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,^=;*£§#@# calendar and timepiece as long as you #@#§£*;=^,
,..==$$§£@ know what year it is. every page is a @£§$$==..,
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¨.^~/%§@¶# below which are written coordinates in #¶@§%/~^.¨
¨,=†%¤@#@# both space and time. a lot of it is #@#@¤%†=,¨
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.,-«;*$#¶# reordered, some names i have never #¶#$*;«-,.
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