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| | 07/21/07 - 02:27 PM
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Oh oh ok, you meant karime jajaja, I was getting confused there for a while, jajaja.
I already payed for the exam, I schedule prometric center already!
Congrats on getting Lor's, did someone give you tips on the match or the interview over there?
Thanks
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| doc_clotaire
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| | 07/22/07 - 09:49 PM
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Hi Guys !
First of all , I 'd like to congradulate all of you guys here in this forum . It dawn on me that the Mexican forum is the most active and the most interesting one here . I always wanted to write down here but I was afraid that you guys may see it apropriate since I am not from Mexico but I must tell you that I ' ve been living to this beautifull country for aproximetely 8 years and I just LOVE it .Mexican peope are just GREAT PEOPLE !
Well , Let me introduce myself , I am an IMG from Haiti . I came to study in Tampico ( UNE = Universidad Del Noreste ) Here I did all my studies including intership and social service ( graduated in 2006 ) I passed Step 1 while I was doing my SS and I just recently passed CK .So , you see , I earned some right to write down here , of course only if you allow me jaja
I am about to take CS in september but I do need a US visa . I already paid the fee and I am currently waiting for the ECFMG letter to go the Monterrey Embassy on august 22 .
I 'd like to ask you guys a few questions . How hard is it to get the CS visa in Mexico ? Has anyone of you been rejected for that visa ? I ' ve been reading some guys in the visa forum who said they refused to give them the visa even with the ECFMG letter . I guess it depends on the country policy right ?
Can some of you guys share me your experience about this visa thing . What else do you need besides the ECFMG letter ( I am single and was only studying here ) Can you give me some TIPS for that visa thing ? As you can see ....I am kinda scared that after all those sacrifices that I cannot match next year just for visa issue .
Thanks in advance and once again Keep up with the good job !
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| yolanda
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| | 07/23/07 - 11:50 AM
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Hi doc-clotaire....welcome!
I am sorry I can't help you much on the visa issue since I am not familiar with it, I am going to take CS on a b1/b2 visa, so I haven't gone through the process of asking for a CS visa. Maybe someone else knows,.....guys?
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| Torontonian
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| | 07/23/07 - 12:24 PM
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sorry, me neither.
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| GLO MD
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| | 07/23/07 - 04:37 PM
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Doc Clotaire: Welcome to our forum!! You are by every right a mexican now!!! I would love to help you also but I am under b1/b2 visa and have done all my stuff with it....I've been complaining because I only have this kind of visa but I guess you take what you have for granted.... I can see now that eventhough is not the best visa it is more than enough to do everything that you need... I understand your problem but unfortunally have never had that problem and therefore can not help you. One thing I can say....visas are not very easy to get in Mexico...you have to be able to prove that you are doing a lawful thing by showing that you are studying or working with documments...since you will get an ECFMG letter I don't see why they will not give you your visa for cs. Are you not eligible for a b1/b2 visa? I think it is much easier to get one and it will last for 10 years. Alright my friend good luck and keep us posted, hope to hear much more from you...you are a true inspiration.
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| Sayulita
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| | 07/23/07 - 08:04 PM
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Hola a todo(a)s
Yes the visa thing is very hard to get,but I am sure that if you talk to the ecfmg and ask them about they can guide you...
any way thanks for shearing your life with us.
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| Karime
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| | 07/23/07 - 08:10 PM
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Hello guys!
Welcome Doc. Clotaire!
Guys from NY (Naxar jaja) be careful with the subterrain explosions!
Thanks Glo.
I think I'll apply for S1 next month....and you're right......the pressure "press" you to study.
What do yon know guys about transitional year?.........I have read in some forums there's a chance to get into radiology through thah way? Do they pay you that year? Is it even difficult like the "almost impossibles" residencies?
On the other hand I've read too.....if you get in patho....then there's more possibilities you can match for derma....what do U know?
Keep in touch!....Blessings on to your programs all the PGY-1 PGY-2.....internos and students like me.
See you.
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| Karime
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| | 07/23/07 - 08:15 PM
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Oh.....sorry doc clot....I don's know anything about the VISA Issue.....you should call to embbasy directly to the USA embassy in Mex D.F.....only a poor suggestion. And...yeah! you are a good inspiration for all of us like the guys in this forum who passed the Steps!
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| Torontonian
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| | 07/24/07 - 07:06 AM
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Hi Karime,
good luck with you S1, I wish to be ready at some point like you...anyway. Regarding Radiology and transitional year, all Radiology programs will ask you for one year of postgraduate training before you apply; only few (really few) offer you that year in their hospitals. For the others you need to find it by yourself. Transitional year is the best option, but first year of internal medicine, family medicine or even surgery is ok (depends of the radiology program). Answering your question it is not that it will give you more chances but it is more a requirement for them (all the other applicants will have it too). Regarding salary, yes, they will pay you at pgy1 level. About chances for IMGs I think it is not that competitive but I am not sure, you will need to see the statistics. For derma and patho is the same history, derma ask you for 1 year of postgraduate training and pathology sounds like a obvious option; I think you should ask directly to the program what they prefer (or visit their websites).
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| doc_clotaire
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| | 07/25/07 - 01:23 PM
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Thanks for your sincere answers guys and also for the warm WELCOME .
GLO MD , I am going for B1-B2 visa also , like you said : with the ECFMG letter and all , they should give it to me . I see that you are done with all exams . Any advice for CS ?
Anyway ,I can see they are some step 1 takers here . I have some advice for them that I am sure you already know but repetion makes memory , right ?
Make sure you do those stuffs before sitting for the real thing
1 ) kaplan books 2-3 times
2 ) Do TONS of questions ( I did around 10.000 questions ) Q-bank , UW (even better than Q-bank ) , NMS, Any good Qs you got your hands on .
3 )Read and Listen to Mr Goljan while doing ANYTHING . He is the best teacher I ever had . I may listen to him more than 10 times . With his audio , I could answer half of the step 1 exam .
4 ) FA for the last month ( I used to write down all kaplan and goljan in my FA , my FA doesn ' t have no blank space )
5 ) Do NBME to see where you stand one month before ....
6 ) Do not listen or take pressure from your RESPECTABLE Mexican teachers . Focus on your USMLE STEPS . This exam is a LIFE EVENT , as you can see in this forum , all people around the world are going for it , so that 's why they wanna make sure you are capable of " THINKING DOCTORS " Just listen to your heart and go for your DREAM .... Remember when you are going for USMLE , you are not only competing for being a good doctor in Mexico but you are competing with the entire WORLD . So you ' ve gotta study REAL HARD .
That 's all I did and I did passed step 1 and CK .
I am openned for any questions guys since you mexican people ' ve helping me a lot during my entire career .
God bless you all !
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| Torontonian
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| | 07/25/07 - 01:54 PM
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Thanks a lot clotaire for your tips. I am following similar approach for my study, hopefully I will finish at some point. I studied in Tampico as well but at UAT. Do you still living in Tampico? I missed the seafood and obviously my family
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| GLO MD
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| | 07/25/07 - 05:22 PM
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Doc clotaire, off course I could answer any question you may have about cs. Advice? mmmm it depends on your experience in the american health care system (how to treat the patient, H&P's, notes), since I did an entire year of this I only had to study for one week and practiced just 3 cases with a friend of mine who also did her mexican internship in Houston with me. That's all I did. I just studied from FA and I also got the cases from UW (which I conveniently got from a friend for free jajaja) and I remember that 2 weeks before I had my cs I went with my family to cancun for vacations and while I was in the airplane I listened to the kaplan 5 day lectures (which I also got for free from a friend in the black market off course jajaja) It is not necessary but they gave a couple of good advices but I think FA is enough and if you want to be even more "hard core" the UW cases are very good. If you have no experience practice with a friend, practicing is the most important thing for this exam if you have no experience with US patients. I think the most important thing in this exam is also time management. I practiced 3 cases with my friend as I told you just to see if I could do it in the 15 minutes, because I knew I could do a complete H&P but I did not knew if I could be that fast....and I did so I just went for it. It is really an easy but exhausting exam.... of all the 3 steps I've done it was the most exhausting probably because you are not in charge of your time management and you can not pick when you need your breaks and that my friend is terrible because sometimes I ended up extra tired from a case and I had to run directly to the next one without even a one minute breather... 12 cases...it was very exhausting.... but it is not difficult and they only care to see if you can communicate with the patients and with other health care professionals by your notes...that's all. If you have any questions regarding cs please let me know I will answer happilly. Take care and I'll see you around.
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| doc_clotaire
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| | 07/26/07 - 11:56 AM
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Thanks Glo MD for your valuable advice and also Congradulation one more time for your efforts to annylate those hard test .
Well , for the CS exam , you had a great advantage on doing your inteship in the US . I guess practice wasn ' t really a MUST for you since you were pretty familiar to the system .As for me , I did mine in Cd Victoria ,even if I learned a lot but as you may understand , it 's not the same standard .
Actually , I already read FA and now I am doing UW . I started to practice on my patients since I worked in a clinic on the afternoon. I do exactly the same as it was for the exam , the only difference is it 's in spanish but I also have a friend to practice my english
Torontonian . I am glad to know that you are Tampiqueño , What generation are you ? You may know some of my " Paisano " since they are a bunch in la UAT .Yes I am enjoying the seafood here and also la playa . Actually I live close to la UAT and I go to study every day in the new big library that they just builted . It 's a very confortable place to study .
keep up with the good job and Happy studying .
thanks Karime , Yolanda, sayulita and I wish you good luck in your studying .
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| Torontonian
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| | 07/26/07 - 01:13 PM
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I am from an old generation. I did my internship in 1998-1999 at the IMSS in Tampico. I had three classmates from UNE during the internship. After that I went to "Nutricion" for my social service and never came back so I never saw the new library; those were rustic years.
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| Lorena
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| | 07/26/07 - 03:25 PM
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Hello everybody! WOW!! Lots of new people, I feel old!!!
Nice to see that the mexican community in this forum keeps being active and studying hard.
PGY 2 started hard but I am enjoying it a lot. Much more responsability and still cannot say that is more relaxing... yet, but it is definetely more satisfying as I get to take my own decisions and dont have to run them by a senior. I am the senior now  and so far I haven't being yelled at for the decisions I 've taken.
Keep on the good work guys!!!! READ, READ , READ!!!!
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| Karime
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| | 07/26/07 - 09:27 PM
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Hi..............I hope everything's going on perfect for you guys!I am a little bit confused about the next situation:I don't know who got my e-mail address, and not only mine, but all my classroom partners from here, Mexico, received one mail from "RT Medical exchange"......the owner's company name is Roel Trejo.It says as follow: (I pasted it, ok!.......)//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////Doctores:La compania RT Mrdical Exchanche es una empresa que se encarga del financiamiento academico a medicos latinoamericanos que desean conseguir la licencia de medicos en Estados Unidos.La compania otorgara la preparacion necesaria para aprobar los examenes que se requieren para obtener la licencia y puedan ejercer en dicho pais, asi como con hospedaje, alimentacion, material didactico, pago de examenes, tramites migratorios con la finalidad de que su estancia en el pais sea legal, ademas se les dara una ayuda economica cada mes.Nosotros te conseguimos contrato en un hospital, clinica o en el sector privado, una vez obteniendo tu licencia.Tu podras ganar $60.000 dll o mas al ano.Si estas interesado en formar parte del programa puedes visitar la pagina web en www.rtmedicalexchange.com ; o a las oficinas a los numeros (956) 283-9686 (956) 283-1787 en Pharr, Tx.; o bien mandanos tus datos, dudas o comentarios a: rtmedicalexchange@hotmail.com.ATTE.Lic. Rosaura Flores.//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////I just find it very very suspicious!What you think?You can also see the web site......It looks very informal to be true......sorry but it's my point of view....so...I responded an e-mail asking about the conditions, or the payment at the end of my speciality.......AND I ASK ABUOT HOW DO THEY GOT MY E-MAIL ACOUNT....They said://///////////////////Bajo que requisitos, como habras leido en la pag. web requerimos solo tu titulo de Medico Cirujano Partero o con el nombre que sea impartida la carrera de Medicina, ademas se les aplica un examen de conocimientos dependiendo del resultado te podriamos decir si eres aceptada o no en el programa.que condiciones? bueno pues aqui tu unico trabajo seria estudiar para pasar los examenes, es una preparacion de 9 meses de lunes a sabado (descansan los domingos) y contoras con todas las facilidades para pasar el examen guias, tutor, etc.como va a pagar? buena pregunta, pues mire la compania una vez que obtenga su licencia para ejercer en USA le conseguira un contrato en una clinica, hospital o en el sector privado.Su contrato podra ser de $60.000 dll al ano o mas, susted pagara a la compania la cantidad de $150.000 dll en un plazo de 5 anos, si su contrato es de $200.000 dll al ano o mas (en el hospital, clinica o en el sector privado) la cantidad que pagaria a la compania RT Medical Exchange L.L.C. la misma cantidad de sueldo anual en un plazo igual de 5 anos.Esta empresa esta tratando de contactar a los Doctores con el fin de que si alguien esta interesado se comunique con nosotros, por medio de un portal de internet.El Sr. Roel Trejo es el presidente de la compania. El creo esta compania con el fin de brindar apoyo economico a aquellos Doctores que esten interesados en ejercer su carrera en Estados Unidos, pero que no cuentan con la solvencia economica como para hacerlo.Espero haberle podido aclarar todas sus dudas.Atentamente Lic. Rosaura Flores Quijano/////////////////////////////////////BUT THEY DON'T RESPONDED MY LAST Q....How do they obtained my E-MAIL!!!!!!!!!!So.......I'm going to do what I planned......doing it by my self........but I just want to figure out if you know the program.........(honestly I think it's A TRAP, SO it'll be very useful for me and my partners because we can take care and do not give our e-mail addresses TO anyone who purposely try to mislead us..!!!!!!.......But.....I wonder if it is true.............Take care..............and thanks
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| GLO MD
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| | 07/27/07 - 08:37 AM
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Sounds tricky to me too karime....I bet they are lawyers...those people are always doing scams...I bet it has a trap among the little letters....plus 150000 dlls per year per 5 years its a lot of money!!! You will be working your assoff for them and it is not like they payed so much to help you out....it is a big business if you see it that way. Don't do it!!!! We can do it ourselves!!!
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| Torontonian
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| | 07/27/07 - 09:50 AM
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Hi Karime,
First at all, e-mail can easily be obtained from any source to which you gave it before. It is not uncommon to sell e-mail lists to companies so, if all your classmates received this offer, that means somebody at your school sold it; it could be interesting to find out who did it because it is ilegal or, at least, to push him/her to share all the money that he/she recieved for it between all your classmates
Regarding the information you are posting, although I live in Canada, I know a little bit of this bussiness but, if I am wrong, guys doing residency in US can clarify me. First you need to notice that they are offering to help you in obteining a LICENSE and a JOB; they NEVER mention to obtain residency training for you. I know IMGs who have moved from Canada to US for working and, for doing that, you will need to pass all STEPS, obtain ECFMG certification but MORE IMPORTANT, you will need to find out if the authority of the state you want to work will recognize you mexican studies (in addition of the job offer, obviously); that is the key piont. I think in US you CANNOT work as general practitioner, you need, AT LEAST, postgraduate training in family medicine so do not get confuse; I think this offer does not apply to you by definition.
If you have postgraduate training in Mexico I think they are only facilitating a process that you can do by yourself and they are asking a lot of money for it (for example, you could pay and pass the exams by yourself and cantract a job hunter after it, that is cheaper). Did they mention what would happen if you fail exams, or you do not get any job offer??? how much is the interest rate is you do not pay on time??? can they send you in advance a copy of the contract that you will be signing? Be sure what you are doing and if this will really make the things easier for you or anyone that you know.
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| Sayulita
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| | 07/27/07 - 06:20 PM
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For all you aqui les mando una oportunidad en UCLA en pasadena
Checken family practice en UCLA......
esta bien solo que deben de haberser graduado recientemente.........
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| Sayulita
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| | 07/29/07 - 12:56 PM
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they pay you the kaplan tuition I don't exactly all the rules but it sounds like a real good
deal.
I can't take since it woud mean moving......
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| Torontonian
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| | 07/30/07 - 03:21 PM
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Hi all,
does anyone know about visa/working opportunities for a wife or husband? obviously your family is included as your dependents but how difficult is for them to obtain a work permit from inside US is they find a job?
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| Torontonian
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| | 07/31/07 - 03:41 PM
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Hi guys,
How is the study coming along? For me it has been a pain but I think this is because I am just starting this path. I just initiated head an neck anatomy and after it will come neuro  . It looks a long way, specially because there are many more books to come. Any opinion of books called Underground Clinical Vignettes?
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| yolanda
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| | 07/31/07 - 06:20 PM
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I have the underground clinical vignettes torontonian, I didn't buy them, I have them because someone gave them to me, but I wouldn't buy them. They are ok, but maybe after reading kaplan or BRS series of books, just as a complement if you have the time but not as a main source. Well, at list that is what I think.
Take care
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| Karime
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| | 07/31/07 - 08:29 PM
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Yeah GLO.....I agree with you, it's just a friend was very interested, but now I know what I'll say him.
Thanks Torontonian, as I said before, It'll be better if you do it by yourself, who knows what kind of conditions they sponsor, and besides they didn't mention anything about a residency program.....and......About your study......I've already planned my study program....I just need the material....I hope it'll be in my hands soon!!!........so....let's start ....right to the end.
Tomorrow it's the day damn it!.......I begin my social service -lol-
Take care of yourselves!!
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| doc_clotaire
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| | 07/31/07 - 08:44 PM
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Good Luck in your SS
Take it as " STUDY SERVICE " I remember that I used to study 8 to 10 hours every day in my SS
Good Luck to you and don ' t pay attention to those guys sending youy emails .This is all BS ...
I received email like this every week , I don ' t even bother reading them , I just deleted them , that 's it .
Happy SS !
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