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	<title>Andrea &#38; Alberto&#039;s Wedding</title>
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		<title>The American Invasion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, La Coruña was invaded by Americans&#8230;well at least 7 of them. Andrea&#8217;s parents (Betty and Jody), sister (Jessica), 4 friends (Lynne and Katie and the Barry Parents) all arrived intact after a long journey over the pond. Andrea and Alberto were super happy to see everyone. In the afternoon, Andrea and Alberto had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=607&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On</strong> Sunday, La Coruña was invaded by Americans&#8230;well at least 7 of them. Andrea&#8217;s parents (Betty and Jody), sister (Jessica), 4 friends (Lynne and Katie and the Barry Parents) all arrived intact after a long journey over the pond. Andrea and Alberto were super happy to see everyone. In the afternoon, Andrea and Alberto had a leisurely lunch with the Les&#8217;s and Katie and Lynne, and in the evening Andrea had a glass of wine with the Barrys near the Plaza de Maria Pita. On Monday, all the Americans met up with Andrea and Alberto and some of Alberto&#8217;s friends  for tapas-eating, World Cup-watching, and &#8220;porron&#8221;-drinking. A great time was had by all.</p>
<p><strong>El</strong> domingo, La Coruña fue tomada por un ejercito de americanos &#8230; un ejercito de 7 soldados. Los padres de Andres (Betty y Jody), su hermana (Jessica), cuatro amigos (Lynne, Katie, y el matrimonio Barry) llegaron despues de un largo viaje a traves del charco. Andrea y Alberto estaban muy felices de ver que todo el mundo llego sano y salvo. Por la tarde, Andrea y Alberto almorzaron con los Les, Katie y Lynne, y por la noche Andrea se fue a tomar algo con los Barry en la Plaza de Maria Pita. El lunes, todos los americanos se encontraron con Andrea, Alberto, y algunos amigos de Alberto para comer tapas, ver el Mundial, y beber en porron en el Priorato. Todos se lo pasaron fenomenal!</p>
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			<media:title type="html">Checking Out The Plaza de Maria Pita</media:title>
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		<title>World Cup Drama / Drama en el Mundial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We began following the World Cup back in the States, but now that we are in Spain, the fever has grown. While Alberto has always been a dedicated follower of fútbol, Andrea, like many Americans, couldn&#8217;t get excited about a game where a likely outcome is 0-0. However, Andrea admits that once the USA advanced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=589&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>We</strong> began following the World Cup back in the States, but now that we are in Spain, the fever has grown. While Alberto has always been a dedicated follower of fútbol, Andrea, like many Americans, couldn&#8217;t get excited about a game where a likely outcome is 0-0. However, Andrea admits that once the USA advanced to the next round, it <em>was </em>exciting (Figure 1, below).  She caught World Cup fever just in time to see the US eliminated by Ghana (please see Figure 2, below). Que triste!</p>
<p><strong>Empezamos</strong> siguiendo el Mundial en los Estados Unidos, pero ahora en España el nivel de excitacion ha aumentado. Mientras que Alberto siempre ha sido un fanatico del fútbol, Andrea, como la mayoria de los americanos no le acababa de encontrar la gracia a un deporte en el que el resultado mas probable es un 0-0. Sin embargo, Andrea se engancho a la fiebre del Mundial despues de que los Estados Unidos pasasen a los octavos de final (ver primera foto). La fiebre le duro lo suficiente para ver al equipo americano caer eliminado ante Ghana (ver segunda foto). How sad!</p>
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			<media:title type="html">Andrea celebrating / Andrea euforica</media:title>
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		<title>Dr. Les</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrea graduated! It was a long and tortuous road, but she reached the end.  Andrea&#8217;s parents flew in from Wisconsin and Jessica (Andrea&#8217;s sister) drove down from Santa Rosa to celebrate. It was a beautiful ceremony on a sunny California summer day with great friends there to cheer Andrea on. Everyone was especially thankful for the short speeches [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=567&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Andrea </strong>graduated! It was a long and tortuous road, but she reached the end.  Andrea&#8217;s parents flew in from Wisconsin and Jessica (Andrea&#8217;s sister) drove down from Santa Rosa to celebrate. It was a beautiful ceremony on a sunny California summer day with great friends there to cheer Andrea on. Everyone was especially thankful for the short speeches and shady tent. Andrea wore her medieval-looking PhD hat all afternoon,  and afterwards we feasted on mahi-mahi, herb chicken, and strawberry shortcake. The next day, Andrea went back to lab, as usual, but with a little more pep in her step.</p>
<p><strong>Andrea</strong> se ha graduado! Ha sido un camino largo y sinuoso, pero por fin ha alcanzado el final. Sus padres volaron desde Wisconsin y Jessica (su hermana) condujo desde Santa Rosa para pasar el fin de semana celebrandolo por todo lo alto. Fue una bonita ceremonia en un dia soleado de verano en California rodeados de grandes amigos. Todo el mundo agradecio que los discursos de la ceremonia fuesen breves y que hubiese una carpa para protegerse del sol. Andrea se vistio con su tunica y gorros de Doctor, y despues fuimos a celebrar a nuestra casa y comer mahi-mahi, pollo a las finas hierbas, y tarta de fresa. Al dia siguiente, Andrea regreso al trabajo como de costumbre, pero quizas un poco mas alegre de lo normal.</p>
<div id="attachment_576" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://andreaalberto.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/img_0961s.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-576" title="Dr Les!" src="http://andreaalberto.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/img_0961s.jpg?w=200&#038;h=300" alt="De Les!" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dr. Les and her diploma / La Doctora Les y su diploma</p></div>
<div id="attachment_580" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://andreaalberto.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/img_1124s.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-580" title="The Doctors / Los Doctores" src="http://andreaalberto.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/img_1124s.jpg?w=200&#038;h=300" alt="The Doctors / Los Doctores" width="200" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Signed, sealed, and delivered / Con todas las rubricas!</p></div>
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			<media:title type="html">Dr Les!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The Doctors / Los Doctores</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">In the Garden of Wisdom / En el jardin de la Sabiduria</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Alberto is watching a dove / Alberto mirando a la paloma</media:title>
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		<title>Hawaii Trip / Viaje a Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 03:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just came back from a three-day trip to Hawaii. Alberto was attending a Vascular Surgery conference and Andrea went along to relax and celebrate her thesis defense.  We stayed in a stunning resort in Kapolei, on the island of Oahu, and we enjoyed swimming, snorkeling, relaxing by the pool, and drinking things out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=560&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>We</strong> just came back from a three-day trip to Hawaii. Alberto was attending a Vascular Surgery conference and Andrea went along to relax and celebrate her thesis defense.  We stayed in a stunning resort in Kapolei, on the island of Oahu, and we enjoyed swimming, snorkeling, relaxing by the pool, and drinking things out of pineapples. Alberto really enjoyed the conference and Andrea got a nice break from a super-busy post-defense schedule. Aloha!</p>
<p><strong>Acabamos </strong>de regresar de un viaje de tres dias a Hawaii. Alberto participo en una conferencia de cirugia vascular y Andrea lo acompaño para relajarse y celebrar su defensa del doctorado. Nos alojamos en un fantastico hotel en Kapolei, en la isla de Oahu, y nadamos, hicimos snorkling, descansamos en la piscina, y bebimos muchas cosas exoticas (la mayoria contenidas en piñas). Alberto disfruto bastante de la conferencia, y Andrea se pudo desconectar de su estresante agenda por unos dias. Aloha!</p>
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		<title>Visit to the Consulate / Visita al Consulado</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 04:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we went to the Spanish consulate in San Francisco to have an interview with the Consul. The interview was part of the steps required to complete the marriage file that will be sent to Spain. The Consul is a very serious person: he first interviewed each of us separately, and then together. They do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=544&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today</strong> we went to the Spanish consulate in San Francisco to have an interview with the Consul. The interview was part of the steps required to complete the marriage file that will be sent to Spain. The Consul is a very serious person: he first interviewed each of us separately, and then together. They do this to verify that there are no sketchy things going on as in arranged marriages. Everything went really well. Andrea even completed her interview in Spanish, though she had to mime some of her answers a little bit. I am sure the Consul was amused.</p>
<p>A couple of interesting things: First, one of the required steps in the application process is to post a notice on the bulletin board announcing our intention to marry. I guess if anyone sees the notice and opposes our union (which would require them to see the notice inside the consulate, behind a locked giant wooden door), they have a right to protest. It seems like in this day and age, Craigslist would be more effective for this purpose!</p>
<p>On some of our paperwork, we both noticed we were addressed as <em>Don</em> Carlos Alberto Figueroa and <em>Señorita</em> Andrea Seba Les. Andrea asked one of the consulate employees (who was very nice) why she didn&#8217;t get a <em>Doña</em> prefix, and she said that is only reserved for Spanish citizens. Andrea was a little miffed, and below you can see Andrea pointing out her <em>Doña-</em>less<em> </em>paperwork.</p>
<p><strong>Hoy</strong> nos fuimos al consulado de España en San Francisco para hacer una entrevista con el consul. La entrevista era uno de los requisitos del expediente de matrimonio que sera enviado a España. El consul es una persona muy seria: primero nos entrevisto a cada uno por separado, y despues a los dos juntos. Hacen esto para verificar que no es un matrimonio de conveniencia. Todo salio muy bien. Andrea incluso respondio a las preguntas en castellano, aunque parece ser que en algunos momentos tuvo que recurrir al mimo para explicarse. Seguro que el consul se divirtio un poco.</p>
<p>Hubo un par de detalles que nos resultaron interesantes: en primer lugar, el procedimiento requiere que se cuelgue una nota en el tablon de anuncios del consulado durante un par de semanas, avisando a todo el mundo de nuestra boda. Si alguien ve la nota y tiene algo que objetar (para lo cual deberian obviamente haberse pasado por el consulado) puede presentar una reclamacion. Andrea piensa que a estas alturas Craigslist seria un canal mucho mas efectivo para estos menesteres.</p>
<p>El segundo detalle que le llamo la atencion a Andrea fue la manera en la que escribieron nuestros nombres en los impresos: <em>Don</em> Carlos Alberto Figueroa y <em>Señorita</em> Andrea Seba Les. Andrea pregunto que por que ella no tenia el <em>Doña</em> delante de su nombre, y la empleada del consulado le respondio que eso esta solo reservado para ciudadanas españolas. La pobre Andrea se quedo un poco aturdida y abrumada. En la foto la podeis senalando al tablon de anuncios en donde la tratan con el denigrante titulo de<em> Señorita</em>.</p>
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		<title>Jessica&#8217;s &#8220;Doble quinceañera mas uno&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, we celebrated Jessica&#8217;s birthday in Santa Rosa, with a &#8220;doble quinceañera mas uno&#8221; party. Lynne and Laurie baked caked and made a piñata, and mom and dad surprised Jess with a surprise performance with a mariachi band! It was a great party! Este sabado celebramos el cumpleaños de Jessica en Santa Rosa con [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=530&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On</strong> Saturday, we celebrated Jessica&#8217;s birthday in Santa Rosa, with a &#8220;doble quinceañera mas uno&#8221; party. Lynne and Laurie baked caked and made a piñata, and mom and dad surprised Jess with a surprise performance with a mariachi band! It was a great party!</p>
<p><strong>Este</strong> sabado celebramos el cumpleaños de Jessica en Santa Rosa con una fiesta llamada &#8220;doble quinceañera mas uno&#8221;. La &#8220;quinceañera&#8221; es una celebracion muy importante en latinoamerica para las chicas cuando alcanzan esa edad. Jessica decidio echarle humor al asunto y celebrarlo de manera parecida. Sus amigas Lynne y Laurie preparon una tarta de zanahoria deliciosa, y ademas construyeron una piñata! Los padres de Jessica contrataron una banda de mariachis que animaron la celebracion. Jessica no sabia nada y se quedo muy sorprendida! Fue una fiesta muy divertida.</p>
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		<title>Dr. Andrea Les (Almost)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Andrea defended her PhD. This entailed a 45 minute presentation of her research to the public and her committee, followed by a 1.5 hour closed session with her committee. Overall, it went well, and she passed! Thus, she just has to turn in her thesis to complete her PhD. That night, we celebrated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=527&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On</strong> Friday, Andrea defended her PhD. This entailed a 45 minute presentation of her research to the public and her committee, followed by a 1.5 hour closed session with her committee. Overall, it went well, and she passed! Thus, she just has to turn in her thesis to complete her PhD.</p>
<p>That night, we celebrated the defenses of both Andrea and her labmate, Craig, who defended the same week, with many friends and labmates.  We started the celebration at a bar in Menlo Park, and then migrated  to  our house so that we could all be treated to embarrassing photos from our PhDs, in widescreen format. Much wine and beer were consumed.  It was so great to be surrounded by great friends who played such a vital role in the PhD process.</p>
<p><strong>El </strong>pasado viernes 30 de Abril, Andrea defendio su tesis doctoral. El examen consistio en una presentacion oral de 45 minutos abierta al publico, seguida de una sesion de hora y media con el tribunal examinador. Todo salio estupendamente y por supuesto aprobo y dejo a todo el mundo boquiabierto. Ahora solo le queda entregar el documento de la tesis en Junio y ya habra terminado.</p>
<p>Por la noche, celebramos las defensas de Andrea y de su compañero de laboratorio Craig. Fuimos primero a un bar en Menlo Park a cenar, y despues a nuestra casa para ver fotos todos juntos y beber vino. Estuvo genial el pasar unas horas celebrando con gente que ha jugado un papel tan importante en el doctorado de Andrea.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we headed to San Francisco to check out Baker Beach. The beach has amazing views of the golden gate. The grass was green and flowers were in bloom from recent rains. We hiked along the beach and on the cliffs above, where there were some WWII bunkers. It was a sunny day, but we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=517&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Today</strong> we headed to San Francisco to check out Baker Beach. The beach has amazing views of the golden gate. The grass was green and flowers were in bloom from recent rains. We hiked along the beach and on the cliffs above, where there were some WWII bunkers. It was a sunny day, but we also saw a lot of &#8216;full moons&#8217;&#8211;pretty par for the course in San Francisco.</p>
<p><strong>Hoy </strong>nos fuimos a San Francisco a la playa de Baker. Esta playa tiene unas vistas espectaculares del Golden Gate. Alrededor de la playa habia hierba verde y flores asomando debido a las lluvias recientes. Caminamos a lo largo de la playa y de los acantilados, donde hay varios &#8220;bunkers&#8221; de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Fue un dia soleado, y vimos a mas de un nudista (sobre todo hombres, normal en San Francisco) disfrutando de la agradable temperatura.</p>
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		<title>Lab ski trip / Viaje de ski del laboratorio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend we went on our annual lab ski trip to lake Tahoe. Despite 80 degree weather in the Bay Area the previous week, there was a huge blizzard over the weekend in Tahoe, which made for great skiing and terrible driving. We had a great time skiing at Mount Rose on Saturday (first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=508&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>This</strong> past weekend we went on our annual lab ski trip to lake Tahoe. Despite 80 degree weather in the Bay Area the previous week, there was a huge blizzard over the weekend in Tahoe, which made for great skiing and terrible driving. We had a great time skiing at Mount Rose on Saturday (first and second picture below) and Northstar (third picture) on Sunday, and hanging out at the cabin.</p>
<p><strong>El </strong>pasado fin de semana hicimos nuestro viaje anual de ski del laboratorio al Lago Tahoe. A pesar de los casi 25 grados de temperatura en Menlo Park durante la semana, tuvimos una fuerte ventisca y tormenta de nieve durante el fin de semana en Tahoe, lo que hizo que disfrutasemos mucho con el ski, pero sufriesemos bastante con la conduccion. Nos lo pasamos genial todos juntos en la cabaña y esquiando en Mount Rose el sabado (ver dos primeras fotos) y en Northstar el domingo (tercera foto).</p>
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		<title>First Hike of the Season / Primera caminata de la Temporada</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rains have finally stopped, so we went on our first hike of the season, at Palo Alto Residents Park. The hills were green and beautiful, the park was virtually empty (due to their weird Palo Alto residents only policy), and Andrea realized maybe it was time to get some sun on her legs (see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=andreaalberto.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8694478&amp;post=469&amp;subd=andreaalberto&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The</strong> rains have finally stopped, so we went on our first hike of the season, at Palo Alto Residents Park. The hills were green and beautiful, the park was virtually empty (due to their weird Palo Alto residents only policy), and Andrea realized maybe it was time to get some sun on her legs (see evidence below). Luckily, we did not spot any mountain lions. And so begins the hiking/camping/backpacking season!</p>
<p><strong>La</strong> epoca lluviosa se ha terminado ya, y hoy hicimos la primera caminata de la primavera en el Parque de Residentes de Palo Alto. Las colinas estaban de un verde precioso, y el parque estaba practicamente vacio (en parte debido la la norma que solo permite entrar a residentes de Palo Alto). Andrea se dio cuenta de que quizas es buena idea empezar a coger algo de moreno para la boda (como la foto mas abajo evidencia). Por suerte, no nos encontramos con ningun gato salvaje. Este fue el comienzo de la temporada de caminatas y acampadas en la naturaleza!</p>
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