April 15, 2006

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Just Some Views... by Tatu

Disclaimer: This newsletter is just a collection of my ramblings. It is not intended to be authoritative in any way. Just reflections of my personal explorations. If anyone finds it interesting or helpful for me that is a plus. I don't know it all and stay far away from the elitists who think they do. I am no Master of anything, just a student on a journey who loves to explore life, art, relationships and hopefully will one day learn to at least be the Master my own soul and the loving leader of another self empowered one who wishes to walk along side me.

I have received a number of positive responses to my last essay "When Is A BDSM Environment Actually a Cult?" published on April 1, 2006. Included in these were submissive females who suddenly realized what had been going on in their relationships and wanted to take positive steps to get to a healthier place in their lives. I am grateful that some have found my offering important for their future. Thank you for reading.

I've been keeping track of the volume of readership for these newsletters. We have been getting close to 1000 unique hits a day for the first week or so that it is published. We are thankful for your interest. I will do my best to continue to bring material of interest to the rope and eastern school D/s scene at least once a month. Thank you again for your support.

I have had the honor of having some online discussions in the past with Master K about Japanese Rope Art. We have shared a number of emails back and forth over time. He and I share a lot of things in common. We love research and art. Especially in viewing Japanese Rope in terms of the beauty of it's art. I hope to cross paths with him in the immediate future personally.  

Master K is somewhat obscure to the public eye, so I recently put together a formal interview, so the community could get to know him a little better. Thank you again Sir for participating in the interview that follows. 

By Tatu
April 2006

Images in this article which were provided by Master K. are 2257 compliatnt and used by his permission.

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Tatu: Master K, first thank you for agreeing to do this interview for the D/s ARts Family. Let's start by finding out a little about you. Could you give us a summary of your background, education, special studies and specifically how you became interested in Japanese Rope?

Master K: Thank you, Jim. I'm very flattered to be asked.

I was born in Toronto, Canada.

Like most people who realize in youth that they have a predilection for SM I was confused as to how to express/deal with this interest. At 17 I wandered into an erotic book shop in San Francisco and came upon two books that showed me the way. These were a book of the artist John Willie's cartoons and a beautiful, small, Japanese volume of shibari photographs. After looking at these books I realized 3 important things:

a.) That my interest was shared by many people all over the world.

b.) That it need not be viewed as shameful or antisocial but could be part of loving relationships.

c.) That it could also be art.

I became especially fascinated by the Art and culture of Japan and China and devoted myself to this at University. I was fortunate to be part of a "Junior Year Abroad Program" in Tokyo and it was there that I had my first exposure to authentic kinbaku and the society where it is tolerated, even encouraged. A subsequent 2 month trip after graduation resulted in my being given several rudimentary "lessons" by a young kinbakushi, a friend of a friend, who made a small part of his living assisting a known sensei in his work. By coincidence I met this same individual a year later in NY when I returned to the US for my first job. Several more lessons followed and these provided me with the basis of my understanding of kinbaku (shibari), it's long and fascinating history and its Art. More importantly, it provided me with several key connections, connections I've added to over the years, which resulted in my ability to continue to learn more and to begin my collection of kinbaku literature, Art and audio visual materials.

Tatu: I saw your interview / article "Untying Shibari" in LA Alternative Weekly. In fact I featured a lead to that story in my last newsletter. There seems to be a growing awareness of shibari in the mainstream public. Do you feel this perception is correct? Where do you see all of this going?

Master K: I was very surprised and pleased by the comments this interview generated. The writer/editor did an excellent job.

I do think there is much more awareness, if not understanding, about shibari/kinbaku in various circles lately. This is especially true in the West. It's all very positive, in my opinion. Whenever an interesting Art form can begin to be fully explored and another people's culture and history better understood it's a plus for everyone.

Hopefully, they'll be even greater understanding of the positive aspects of kinbaku, its unique artistry and its techniques in the future.

Tatu: There was also a comment made about your article from someone who went by the name survivor, who seemed to have been a model in the commercial BDSM world and left it and had some harsh words for the article. She seemed to not own her own adult decisions and is stuck in her past. Could you reflect up that post?

Master K: I saw this comment and found it touching and very interesting. I also noted it seemed to have very little relationship to my interview and had several factual errors. It almost looked as if it were a pre-thought out diatribe against the commercial BDSM world and had little to do with the Art of shibari. I was glad it was the only negative response amongst all the others that were positive

Still, I have to say I have a lot of sympathy for the writer. She made some very good points. The commercial fetish world can be very exploitative.

Tatu: As we have previously communicated, in my own studies, I am somewhat frustrated with a lot of the Internet mythology that is floating around out there about the art of shibari. How would you advise the honest seeker to discern the myths from reality when it comes to the art of Japanese Rope?

Master K: I'm very sympathetic to your frustration. It's hard to cut through the misinformation to get to the facts about the history, Art and techniques of hojojutsu, kinbaku and the Japanese SM culture which is quite different from our own. It's especially difficult when one doesn't speak Japanese.

This is one of the reasons I'm doing the second book. As I said, I was amazed at the appetite for information that my first modest book and Midori's lovely volume on this subject uncovered.

However, the facts are out there and are pretty straightforward if you're willing to look for them and understand.

For instance, ...

Is there an Art of Japanese rope bondage that goes back centuries, has it's own unique techniques and history? Yes.

Is it different from Western rope bondage? Yes.

Tatu: Indeed I have beaten my head against the wall trying to discover relevant matters to learning the art. I know we have spoken at length about this in the past, but for the benefit of our readers, please share with us what you feel are teh key elements of what makes a particular bondage, Shibari or Kinbaku?

Master K: I sympathize. :)

Shibari/kinbaku is:

1. Based on the many unique tying/wrapping patterns devised over centuries in Japan. These patterns, while refined somewhat in the twentieth century for safety and increased erotic enjoyment, have remained relatively consistent in look and execution for as far back as 500 years. For instance, the Ebi shibari is hundreds of years old while the Ushirode Takate-kote, which was adapted from hojojutso techniques to avoid neck involvement, is somewhat more recent.

2. Tied with Asanawa (Japanese hemp rope) of 7 to 8 meters in length and 4 to 8 mm in width. This is important because the length and width is key to properly creating the patterns both technically and visually and the material is key because, unlike most other ropes, Asanawa does not stretch. Therefore, the feel is unique and the pattern holds firm which is a vital safety consideration.

3. Tied with the express purposes of creating beauty, inescapability and erotic enjoyment. Obviously this last is the most modern purpose since Japanese Rope Art has become so much a part of recent Japanese SM culture. However, the concept of kinbaku-bi (the beauty of shibari Art) has a very long history and tradition, dating back at least to the Edo period (1600 to 1868) in Japan.

Tatu: Having participated in martial arts I understand there are time honored traditions to learning these skills. In your studies can you share with us any similar traditions with Japanese Rope?

Master K: Certainly. There are classical traditions of Japanese style rope binding that extend far back into history.

The pictorial book, Tokugawa Bakufu Keiji Zufu Kan by Shinataro Fujita published in 1893 clearly shows how much of "modern" shibari is drawn from Japanese history. It also shows why the teaching of hojojutso and other Tokugawa restraining and torture techniques disappeared from the scene, for a time, during the Meiji restoration.

In Shinataro-san's brief English preface, despite his primitive grasp of our language, he makes it clear that the Meiji authorities were desperate to propel Japan into the modern world and deliberately cast off everything they could from their Tokugawa past. This included the shogun, the 250 year old system of law enforcement and punishments, including rope binding/torture, the entire samurai class AND all their training and techniques. Since it was usually lower class samurai who did the hojojutso tying for Edo era law enforcement, it's not surprising that the names of most of these people have disappeared. And when you consider how much destruction Japan endured during World War II, it's even easier to understand why original paper records are few.

Still, Fujita Seiko's (no relation to Shinataro Fujita) wonderful book on Hojojutso from the early 1900's (recently republished) shows how many of these techniques and patterns were preserved into the twentieth century. His is a very long book just of illustrations. Some of these techniques are even still used by the Tokyo police today.

Certainly Shinataro-sans beautiful, pictorial, book from 1893 is a rare one but it was republished in 1972 as Tokugawa bakufu keiji zufu honpen and copies are readily available in libraries. My archive even owns a copy. It's from this source and others that writers as disparate as Masami Akita, Don Cunningham and the great martial arts historian, Nawa Yumio, have drawn their crystal clear conclusions.

Tatu: But what about the traditions of erotic shibari/hojojutso? Were there early teachers and traditions for this , as well?

Master K: Yes. The erotic in Japanese style binding began to become more prominent at the end of the Edo period. We can clearly see this in the Art of Yoshitoshi and other Ukiyo-e artists as well as through the themes depicted in the Kabuki dramas of that era.

However, it's important to remember that the open expression of eroticism as far as SM activities in Japan is concerned was a gradual thing. Overt erotic SM took longer to surface there just as it did in the West. It simply wasn't as socially acceptable an activity as, say, learning the complexities of the tea ceremony or Akido. Remember, even Akido was frowned upon as being "too traditionally Japanese" after World War II. Still, as Masami Akita says, the "foundation" of modern SM, as far as rope binding is concerned, is definitely to be found in the Tokugawa punishments edits of 1742 and the techniques of hojojutso.

It was also from these histories that Ito Seiu drew his inspiration at the beginning of the twentieth century (the 5 extant biographical books on Ito all make this abundantly clear) and he, in turn, inspired and taught even more modern figures like Minomura Kou, Chimuo Nureki and Akechi Denki. There is a direct line from Edo to Ito to these modern nawashi. And all of these people have advanced the Art of erotic kinbaku and produced articles, how-to books, videos, recorded performances, etc., etc., that clearly show shibari techniques drawn and adapted from history. They are the teachers and they each have presented specific techniques for specific reasons, some erotic and some very old.

As to where to find information and teachers here in the West, my good and talented friend, Osada Steve insists that the only way to truly learn kinbaku is to take lessons in Japan. He may be right about this but it's still possible for the dedicated Westerner to learn a great deal about this Art if the right teachers, books, videos and histories, such as those I've just listed, are consulted.

I was asked recently if I agreed that, since "shibari" simply means "bondage" in Japanese, couldn't anything be called "shibari" if it looked "Japanese enough?" It sounds a silly question but it deserves a straight answer. No, it can't. There are serious safety, style and technical reasons why classical shibari ties are done in certain ways and with specific materials. It's only when these are done properly that the tie should be called shibari/kinbaku. And these techniques should be learned before one gives way to flights of individual creative expression. For safety and Art's sake, one needs to study what has worked in the past and why. After all, even Picasso, that greatest of twentieth century abstract artists, was a fine representational artist first.

You just made a great point with one of your questions that's worth remembering. Kinbaku is based, in many ways, on martial arts techniques and, as in all Japanese martial arts, learning the Art means understanding both the omote waza (or surface techniques) and the ura waza (hidden techniques) that go into creating these ties. The hidden constructions, especially as they relate to safety issues, are why it's not a great idea to try to "reverse engineer" shibari from photos. It takes training.

As I say, the information is out there. One just has to persevere. A month ago you and I had a lovely exchange of mail concerning a beautiful Ukiyo-e print you own. When we first started the discussion you knew almost nothing about it, right? However, with serious effort, by the time we were done you knew the artist, the date of the picture, the subject and genre of the picture, how it was created and even something about its history. The same will be true of kinbaku.

Tatu:  Thank you so much, Sir for taking your time to share with us something of who you are and about your journey and understanding of the art of Japanese Rope.

Note :Master K's 1st Book is out of print,
but there are a few still floating around in
bookstores. In fact I just saw one locally at
our local AVW.

We anxiously awaite his future offerings.

Images in this interview are 2257 Compliant and were provided courtesy of Master K. They are from his book  "Shibari". Information about his book and related 2257 information can be requested by contacting Master K directly or his publisher at:
https://ssl.nshosts.com/secretmagcom/SecretOrder.asp

Bondage Master Arisue... not yet at the end of his rope

Jitsuwa Knuckles (May)

"What, wonders Jitsuwa Knuckles' (May) reporter Hiroki Ishihara, are the "true aesthetics" of 'kinbaku' (rope bondage)?

"Stated simply, to get the job done effectively, and beautifully, with a small amount of rope," he muses. "This is the ideal. Even if you want to repeat the same technique, the better you get at it, the less rope you need.

"When everything's going right, the feeling is so good, you get the sensation like God has descended from heaven -- it's like the rope is running on legs of its own. You feel like you've become one with your surroundings."

So says Go Arisue, at age 51 one of Japan's top "nawa-shi" (bondage artists), who claims to have tied up at least 3,500 women during his 30-year career. Arisue, who orders ropes in quantities of from 700 to 2,800 meters at a time, was brought in to do the rope work during the shooting of SM guru Oniroku Dan's controversial SM blockbuster film "Hana to Hebi" (Flowers and Snakes), starring bombshell actress Aya Sugimoto.

One of between only 20 to 30 individuals in Japan who qualify for the title of "nawa-shi," Go Arisue made his debut as a rope bondage master at age 20...."

Go HERE to read the rest of this article.
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/archive/news/2006/04/20060406p2g00m0dm013000c.html

See Go Arisue's Homepage (Japanese):
http://uzukino.at.infoseek.co.jp/index-11.html

See a Video of Go Arisue Performing
http://www.esinem.com/Video/GoKinbaku.mov

Adult Rope ARt or ARA for short was founded in 2001 as a way for rope enthusiasts around the world to come together to share and learn from each other. It has grown to over 9000 participants from all over the world and is the most active rope list on the internet. Members share their ideas, techniques, resources for a safer and pleasurable rope experience.

The list owner is Tatu, and is co-moderated by Locahi and subshevah. The list is moderated. New members stay on moderation until the moderators are confident the person is not a spammer.  It takes alot of work, but it has kept this list from becoming overrun by spammers with porn ads.

If you would like to be a part of this group, send and email to:

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After that we started a 2nd group just for Rope Bottoms. It is called:

Japanese Rope Art

To join send an email to:

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Continued Studies… by Tatu      .....Coming Soon

"A Comprehensive and Comparative Study of Eastern and Western Rope Art Styles"

"Study on the Origins of Japanese Rope Bondage Terminology"

Shibaricon is coming May 26 - 29 (Chicago)

If there is one thing I could say to anyone interested in rope. Don't miss this event. This is our rope homecoming each year. I was honored to be the keynote speaker in 2005 to about 400 registered participants. 2006 promises to be ever bigger and greater. For more details see the Shibaricon website at:  http:/www.shibaricon.com

Subshevah wrote a couple of retrospectives for Shibaricon 2005 and 2004, which was published at Doms view: See: http://www.thedomsview.com/Vol6/I4/review4.htm or

at the and at the D/s ARts site as well: http://ds-arts.com/shevah/ShibariCon2_shevah.html 

Here is the review she wrote for Shibaricon 2004:
http://ds-arts.com/shevah/ShibariCon1_shevah.html

"The Notorious Bettie Page"...

The long awaited release of the new movie about Bettie Page is scheduled for this spring. It opened yesterday, April 14, 2006 in New York, LA and San Francisco and will be in nationwide release over the coming weeks and months.

Note: As of this date we have not been able to find any dates for cities in Florida.... sigh. If anyone comes up with a date and place in south Florida let us know as soon as you do.

Plot Summary: Page was the ultimate girl-next door, and one of the most popular Playboy centerfolds. Page challenged the conservative 1950s, posing as a fierce dominatrix and earning both a cult underground following .and Senate Committee investigation on juvenile delinquency, essentially a witch-hunt orchestrated by a senator from her home state of Tennessee bent on exploiting her as a stepping stone to the White House. At the height of her popularity, Bettie disappeared. But in 1979 and 1982, Page (a diagnosed schizophrenic) tried to stab several people to death and was institutionalized.

View Trailer Here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/picturehouse/thenotoriousbettiepage/trailer/

Movie Night anyone????  We did this for the opening of Memoirs of a Geisha in December, so if you live in south Florida and would like to join us for a special nite out email me and I'll let you know when we have specifics

In celebration of this movie debut in April, I am hosting with my Shibari South Florida Group a "Bettie Page, Damsel in Distress" party on Saturday April 15, 2006. This is going to be a very special night, filled with surprises.

Publicity stills from the movie:

Announced Openings

Calling all Florida Rope Enthusiasts... for a special Gathering - April 15th

April 15, 2006  (Ft Lauderdale, FL) - This will be Bettie Page ,Damsel in Distress theme night for south Florida rope enthusiasts. Our special guest will by Don aka Quietmaster (pictured left in a NYC cab with Bettie in the early 1950's.  Don was one of Bettie Pages photographers.

You have to admit, that is one cool cat next to Bettie.

Master Tatu will be doing a workshop on western styled struggle bondage. Here is a vintage photo of Tatu at Living in Leather 1999 giving a class on western style bondage. His hog tied damsel in distress is an international Eileen Ford model, who was known in the fetish world as "takara". She is now retired from modeling.

So bring your twisted white nylon rope for this exciting night of fun.

A recent magazine cover featuring
one of Don's images on the cover.

For more information about Shibari South Florida see:

http://www.ds-arts.com/SSF

Self Bondage Rope Workshop - Saturday, May 20th

Hosted by: Shibari South Florida

Location: Ft Lauderdale, Florida (specific address and directions available only to attendees).

NOTE:  Due to the special nature of this presentation and our featured guest, we are limiting registration to 50.   If you are not a member of Shibari South Florida, for more information, you can email:

Guest Presenter:  "Mademoiselle B" from Chicago

Mademoiselle B was entangled in her umbilical cord in the womb, and thus began her love of bondage. Unfortunately, she forgot all about it at birth, and didn’t really remember until a few years ago – but she’s made up for lost time.

She started out as a bondage bottom in a long-distance relationship, and since he wasn’t around, her boyfriend started tying her up vicariously – with him instructing and her tying and locking herself up. Pretty soon she developed a taste for it, and started doing it on her own time; binding and even suspending herself.

Mlle B considers herself a true switch – she is now an experienced rope top as well as a bottom – and her self bondage is a way for her to be both top and bottom simultaneously. She recommends self bondage for both tops and bottoms; for practice, self-teaching, relaxation, physical challenge, flexibility training, amusing your partner, and lots more

Here's where Bondage Master Tatu will be teaching Rope in the upcoming months:

2006 Workshops - So Far...

Shibari South Florida  (Ft Lauderdale, FL)
Saturday, April 15, 2006 - Tatu will be doing a workshop on western styled struggle bondage.
This will be Bettie Page Damsel in Distress theme night. Our special guest will by Don aka Quietmaster who was one of Bettie Pages photographers.
http://www.ds-arts.com/SSF

Beat Me In St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)
April 21-23, 2006
http://www.stl3.com/events/bmsl/home
* Courses TBA

Shibari South Florida  (Ft Lauderdale, FL)
Saturday, May 20, 2006
"Self Bondage" night
http://www.ds-arts.com/SSF

ShibariCon (Chicago, IL)
May 26-29, 2006
http://www.shibaricon.com
* Courses TBA

Orlando Bash  (Orlando, FL)
June 1-4, 2006
http://www.orlandobash.com
* Courses TBA

(Image by Tatu)

Shibari South Florida / SILK

http://www.ds-arts/SSF

In 2000, I started something I called "Shibari South Florida".  We met in my home for a while and have met periodically since. Our numbers grew too large for my residence and so we have now ventured out into renting space for our workshop and social gatherings. Our next workshop will be Saturday, February 18, 2006 in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, followed by a social time we have named "S. I. L. K." which stands for:

"Sensuous Intimate Loving Kinbaku"

Or,  Sadistic Intimate Lascivious Kink, depends on our mood that night...

And sometimes we even have:  

Sensuous Unihibited Sexy Hot Intimacy

If you live in South Florida, and are interested in rope, please contact us about future gatherings.

April 15th - Topic "Bettie Page Damsel in Distress" led by Tatu.  In celebration of the new movie "The Notorious Bettie Page" due to be released in late April or early May, our group's theme will be on western-styled struggle bondage. We will have one of Bettie Pages' photographers with us that night.

May 20 - Topic "Self Bondage" with "Madamoiselle B" from Chicago. I met this lady at a conference a few months back.  I attended her class. I watched her do her self bondage in the play space from a hongtie, to a full suspension. She is amazing. She is bright and articulate with a focus on safety for this art.  We are looking forward to her being with us.

This is going to be a very large attended event. We are going to have a number of people with us from another support group. We are going to max out our space at 75.  So make your plans to attend now!!!

D/s ARts & Shibari South Florida has teamed up with Sir Michael of Erotic Ropes in Chicago to provide a quality hemp rope product to the Florida Community. Tatu will have 30' & 15' lengths of 6mm finished hemp rope available at SSF and other South Florida events.

Hemp rope is the traditional material used in shibari; a Japanese form of rope bondage. It is becoming more and more popular among bondage enthusiasts. Hemp rope is strict yet soft, it holds knots tighter with less slippage and it doesn't stretch. Erotic ropes are created from grade Romanian twisted hemp. Twelve hours of work go into each piece of erotic rope. Each length of rope is washed and then dried. The rope is then oiled, boiled, dried and singed to remove stray fibers. This process is repeated three times by a most loving rope slut so we can offer you the finest quality twisted hemp for all your bondage perversions.

(Image by Tatu)

C.A.R.E.   D/s ARts is also hosting a page for the Cincinnati Area Rope Enthusiasts, which meets once a month for what they "Rope Rendezvous". They have been having their maximum for the space which is 25 and have had had to turn people away virtually every month. This event is led by Master David of Kentucky and subshevah.

See: http://www.ds-arts.com/shevah/CARE.html

subshevah... We are also hosting a page for lifestylist and educator, subshevah. See her essays and teaching schedule at:

http://www.ds-arts.com/shevah

Interesting News:

From Free Speech Express

APPEALS COURT STRIKES DOWN PANDERING LAW

ATLANTA, GA -- In a 11,000 word opinion written by 5th Circuit Court Judge Thomas M. Reavley (sitting by designation) a three judge panel of the 11th Circuit has ruled unanimously in U.S. v. Michael Williams to overturn a section of the 2003 federal PROTECT Act (18 U.S.C. §2252A(a)(3)(B)) which outlawed promoting, or “pandering,” material “in a manner that reflects the belief, or that is intended to cause another to believe,” that the material contains illegal child pornography. Under the law, someone like Williams could receive a sixty-month, mandatory, minimum sentence if convicted of offering child porn on the Internet, even if he in fact was not in possession of any actual child porn...

...Fairness under the law benefited, however, at least in the 11th Circuit, which includes Florida, Georgia and Alabama. “Suppose for example,” wrote Reavley for the panel, “the government intercepts an email claiming that attached photographs depict 'little Janie in the bath ­ hubba, hubba!' Does this 'reflect a belief' on the sender’s part that the photos are lascivious?.... Regardless of what is actually depicted in the photos, whether they are innocent baby-in-the-bubbles snapshots or candid stills of the family Rottweiler in a No. 10 washtub -- regardless, in fact, of whether any photos are attached -- this communication could be interpreted as criminal behavior."

The logic of U.S. v. Michael Williams turned on the Supreme Court’s decision in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (2002), which is referenced on almost every key point. The constitutionally dubious pandering section in the PROTECT Act was transparently an effort by lawmakers to tweak the language in order to try again in their efforts to dramatically expand the reach of child porn laws, after an earlier, similar effort was struck down (6-3) in Ashcroft v. FSC. But they didn’t tweak enough. The Supreme Court made it clear in Ashcroft v. FSC that child pornography laws must involve the sexual abuse of actual children. What is it about actual and child that the U.S. Congress does not understand?

Said the 11th Circuit in unambiguous language which hopefully lawmakers will hear this time:

“In the wake of Free Speech Coalition, sexually explicit speech regarding children that is neither obscene nor the product of sexual abuse of a real minor retains protection of the First Amendment. We believe the Court’s decision in Free Speech Coalition leaves Congress ample authority to enact legislation that allows the Government to accomplish its legitimate goal of curbing child abuse without placing an unacceptably heavy burden on protected speech.” From U.S. v. Michael Williams, 04-15128, 11th CircuitAnd from Mark Kernes, AVN.com, 4/10/06

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"Sensuous Intimate Loving Kinbaku", or
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