The Most-Used Commands
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future
FutureProgress.net: The Future of Progress. >||;)
78 uses
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Created 2005-11-11 01:41:25
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2022-12-03 10:32:04
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http://www.futureprogress.net
icd10de
Durchsucht den deutschen ICD10 nach den entsprechenden Diagnose-Einträgen.
78 uses
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Created 2005-11-14 15:42:30
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2016-08-29 04:24:33
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http://www.lumrix.de/icd.php?f=lumrix-search&x=&k=%s
gopher
Surf Gopherspace using this Gopher-to-HTML proxy! Works with any browser. Example: gopher gopher.floodgap.com
78 uses
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Created 2005-11-18 16:22:59
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2022-12-10 19:51:11
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http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?a=gopher://%s
nyse
Performs a search on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) site
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 15:55:26
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2025-06-30 06:46:52
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http://www.nyse.com/cgi-bin/google.pl?q=%s
smile
Pictures of People
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 02:37:35
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2025-01-19 04:40:16
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http://www.smilingheads.com
passgen
Create a random yet somewhat pronounceable password Example: passgen Uses the Linuxbuilt password generator http://www.linuxbuilt.com
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 14:28:19
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2018-10-06 03:17:21
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http://www.linuxbuilt.com/password-generator.php
shadowrun
Search the french Shadowrun matrix
78 uses
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Created 2005-07-01 17:14:20
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2023-03-30 19:11:03
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=fr&biw=1029&q=%s+site%3Ashadowrun.fr&btnG=Rechercher&meta=
dcm
Go to a dot com site.
78 uses
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Created 2006-03-21 01:37:31
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2025-03-11 10:38:47
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http://%s.com
quo
Google finance search. Stock quotes, company profiles, businesses.
78 uses
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Created 2006-04-14 08:32:30
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2025-10-09 08:48:15
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http://finance.google.com/finance?q=%s
patrick
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 23:45:52
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2019-10-02 09:31:50
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http://patricklosier.com
recipes
Takes you to a community of cooking enthusiasts who share recipes recipes with step by step pictures.
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 01:52:24
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2019-05-02 21:11:25
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http://visualrecipes.com
dsp
Digital Sportspage Forum (good forum for sports gaming discussion)
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 17:58:00
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2019-06-02 22:10:24
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http://digitalsportspage.com/modules.php?name=Forums
shop
futurshop.ca
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 19:02:30
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2025-07-23 08:36:52
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http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/_midnight_publish/splashpage.asp
elgg
Searches Elgg.net for the particular command
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 09:05:36
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2012-06-14 11:10:28
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http://elgg.net/search/all.php?tag=%s
nom
Official Nominet (.uk registry) To see th whois for a .uk domain name simply type: Example: nom www.bigtickets.co.uk
78 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 14:35:45
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2023-07-23 23:56:46
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http://195.66.240.211/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=%s
comm
ssl login to communicator@strato.de
78 uses
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Created 2006-06-11 17:17:46
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2022-08-27 13:07:47
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https://communicator.strato.de/01_strato_files/login.html?locale=de&ssl=2&username=%s
dmi
Opens the danish weather forecast service (the danish meteorological institute).
78 uses
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Created 2006-08-16 06:27:11
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2016-05-31 03:30:03
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http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark.htm
top50
The top 50 most used commands.
77 uses
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Created 2005-07-05 23:41:11
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2012-05-28 18:19:23
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http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/most_used_commands
rfm
77 uses
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Created 2005-07-07 04:50:18
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2018-03-25 19:15:09
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http://www.rediffmail.com
xs
test
77 uses
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Created 2005-07-10 13:11:04
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2023-07-23 05:19:03
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http://www.google.com/?q=%s
toms
tomshardware.com
77 uses
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Created 2005-07-19 17:20:47
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2024-04-12 20:12:21
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http://www.tomshardware.com
uml
Opens a page describing how to type characters with umlauts on both Windows and Mac computers.
77 uses
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Created 2005-11-28 21:22:59
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2022-04-10 14:44:21
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http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/lote/german/materials/umlauts.htm
gft
Make an RSS feed from a static HTML page using Feedtier, and view it in Google Reader. This will let you view what the Feedtier feed for a site will look like. usage: gft [url for which you want to create an RSS feed] b.a.
77 uses
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Created 2005-12-12 18:20:18
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2024-10-04 08:55:12
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rssread {url[no url encoding] feedtier %s}[no url encoding]
crep
For those of you who don't know, consumer reports are the best way to see the quality of an item before you purchase it. They have reviews on everything from cars to cellular phones. Usage of this command is simple, just type: crep [your product] and it will return the query from the consumer reports website. -Jake jjefferydesign.com
77 uses
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Created 2006-01-21 05:32:00
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Last used
2024-09-29 00:12:00
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http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/search.htm?query=%s
kottke
A simple bookmark to Jason Kottke's blog.
77 uses
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Created 2006-01-21 22:34:25
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2026-01-04 15:10:06
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http://kottke.org/
apl
77 uses
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Created 2005-08-04 09:15:31
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2018-04-26 10:28:08
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http://66.98.238.14/~retro/media/04lfbor/commercials/applejacks.wmv
chap
Search Chapters.ca, a Canadian bookstore. Example: chap What Color Is Your Parachute
77 uses
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Created 2005-08-07 03:04:22
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Last used
2026-01-31 09:46:22
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http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/default.asp?Ntt=%s&Lang=en&Section=books
goal
Add a goal on 43things for example: "goal get a new job"
77 uses
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Created 2005-10-21 21:26:27
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2025-12-30 02:21:11
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http://www.43things.com/people/adopt_goal?goal[name]=%s
wrp
An alias to Whitepages reverse phone search.
77 uses
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Created 2006-05-11 07:22:52
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2018-08-18 22:23:52
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http://www.whitepages.com/10001/reverse_phone
lfml
Last.fm album search. Example: lfml congotronics
77 uses
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Created 2006-02-03 17:13:33
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2012-02-14 15:36:03
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http://www.last.fm/explore/search.php?m=albums&q=%s
tbox
Torrent Search on TorrentBox.com
77 uses
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Created 2006-02-18 03:58:20
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2021-06-09 06:51:57
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http://www.torrentbox.com/torrents-search.php?search=%s
30p
Make an entry to your calendar at 30boxes.com. Same as 30b, but makes the entry private without the need for you to write the word "private".
77 uses
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Created 2006-03-01 05:11:28
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2008-05-02 00:27:11
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http://30boxes.com/index.php?action=newEvent&input=private %s
mmorpg
A cool text-based mmorpg with tons of potential. Almost every day there are new and unique things to do in one of the best FREE games on the web.
77 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 23:57:18
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2019-11-23 05:09:59
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http://www.eternalduel.com
lan
Lan party for G4
77 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 05:00:28
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2019-08-24 07:04:19
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http://www.g4tv.com/lanparty/features/751/The_AOTS_Weekly_LAN_Party.html
ink
An artist's website promoting his artwork.
77 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 05:28:08
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2025-11-12 11:47:34
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http://www.steelink.com
ter
the erotic review
77 uses
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Created 2005-06-12 05:35:11
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2024-03-27 12:16:17
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http://www.theeroticreview.com/index.asp?
tre
Trepidation
77 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 23:07:31
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2024-06-17 07:40:50
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http://www.trepid.net/trepidation/
btor
Searches Bram Cohen's BitTorrent search engine for torrent files ^-^
77 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 12:27:12
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2012-04-04 19:50:10
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http://search.bittorrent.com/search.jsp?query=%s
aviary
Create a screenshot of a web page using Aviary screen capture. aviary [URL] Example: aviary http://yubnub.org Returns a shot of the YubNub homepage in the image markup editor. Open http://aviary.com/launch/talon to use web interface. gomelet AT gmail DOT com
77 uses
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Created 2009-07-03 16:52:07
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2022-01-23 02:11:59
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http://aviary.com/%s
evony
goes to the sign in page for the evony online game.
77 uses
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Created 2009-07-25 17:54:21
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2024-02-13 09:16:38
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http://www.evony.com/index.do
gme
Google Maps Search in Español "Spain". Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gme Plaza Colon, Madrid
77 uses
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Created 2009-09-02 20:36:20
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2025-12-18 07:59:47
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http://maps.google.es/maps?q=%s
nzbs.org
Performs a search on NSBs.org for usenet NZB files.
77 uses
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Created 2009-10-07 04:25:24
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2019-11-16 12:21:03
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http://nzbs.org/index.php?action=search&q=%s
yamli
Search www.yamli.com. Yamli is a search engine that reads your Roman character input and translates it into Arabic text, a form of transliteration.
77 uses
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Created 2009-02-08 05:49:30
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Last used
2014-06-28 11:25:26
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http://www.yamli.com/#t=web&q=%s
isissp
Search ISIS's Community Portal for a given string.
77 uses
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Created 2009-02-23 18:48:49
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Last used
2011-04-07 14:49:16
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http://portal.isis.org/searchcenter/Pages/Results.aspx?k=%s&s=All%20Sites
llvm
Searches the llvm.org website
77 uses
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Created 2009-03-10 19:15:58
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2025-08-08 12:27:15
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http://www.google.com/search?sitesearch=llvm.org&q=%s&submit=Search%21
prs
Call the yubnub parser. Used for commands like gsite: where some webbrowsers see gsite: as a type of web address.
77 uses
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Created 2009-03-23 12:27:42
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Last used
2026-01-24 05:51:53
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http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?default=g2&command=%s
bfi
Search for a Battleforge card on www.bfcards.info. Simply type "bfi" followed by the card name. eg: bfi windweavers
77 uses
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Created 2009-06-22 07:20:19
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2025-04-09 02:15:38
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http://bfcards.info/search.php?cname=%s
lyrart
Lyrics on demand's site. This command is to find lyrics artist's name. example: lyrart -start o -artist onerepublic The "-start" variable defines what letter the artist/band starts with. "-artist" variable defines the artist and band with no space included. Enjoy!
77 uses
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Created 2008-06-25 21:56:29
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2012-06-26 09:21:14
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http://www.lyricsondemand.com/${start}/${artist}lyrics/
nycsl
New York City Show Listings.
77 uses
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Created 2008-08-14 03:07:54
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2010-09-02 04:20:11
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http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=r7po67qbcjalmk2gib43smt7k4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York
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