricians on the horizon
• Building an international training brand for technical vocations and trades

Although the details have not been published to date, Infrastructure Week, in early June, kept alive the hopes stemming from President Trump’s campaign promise to spend $1 trillion updating America’s aging infrastructure. If that grand initiative gets underway, thousands of skilled workers in a variety of fields will be required, but are they likely to be there when we need them? With the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reporting the national unemployment rate for June 2017 at 4.4 percent (http://dtn.fm/uIE09), employers are finding it increasingly difficult to find the right hires, and millions of jobs remain vacant. Yet many of the unemployed cannot fill those positions, since they lack the required skills. To close this skills gap and make American workers infrastructure-ready, ProBility Media Corp. (OTCQB: PBYA) is offering a comprehensive suite of eLearning and training programs. The Houston, Texas-based company is building the first full service eLearning training and career advancement brand for technical vocations and trades.

Those infrastructural projects rebuilding roads and bridges and dams are going to need thousands of well-trained HVAC (heating, ventilation & air-conditioning) technicians, plumbers, and electricians. Electricians, particularly, are forecast to be in high demand. The BLS estimates that about 86,000 additional electricians will be needed by 2024. This rise in quantity demanded over the next seven years will be driven by the wiring of new homes and businesses, as well as an overall growth of the construction industry.

Due to these developments, the electrician field is projected to see a much faster than average growth rate of 14 percent in the years ahead, resulting in 85,900 new jobs by 2024. In addition, the BLS notes that because many employers have reported “difficulty finding qualified applicants,” a shortage of electricians is looming (http://dtn.fm/Wd04j). This shouldn’t be. The median income for electricians is $51,880, higher than that for construction trades workers and higher than the median for all occupations. Electricians, it seems, make livable wages in a high-growth career.

With ProBility’s comprehensive suite of eLearning and training programs, budding electricians can build their resumes and their skills to take on those lucrative roles. But the company has positioned itself as a key industrial training resource not only for individuals, but for small- and medium-size businesses (SMEs) and enterprise customers. To individuals and institutions alike, ProBility’s objective is to offer consistent high-quality training services and materials for education, testing, and career advancement.

ProBility is endeavoring to become one of the largest certification providers in the country, with programs in 22 states and a goal of servicing all 50. It is pursuing a roll-up strategy in the disparate vocational training space, acquiring and amalgamating educational services for a variety of skilled trades under one roof, a strategy that is already showing signs of success. Revenues for the quarter ended April 30, 2017, were $1.8 million, up 153 percent over same period 2016, and revenues for the first six months of the 2017 financial year, at $2.9 million, were just below whole year 2016 revenues of $3.1 million. If sales continue at this level, ProBility is on track to see top line revenue exceed $7 million for 2017. The bottom line will be a better-trained workforce ready and able to take America’s infrastructure into the 21st century.

For more information about the company, visit www.ProBilityMedia.com

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• Good investment opportunities exist in the marijuana boom, but caution is urged
• Choosing companies with access to the legal medical marijuana space can help investors avoid the risk of changing regulations
• Algae Dynamics Corp. is focusing on cannabis oil extraction and medicine delivery systems to provide the medical benefits without having to smoke
• ADYNF is partnering with two major universities to research the use of cannabis oil extracts for cancers and novel mental health treatments

Everyone knows there is money to be made in marijuana these days. Americans already spend more on cannabis than ice cream each year, and Canadians are anticipating a combined market that may be larger than the entire domestic alcohol industry by 2020.

How and where to invest, however, is not that simple. An article titled “Investing in International Cannabis Markets” in CannaTech (http://dtn.fm/Fdos3) offers some advice to potential investors.

Savvy investors should keep several things in mind. Regulations are changing, and, while the general trend is toward legalization, it is best to look for companies operating in the legal medical marijuana market to avoid the risk of uncertain federal regulations. These types of investments are even better if the company is positioned to take advantage of recreational legalization, when and if it comes.

Algae Dynamics Corp. (OTCQB: ADYNF) is one such company focusing on the extraction of oils from hemp, cannabis and algae for use in unique health products and pharmaceuticals.

Algae Dynamics’ strategy initiative is to explore compounds extracted from cannabis and to focus on the development and formulation of products that combine the benefits of algae and cannabis oils. The company is targeting the human endocannabinoid system with algae and cannabis oil extracts. Endocannabinoids are found naturally in the human body.

The endocannabinoid system plays an essential mediating role in several physiologic systems, and receptors can be found throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems. Plant-based cannabinoids may offer a more natural way of treating various diseases including multiple sclerosis, arthritis, hypertension, memory loss, pediatric epilepsy and neuropathic pain (http://dtn.fm/6aBQK).

Algae Dynamics plans to leverage its expertise in algae oil extraction to produce cannabis oil extracts for use in non-smoke formulations that offer the health benefits of cannabis without the dangers of smoking. Once extracted, cannabis oil can be vaporized or made into tinctures.

Medically beneficial cannabis oil formulations are being researched by Algae Dynamics by way of partnerships with two major universities. The company has signed a research and product development agreement with the University of Waterloo (http://dtn.fm/tItD5) for a three-year, $600,000 program to investigate the use of cannabis oil in the treatment of colorectal, pancreas, breast and prostate cancers.

A four-year, C$1,000,000 agreement with the University of Western Ontario (http://dtn.fm/fpUx6) will fund research and product development on the use of cannabis derivatives as novel pharmacotherapies for mental health diseases such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and schizophrenia.

With its entry into the North American cannabinoid market, which is expected to top $2 billion in consumer sales by 2020, Algae Dynamics is an intriguing investment opportunity for those seeking opportunities in this booming market.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.AlgaeDynamics.com

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• Entering $30+ billion Chinese skin care market
• First and only CBD-based products to market
• Expects to capture huge share of new skin care products category

Any dispute over the efficacy of medical cannabis is settled science. Recent prestigious clinical studies have provided conclusive evidence that medical cannabinoids are effective medicine for a variety of diseases and ailments (http://dtn.fm/51coN). Cannabidiol (CBD) has been scientifically shown to be effective in the treatment of certain epilepsies, pain, inflammation and nausea, as well as providing relief from hangover, anxiety and stress.

It comes as little surprise then that cannabis may well possess skin healing properties. Cannabis is a known anti-inflammatory containing antioxidant and anti-aging elements. Hemp seed oil contains omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. These essential fatty acids can enhance complexion by improving the skin’s texture and softness. They keep skin cells moist by reducing the amount of water lost through the epidermis, and they also increase production of collagen, a protein that makes up connective tissue and is a structural building block of firm, healthy skin. The human endocannabinoid system utilizes multiple cannabinoid receptors, and a large number of these are actually found in the skin.

In spite of vast anecdotal evidence, hard science has not yet settled on the positive effects of CBD skin care. However, it took decades and overcoming wrong-headed preconceptions to scientifically prove the medical efficacy of CBD in multiple maladies. It should easily follow that there are underlying benefits of topical cannabis-based skin care products.

When looking for opportunity in this new arena, look to China, the second-largest consumer of skin care products in the world, generating nearly $30 billion in annual retail sales. The recent article “Investment Options in the Multi-Billion Dollar Medical Marijuana Industry” (http://dtn.fm/w4Mhs) highlighted ChineseInvestors.com (OTCQB: CIIX) entering the multi-billion Chinese skin care industry with the introduction of a new line of cannabidiol-based skin care products. The company has filed a record of its first line of hemp-infused skin care products with the China Food and Drug Administration (http://dtn.fm/eMv58) and expects to launch in the next couple months.

As the company stated in its press release, “Although ancient Chinese recognized the medicinal properties of the cannabis plant, CBD extract appears to be largely unrecognized in China today for its benefits, including but not limited to, its potential benefits to the largest visible human organ, the skin.”

When one considers how prevalent skin conditions are, it becomes clear that a safe, effective new treatment is likely to be embraced by a significant portion of the population. Understandably, the market potential is enormous. Not only is the market potential huge, the company anticipates capturing “100% of China’s market share in this novel skin care products category,” since, to its knowledge, no other manufacturers have entered the cannabis skin care product market in China.

Given the immense opportunity in CBD-based skin care and the multiple markets and products that ChineseInvestors.com is pursuing, it very well may be time to get some skin in the game.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ChineseInvestors.com

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• Has patents in the United States and Australia and patents pending in more than 40 countries for proprietary technology easing how edible cannabinoids enter body
• Revenue stream comes from own products and 5-10% margin of gross sales from licensing technology to third parties
• Signed C$250,000 joint venture agreement with National Research Council (NRC) in Canada to research and find best methods for processing active agents in foods

Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (CSE: LXX) (OTCQB: LXRP) already owns international patents for its proprietary intellectual property and has more global patents pending in the cannabis marketplace. It believes that the sub-sector of bioscience technology for edible CBDs will expand. It expects a new round of investors will be attracted to “plant-to-bloodstream” companies. Initially, it said, investors funded “seed-to-plant” companies.

The Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada-based food bioscience company is a technology disruptor for edible CBDs. It markets a high absorption hemp oil formula, protein energy bars, exotic teas and high absorption hemp oil capsules to help the human body absorb CBDs. In its June 2017 corporate presentation for investors (http://dtn.fm/3v1NR), Lexaria Bioscience noted that its focus is on researching and developing additional products for the edible cannabinoids market. It owns international patent rights and has pending patents for its technology changing the way cannabinoids enter the body.

This sub-sector is in its relative infancy as companies seeks to learn more about the medicinal potential for medical marijuana. Lexaria Bioscience is the only publicly traded company which has intellectual property in this sub-sector, covering non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), nicotine and vitamins, according to a July 2017 market research report titled, “Biotech Players Lead the Growth Charge in the Legal Cannabis Market” (http://dtn.fm/ojRn1). The company has received for its proprietary technology its first patents in the United States and Australia and has patents pending in more than 40 countries globally.

Lexaria’s technology aims to improve the human body’s absorption of CBDs in the gastrointestinal tract. The process is effective, not just for CBDs, but also for other non-psychoactive cannabinoids. Patents are pending, too, for NSAIDs, nicotine and other molecules, per the research report.

By masking the bitter taste, reducing ingestion time and improving bio-absorption of CBD products, Lexaria Bioscience enjoys revenue streams from its own product line brands, such as Turbo CBD™, ViPova™, and Lexaria Energy Foods, as well as from licensing to third party partners at a 5-10% margin of gross sales.

Lexaria Bioscience has also just signed a C$250,000 collaborative research agreement with the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada for an 18-month term to investigate opportunities to evaluate and determine the best methods for processing lipophilic active agents within foods. The research will also study cannabinoids such as THC, vitamins, nicotine and NSAIDs. The result could be isolating a chemical or physical “fingerprint” identification to study Lexaria’s technology in consumer products, the company’s investor presentation said.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LexariaEnergy.com

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