Lucas Werkmeister

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it's holiday time for me, and I'm going on a *big* bike tour! today: hoping to reach Wittenberg. let's go!

8/28/2020, 10:21:15 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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taking a break in Buchholz – 60 km down, 40 km to go

8/28/2020, 2:02:08 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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the annoying thing about wind energy is, when it's windy, I can't just be angry that I have to cycle against the wind, I also have to be happy that a lot of green energy is being produced, and that just blows

8/28/2020, 3:24:40 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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you may gather that I'm exhausted and my brain isn't exactly working at top capacity if it produced ^ that

8/28/2020, 3:24:41 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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need another break. Kropstädt – 85 km down, 15 km to go

8/28/2020, 3:52:11 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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Wittenberg! still a few km to go until the hostel but I'm close

8/28/2020, 4:48:44 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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made it!

8/28/2020, 5:21:01 PM

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very normal thing to write on a youth hostel

8/28/2020, 7:16:23 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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onwards! today, to Halle (Saale). sorry I couldn't muster a proper smile for the photo

8/29/2020, 8:58:23 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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crossing the Elbe

8/29/2020, 9:08:45 AM

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random lake (probably a former open pit)

8/29/2020, 9:50:52 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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welp. my watch was freaking out, so I tried pressing and holding all four buttons at once, and now all the display elements are on and it won't stop beeping

8/29/2020, 9:51:08 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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unscrewed the lid and then put it back on, that at least stopped the beeping (let's see if it's usable too or if it still resets every few minutes)

8/29/2020, 9:58:13 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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nope, still resets itself. dangit

8/29/2020, 10:28:09 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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quick break in Zschornewitz. today's trip is shorter and less hilly than yesterday's, and I started earlier, so I think taking some more breaks is a good idea (I can also feel yesterday's trip in my legs and butt, though it's not too bad)

8/29/2020, 11:06:22 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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break over let's go

8/29/2020, 11:13:22 AM

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probably another former open pit. there's signs of coal industry all over this region; this Zschornewitz apparently used to have the largest coal plant or something like that

8/29/2020, 11:49:12 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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time for a swim, then lunch!

8/29/2020, 12:06:48 PM

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fuck wasps

8/29/2020, 12:23:37 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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watch hasn't reset itself in a while (it thinks it's now 1:47), so I'll leave it alone until tonight and set it back to the real time if it still seems ok then

8/29/2020, 12:38:59 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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break over, let's hope I can get my towel and swimming trunks to dry without losing them

8/29/2020, 12:50:39 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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another good day for wind power btw (you can't see them turn on a still photo but just take my word for it)

8/29/2020, 1:37:25 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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another short break. 65 km down, 18 km to go

8/29/2020, 2:25:20 PM

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ok I'm not exactly impressed with the paths that Komoot chose for me today

8/29/2020, 3:18:14 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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Berliner Brücke (Halle) – haven't left the area of things named after Berlin yet ^^

8/29/2020, 4:02:33 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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made it!

8/29/2020, 4:31:11 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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a church (Marktkirche St. Marien) and it's socially distanced tower (Roter Turm) – home to Europe's largest chimes (76 bells), apparently

8/29/2020, 5:19:49 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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apparently the reason this church has a pair of towers at each end (plus the standalone one) ist that they built it between the towers of two earlier churches ^^

8/29/2020, 5:42:23 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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just look at this absolute unit of a tower

8/29/2020, 5:44:04 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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made some adjustments to tomorrow's route. original from Komoot was 98.3 km, 610/450 m up/down; now it's 108 km but only 500/350 m up/down. I think that's a good tradeoff

8/29/2020, 7:59:13 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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my watch hasn't reset itself in over 11 hours btw, so it seems to work again (there was some condensation on the inside of the glass earlier so I guess it got moist for some reason and dried again in the sun)

8/29/2020, 10:02:29 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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ok off to Weimar!

8/30/2020, 8:28:18 AM

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crossing the Saale River! I'll mostly be following it today, staying in its valley as much as possible (that was yesterday's adjustments – avoid going up and down to short-cut some of the bends)

8/30/2020, 9:08:03 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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Merseburg! got my hands dirty adjusting the bags on the bike, managed to more or less clean them here

8/30/2020, 9:37:44 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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wonder if this is the Burg?

8/30/2020, 9:41:10 AM

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to our left, the river Saale. to our right, SHEEPS

8/30/2020, 9:48:33 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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goats! smol goats!

8/30/2020, 10:28:24 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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and sheeps. gosh they're precious

8/30/2020, 10:30:49 AM

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time for a break – 56 km down, 52 km to go

8/30/2020, 12:09:37 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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ok, let's continue! (my watch is broken again btw)

8/30/2020, 12:40:55 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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not exactly the Hollywood sign is it

8/30/2020, 1:15:02 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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the Rudelsburg!

8/30/2020, 1:36:01 PM

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another photo, and also two more towers for some reason

8/30/2020, 1:42:13 PM

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some raindrops but it's not too bad so far

8/30/2020, 1:55:05 PM

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pspspsps

8/30/2020, 2:06:01 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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it's now properly raining, took brief refuge under some kind of roof but eventually I'll just keep going

8/30/2020, 3:46:38 PM

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only got 15% battery left let's goooo

8/30/2020, 4:03:18 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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made it! (no photo bc rain)

8/30/2020, 5:07:41 PM

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btw I couldn't take photos of all the animals I met but I also saw cows, chickens and geese (and maybe horses? plus more of the ones I did photograph. lotta animals here)

8/30/2020, 7:36:51 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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today I'm off to Ilmenau! have some horses

8/31/2020, 10:03:37 AM

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and cows!

8/31/2020, 10:15:04 AM

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long row of sunflowers, too, with signs presumably indicating who sponsored each segment

8/31/2020, 10:17:59 AM

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and sheep!

8/31/2020, 10:56:49 AM

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nice variety of paths today (could get annoying but so far it's not bad)

8/31/2020, 10:56:53 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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more forest

8/31/2020, 11:30:10 AM

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time for a break! 36 km down, 33 km to go

8/31/2020, 12:18:36 PM

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the lunch packet I got at the hostel has two slices of bread and a proportionally absurd amount of sausage and cheese, so, uh

8/31/2020, 12:24:48 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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no rain so far, though it's getting a bit cold now that I stopped moving

8/31/2020, 12:46:03 PM

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let's fix that problem by moving on! (and maybe have another break with more food later)

8/31/2020, 12:50:43 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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ostriches! (hope you can see them on the photo)

8/31/2020, 1:11:49 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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check out this infrastructure

8/31/2020, 1:35:19 PM

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not sure if these are sheep or goats tbh (they're definitely loud)

8/31/2020, 1:44:07 PM

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these cows were very interested in me. they weren't very interested in eating grass from my hand, but some of them were interested in *licking* my hand (surprisingly rough tongue; washed my hand afterwards)

8/31/2020, 2:09:30 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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a crane, I think?

8/31/2020, 3:00:22 PM

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more modern infrastructure

8/31/2020, 3:15:46 PM

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Ilmenau, not far from the destination now

8/31/2020, 3:41:00 PM

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made it! 69 km total. check out the key they gave me lol

8/31/2020, 4:03:39 PM

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höre Thüringer Radio und stelle belustigt fest dass der Slogan „der schnellste Verkehrsservice im Land“ offensichtlich in mehreren Ländern verwendet wird ^^

9/1/2020, 8:34:55 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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today I'm off to Eisfeld! the shortest part in km, but probably also the hilliest. let's see how it goes!

9/1/2020, 9:35:42 AM

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FUCK ME this is a tough climb. at least I can look forward to it being only on the beginning, the rest should go better

9/1/2020, 10:17:23 AM

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made it up. took a break and put on some more clothes because once I'm no longer struggling uphill it's pretty chilly

9/1/2020, 10:22:32 AM

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Herbst

9/1/2020, 10:49:31 AM

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I assume you're meant to have a great view from here, but, well

9/1/2020, 11:04:52 AM

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quick stop in Masserberg because I simply must have a break even though I couldn't find a great spot (see picture). but this is also already more than halfway done – 25 km down, 19 km to go

9/1/2020, 11:39:21 AM

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alright it's wheeeeee time

9/1/2020, 11:53:58 AM

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ok it wasn't the right ground for wheeeeee, more like a-a-a-a-

9/1/2020, 12:33:18 PM

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but I'm glad this was the way down, and the way up was asphalt road (and not quite such a long uninterrupted stretch), because the other way around would've been even more hellish

9/1/2020, 12:33:19 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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made it! I think. let's see if they manage to find my reservation lol

9/1/2020, 1:05:36 PM

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(they found it, I had a nice warm shower and eventually found the wifi password too. now time for lunch, since today's trip wasn't long enough for a lunch break ^^)

9/1/2020, 1:47:36 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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by the way, I'm glad I brought this multi-plug – used it every day so far. most of the rooms I stayed in did have at least two wall sockets but often inconveniently located

9/1/2020, 2:53:39 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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new day, new destination: Bamberg! further than the last two days but not as far as the first few and also mostly downhill :)

9/2/2020, 9:23:21 AM

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This line divided Germany and Europe until 10 November 1989, 4 AM.

9/2/2020, 9:34:33 AM

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Coburg and... Co-Burg? (let's see if I can get a better view of it later)

9/2/2020, 10:28:19 AM

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it's actually called the Veste Coburg, which is still a pretty funny name (didn't get closer than this though)

9/2/2020, 10:51:01 AM

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St. Augustin from below

9/2/2020, 10:51:15 AM

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Schloss Ehrenburg

9/2/2020, 10:55:11 AM

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it's rather nice here

9/2/2020, 11:52:44 AM

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waited for a while for a nice and sunny bench to come up but eventually decided to just have a lunch break without a bench ^^

9/2/2020, 12:21:02 PM

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this is what it looks like when you wear the same sandals all the time btw

9/2/2020, 12:54:52 PM

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look at these wooly cows

9/2/2020, 1:13:22 PM

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look what I found

9/2/2020, 2:01:22 PM

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just went in for a quick dip but I couldn't resist this (probably last) opportunity 😊

9/2/2020, 2:09:56 PM

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crossing the Main

9/2/2020, 2:23:26 PM

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Bamberg! (the hostel is a bit further south)

9/2/2020, 3:13:59 PM

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