Welcome to the happy place of Mikael Colville-Andersen - urbanist, author and host of the TV series The Life-Sized City. With this podcast, he self-medicates himself against his lifelong anxiety about the numbing certainty of mortality by taking tiny, tasty pills of positivity. He presents the 100 things he'll miss when he's dead.
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A podcast about the magic of people, cities and bikes. Most of us are urban citizens and, over time, we’ll probably call a few cities home. Cities are the place where we choose to live in and are shaped by the people who live in them. With increasing population numbers, urban planning that considers cycling will make life in these places more progressive, inclusive and humanistic. Movement is a new podcast where we talk about life and cycling in cities with the people who live and cycle in t ...
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In Episode 26 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #83 on his list. In praise of: Apartments. Please support the work of me and my NGO in Ukraine: Bikes4Ukraine.org Please donate $€ today!: Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukraineBy Mikael Colville-Andersen
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In Episode 25 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #82 on his list. In praise of: Books. Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Please donate $€ today!: Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukraineBy Mikael Colville-Andersen
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79-81 Things - In Praise of Spices, Triple Aquarius and Walking - Ep 24
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In Episode 24 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #79-81 on his list. In praise of: Spices, Triple Aquarius and Walking. Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Please donate $€ today!: Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukraineBy Mikael Colville-Andersen
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77-78 - In Praise of Boredom and Displacement Activities - Ep 23
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In Episode 23 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #77 and #78 on his list. In praise of: Boredom and Displacement Activities. Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Please donate $€ today!: Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukraineBy Mikael Colville-Andersen
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In Episode 22 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #76 on his list. In praise of: Bikes. The book: Copenhagenize - the definitive guide to global bicycle urbanism https://islandpress.org/books/copenhagenize Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Please donate $€ today!: Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukrai…
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75 - In Praise of Søren Kierkegaard - Ep 21
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In Episode 21 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #75 on his list. In praise of: Søren Kierkegaard The synopsis of the film Mikael wrote - and mentions in the podcast: https://medium.com/@colvilleandersen/either-or-s%C3%B8ren-kierkegaard-regine-olsen-the-greatest-love-story-never-told-7972ee6409b7 Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: http…
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72-74 - In praise of Kissing, Orgasms and Swearing - Ep 20
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In Episode 20 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #72-74 on his list. In praise of: Kissing, Orgasms and Swearing. Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Please donate $€ today!: Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukraineBy Mikael Colville-Andersen
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70-71 - In praise of Eavesdropping and People Watching - Ep 19
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In Episode 19 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #70-71 on his list. In praise of: Eavesdropping and People Watching Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Please donate $€ today!: Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukraineBy Mikael Colville-Andersen
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In Episode 18 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #69 on his list. In praise of: Memories. Spotify Playlist: That Window of Time When I Was Young - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5IbhnDNKDteJcPhQYFSlq7?si=422baa55c1314658 Bikes4Ukraine.org! Donate Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukra…
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67-68 Things: In praise of Humour and Conversation - Ep17
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In Episode 17 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #67-68 on his list. In praise of: Humour and Conversation Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukraineBy Mikael Colville-Andersen
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64-66 Things: In praise of Ukraine, Trying New Things and That First Glass of Wine at Five O’Clock - Ep16
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And.... we're back. It's been awhile but let's get back into this! In Episode 16 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #64-66 on his list. In praise of: Ukraine, Trying New Things and That First Glass of Wine at Five o’clock. Bikes4Ukraine.org! Website: https://bikes4ukraine.org Crowdfunding: https://fundrazr.com/bikes4ukraine Inst…
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60-63 Things: In praise of Archaeology, That Place Where the River Bends, Cold and Sunny Winter Days and Sailing - Ep15
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In episode 15 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael explores #60-63 on his list. In praise of Archaeology, That Place Where the River Bends, Cold and Sunny Winter Days and Sailing. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still very much alive while wr…
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The Erotic City - a conversation with Bianca Hermansen exploring sensuality in urbanism - Ep 21
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In Episode 21 of the Life-Sized City podcast, Mikael Colville-Andersen engages his friend Bianca Hermansen - Danish architect, urbanist and thinker - in the idea of The Erotic City from an urbanist perspective. Eroticism, sensuality and intimacy are incredibly human needs but how does urban design allow them to thrive and flourish? To what extent d…
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56-59 Things: In Praise of Being on Time, Giving up Control, Wine & Making Food - EP14
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In Episode 14, Mikael explores how he'll miss Being on Time, Giving up Control (welcome to the no control segment of this episode...), Wine and Making Food. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still very much alive while writing this. Which is a good thin…
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Empowering Women to Cycle - A conversation with Pinar Pinzuti Ep 20
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Pinar Pinzuti is a cycling advocate based in Milan. A veritable powerhouse of spreading the word about the importance of reestablishing the bicycle as transport in our cities. Pinar started the Fancy Women Bike Ride in Izmir, Turkey in 2013 and, in 2021, there were 150 rides in thirty countries. In this conversation with Mikael, Pinar discusses the…
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Slow, Life-sized Travel - a conversation with Carl Honoré Ep 19
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Episode 19: What is slow, life-sized travel? On a visit to an off-the-grid tiny house in the Helsinki archipelago, Mikael discusses the idea with his friend, Carl Honoré. Carl is an author, broadcaster and the man who started the global Slow Movement. While Mikael has been thinking about Life-sized Travel for years, Carl has also been playing aroun…
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55 Things - In Praise of Departing, Arriving and All the Movement in Between
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In episode 13 of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, Mikael sings the praise of departing, arriving - and all the movement in between. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still very much alive while writing this. Which is a good thing. http://colville-and…
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53-54 Things - In Praise of Words and Storytelling
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Episode 12 is in praise of Words and Storytelling. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still very much alive while writing this. Which is a good thing. http://colville-andersen.comBy Mikael Colville-Andersen
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Hanna Harris - Chief Design Officer for Helsinki - Ep 18
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Mikael interviews the Chief Design Officer for Helsinki, Hanna Harris. Not many cities have a Chief Design Officer. Helsinki was the first city in the world to create the position back in 2016. The question shouldn’t be “should we get a CDO in our city” but rather “why don’t we have one already?!”In Ep 15, Mikael interviews Deputy Mayor of Helsinki…
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51-52 Things - In Praise of Sweat and Maps
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Good to be back. Episode 11 is in praise of Sweat and Maps. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still very much alive while writing this. Which is a good thing. http://buymeacoffee.com/MIKAEL http://colville-andersen.com…
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Urban Greenery NOW!! A conversation with Bianca Hermansen Ep17
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Mikael meets up with his friend, Danish architect, urbanist and thinker, Bianca Hermansen again. This time to talk long and hard about the importance of urban greenery.They cover... brace yourself… - How urban greenery is patriarchal - and based on outdated policies dictated by men so walking around a city with pollen allergies is basically having …
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A conversation with Bianca Hermansen about Democratic Design in Cities - Ep 16
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Mikael has a conversation with his friend and colleague Bianca Hermansen - Danish architect and urban planner - about the oft used phrase “Democratic Design”. What it is supposed to mean and whether or not we’re anywhere close to actually doing it properly. They’re not optimistic. Urban design and planning are falling even farther behind despite th…
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A Conversation with Anni Sinnemäki - Deputy Mayor of Helsinki - Ep15
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Mikael interviews Deputy Mayor of Helsinki, Anni Sinnemäki. She is basically the politician you wish you could vote for in your city. They had an all-round conversation about her visions for where Helsinki is headed. Carbon neutrality, a zero carbon future, energy transition, the folly of biomass, the ridiculousness of e-scooters, cycling design, m…
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The State of the Urban Cycling Nation in Paris - Ep 14
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Mikael discusses the state of the urban cycling nation in Paris with urban designer and mobility consultant Romain Loubiére while sitting on the canal in the spring sunshine on Canal Saint-Martin. They talk about how to tackle the all-dominant traffic engineering culture, the necessity of human observation in traffic planning, Paris’ investment in …
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47-50 Things: In praise of Donkey Kong, The Prairies, Tattoos and Hitchhiking
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Episode 10 is in praise of Donkey Kong - and the arcade game era, The Prairies and other Flat Expanses, Tattoos and Hitchhiking. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still very much alive while writing this. Which is a good thing. http://colville-andersen.…
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Climaphobia - The B-Movie We're Forced to Watch Ep13
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We've spent outrageous amounts of time and money trying to engineer the weather out of our lives. We suffer from Climaphobia - not a phobia of extreme weather - just the regular stuff that happens outside your home wherever you may live. Changing peoples' perception is the greatest challenge facing our work to modernise our cities. Understanding wh…
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44-46 Things: In praise of Bridges, Crying and Cinema
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In Episode 9 of The 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, I will explore Bridges, Crying and Cinema. There is so much naturally-occurring poetry and beauty in the very idea of bridges. Crying? It's really just a sad orgasm, if you think about it. And sitting in a cinema will always feel like I’m a secret and privileged spectator to other peoples’ dre…
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42-43 Things: In praise of Trains and Hotel Rooms
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Episode 8 is all about trains and hotel rooms. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still very much alive while writing this. Which is a good thing. http://colville-andersen.com Music by Phil Creamer and Mikael Gjøl…
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36-41 Things: In praise of Hangovers, Living Life Like a French Film, Red Lipstick, Burnt Orange Peels, Photography
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In Episode 7, Mikael explores Hangovers, Living Life Like a French Film, Red Lipstick & Nailpolish, The Scent of Burnt Orange Peels, Photography and Street Photography. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design, author and host of the TV series The Life-Sized City. He's not at all happy about the inevitability of mortality and is trying to deal w…
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31-35 Things: In praise of: Rabbit Holes, Being Naked, Bacon, Stairs and Watching My Children Grow
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In Episode 6 of The 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead, I'll wrap my brain around Rabbit Holes, Being Naked, Bacon, Stairs and Watching My Children Grow. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still very much alive while writing this. Which is a good thing. …
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26-30 Things: In praise of: Not Owning Stuff, Missing My Mother, Spreadsheets, My Supernose and Lighting a Cigarette
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In Episode 5 of the 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead I'll be covering Not Owning Stuff, Missing My Mother, Spreadsheets, My Supernose and Lighting a Cigarette. Buy me a coffee at http://buymeacoffee.com/MIKAEL Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Sized City. He was still v…
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Mikael talks about Number 25 on the list of 100 Things he'll miss when he's dead: Crossing Borders. Even though borders are a new thing in the history of homo sapiens, they possess an inherent charm and... stress. Mikael tells about his first international border crossing, his longest and then gets carried away with his coolest experiences. Mikael …
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The Social Ideology of the Motorcar - Mikael reads the essay by André Gorz Ep12
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Mikael reads aloud from the 1973 essay, The Social Ideology of the Motorcar, by French-Austrian philosopher André Gorz. It is a seminal work that is just as relevant today as it was back then and it has been a big influence on Mikael's work in urbanism.By Mikael Colville-Andersen
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16-24 Things: Including Sillage, Keys, Making Plans, Constructing a Fine Sentence, Losing and Twentysomethings
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In Episode 3, Mikael explores Sillage, Keys, Making Plans (That Might Never Happen), Constructing a Fine Sentence, Knowing When a Painting is Done, Catching Something Falling, Losing, Satisfying Bodily Functions and Twentysomethings. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary series The Life-Size…
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8-15 Things: Including Coffee, Winter Bathing, Languages, Two Hamburgers & Small Fries, My Toolbox, Biting Nails and Waving
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Mikael Colville-Andersen continues his list of "100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead" in episode two. He introduces Coffee, Winter Bathing, Languages, Two Hamburgers and a Small Fries, My Toolbox, Biting My Nails, That Wind Before the Rain and Waving. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary seri…
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1-7 Things: Including Waking Up, The Gradual Advance of the Light, Cleaning, Voting, Throwing Things and Handwriting
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Mikael introduces the podcast and then casts himself headlong into the list of 100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead: Waking Up, The Gradual Advance of the Light, Cleaning, Voting, Throwing Things, The Varying Salinity of Oceans & Seas and Handwriting. Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban design expert, author and host of the urbanism documentary seri…
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The Slow Movement, Aging and COVID19 - How it All Relates to Urbanism Ep11
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Mikael has a conversation with Canadian writer and thinker, Carl Honoré, about the Slow Movement, ageing, the COVID19 pandemic and how it all relates to urbanism. You can watch the video of this conversation on the Life-Sized City youtube channel at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUPJzUyEFmo&ab_channel=TheLife-SizedCity…
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Bicycle Urbanism by Design - excerpt from the book Copenhagenize Ep10
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Mikael reads aloud from the Bicycle Urbanism by Design chapter in his book “Copenhagenize - the definitive guide to global bicycle urbanism” - available wherever you buy your books. Using Design Thinking and basic design principles to improve our streets and our cities is paramount - and far more effective than the tired, old-fashioned profession o…
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Vancouver, Tall Buildings and Brent Toderian Ep09
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Beirut Inc. - Designing a Non-Place Through Rampant Privatization Ep07
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Fighting Climate Change with Cities - and Positivity EP04
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Originally named Mini-Hollands, Liveable Neighbourhoods was an ambitious project created under Boris Johnson's tenure to encourage active mobility in outer London. Mini-Hollands launched in 2012 as competition for outer London boroughs to win a grant in order to boost cycling and walking in their towns with ideas taken from the Dutch approach to ur…
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Bikes Up Knives Down is the hashtag of a grassroots movement taking over London on two wheels. Its aim: to fight crime through bike riding. In the last four years, a group of kids from all backgrounds and neighbourhoods have been coming together creating a community where respect is gained by their skills on the bike and not their police record. Th…
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Bollards are seemingly humble and innocuous piece of urban infrastructure. However they have the potential to create serious shifts in the way people move around cities, offering one of the simplest and most effective cycling measures to shift motor traffic away from congested streets. We talk to LCC’s, Campaigns Coordinator Fran Graham about the p…
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Designing Skateboard-friendly Cities - EP02
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How can we design a skateboard-friendly city? Is there a template? What cities are ahead of the curve? What are the benefits? You don’t have to be a skateboarder to listen to this episode about Skateboard Urbanism. This is about skateboarding culture but it is also about design, public space, youth culture, citizen engagement, gender and the simple…
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