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-	This is a list of people accompanied by '''verifiable source citations''' associating them with bipolar disorder. This list includes ''only:'' a) deceased persons; and b) living persons who have been frank about their condition. It does not include speculation about status of living people who have not publicly stated themselves to have bipolar disorder. In addition to the above criteria, please only list people here if they also meet the [[WP:BIO|Wikipedia notability criteria for biographical articles]].	+
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-	Many of the older cases are speculations, based on their biographies rather than an actual medical diagnosis, and in many cases are not widely accepted by historians, biographers, or physicians.	+
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-	Many famous people are '''believed to have been affected by [[bipolar disorder]]''' (formerly known as manic depression), based on evidence in their own writings and contemporaneous accounts by those who knew them. It is often suggested that [[genius]] (or, at least, creative talent) and mental disorder are linked, as discussed by [[Kay Redfield Jamison]] in ''Touched with Fire'', though many of the diagnoses in that book are made by Jamison herself.	+
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-	*All entries succeeded by TWF are taken from ''Touched with Fire'' ([http://www.pendulum.org/information/information_famous.html See list])	+
-	*All entries succeeded by NAMI are on the [http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Helpline1&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4858 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill list of famous persons with Mental Illnesses]	+
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-	* [[Rigoberto Alpizar]], shooting victim. <ref>	+
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-	* [[Hans Christian Andersen]], writer. ''TWF'' p. 268	+
-	* [[Sophie Anderton]], model [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006420086,00.html]	+
-	* [[Adam Ant]], musician. He is open about having bipolar disorder: see [http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/04/09/bmants09.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/04/11/ixartleft.html Adam and the fall], an art.telegraph profile which describes a 2003 Channel 4 television program, "The Madness of Prince Charming."	+
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-	== B ==	+
-	*[[Charles Pierre Baudelaire]], author. ''TWF'' p.267	+
-	* [[Thomas Lovell Beddoes]], poet and dramatist. '' TWF'' p.267	+
-	* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], composer. ''NAMI'' See [http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-78.htm this] article for a review of Beethoven's mental state. Scientific analysis of Beethoven's hair has given rise to speculation that [[lead]] poisoning may have been a cause of his depression.	+
-	* [[Maurice Benard]], actor. (''[[General Hospital]]'') He has discussed his diagnosis with [[Oprah Winfrey]], and has since become active in promoting bipolar awareness. [http://www.angelfire.com/az2/BetCat/mdframeset.html]	+
-	* [[Andy Behrman]], author of the book ''Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania'' [http://www.electroboy.com/meetelectroboy.htm] [http://www.identitytheory.com/interviews/behrman_interview.php]	+
-	* [[Ludwig Boltzmann]], physicist and mathematician. ''"suffered from an alternation of depressed moods with elevated, expansive or irritable moods".'' John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Boltzmann.html Ludwig Boltzmann] at the [[MacTutor History of Mathematics archive]].	+
-	* [[Russ Boyd|Russ "Dutch" Boyd]], American professional [[poker]] player confirmed his diagnosis on his [http://www.dutchboyd.com/ official website].	+
-	* [[Jeremy Brett]], actor (See [http://www.brettish.com/tbe-faq.html])	+
-	* [[Frank Bruno]], boxer; was hospitalized for a short period and is currently on lithium. (See [http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5316803-110418,00.html], [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/10/20/sotv20.xml], [http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/biography/story/0,6000,1599231,00.html])	+
-	* [[Lord Byron]], poet. ''TWF'' p.267 (''Touched with fire'' profiles Lord Byron's illness in detail)	+
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-	* [[Dick Cavett]], television journalist. Quote from [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/12/lkl.01.html CNN transcript from ''Larry King Live''], broadcast June 12, 2005: "CAVETT: Both in hypomanic, which I have had, and incidentally, one has to admit many patients say I am cured now, I am fine. But I must say I miss those hypomanic states. They are better off where they are."	+
-	* [[Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez|Hugo Chávez]] is the current President of Venezuela. According to the book [[Cronicas Malditas]] from the investigative journalist [[Olga Wornat]] who talked to his psychiatrist, Dr. Chirino. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2954276&page=1].	+
-	* [[Winston Churchill]], politician and British Prime Minister. ''NAMI'' Churchill often referred to depression as his "black dog". He is also recorded to have undergone manic phases of intense productivity. None of Churchill's numerous biographers, however, have claimed that he was actually bipolar. In 2006 a controversial statue of Churchill wearing a [[straitjacket]] was unveiled in [[Norwich]] in an attempt to highlight the stigma of mental health problems. Three days later it was taken down due to public outcry. [http://www.rethink.org/get_involved/campaign_with_us/antidiscrimination/norwich_campaign/churchill_statue.html] The series [http://discoverychannelasia.com/altered_statesmen/churchill/index.shtml Altered Statesmen] suggests that Churchill had [[Cyclothymia]].	+
-	* [[Kurt Cobain]], musician. His cousin, Beverly Cobain, a "registered nurse (…) [with] experience as a mental health professional" and author of a book, ''When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens'' ISBN 1-57542-036-8, stated in an interview: "Kurt was diagnosed at a young age with [[Attention Deficit Disorder]] [ADD], then later with bipolar disorder; (…) As Kurt undoubtedly knew, bipolar illness can be very difficult to manage, and the correct diagnosis is crucial. Unfortunately for Kurt, compliance with the appropriate treatment is also a critical factor." [http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/cobainqa]	+
-	* [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], poet. ''TWF'' pp.219&ndash;224, 267. His condition is more commonly directly attributed to drug use. "Around [[1796]], Coleridge started using [[opium]] as a pain reliever"	+
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-	* [[Ray Davies]], musician: is openly bipolar; also see his autobiography, ''X-Ray''	+
-	* [[Charles Dickens]], author. ''TWF'' p.267	+
-	* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], rapper [http://bipolar.about.com/od/singersmusicians/Singers_and_Musicians_with_Bipolar_Disorder.htm]	+
-	* [[Richard Dreyfuss]], actor, BBC Documentary [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5202066.stm]	+
-	* [[Gaetano Donizetti]], composer. ''NAMI''	+
-	* [[Patty Duke]], actress. ''NAMI'', also wrote about her own illness in ''Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness''	+
-	* [[Shalini Datta]], the famous Indian dancer stated in an interview that she had bipolar disorder ''The Telegraph 24th May 1989''	+
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-	* [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], author, poet, and philosopher. ''TWF'' p. 268	+
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-	* [[Carrie Fisher]], actress and writer. "'I ended up being diagnosed as a bipolar II,' says Fisher." [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2002/05/29-fisher.htm] BBC Documentary [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5202066.stm]	+
-	* [[Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald]], writer. ''TWF'' p.269	+
-	* [[William Faulkner]], writer. ''TWF'' p.269	+
-	* [[Stephen Foster]], songwriter. ''TWF'' p.269	+
-	* [[Stephen Fry]], actor, comedian and writer. "As a sufferer of the disorder, Stephen Fry is speaking to other sufferers to find out about their experiences and visiting leading experts in the UK and US to examine the current state of understanding and research." [http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/inter/news/stevenfry.html], also [http://www.rdfrights.com/catalogue/prodexd.asp?catalogid=2621]. BBC documentary [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5202066.stm]	+
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-	* [[Alan Garner]], novelist. According to the ''Guardian'', "In ''The Voice that Thunders'' (Harvill), a collection of critical and autobiographical essays, Garner casts light on his writing and thinking, and the role that manic depression plays in his creativity" see [http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,-202,00.html], and also [http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/childrenandteens/story/0,,1048216,00.html]	+
-	* [[Philip Graham]], publisher and businessman. "It had finally penetrated to me that Phil's diagnosis was manic-depression…" Katherine Graham (1997), ''Personal History'', p.328; Knopf, 1997, ISBN 0-394-58585-2 (book has numerous other references).	+
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-	* [[Alexander Hamilton]], politician. "Danger, Hypomanic on Board," could well be the other title of "Washington Crossing the Delaware." John Gartner in The Hypomanic Edge makes a strong case that America owes its greatness to a liberal supply of "manic lite" genes. See [http://www.mcmanweb.com/hypomanic_nation.htm Hypomanic Nation].	+
-	* [[Linda Hamilton]], actress. Star of the ''Terminator'' movies. Was diagnosed at the age of 40[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6000139/]	+
-	* [[Mariette Hartley]], American actress, has publicly spoken about her bipolar disorder. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2003-08-01-harley_x.htm]	+
-	* [[Jonathan Hay]], [[Australian rules football]]er <ref>[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20275806-11088,00.html Herald Sun Story on Jonathan Hay]</ref>	+
-	* [[Ernest Hemingway]], writer. ''TWF'' p.269	+
-	* [[Jimi Hendrix]], pioneering [[rock music|rock]] guitarist. Stated as "...Jimi would indeed have troubled times in the studio, where he would need to spend hours sitting and thinking". He has also written the song 'Manic Depression'[http://www.mental-health-today.com/bp/famous_people.htm]	+
-	* [[Kristin Hersh]], musician, formerly of [[rock band]] [[Throwing Muses]], is occasionally mentioned as having bipolar disorder, one example being [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/throwing_muses/bio.jhtml a Muses biography]. She has also mentioned the disorder in several interviews.	+
-	* [[Hermann Hesse]], writer. ''TWF'' p.269	+
-	* [[Abbie Hoffman]], political activist: "Abbie was diagnosed in 1980 as having bipolar disorder, more commonly known as manic depression." {{cite book	+
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-	* [[Kay Redfield Jamison]], psychologist, who profiled her own bipolar disorder in her [[1995]] memoir ''[[An Unquiet Mind]]'' and argued for a connection between bipolar disorder and artistic creativity in her [[1993]] book, ''[[Touched with Fire]]''.	+
-	* [[Daniel Johnston]], musician: "Johnston's output in his late teens and early 20s proved to be a symptom of his worsening manic depression." The Guardian Unlimited, Saturday August 20, 2005: "Personal demons," review of film, ''The Devil and Daniel Johnston:''[http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1552666,00.html#article_continue]	+
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-	* [[Chris Kanyon]], wrestler — self-described, diagnosed, see [http://chriskanyon.homestead.com/archivekatrinakanyont1.html]: "I have gone thru (sic) some rough times, which ultimately led to me being diagnosed with clinical Bipolar Depression (also known as Manic Depression). I have spent the last year learning about and understanding my condition and we have finally got my medications balanced to the point where I feel I am in the best mental state of my life."	+
-	* [[John Keats]], poet - ''TWF'' p.268; ''NAMI''	+
-	* [[Otto Klemperer]], conductor — see Norman Lebrecht's article at [http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/030730-NL-klemperer.html].	+
-	* [[Margot Kidder]], actress — self-described, see [http://www.graphicpizazz.com/margotkidder/a&e.shtml]: "I have been well and free of the symptoms that are called manic-depression for almost five years, and have been working steadily and leading a happy and productive life since then."	+
-	* Rep. [[Patrick J. Kennedy]], 38, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5801632,00.html] spent time at a drug rehabilitation clinic before he went to Providence College. He has been open about mental health issues, including being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.	+
-	* [[Patrick Kroupa]], writer and hacker, has been very open about his drug use and mental health issues, after his last heroin detox in 1999. He mentions bipolar disorder openly in several interviews. [http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/Media/OceanDrive01.html], [http://www.kron.com/Global/story.asp?s=%20%201652207], [http://ibogaine.mindvox.com/Media/CoolBeans.htm]	+
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-	* [[Bill Lichtenstein]], print and broadcast journalist and filmmaker. [http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/dep04.htm See October 10, 1994 "Time Magazine" article on Bill Lichtenstein.]	+
-	* [[Vivien Leigh]], actress, cited in Holden, Anthony, '' Laurence Olivier'', Sphere Books Limited, 1989, ISBN 0689115369 ; pp 221-222	+
-	* [[Neil Lennon]] Footballer with Celtic FC open about his battles with depression [http://www.fourfourtwo.premiumtv.co.uk/page/BooksDetail/0,,11442~896033,00.html]	+
-	* [[Abraham Lincoln]], 16th [[President of the United States]], who was on suicide watch at least twice before assuming the presidency in [[1861]]	+
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-	* [[Kristy McNichol]], actress. The former child star and teen idol left the show ''[[Empty Nest]]'' due to her battle with the depression. McNichol later returned to the show for a few episodes during the series' last season. [http://www.vh1.com/movies/person/42340/bio.jhtml]	+
-	* [[Kate Millett]], author, ''The Loony-Bin Trip'' ([[1990]]) discusses her diagnosis of bipolar disorder, describing experiences with hospitalization and her decision to discontinue [[lithium]] therapy.	+
-	* [[Spike Milligan]], comedian and writer. "I had to write a new show every week for six months. If Hitler had done that to someone it would be called torture. I was in such a state of hypertension that I was unapproachable by human beings. I became a manic depressive." See [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,658939,00.html Guardian obituary] and [http://www.mcmanweb.com/fab_five.htm Comedy's Fab Five]	+
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-	* [[Ben Moody]], musician. The former guitarist from [[Evanescence]]. See [http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/moody_ben/qa_080105/ MTV News article]	+
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-	* [[Edvard Munch]], artist. Rothenberg A. Bipolar illness, creativity, and treatment. ''Psychiatr Q.'' 2001 Summer;72(2):131&ndash;47.	+
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-	* [[Isaac Newton]], pioneering scientist and mathematician. ''NAMI''	+
-	* [[Florence Nightingale]], nurse and health campaigner. ''BPW'' "Florence heard voices and experienced a number of severe depressive episodes in her teens and early 20s - symptoms consistent with the onset of bipolar disorder," Dr. Kathy Wisner, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. See [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=7385 this] article.	+
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-	* [[Ozzy Osbourne]], singer. Lead singer of Black Sabbath and his self-titled band. Cited in VH1's "Heavy: The History of Metal" in 2006.	+
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-	* [[Jane Pauley]], TV presenter and journalist. The former ''[[The Today Show|Today]]'' and ''[[Dateline NBC|Dateline]]'' host describes being diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her autobiography "Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue", which she wrote in [[2004]], as well as on her short-lived talk show. [http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/93/102128.htm?pagenumber=2], [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-08-18-pauley-bipolar_x.htm], [http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:123095597&refid=ink_tptd_np&skeyword=&teaser=], [http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/981341.html], [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5887567], [http://www.bulletinpress.com/BulletinPress.aspx?snum=3452]	+
-	* [[Jimmy Piersall]], baseball player. ''NAMI''	+
-	* [[Sylvia Plath]], poet. "It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous and positive and despairing negative … " See [http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-77.htm Sylvia Plath - In Her Own Words]	+
-	* [[Jaco Pastorius]], musician. "Jaco was diagnosed with this clinical bipolar condition in the fall of 1982. The events which led up to it were considered "uncontrolled and reckless" incidences." Ingrid Pastorius - http://www.jacop.net/mind.html	+
-	* [[Edgar Allan Poe]], writer. ''TWF'' p.269.	+
-	* [[Emil Post]], mathematician. [[Martin Davis]], 1994, "Emil L. Post: His Life and Work" in Davis, M., ed., ''Solvability, Provability, Definability: The Collected Works of Emil L. Post''. Birkhauser	+
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-	* [[Rene Rivkin]], entrepreneur. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Rivkin-children-silent-about-fabulously-flawed-father/2005/05/02/1114886315343.html ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 3 May 2005]	+
-	* [[Axl Rose]], musician. (Guns N' Roses) [http://bipolar.about.com/cs/celebs/a/axlrose.htm]	+
-	* [[Trent Reznor]], musician. ([[Nine Inch Nails]]) The band Nine Inch Nails reportedly has about 10 songs, if not more or less, about mental illness, especially Bipolar Disorder. This includes "Down in It", "[[Into the Void]]", and various songs off their album [[The Downward Spiral]]	+
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-	* [[Robert Schumann]], composer. ''TWF'' p.269	+
-	* [[Tom Scholz]], Founding member and leader of the band [[Boston_(band)|Boston]]. [http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/free.html]	+
-	* [[Tony Slattery]], actor and comedian. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1825565,00.html] "I rented a huge warehouse by the river Thames. I just stayed in there on my own, didn't open the mail or answer the phone for months and months and months. I was just in a pool of despair and mania." BBC Documentary [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5202066.stm]	+
-	* [[Michael Spensieri]], lawyer and politician. "This special gift, it enables me to live both ends of the bipolarity, to survive." Michelangelo Spensieri was called to the Bar of Ontario on March 22, 1974 and resigned October 26, 1989 pursuant to The Law Society of Upper Canada guidelines.	+
-	* [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], author. ''TWF'' p.268	+
-	* [[Sting]], musician; The Police, solo career [http://bipolar.about.com/od/singersmusicians/Singers_and_Musicians_with_Bipolar_Disorder.htm]	+
-	* [[Sidney Sheldon]], producer, writer; wrote about being a victim of bipolar disorder in his autobiography "The Other Side Of Me".	+
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-	* [[Sara Teasdale]], poet. ''TWF'' p.268	+
-	* [[Devin Townsend]], musician, Strapping Young Lad, The Devin Townsend Band, Took himself off of his medication to write lyrics for Stapping Young Lad's album Alien. [http://www.farbeyondmetal.com/index.php?page_id=1120]	+
-	* [[Nick Traina]], singer. [http://www.nicktrainafoundation.org/400_memory.htm Nick Traina Foundation], "in the last year of his life, he began telling people he was manic-depressive."	+
-	* [[Timothy Treadwell]], American environmentalist and bear enthusiast, featured in the 2005 documentary film by [[Werner Herzog]] titled ''[[Grizzly Man]]''. [http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/2005-08-25/film/film.html] [http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/04/01/news/news01.txt]	+
-	* [[Margaret Trudeau]], Canadian celebrity. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/05/trudeau-depression060505.html]	+
-	* [[Mark Twain]], author. ''TWF'' p.268 (as "Samuel Clemens")	+
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-	* [[Jean Claude Van Damme]], actor — [[Australian]] Woman's Day magazine — [[January 30]] [[2006]]	+
-	* [[Vincent Van Gogh]], artist. See [http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-74.htm Vincent and Me]	+
-	* [[Kurt Vonnegut]], author [http://www.notmykid.org/parentArticles/DepressionandBipolar/]	+
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-	* [[Scott Weiland]], musician. ([[Stone Temple Pilots]], [[Velvet Revolver]]) "I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it." Quotation from Weiland during an interview. Source: [http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1444582/06182001/stone_temple_pilots.jhtml VH1.com]	+
-	* [[Amy Winehouse]], musician. "Amy, who this year admitted drinking too much, said she refuses to take medication, even though clinically diagnosed as a manic depressive." [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1604101.ece]	+
-	* [[Brian Wilson]], musician. ([[The Beach Boys]]) [http://www.brianwilson.com/media/words/sd_reader.html BrianWilson.com]	+
-	* [[Virginia Woolf]], poet and novelist. ''TWF'' p.269; see also [http://web.archive.org/web/20030415202658/http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/malcolmi/VWFRAME.HTM Virginia Woolf's psychiatric history] and [http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-76.htm Virginia Woolf and Her Madness]	+
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-	* Jamison, Kay Redfield (1993): ''[[Touched with Fire]]: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament,'' New York, The Free Press. ISBN 0-02-916030-8	+
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