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Only took an hour!

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Once I figured out exactly what the hell I wanted to do here, then gave up and wound up just making a new header image and changing some colors around. September’s template is born. “Uhm…Krissy? It’s the same one you had for August!” Yep, that’s why in actuality it took me 10 minutes to complete once the graphics based shit was completed.

I’m getting my ass in gear on some work for other things. I have some posting to do, some emails to write and other random things to accomplish. Hopefully once of which will be food considering I’ve only been eating once a day for the last week (not sure why) and it’s been almost 24 hours so my stomach is screaming at me. I’ll find some toast somewhere, there’s got to be bread in the house that hasn’t turned to mold yet. With the humidity here, I’m lucky to get a loaf to last more than 3 days! :ugh:

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Weekend Round-up

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

After quite a bit of searching through many search engines, and forums no less, I was able to come across a screen saver that worked under a dual monitor configuration. I played around with the trial, liked what I saw, and now I’m happy to see tons of fish every time I come back to my desk. I’m easy to please. I would have a big fish tank of my own but my allergies are extremely sensitive and just walking past a truck that’s unloading fresh fish I break out in hives. I personally don’t think I could handle having to deal with cleaning tanks at this point either. So I went for the virtual route and I couldn’t be happier. I dropped a quick $20 at dreamaquarium.com, for those interested in it as well. I had one that came with XP Plus but there was no way to set it for multiple monitors, so that’s all figured out. I’m also happy to know that Active Desktop gives you the ability to have different wallpapers on each setup. I’m all customized now heh.

I’m going through email at the moment, I’ve reinstalled Thunderbird in hopes that my issues are resolved. I found out that Paypal was having some trouble this past weekend with payments so hopefully that’s all cleared up soon. I know I’m waiting on money from escrow on many sites, plus the subscription payments being processed for hosting. Either way I’m sure it will all resolve itself eventually.

I haven’t gotten much work done in the past few days. I think it all began to catch up with me so I’ve kind of “crashed” so to speak. I was also busy cleaning as well, so that didn’t help my work-based concentration very much either. Needless to say, I’m getting back on track and hopefully I’ll have another $2500 month. I fell about $500 short of my goal but either way I’m very content with it, so that’s all that matters.

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Keep fighting it…

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

For the past 12 hours, at least, I’ve been cleaning. I’m sure I could have accomplished it in half the time but that’s based on the fact that I kept getting side-tracked with other things. The bathroom took me about an hour, tile is a bitch to clean sometimes. I accomplished the kitchen, even having enough time while cleaning to throw some cookies in the oven for Sean. The living room is the cleanest I’ve personally ever seen it and now I’m working on my third load of laundry. Once I can get that into the dryer, I know for sure that I’m going right to sleep. My eyes keep freaking crossing on me.

Hoppers (yep, chose a name) wasn’t around tonight. I’m sure he was around the house but considering I can’t see what’s going on in the grass below – who knows. I just know he wasn’t on the porch to keep me company tonight during quick smoke breaks.

Sean and I attempted to head into a local mattress store tonight. We were on our way to the super market and wound up going across the street to this place first, not even sure if I remember the name but it also isn’t a chain so that may explain it. They’re running a deal right now where beds start in the $400 range, I’d say that’s a fairly decent price for a temporary bed. It’ll at least get us up off the floor and we can throw out the foam pads we’ve been sleeping on for the last few months. My back is finished, my hip is now acting up and I know he isn’t very comfortable either. Unfortunately, they were closed so we couldn’t look around to see what was on sale but I’m sure we’ll make a run over there tomorrow.

The reason for our trip to the supermarket was due to the fact that some bone head in the complex decided that they didn’t have any propane to BBQ and switched the tanks out on us. The gage is also missing a piece of glass so I want to assume they just unscrewed the whole thing, switched it out, then went from there. Sean noted that the cover for the BBQ never really stayed on properly and at first I was convinced that it was only the wind. Now I’m starting to think that someone has purposely been taking it off just to switch out the tank. I have no idea what actually happened but I can say that it’s not the tank we brought home a few weeks ago and we know neither one of us changed it out for an empty one.

I’m trying very hard to stay awake right now, I’m not sure how much longer I have left until I officially crash though. I do have to clean off my desk because it looks like hell. Then I have to head back into the kitchen and finish a few small things up. I just wish the damn dryer would work faster!

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Uninstalling, Reinstalling, and still not getting anywhere.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

I’m not too sure what’s going on with email at the moment. Anything going through the server doesn’t seem to make it to the recipient and on top of that, anything going through Gmail doesn’t seem to do it either. At this point, knowing full well that Gmail isn’t that faulty, I think I’m having some trouble with Thunderbird because that seems to be the only option at the moment. I’m going to just log directly into the send mail and see if things work from there, if they do then I may have to reinstall Thunderbird because that’s the only option at this point. I’ve been looking into new a new Mailing Lists Company as well, the mailing list I’m working with now isn’t working out that great for me either. It’s like some outside force doesn’t want me doing anything. I know that I need a vacation but being unable to contact people just adds more stress to the situation.

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Working out the kinks

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

I’m still fiddling with the dual-monitors. I know, it seems to be my only topic of discussion today but trust me, there’s a reason for it. I’m starting to get used to how things are working out. Email/Chat to the right and work to the left. Thankfully, with Active Desktop there’s the ability to have two completely different backgrounds which is nice considering I tend to alternate them so frequently that I don’t get to use them for a long amount of time when I change things. So now I can display two at once and hopefully that’ll stop me from changing things so often.

The thing I’m trying to figure out now is the ability to get my screen saver to show up on both screens. I have XP Plus so I use the Aquarium screen saver, there are some cute little fish floating around my screen – I’m just trying to get them to show up on both but unfortunately I’m unable to locate anything on ANY search engine explaining how to do it. There are screen savers of the same caliber that actually work on multiple screens but I like mine too much to get rid of it, and I certainly don’t need banner ads randomly popping up due to whatever one I’d install that’s weighed down with Spyware.

Hopefully I’ll figure something out sooner or later, typically when the screen saver kicks on I’m not even in the room. But if I happen to be playing the Wii or even straightening up, it would be nice to see a huge fish tank on my desk instead of a tank to the left and a blank screen on the right!

If you, or anyone you know for that matter, know anything about how to do this without having to just download a new set of screen savers, a comment or an email would be greatly appreciated.

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Teen Rehab Echo Malibu

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

PPPI’ve spoken about it before, and I’ll continue to speak about it until I’m blue in the face (or in this case, in the fingers). Drug addiction is a serious condition that isn’t to be taken lightly. I’ve lost friends and family to many addiction based diseases and wouldn’t want to wish that kind of pain on anyone, friend or foe. If you, or someone you know, has a drug related dependency or is going through alcohol addiction – get to a treatment center! There are many of them located all over the world and there’s no excuse for not helping someone in need. For those of you in the Malibu area, you could consider checking out Teen Rehab ECHO MALIBU. If you’re not in the area, Google is full of fine resources that can help everyone world-wide.

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I keep losing my mouse!

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

My monitor showed up today, I’m still working out the kinks. I’m not used to a dual-configuration and I wind up losing the mouse very easily between screens. If it weren’t for the nifty CTRL option that puts the rings around the mouse, I may have lost it by now.

I’m in the process of getting some work done, I slacked off today so I’m getting my butt in gear now. I’ll have more of an update later, this is more of a personal one:

Stacy – I emailed you from agndesigns@gmail.com. I could have sworn that was where the email was noted from before but I could have chosen the wrong address out of the drop down menu.

Shauna – I’ve contacted you twice – did you get either of them?

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Vontoo Voice Messaging

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

PPPI came across Vontoo voice messaging. The basis of the system is to enable organizations to create, send, and even track voice messages to people who want to hear from them.

It’s a pretty basic break down – but an effective one for those who use the phone so often. You create your customized message and then send it to an individual or group list of recipients that have signed up for your service and from there you can track the messages to see if they were received live or recorded on voice mail. And, unlike a lot of the services I’ve seen, they understand the Do Not Call list, and respect your privacy in the process.

I read through their success stories and naturally the one that stuck out the most for me was the NYFD. They go on to explain how it’s hard to keep in touch with all of the retirees for Engine 67 and they’re in the process of organizing a reunion event. They note that there are a few guys that are hard to get in touch with and using this service voids them of having to make multiple long distance phone calls.

After reading this, I went on to think about how this particular company could help other businesses and I thought of my friends mom. She’s been an Avon saleswomen for lord knows how many years and her phone books are filled with both the current and past customers that she’s accumulated over the last 20 years. I may actually email her after I’m done writing this up, it could be pretty easy for her when it comes to calling them up in regards to new products and promotions. There’s an opt-in/opt-out function for anyone so if they don’t appreciate the calls they can easily have themselves removed from the list. I just wish it were that easy when dealing with other companies, I’m still getting phone calls about products that I turned down over a year ago. If it were as easy as pressing a button and saying “remove me now”, I probably wouldn’t avoid the phone.

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Hopping around

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

While I still don’t feel as though I accomplished anything today, I did manage to get through everything on my to do list – so I guess that counts for something. There’s still a long list of things to get done before Saturday but a deadline is a deadline and I like to meet and/or exceed them as much as possible. It keeps me on my toes, and typically the client is happy as well.

FedEX finally updated their tracking system and I’ve learned that my monitor is coming out of Exton, PA. I know that this is only about 2 hours away from me so I’ll be happy to see it when I wake up in the morning. This, of course, depends on whether or not I can get myself back on track.

I know that you’re supposed to take antibiotics for exactly how many days your doctor prescribed but when the infection seems to have cleared up two days prior to the bottle being empty, do you really have to? I know, “Krissy, you’re being stupid!” but I just don’t like having to sleep things off, I need to be productive damn it!

Labor Day weekend is coming up and the locals are anticipating the return to normalcy the moment the weekend is over. Tourists will go back home, the boardwalk will be cleaner, and we don’t have to worry about the crazies that seem to only come out of the woodwork when the heat shows up. THANK GOD!

In other news, we have a new pet. I went outside tonight to find a chubby little Frog hanging out by the front door. Knowing that I’ve seen a few of them hopping around before, I left it alone and walked right past it. Sean tried to help it out by putting it back on the grass but the frog has very obviously refused and is now back on the porch keeping an eye on the door for us. Bella treated it as a new toy, but knowing full well that this one doesn’t squeak we pulled her away from it instantly. He hopped inside when Sean brought Bella in from her walk but he quickly pushed him back out the door. I’m not sure why but this one seems like a special little buddy and something tells me he’ll be around for a while. Guess I should name him, huh? Any recommendations? Maybe tomorrow I’ll snap a picture of him or something, I’m sure he’ll still be on the porch hiding in the corner.

A theory I have is the bug zapper, maybe he’s picked up on the fact that anything that’s killed on the zapper is usually kicked back out (depending on what size it is) and the reason it’s so fat is based on the fact that it’s just eating very well. Either way I’ll consider him my new buddy and move on from there.

It’s almost 4am, guess I should start getting ready for bed. Whether I actually fall asleep is a completely different story.

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Resource: Deal Locker

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

I’m poking around the ‘net with my usual coupons and promo codes found on Deal Locker for a few important household items. Mainly electronics coupons because we intend to upgrade a few things, like the TV’s and maybe a few monitors here and there. I’m content with mine but I know Sean needs better ones and considering our main form of combined income is all based on the Internet at this point, we’re going to need a few improvements here and there in order to pay the loan back, you know?

I like this new site though, deallocker.com, it’s mainly run by consumers and you don’t have to fish through expired codes before you get to the good ones. That’s one issue I was having with a previous site considering all of the purchases I’ve been making with Staples in the past. They’re a bit pricier when it comes to office equipment but the codes help so that balances itself out. I know I’ve spoken about Staples a lot but that’s mainly because they have everything I need. Where else are you going to find a comfy office chair marked down to $30 that isn’t a POS? Walmart? Kmart? Puhlease!

Another interesting thing about this particular site is their shopping tips and coupon blog. I’ve been using promo/coupon codes for so long that their tips really aren’t anything new to me but I figured I’d share the link for anyone who’s never really done this kind of shopping before. I just think if you can walk into a store with a coupon clipped out of the weekly mailer, then using them online should be no different. Sure, you may only save yourself a few dollars but think of that as covering the taxes.

DealLocker.com isn’t limited to just the US, there’s a database of companies listed all over the world so if you’re visiting here from say Germany, you can still find some great deals as well.

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Lingering.

Monday, August 27th, 2007

It’s a little after 4:30 and I’m starting to wonder why I’m still awake. I’ve made the attempt at laying down and crashing for the night but there’s so much going on in my head that coming back to the office to figure it all out was just the only route to take. I wrote up my to-do list for the week, I’ve cleaned off my desk in anticipation for my new monitor, I even wound up heading into the kitchen and putting some dishes away just because they were in the sink and bothering the crap out of me.

On the top of my to-do list is accomplishing a September template, I may wind up just changing the color scheme of this one though. I actually like it too much to archive it so I’ll break my own ‘rules’ and leave it up for a while. When someone says “September” what colors pop out at you? And Di if you say “school bus yellow” I’ll head up to NY and smack you with a trout. I was thinking reds/oranges but that’s more of an October thing. I have no idea what the birthstone color is for September either, however I’m sure that can easily be found out through a quick Google search. I’m just too lazy to do it. Sapphire, that works out for me considering I was thinking blue anyway.

The meds are just kicking my ass, that’s really the only thing I can say that would explain the funk. Dreams are really messed up, my stomach is always bothering me because of whatever reaction the antibiotics are having on it, and to top that off I just don’t have the drive to do much of anything, even a well-written to-do list can’t keep me focused, usually that was the case.

I know I’m lacking creativity, on top of that I’m sure I just need a vacation because I haven’t really gone anywhere in quite some time. Sean and I have been unable to get down to the beach thanks to all of the Benny’s, and usually it’s the Ocean that sparks some kind of energy in me, and I’m not sure why either. I guess I’ll just have to wait until after Labor Day for things to get back to normal. It’s not like we could walk around on the beach anyway, his knee has been bothering him and my back isn’t doing to great at the moment either. I tried some more of that Freeze-It stuff, but it only works for like 10 minutes on me. I’ve also been in pain for years and even hefty muscle relaxers never did the trick…all I did was wind up sleeping too much.

It just sucks…I don’t know.

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Bust over Blackjack

Monday, August 27th, 2007

PPPFor years now I’ve played backgammon, thanks to my grandmother. Recently I found the ability to play backgammon online that doesn’t require me logging into a website over-loaded with many multi-player games that slow servers down. This is why I’m a fan of Backgammon Masters, no surprise there though.

I’m a bit surprised though. Turns out they weren’t just going to settle for backgammon, perudo and poker – they’ve expanded. They added Blackjack to their list of games, which is pretty cool considering it’s a fairly easy game that doesn’t require a lot of skill. My apologies to the avid Blackjack player but seriously now, how hard is it to add? I can’t tell you how many people I’ve seen with 17 saying “hit me”. I also can’t tell you how many wives I’ve seen actually HIT the husband because of a move like that.

Okay, so a quick break down of their new stuff:

The BackgammonMasters BlackJack game, offers a multiplayer table where up to five players are spaciously seated and playing at the same table simultaneously, with the option of participating in real-time chat. Besides the sophisticated graphics and avatar modes, the software includes a unique View Mode adding another dimension to the fast-paced game whereby players can sit in on an existing game and watch the action before joining in.

So if you’re interested in playing, maybe even playing against me in anything, head on over to BackgammonMasters.com, download the free software and go from there. There are multiple languages supported so you’re sure to know what’s going on without any major confusion either. Just don’t bust in excitement, eh? hah

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Sleep Sucks!

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

I’ve been taking antibiotics for a few days now, so it’s no surprise that I’ve been sleeping for more than 12 hours a night. This is something that I absolutely HATE considering I like doing 16 hours of work then 8 hours of sleep. So cutting my work-day down by four hours has me feeling as though I’m missing out on a lot of shit with ‘rush jobs’. I should be resting, I’m aware of this. I just can’t sit and do nothing because it drives me crazy to just lay down and let hours pass where absolutely nothing is being accomplished.

I woke up today to find out that there’s the chance of having company on Tuesday. So I instantly looked around the house thinking “rut roh” it’s like a bomb hit it so I went through my morning ‘boot’ so to speak (cig, coffee, fed Bella – etc) then started on the kitchen. I’ve got the main counters cleaned off, the cabinet under the sink is straightened up and then I’ll get cracking on the island later this evening after I get some work done. The bathroom needs to be cleaned up and I’ve been trying to straighten up our bedroom for the last few days but everytime I go in there, all I want to do is lay down and go to sleep. It sucks!

I don’t like that FedEX doesn’t update their systems on the weekend. I’m trying to find out where my monitor is but since the tracking number I have isn’t even registering in the system, and knowing they more than likely ship out of Ohio,¬† it’ll probably be here tomorrow afternoon. Which would be great, I just have to spend some time tonight reorganizing my desk to be able to handle the second monitor and not look so cluttered. I’m not sure how I’m going to put them on the desk but I do know that everything that I have shifted to the one corner. I’ve got my lamp, pens, pencils, markers, koosh balls, rubics cube,¬† and other toys to fiddle with when I’m thinking and my hands won’t stop freaking moving. There’s even a glass Buddah over here but I stole that from Sean because he had the larger one and at the time my desk was A LOT smaller.

Either way it’s a lot of shit to accomplish on top of working and there just aren’t enough hours in the day thanks to these stupid meds. My tooth still hurts so I have no idea if they’re even working. I can say that my headaches have gone away, or just aren’t as heavy as they were over the past week. So maybe SOMETHINGS working, doesn’t mean I want to be sleeping during it though!

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Bouncy, Bouncy, Bouncy!

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

It’s been a productive half hour, to say the least. I took Bella on her walk since Sean’s knee is acting up, I started a load of laundry, got all of the garbage taken care of and now I’m putting my credit card away because I just purchased another monitor. For a while now I’ve been looking for the same monitor I own so when I went and setup a dual monitor configuration, things would be uniform. Up until this evening, I was unable to locate this monitor. I logged onto Microcenter tonight while I was looking for a monitor for Sean and happened to come across the exact same one that I currently own. I jumped for joy, pulled out the card, had Sean search for the proper adapter and then checked out. It should be here by Wednesday, at the absolute latest.

I’ll have Sean set it up and configure it for me and then I’ll go from there. He’s in the market for a new monitor because the one I gave him is on the verge of death. I offered him the ability to use the one I just purchased for a few weeks so that he can get some money paid off on his credit cards and then go from there but he’s standing ground and refusing. It’s annoying because you can barely see anything on that monitor and he has to sit right on top of it in order to read anything, which is HORRIBLE for someone’s eyes. I’m a good three feet away from my screen and even mine hurt after a while.

Anyhow, I figured the dual-configuration would help me out. I’m always bouncing from window to window and it’s to a point now where it’s driving me bananas. So, to hold off on getting that iMac for a few months, I’ll setup the dual monitors and use the right for design work (since it will more than likely be right in front of me) and then the left for IM’s, email and other stuff. I’m just going to have to do some cleaning up because my desk is overloaded with water bottles at the moment. I should probably invest in a few gallons because these tiny 10oz bottles are going rather quickly. I just bought a 24-pack yesterday and now I’ve only got about 10 left. That’s 140oz in a day, which is about a gallon. It just hurts to drink my crystal light, even sugar free drinks are evil to my broken molar at the moment. Plain water is just about all I can stand, it sucks but it’s warming up down here and staying hydrated is just the way to go I guess.

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Nope, don’t think so.

Friday, August 24th, 2007

We’re still trying to figure out where we’d like to go on Vacation. It’s proving to be a bit more difficult than we originally thought. Sure we could use our free rooms up in Atlantic City, or we can hop on a plane and go to Australia or something.

I’ve always been interested in Sydney but even more-so I’ve thought about Brisbane because I know someone who lives there, we’ve been talking for years now. She loves the entire country and that isn’t surprising to me considering she’s moved so much that she’s forgotten where she was actually born. I know she’s been in Brisbane for the last few years or so, I just haven’t spoken to her in a few weeks but I think she was going away with her husband or something, she was talking about hotels in Sydney for a while.

I’m unsure of just how close these places are to each other, but I’m sure Google will give me enough information for that one. I’m just not sure how well I’d do when it comes to flying. I haven’t been on a plane since I was maybe 18 months old and I don’t even remember taking that trip so the thought of flying over large bodies of water is scaring the bejesus out of me. I know people who’ve spent quite a bit of time flying and they’ve all told me that it’s just the initial fear based on the media. It’s really not like that for me though, I could care less about the media. It’s just the heights thing that gets to me, not to mention the watery grave known as the Pacific Ocean…:ugh:

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So close we can taste it…

Friday, August 24th, 2007

After going through numerous companies, we’re now in the process of selecting the home and getting the loan. It’s been pretty hard on both of us. It’s had me questioning a few things about him and I’m sure the same questions have come up with him about me, but hopefully in the very near future we’ll be able to get things to work much smoother with our daily lives.

I keep thinking about how exactly I’m going decorate, no matter what kind of a home we wind up getting. It could be a shack in the woods or a trailer along the interstate but we’ll still make it home, no matter what the cost. Of course I’d consider a nice quiet area and at least 1800sqft but that’s coming from a person who’s lived in an apartment all her life and who wants to expand as far as she possibly can!

I’m not one of those people that’s into “themes” when it comes to how a house looks. I want something both comfortable and clean so as far as furniture is concerned I’ll naturally look into big and fluffy and then worry about the actual color choices. A big thing for me though? Clocks! I’m used to having a lot of them around because my family has always been time conscious. Sean and I just recently purchased one of the Howard Miller clocks for the bedroom. We do have an alarm clock in there, but there’s a big of elegance to the one we chose. And it’s also practical, considering the odd screen on the alarm clock we have. It’s an iPod dock as well but there’s something about the contrast of the LCD screen that makes it difficult to see the time on the clock itself. Great for charging the iPod and does actually wake you up, it just takes a while to set the alarm because of the inability to see the screen. Anyhow, the one we picked up is a pretty basic wall clock we decided that going with something too bulky in a new where near formal room would really look odd. So picking up a very simple one with a thick black frame made us very happy.

We know for sure that a King-sized bed is a must, so far we do already have sheets and a comforter considering our make-shift King but eventually we’ll be upgrading. Both of us are finding it harder and harder to get off the floor when we wake up in the morning. His knee has been acting up and my back is just about shot so we’re looking into something thicker than 5 inches of foam on the floor. I found one at Sleepy’s that’s very reasonably priced and depending how money comes in over the course of the next month. I think that’s just a purchase we’re going to have to make as soon as possible. As of right now our color scheme (in both rooms) is Gray, Black and White. I think we’ll pull some Pink into it but I’ll have to work that one in myself because he has absolutely no desire for a Pink room. It’s not like I’m painting the walls or anything. I’m talking throw pillows or something to break up the darkness of the room!

This all requires money though, guess I should get back to work heh.

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