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Hi friends,
glad to be back
I am in cvs pathology.
Where are u guys ? Come on and report ur activities. I t is time now to move to a top gear.Do not let the thread die before we all achive our target.
Mytime.... I think you had a wonderful weekend. Hope you will be here today.
Zenith... congrads.........! you finished bacteriology. What next?
Seems. how is every thing? Have you gone through path slides? i think there
is a one mor file. I have sent it. check ur email. Just relax and study. you can do this.
Old kid.... You are a bussy man. Just drop us a line. Already in Canada? Hope every thing is going on smoothly as planned.
Umnique... Where are u lady? Really miss you. How is ur progress with pharma and path.? Let me know what section you are reading in path as i am also doing path right now.
Rashmi verma..Whassup? not heard from u for a long time. just disappeared from the scene! What is going on with ur bacterilogy?ALL THE MAGIC LIES IN EATING TOGETHER AND CELEBRATING TOGETHER.
Other friends and wellwishers, pls come and say hello to us.This thread is too young and do not let it have a premature end.
Happy studying to every one of you .Keep on moving.
Tough time will not last foe ever, but tough people will do....
 
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Hey PROCTALGIA what made u think that i would let u be the sole winner in the thread? U knew i would come back.And I have.
BTW I read everyone's wishes 'coz it was imp. to me but didn't reply 'coz didn't wanna be away from Hubbie darhling for to long.u are right we had a great weekend....the weather was excellent and l'le Mr. so well behaved...but i did meet a group of medical grads on the morning of my ann. to plan a study group.One from Nigeria,Pakistan,Germany and another Indian.I'll still being going as planned. So today will be back to Genetics should be done by tomorrow.Then Wed. i intend to go one to metabolism....any advises?
U are right i miss UNIQUE too but i think she said it was something inevitible and she had to be away for a week...i think that time is up though...just hope all's well.
Thanks for your wishes TARGET are u done with all the imp. work we miss u too.Just the other day ZENITH was wondering about u.
ZENITH going great guns girl..proud of u.Is ur neck any better? Bath and bodyworks have a massage cream forget-me-knot try using that on ur sore body while massaging with a massager u'll get there in circular motion.Maybe i sudn't be writing this here but u suffer so often.
OLDKID thanks so much for ur wishes...no candle light dinner as Surya was with us but we went to a very expensive Brazilian place to eat and all the while Surya was loading his train with sweet n low and going choo choo....but i was great.i guess should not talk to u about food eh?Are u all packed up or not?
Hey SEEMS....it's ok...festival time is always like that....plz..don't go on a guilt trip from which it's difficult to come back.Probably u'll be back full swing post Eid.At least I expect u too or u don't deserve all the fun u are having.
Any idea As to JAIDE's whereabouts...she's gone totally missing as has RASHMI....SHRUNT.
I hope these ppl. realize that USMLE is soon going to be changing tatics and we need to hurry.
God Bless and Good luck.
P.S.
U'r f'rite toddler turns 2 this Sunday.  
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Hi guys,
I am back after so many days and one of the first things I did was to check our thread.
First of all , congratulations mytime . Good to know that you enjoyed the day and had sometime to yourself too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Surya too. May he has many happy returns of the day. My love to him.
Proctalgia, thanks for remembering me. When everybody is posting regularly, you post with the gap of a day or two but it is amazing to see how you kept the thread alive in the absence of most of us Although mytime was with you but she always posts regularly. It means we have to be away more often to have you write frequently
Oldkid, I guess you are in Canada these days. Have fun. What happened to your avatar BTW?????? It was cute.
Zenith, you are doing great gal!!!!!! You are almost done with micro. What do you think of picking next ??? Please send some positive energy my way too. I really need it to start studies after this long killing gap.
Seems, do not worry , you will catch up InshaAllah.These are the last days of Ramadan and nights of prayer. Please remember me and all of our group in your prayers and so will I InshaAllah.
I wonder where is the rest of the gang???? ????
Our trip to Philadalphia was really very hectic. It had been cold there during the last couple of days and my youngest one has brought a gift of sore throat and fever along
But the good news is that the work we went there for , has successfully been done , thanks God for that.
I did not take my books along because I knew we will be busy and I will have no time to study and so was it. So I am still where I left
Proctalgia, I am only at fluid and hemodynamics in patho and ANS in pharma. InshaAllah will try my best to come back in flow as soon as possible. I guess , this SOON will be after Eid now
Thanks everyone,once again for remembering me . I hope I will have some progress to report in a day or two and hope to hear the same from you guys.
Study hard and have a good one
Edited by unique1 on 10/16/06 - 08:35 PM
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hi friends
sorry mytime im late to wish u but my best wishes always with u!may u have blessed married life today tommorow and always"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY"
rest of the gang keep going!
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have productive week!
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Hey So I was right....U are back now UNIQUE1 we misssed u.I did nothing this week but pROCTALGIA was a real sweetheart kept it going for us all.Thanks for ur wishes for us all.Now i'm all curious about this Philly teip...???How are the kids now?Give them a kiss from me. Yup I think things are going to be different after Eid u are all in half celebration mode.We have DIWALI this Saturday and I gettng into the same again but i really need to finish things before that.
KEEPGOING so good to see u here,Honey..come over more often we love to hear from u.thanks for ur generous wishes.How are the studies coming along?
See Unique was so right about PROCTALGIA...where are u now that we are getting back?
ZENITH honey u ok?Did u read my last msg. to u?
SEEMS plz try to us even if u aren't reading encourage us sweetie we need it.
OKID is bound to be busy for this coming time but we all be thinking of u.
Others where are u ..please write to encourage me..ok/i need u guys.
Good luck all.
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hey guys,
so nice to see the thread alive again. welcome back unique - we really missed u and its wonderful to have u back and to know that your Philly trip was a success. it'll take a while to get back to books but don't be discouraged. it won't be long b4 u'll hit those books with a passion. by the way, i plan to do Anat after Micro.
mytime: thanks babe for ur B&BW suggestion - i'll get that cream and massager asap. gosh, i'm so disheartened with my acupuncture treatment - it did me good initially when i was going twice a week but i'm back to square one now that i'm going weekly. i'm actually thinking of discontinuing it since its not doing me any good and besides, its expensive too. my only hope is in my Lord who is the greatest physician of all.
and hey, wish surya a very very happy b'day from all of us. u're in for big trouble - get ready to face his terrible two's......
where did our good ol' proctalgia disappear? i think he surfaces only when our ship is sinking - i mean, when our thread is so dead. we miss u buddy - do stop by and say hello.
oldkid must be enjoying his vacation. i miss his avatar too - it was really cute.
seems: where art thou????
as for me, i'm so tied up these days, its not even funny - its crazy at work + life has been very eventful off late - wish there were >24 hours in a day..............well, in the midst of all this, i'm trying to read whatever i can - should have finished fungi and parasitology by now, but haven't!!!! got done with fungi and half of parasitology. i plan to finish micro by this wknd - lets see if i can do it - still have half of parasitology, virology and microbial genetics + 3 more chapters at the end. seems like a lot to do in 6 days (esp with my crazy work schedule these days), but like shrunt used to say - "I can always try!!" so that is what i will do - TRY - please do keep me in your prayers as u all r in mine...........
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Hi my dear friends,
I t so nice to see you all bouncing back to the forum. Hey Mytime you are in top gear again. Full of energy and stamina. No doubt Annivesaries can do wonders.
Check ur PM. I droped a couple of questions.
Sorry guys. I did not disappear from the scene,just away due to distractions that are too numerous to mention here.. Count on me. But thousend appologies for not coming here everyday.
I am moving to respiraory path today(Goljan audio and lectures). No idea to go through KPLN path notes which seems to be devoid of all the details for our purpose.
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OK Guys Keep on doing ur good work. You are always in my prayers.
Love and kind regards to everyone.
Thank u
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Hey guys,
Wish I had some progress to report but unfortunately it is a zilch.....
Could not study a single word today inspite of all my efforts.
Will try again tomorrow. Please pray for me.
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voila!!!! our dear ol' proctalgia is back. good to c u buddy - your progress is very good. by the way, for Path, along with Goljan lectures, r u reading his 500-or-so pages of notes or doing it from rapid review?? I'm contemplating buying RR, but if his notes r good enough, then i'll probably skip buying RR. please let me know.
unique: don't lose heart - keep at it........very soon, u'll start picking up from where u left. if u don't succeed in ur efforts, i would suggest starting a subject like Beh Sc. which is easy and interesting to read and u should be able to finish it in 7-10 days. that'll give u some sense of accomplishment and u'll be back in the groove. the thing is u've started both difficult subjects together: Pharmac is difficult because it is rote memorization and very volatile too and Path because of its sheer volume/number of pages to study, seems overwhelming. that is why i've decided to do Pharm as my 2nd last subject and Path as my last subject. well that was just a suggestion.............Do what u feel comfortable with.
mytime: where r u babe?
seems: u seem to have disappeared again.
as for me, by God's grace, i'm done with parasitology and started with virology, which is a long chapter (50 pages i guess).
i'm feeling so lonely........hubby is traveling again for work (left for Vegas this morning) - i'm at work right now, so its not too bad but really not looking fwd to going back home in the evening........sob sob
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hii guys
good to see ppl back , look who is talking , i know,cz i m not ther ,thats why i cant see ppl
but anyhow its good to see u guys.
i have nothing to report.
didnt study a word.
bythe way zenith ur idea is really good ,i thought of it once but then i just cudnt do it .
i ll try to do it though.
mytime ,zenith, proctalgia ,u guys r doing great , keep it up ,u gys r our inspiration.
MYTIME: happy belated bday to surya, my love to him ,he must be soo cute ,can we see his pic, i looove to play wz a 1 and 2 and 3 yrs old ,they r sooo cute in that age.
unique ,i know how r u feeling cz i m going thru the same thing ,but u ll good INSHA ALLAH ,u r cool , ull pick up i know ,its just ur post trip delay ,u ll get over it soon dunt worry , an dofcourse u guys r alway sin my prayers. i pray 4 the whole group , i actually say unique ,jaide and , u know the unreal names hehehe funny sometimes.
anyways ,rest of the gang carry on e,u guys r doing great ,keep it up .plzz pray 4 m ei need it badly .
all of you take care
love ya all
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God look at u all i wish i prayed like you all do..my pray goes up when ever i suddenly think of it. ya but this year we have kept a big prayer offering for Surya's birthday and are hosting lunch after that for all who come.That's like a thank you for him.
I don't know what happens on a daily basis to me...i feel like i'm bribing God and then i start feeling guilty. Stupid no??? Anyway Hence I feel Blessed to be in all your praters as I so selfishily need them.Please, ask God to give me more sense and determination to finish my stuff and be logical with my Qs at the end of it.My speed and memory are easily the most pathetic.
Anyway didn't mean to drepress u all in the morning....I know u are all doing the best you can and that shames as i'm not! Think i need a real talking to? yeah..i do, miss my mom and dad they were best at that.
Anyway ALL THE BEST TO YOU ALL..will get back later after I'm happier with my performance.
PROCTALGIA ur qs. killed the last hope i had for my intellect...i think i ned some more jolts like that..Thank you.
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Hey what's up with all thoses type i made...stress ehh or a bad keyboard? i know u are all intelligent enough to figure them out so tada.
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i can't believe it when i need ppl. to write no one comes to the thread.
Anyway...am doing Lippincott now that have gone through Kaplan Genetics...almost.will check tomorrow after am completely done.
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Hi guys,
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Oh mytime you have been here at 14.22. Just missed you.I was awya from computer .
I am still in Respiratory physio.
Yes Zenith, I am reading 500( infact >500) Goljan notes.These notes are really good.Gives many details just for step 1. To compare with RR is simply not posible because I have no idea about RR book. I checked at the local library but they do not have it.Goljan notes are actually more than path. He gives many tips on how to intergrate with other areas. That is the beuty of it.
Old kid we miss you. just drop in and say hello.
Rest of the gang----You all are going great and kep it up.
GL and Take care
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Hey mytime, what happened dear?? Why are you so down?? Come on!!! you are always so cheerful and dynamic that I cannot imagine you low . But it is OK ..... all of us have our up times and down times. ( Are these female hormones?? ) Well.. I guess not....because sometimes even proctalgia and oldkid are also a little low so I guess it happens to all men and women alike. Hope to see the same old mytime tomorrow
Seems, it is so sweet of you to remember us in your prayers by our nick names
I imagine you praying for "unique" HEHEHE
Zenith, thank you very much for your suggestion. You are right that I have put my two feet in two boats ,one of which is moving east and the other one to the west
Secondly it is Ramadan plus and unexpected break plus Aftaar parties plus preparations for Eid ...... to much to handle. I hope I will be back on track after Eid which is on Monday the 23rd.
I will be doing only patho until Eid and then will decide if I should do pharma along or should finish patho alone first.
Today I moved a little forward in my studies and read some patho and listened to one Goljan lecture. I am glad , at least did something.
Hope to report better progress tomorrow.
Bye bye till then
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thank u proctalgia for answering my qs. i guess in that case, i'll stick with Goljan notes and forget about buying RR.
mytime: what happened babe? u r our cheerleader - u can't afford to be low - but its okay, every once in a while, we r all allowed to reflect on our lives and feel down in the dumps.
i'm probably going thru the same phase right now - there are days when i just want to give up on this MLE thing - its becoming way too painful and difficult to manage with a job. the same routine every single day - get up at 6 - get ready - go to work - work like there's no tomorrow - come back home totally pooped physically and mentally - then either take a nap or study - cook and b4 u know it, the day is over and then the next morning start all over again. this whole thing is really killing my spirits. i guess the only thing i look forward to, in a day, is when we sit down to eat dinner and hubby and i talk about how the day has been and reflect on life in general. these days, he's traveling for work so i go home to an empty house and eat by myself and trust me, its no fun being by yourself. can't wait for him to come back........
anyway, the bottomline is that its always easy to give up......the key here is to keep going despite your circumstances, because at the end of the day, i ask myself - why am i doing it????????? no one is forcing me to do it, i already have a comfortable job and career i can bank on, so what is it that is driving me to do this - all this struggle and self-battling and living life at the edge of your nerves (always STRESSED out) - is it worth it?????? and the answer is: YES!!!! because nothing else in life would give me the satisfaction of seeing my dreams come true. we all have a higher calling in life and only we can decide what it really is and God who gives us our dreams also gives us the direction. and the best part is: Even this shall pass away...........for nothing is permanent...........so cheer up, all u fellow strugglers - its only a matter of time b4 we'll all be practicing physicians in the US of A. maybe, some day we might even meet..........i guess i'm really really thinking ahead of myself........
unique: see i told u - u'll soon get back into the groove. good going.
seems: why aren't u studying???????????? there is no excuse for you not to study!! sorry if i'm being harsh, but u can think of me as an older sister who has your best interest in mind. don't lose this precious time honey - it will never come back!!! u know i have a friend, who has 2 school-going kids - she herself is working part-time, doing a PhD in Biostatistics (which i can tell u is not easy by any standards), suffers from severe arthritis, has a very unsupportive husband and has to juggle between taking her kids to dance/karate/gymnastics/swimming classes, make them do their homework, do her own assigments and projects and write grants AND do house work and in the midst of all this, she actually manages to host parties - i mean, she is a super woman. the take-home message is that we can all be super-women!!! once we set our minds to something, is there anything unachievable?????
okay i think i've bored u guys enough with such a looooooong post, but writing is cathartic for me. as busy as i am, i think it really helps me put my feelings in writing.
as for my studies, my war with viruses is on. should soon be over........
hang in there all of u and keep the faith!!
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i have a general qs addressed to all of u: when u guys study a topic, how do u do it? do u first read, then watch the video and then re-read that topic OR do u watch the video along with the notes, without reading the notes 1st? or if have any other method, please enlighten!!
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Read first and then do the listen to the topics and maybe quick read again.
Busy baking a train cake for Surya's class...will reply to the rest later.Love U honey....all of u.
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Ok entire morning wasted but the cake all done.It's really looking so silly and cute...I put in animal crakers for load and named it surya's zoo. Howz that for imagination.Now am tired but wanted to thank you guys for the posts.
UNIQUE u are right about the woman thing pROCTALGIA and OLD get it 'coz of the company they keep. I know it must be cute praying in our nicknames?do u guys no anyone's name? i know only proctalgia's. And i like it! I'm sure u are back at it.....
PROCTALGIA is doing great and hope he continue's to do same. Thanks for the pm.
ZENITH my darling......it's the leo thing i suppose...old was already feeling that way sud have known it wud strike us both too.Ur mail is long but we needed it I just didn't have the stamina this time. It was an inspiring story about that colleague of urs.God Bles Her! I know it must be real tough for u but u are still trying and that's commendable..Just the way TARGET finished her phd. I mostly get upset when i start wasting time for no reason at all.
Anyway...tomorrow the study group meets for discussion of mole. bio. genetics. I better go through it all today.This is a busy weekend and might not be able to open books or post but i'll get monday morning with metabolisms and will make it a point to finish it by friday...Need u all to pester me plz...as next weekend is travel again and after that i want to start Micro/immuno.
Thank you guys once again for all ur love.
Since none of u seem to know when EID is i leave u with wishes For a Blessed EID. Mubarak to u all. And RASHMI DIWALI ki SHUBKAMNAYEEN! HOPE U are alright.PROCTALGIA al the wishes go to u too.GOD BLESS!
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Hey dear friends,
Here i go again. Yes u ladies are correct Your company is what keep us going.
But the funny thing is our company seems to have little or no affect on stabilising ur moods
This Fall weather here is very gloomy and has a very negetive efect on me. Rain and chill all day which make u feel like sleeping all day.
Could not do any thing constructive. Plan to do some work to night.
Yes mytime u are right.. First read the text and then listen to / watch video.Then you can understand what they say very easily.Every thing they say is on notes.
Thank You mytime for gfeetings. Well I guess Eid al-Fitr day is not known till the last moment. Correct me please if I am wrong.-
To all my friendfs in the forum.
May Your EID be full of joy and peace !!!!
Good luck to all the ladies and the gentleman-oldkid
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Mytime, it is good to see you in your usual mood again Baking for Surya's class really helped. It is a cute idea . Do you have any special train bake pan or cut and arranged the cake to make a train? You know what , once I was too much into cooking and baking and collected a lot of funny pans and pots. I used to arrange big parties in my home and loved to cook fine food and have compliments from the guests but now I am really fed up with all this and always want to have pot luck parties. Isn't it funny !! Women's mood thingy again !!
Proctalgia, I wish mood stability of you guys was as contagious as our mood swings are but I guess majority rules
Zenith, I hope you are not missing your hubby too much. When will he be back?
I also read the notes first and then listen to the lectures and most of the times read the notes again. In addition to that , for almost every subject, I have to open the text books because of my long forgotten knowledge .It makes my progress super slow. I hope I will not be needing big books in my second read.
You are right guys. Eid is celebrated according to lunar calander and each lunar month starts with the sighting of the moon. Eid Al Fitr ( after Ramadan,the month of fasting, which is the 9th month of lunar calander) is celebrated on the 1st day of the 10th month of lunar calander. When we see the moon on the 29th or 30th of Ramadan, the next day is Eid.
Now scientists claim that they can tell for the next hundred years when the moon will be sighted. This year in North America , some Muslim organizations have constructed the lunar calander for the whole year according to the scientifically predicted moon sighting dates .Muslims in my area are following this scientific calander and that is why we know in our area, Eid will be on Monday the 23rd of October but in some areas, people want to follow the traditional way of seeing the moon and then deciding when the Eid will be.
So guys when ever we have Eid, Diwali or Christmas the spirit of all these days is to share our joys and remember our fellow beings .
I think Diwali is this saturday and mytime, rashmi and anyone else who I missed, have a good day and enjoy yourselves.
Come to the business now ........ I am almost done with fluid and hemodynamics . Will try to finish it before going to bed.Progress is slow but not disappointing after all
Good nite guys . Will see ya tomorrow InshaAllah.
Edited by unique1 on 10/20/06 - 06:54 AM
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i think Unique i'm in that phase these days...just don't feel like entering the kitchen....but u just have too. The cake came out well.I don't have a lot of pans....but have a great imagination. Daughter of an artist u see!. So i just made five miniloaf cakes colored them different made the blue one an engine after modiying it to look like one...two wagons...full of animal cracker inside a wafer fence and in general sprinkles and decorations and and track with rounded things with chocolate in them..the cake is a banana pecan my own receipe...u sud try it some day. Hey looks like i just wrote a lot abt. cake!
The studies are just as i said..going to my discussion group will know how much i remember then.Good luck and wishes to u all again.Take care
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great to see everyone back in form and thanks for answering my Qs!
mytime: u r one talented woman! wow- i wish i had an imagination like yours. u r in the wrong profession babe! the only thing i've ever baked is: muffins!! i should take some recipes from u and unique - u gals rock!!
unique: u r doing good - don't lose this pace now.
proctalgia: u r so cute! i wish ur company would have some positve effect on stabilizing our crazy hormonal changes, but like unique said: majority wins - in our case, loses!
okay well, i'm feeling a little better today coz hubby is coming back tomorrow - yippeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm so excited. and i'm really looking fwd to this weekend - i know in terms of studies, it going to be not so good, but i know i'm going to have lots of fun. have a diwali party to attend tomorrow and the best part - no pot luck, so don't have to cook anything (bad for the hostess though!).
hey by the way, eid mubarak and happy diwali to all of u who celebrate it (don't want to name anyone lest i miss someone).
u know this morning, i got an email from a friend who recently had a baby and had sent the pictures - my God, the baby was so adorable - i actually had pangs of motherhood just looking at the baby!! i'm sure all u blessed moms understand that feeling.
anyway, as for the progress, i'm finally done with virology - have to do end of chapter Qs though and listen to the DVD. my neck and shoulders are in a bad state, but i'm trying to do whatever i can - pray to God for good health and strength...........have forgotten what it feels like to be pain-free!!! God, give me the courage to face each new challenge with your grace, which is sufficient........
have a great weekend all of u and remember to have some fun, coz all work and no play makes jack a dull boy!!
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hello guyzz "happy diwali and happy eid may this festivs bring happiness in our lives and success on our ways!enjoy the festivs!
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