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PAUL L. CARON

Charles Hartsock Professor of Law

University of Cincinnati College of Law

Herzog Summer Visiting Professor in Taxation

University of San Diego School of Law

Phone: 513-***-****

E-mail: abpn9f@r.postjobfree.com

Web Profile: www.law.uc.edu/faculty/caron.shtml

Papers: http://ssrn.com/author=158888

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

Series Editor, LAW STORIES SERIES (Foundation Press)

Series Editor, GRADUATE TAX SERIES (LexisNexis)

Editor, TAX LAW ABSTRACT JOURNALS (Social Science Research Network)

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, LAW PROFESSOR BLOGS NETWORK & TAXPROF BLOG

Owner, TAXPROF DISCUSSION GROUP & TAXPROF EXAM BANK

PUBLICATIONS

Conference Organizer

Bloggership: How Blogs Are Transforming Legal Scholarship, Harvard Law School

(April 28, 2006)

The Next Generation of Law School Rankings, Indiana University School of Law

(April 15, 2005)

Books

TAX STORIES (Foundation Press, 2d ed. 2009), reviewed by:

Reuven Avi-Yonah, 101 MICH. L. REV. 2227 (2003)

Kim Brooks, 28 QUEEN S L. REV. 705 (2003)

Tim Edgar, 51 CANADIAN TAX J. 1066 (2003)

Ajay Mehrotra, 55 J. LEGAL EDUC. 116 (2005)

Jay Soled, 100 TAX NOTES 727 (2003)

FEDERAL WEALTH TRANSFER TAX (Foundation Press) (with Paul McDaniel & Jim Repetti)

CASES AND MATERIALS (6th ed. 2009; 5th ed. 2003; 4th ed. 1999)

STUDY PROBLEMS (3d ed. 2009; 2d ed 2003; 1st ed. 1999)

TEACHER S MANUAL (3d ed. 2009; 2d ed. 2003; 1st ed. 1999)

FEDERAL WEALTH TRANSFER TAX ANTHOLOGY (LexisNexis, 1998) (with Karen Burke &

Grayson McCouch), reviewed by John Donaldson, 79 TAX NOTES 1067 (1998)

FEDERAL INCOME TAX ANTHOLOGY (LexisNexis, 1997) (with Karen Burke & Grayson

McCouch), reviewed by William Turnier, 74 TAX NOTES 1343 (1997)

Book Chapters and Articles

TePoel Lecture: The Costs of Estate Tax Dithering, 43 Creighton L. Rev. 637 (2010)

Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Why and When? (with Jennifer Kowal & Katherine Pratt)

Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Where? (with Jennifer Kowal, Katherine Pratt & Ted Seto)

The Estate Tax Non-Gap: Why Repeal a Voluntary Tax, 20 STAN. L. & POL Y REV. 153

(2009) (with Jim Repetti)

The Story of Murphy v. IRS: A New Front in the War on the Income Tax, in TAX STORIES

(Foundation Press, 2d ed. 2009)

Tax Archaeology, in TAX STORIES (Foundation Press, 2d ed. 2009)

Are Scholars Better Bloggers? Bloggership: How Blogs Are Transforming Legal

Scholarship, 84 WASH. U. L. REV. 1025 (2006)

The Long Tail of Legal Scholarship, 116 YALE L.J. POCKET PART 38 (2006)

Dead Poets and Academic Progenitors: The Next Generation of Law School Rankings, 81

IND. L.J. 1 (2006) (with Rafael Gely)

Ranking Law Schools: Using SSRN to Measure Scholarly Performance, 81 IND. L.J. 83

(2006) (with Bernard Black)

Teaching with Technology in the 21st Century Law School Classroom, in THE FUTURE OF LAW

LIBRARIES (Thomson-West, 2006)

The Top Ten Tax Stories of 2005, 110 TAX NOTES 169 (2006)

Tax Profs Remember Boris Bittker, 109 TAX NOTES 119 (2005)

What Law Schools Can Learn From Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics, 82 TEX. L. REV.

1483 (2004) (with Rafael Gely)

Affirmative Refraction: Grutter v. Bollinger Through the Lens of The Case of the Speluncean

Explorers, 21 CONST. COMM. 65 (2004) (with Rafael Gely)

Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student

Learning, 54 J. LEGAL EDUC. 551 (2004) (with Rafael Gely)

TaxProf: A Virtual Tax Community, Teaching Tax Through Stories, and The TaxProf Exam

Bank: Practical Help for the Tax Professor, in TEACHING THE LAW SCHOOL CURRICULUM

(Carolina Academic Press, 2004) (Steven Friedland & Gerald Hess, Editors)

Back to the Future: Teaching Law Through Stories, 71 U. CIN. L. REV. 405 (2002)

The Federal Tax Implications of Bush v. Gore, 79 WASH. U. L.Q. 749 (2001)

The Associate Dean for Research Position: Encouraging and Promoting Scholarship, 33 U.

TOL. L. REV. 233 (2001) (with Joseph Tomain)

Tax Court Fumbles Substance-Over-Form Ball in Brown, 75 TAX NOTES 1240 (1997)

Confusion Reigns over State Law and Administration Expenses, 74 TAX NOTES 1314 (1997)

Tax Myopia Meets Tax Hyperopia: The Unproven Case of Increased Judicial Deference to

Revenue Rulings, 57 OHIO ST. L.J. 637 (1996)

Tax Court and Service Stake Out Positions in State Law Debate, 71 TAX NOTES 229 (1996)

Ten Estate Planning Advantages of Limited Liability Companies, 70 TAX NOTES 998 (1996)

Chief Justice Burger: A Better Tax Lawyer Than His Critics, 69 TAX NOTES 1020 (1995)

When Does Life Begin for Tax Purposes?, 68 TAX NOTES 320 (1995)

Estate Planning Implications of the Right of Publicity, 68 TAX NOTES 95 (1995)

Section 2036 Ruling May Force Bengals Out of Cincinnati, 67 TAX NOTES 1504 (1995)

Tax Problems of Durable Powers of Attorney, 66 TAX NOTES 1009 (1995)

Court Rejects Application of Dickman to Foregone Dividends, 66 TAX NOTES 552 (1995)

Taxing Opportunity, 14 VA. TAX REV. 347 (1994)

Tax Myopia, Or Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Tax Lawyers, 13 VA. TAX

REV. 517 (1994)

Bosch and the Allure of Adversariness, 64 TAX NOTES 673 (1994)

The Federal Courts of Appeals Use of State Court Decisions in Tax Cases: Proper Regard

Means No Regard, 46 OKLA. L. REV. 443 (1993)

The Lurking Retroactivity Issues in Irvine, 61 TAX NOTES 1109 (1993)

The Role of State Court Decisions in Federal Tax Litigation: Bosch, Erie & Beyond, 71 OR.

L. REV. 781 (1992)

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

Series Editor, LAW STORIES (Foundation Press)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW STORIES (2d ed. 2010) (Peter Strauss, Editor)

ANTITRUST STORIES (2007) (Eleanor Fox & Daniel Crane, Editors)

BANKRUPTCY STORIES (2007) (Robert Rasmussen, Editor)

BUSINESS TAX STORIES (2005) (Steven Bank & Kirk Stark, Editors)

CIVIL PROCEDURE STORIES (2d ed. 2008) (Kevin Clermont, Editor)

CIVIL RIGHTS STORIES (2008) (Myriam Gilles & Risa Goluboff, Editors)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW STORIES (2d ed. 2009) (Michael Dorf, Editor)

CONTRACTS STORIES (2007) (Douglas Baird, Editor)

CORPORATE LAW STORIES (2009) (J. Mark Ramseyer, Editor)

CRIMINAL LAW STORIES (forthcoming) (Robert Weisberg, Editor)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE STORIES (2006) (Carol Steiker, Editor)

DEATH PENALTY STORIES (2009) (John Blume & Jordan Steiker, Editors)

EDUCATION LAW STORIES (2008) (Michael Olivas & Ronna Schneider, Editors)

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION STORIES (2005) (Joel Friedman, Editor)

EMPLOYMENT LAW STORIES (2007) (Samuel Estreicher & Gillian Lester, Editors)

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW STORIES (2005) (Richard Lazarus & Oliver Houck, Editors)

EVIDENCE STORIES (2006) (Richard Lempert, Editor)

FAMILY LAW STORIES (2008) (Carol Sanger, Editor)

FIRST AMENDMENT STORIES (2010) (Richard Garnett & Andrew Koppelman, Editors)

FEDERAL COURTS STORIES (2009) (Judith Resnik & Vicki Jackson, Editors)

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY STORIES (2009) (Deena Hurwitz & Margaret Satterthwaite, Editors)

IMMIGRATION LAW STORIES (2005) (Peter Schuck & David Martin, Editors)

INDIAN LAW STORIES (2010) (Philip Frickey, Carole Goldberg & Kevin Washburn, Editors)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STORIES (2006) (Rochelle Dreyfuss & Jane Ginsburg, Editors)

INTERNATIONAL LAW STORIES (2007) (Laura Dickinson, Mark Janis & Paul Noyes, Editors)

LABOR LAW STORIES (2005) (Laura Cooper & Catherine Fisk, Editors)

LEGAL ETHICS STORIES (2005) (David Luban & Deborah Rhode, Editors)

PRESIDENTIAL POWER STORIES (2009) (Chris Schroeder & Curtis Bradley, Editors)

PROPERTY STORIES (2d ed. 2009) (Gerald Korngold & Andrew Morriss, Editors)

RACE LAW STORIES (2008) (Rachel Moran & Devon Carbado, Editors)

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION STORIES (2010) (William Eskridge, P. Frickey & E. Garrett, Editors)

TAX STORIES (2d ed. 2009) (Paul Caron, Editor)

TORTS STORIES (2004) (Robert Rabin & Stephen Sugarman, Editors)

TRIAL STORIES (2008) (Michael Tigar & Angela Davis, Editors)

WOMEN AND THE LAW STORIES (2010) (Elizabeth Schneider & Stephanie Wildman, Editors)

Series Editor, GRADUATE TAX SERIES (LexisNexis)

BANKRUPTCY TAXATION (forthcoming) (by William Lyons)

CIVIL TAX PROCEDURE (2d ed. 2007) (by David Richardson, Jerome Borison & Steve Johnson)

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW (2006) (by Kathryn Kennedy & Paul Shultz)

ESTATE AND GIFT TAXATION (forthcoming) (by Robert Danforth & Brant Hellwig)

FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAXATION (forthcoming) (by Charlotte Crane & Linda Beale)

FEDERAL TAX ACCOUNTING (2006) (by Michael Lang, Elliott Manning & Steven Willis)

FEDERAL TAX N OF PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS (forthcoming) (by E. Manning & D. Cameron)

PARTNERSHIP TAX (2d ed. 2008) (by R. Lipton, P. Carman, C. Fassler & W. Schwidetzky)

TAX CRIMES (2008) (by Steve Johnson, Scott Schumacher, Larry Campagna & J. Townsend)

REGULATION OF TAX PRACTICE (2010) (by Linda Galler & Michael Lang)

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TAX (2d ed. 2010) (by Allison Christians, Sam Donaldson & P. Postlewaite)

Editor, TAX LAW ABSTRACTS (Social Science Research Network)

INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE TAX (with Robert Green)

PRACTITIONER SERIES

TAX LAW & POLICY

Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder, LAW PROFESSOR BLOGS NETWORK

ADJUNCT LAW PROF BLOG (Mitchell Rubinstein, Editor)

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW PROF BLOG (Ted McClure, Kamina Pinder & Lisa Tripp, Editors)

ADR PROF BLOG (Andrea Schneider, Nancy Welsh, Michael Moffit & Sara Cole, Editors)

ANTITRUST & COMPETITION POLICY BLOG (Daniel Sokol, Editor)

AVIATION LAW PROF BLOG (Brian Havel & Michael Jacobs, Editors)

BANKING LAW PROF BLOG (Ann Graham, Editor)

BANKRUPTCYPROF BLOG (M. Jonathan Hayes, Editor)

BUSINESS LAW PROF BLOG (Eric Chaffee, Scott Colesanti, J. Fershee & S. Padfield, Editors)

CIVPRO & FED COURTS BLOG (Robin Effron, Cyndi Fountaine & Adam Steinman, Editors)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW BLOG (Steven Schwinn & Ruthann Robson, Editors)

CONTRACTSPROF BLOG (Frank Synyder, Editor)

CRIMPROF BLOG (Kevin Cole, Editor)

ELDER LAW PROF BLOG (Kim Dayton & Carolyn Grose, Editors)

EVIDENCEPROF BLOG (Colin Miller, Editor)

FAMILY LAW PROF BLOG (Andrea Carroll & Margaret Ryznar, Editors)

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW PROF BLOG (Kathleen Bergin & Josie Brown, Editors)

FOOD LAW PROF BLOG (Donna Byrne, Editor)

HEALTH LAW PROF BLOG (Katharine Van Tassel, Editor)

IMMIGRATIONPROF BLOG (Kevin Johnson, Bill Hing, Leticia Saucedo & E. Haynes, Editors)

INTERNATIONAL LAW PROF BLOG (Mark Wojcik & Cindy Buys, Editors)

LAND USE PROF BLOG (Will Cook, C. Emerson, M. Festa, N. Pindell & J. Roskie, Editors)

LAW LIBRARIAN BLOG (Joseph Hodnicki & Mark Giangrande, Editors)

LAW SCHOOL ACADEMIC SUPPORT BLOG (Rebecca Flanagan & Amy Jarmon, Editors)

LAW SCHOOL INNOVATION (Doug Berman, Anupam Chander & Mark Osler, Editors)

LEGAL PROFESSION BLOG (Alan Childress, M. Frisch, B. Henderson & J. Lipshaw, Editors)

LEGAL SKILLS PROF BLOG (James Levy, Editor)

LEGAL WRITING PROF BLOG (N. Snoopaa, S. Liemer, C. Barger, M. Wojcik & J. Levy, Editors)

M & A LAW PROF BLOG (Brian JM Quinn, Editor)

MASS TORT LITIGATION BLOG (Byron Stier, Howard Erichson, A. Lahav & E. Burch, Editors)

MEDIA LAW PROF BLOG (Christine Corcos, Editor)

NATIVE AMERICAN LAW BLOG (Timothy Pleasant & Carolyn Drouin, Editors).

NONPROFIT LAW PROF BLOG (David Brennen & Darryll Jones, Editors)

PROPERTYPROF BLOG (Benjamin Barros, Editor)

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS PROF BLOG (Caitlin Borgmann, Editor)

SECURITIES LAW PROF BLOG (Barbara Black, Editor)

SENTENCING LAW & POLICY BLOG (Doug Berman, Editor)

SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND THE LAW BLOG (Sara Benson & Steve Sanders, Editors)

TAXPROF BLOG (Paul Caron, Editor)

TORTSPROF BLOG (William Childs, Christopher Robinette & Sheila Scheuerman, Editors)

WHITE COLLAR CRIME PROF BLOG (Ellen Podgor, Editor)

WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES PROF BLOG (Gerry Beyer, Editor)

WORKPLACE PROF BLOG (Rick Bales, J. Hirsch, P. Secunda & C. Sullivan, Editors)

PRESENTATIONS

The Costs of Estate Tax Dithering, Creighton University School of Law, TePoel Lecture,

Omaha, NE (Apr. 16, 2010)

Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning, AALS Annual Meeting, Plenary

Workshop on Redesigning Legal Education, San Diego, CA (Jan. 7, 2009)

The Estate Tax Non-Gap: Why Repeal a Voluntary Tax?, Stanford Law School, Symposium

on Closing the Tax Gap (Nov. 8, 2008)

Murphy v. IRS: Another Front in the War Against the Income Tax, Boston College Law School,

Tax Policy Workshop Series (Apr. 17, 2008)

Murphy v. IRS: Another Front in the War Against the Income Tax, University of Toronto

Faculty of Law, James Hausman Tax Law & Policy Workshop Series (Apr. 9, 2008)

The Role of Blogs in Twenty-First Century Tax Scholarship and Practice, ABA Tax Section

Meeting, Lake Las Vegas, NV (Jan. 18, 2008)

Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning,

University of Illinois College of Law (Nov. 30, 2007)

Law School Rankings: Past, Present, and Future, University of Cincinnati College of Law (Oct.

5, 2007)

Law School Rankings: Past, Present, and Future, Law School Admission Council Annual

Meeting, Tucson, AZ (May 31, 2007)

Technology in the Law School Classroom, Symposium on The Future of Law Libraries, Ponte

Vedra, FL (Mar. 8, 2007)

Technology and the Traditional Law Review Structure, New York Law School, Symposium on

Writing About the Law: From Bluebook to Blogs and Beyond (Feb. 16, 2007)

Building and Marketing Your Scholarly Brand, AALS Annual Meeting, Panel on Scholarship

and the New Law Professor: Of Blogs, Books, Networks, and the Placement Game, Washington,

D.C.. (Jan. 5, 2007)

Symposium Introduction: Are Scholars Better Bloggers?, Harvard Law School, Symposium on

Bloggership: How Blogs Are Transforming Legal Scholarship (Apr. 28, 2006)

Ranking Law Schools: Using SSRN to Measure Scholarly Performance, University of Cincinnati

College of Law (June 22, 2005)

Symposium Introduction: Dead Poets and Academic Progenitors, Indiana University School of

Law, Symposium on The Next Generation of Law School Rankings (Apr. 15, 2005)

Ranking Law Schools: Using SSRN to Measure Scholarly Performance, Indiana University

School of Law, Symposium on The Next Generation of Law School Rankings (Apr. 15, 2005)

Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning,

Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University (Mar. 25, 2005)

Technology in the Law School Classroom, Symposium on The Future of Law Libraries, Amelia

Island, FL (Mar. 10, 2005)

Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning,

University of San Diego School of Law (June 17, 2004)

Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning,

University of Cincinnati College of Law (Aug. 6, 2003)

Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning,

Florida State University College of Law (June 19, 2003)

Taking Back the Law School Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Active Student Learning,

Boston College Law School (Apr. 7, 2003)

Tax Stories: What Famous Old Tax Cases Can Tell Us About Today s Tax Law, ABA Tax

Section Meeting, Washington, D.C. (May 10, 2003)

Back to the Future: Teaching Law Through Stories, University of San Diego School of Law

(June 19, 2001)

Back to the Future: Teaching Law Through Stories, University of Cincinnati College of Law

(May 30, 2001)

The Alternative Minimum Tax: The Problem and Possible Solutions, Tax Reform Advisory

Committee, Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (Feb. 23, 1998)

Simplifying the Estate and Gift Tax, Tax Reform Advisory Committee, Ways and Means

Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (Mar. 2, 1997)

The Impact of Tax Reform on Real Estate, Tax Reform Advisory Committee, Ways and

Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (July 22, 1996)

Estate and Gift Tax Implications of Tax Reform, Tax Reform Advisory Committee, Ways and

Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (June 3, 1996)

EDUCATION

LL.M. (Taxation) 1988, Boston University

Top 10% of Class

J.D., Cum Laude, 1983, Cornell Law School

Top 15% of Class

Note Editor, CORNELL LAW REVIEW

A.B. (Government/History), Magna Cum Laude, 1979, Georgetown University

Top 10% of Class

Varsity Baseball Team

TEACHING POSITIONS

University of Cincinnati College of Law

Associate Dean of Faculty (2007-10)

Charles Hartsock Professor of Law (1997-)

Director of Faculty Projects (2002-07)

Inaugural Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development (1999-2001)

Professor of Law (1995-97)

Associate Professor of Law (1993-95)

Assistant Professor of Law (1990-93)

Pepperdine University School of Law

Strauss Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law (March 2010, Spring 2011)

University of San Diego School of Law

Herzog Summer Visiting Professor in Taxation (Summers 2009-)

Visiting Professor of Law (Summers 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2001)

Florida State University College of Law

Visiting Professor of Law (Summer 2003)

New York University/Office of Chief Counsel Continuing Professional Education Program

Visiting Professor of Law (Spring 2002)

University of Florida College of Law

Visiting Professor of Law (Summer 1997)

University of Oklahoma College of Law

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law (Spring 1985)

Oklahoma City University School of Law

Instructor in Law (Fall 1984)

OTHER LEGAL POSITIONS

Sullivan & Worcester, Boston

Associate (1985-90)

Chief Judge William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Law Clerk (1983-85)

UNIVERSITY AND LAW SCHOOL AWARDS

Harold C. Schott Publication Prize (2007) for outstanding scholarship

Harold C. Schott Publication Prize (2006) for outstanding scholarship

Harold C. Schott Scholarship Award (2005) for outstanding scholarship

Harold C. Schott Publication Prize (2004) for outstanding scholarship

Harold C. Schott Publication Prize (2003) for outstanding scholarship

Goldman Prize for Teaching Excellence (2003) for outstanding teaching

Harold C. Schott Publication Prize (2002) for outstanding scholarship

Faculty Achievement Award (1997) for outstanding scholarship, teaching, and service

PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Member Board of Directors, Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) (2005-)

Member AALS Standing Committee on Libraries & Technology (2008-)

Member AALS Standing Committee on Curriculum (2006-07)

Member ABA Accreditation Team, University of Kansas School of Law (2005-06)

Member Tax Reform Advisory Committee, Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of

Representatives (1996-99)

Member District of Columbia and Massachusetts Bars

GRANTS

$15,000 grant from American Tax Policy Institute (2002) for TAX STORIES

$5,000 Faculty Development Award and $4,725 Instructional Technology Award (1995) (with

C. Edward Fletcher) for A Study of Electronic Presentation Methods in Legal Education

UNIVERSITY AND LAW SCHOOL SERVICE

Faculty Senate (1991-95)

University Service

Member, Law School Dean Search Committee (elected) (2004-05)

Member, University General Counsel Search Committee (2004-05)

Chair of Law School Committees:

Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (1996-98)

Self-Study Committee (2002-05)

Faculty Appointments Committee (1999)

Faculty Development Committee (1997-02; 2005-10)

Library and Technology Committee (1995-98; 2006-07)

Honor Council (2002-03)

Legal Research and Writing Committee (1991-92; 2003-04)

Other Service on Law School Committees:

Dean s Advisory Committee on Award of Titled Professorships (2001)

Committee on Committees (elected) (1991-98; 2000-06)

Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure Committee (elected) (1995-96; 2000-01; 2002-05)

Faculty Appointments Committee (1992-93; 2002-04; 2005-06)

Self-Study Committee (2009-10)

Merit Pay Committee (1995-96)

Faculty Advisory Committee, Center for Corporate Law (1994-2005)

Corporate Center Search Committee (1996-97)

Legal Research and Writing Committee (1990-91, 1992-93)

Library and Technology Committee (1990-91, 1993-95, 1999-2002; 2004-06; 2007-11)

Academic Policy Committee (1994-95, 2001-05, 2010-11)

Petitions Committee (1990-91, 1993-94)



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