Toby is the son (one of the two) of a friend of Daryl's and mine.
The pictures in the slideshow are from Toby's first birthday party on Sunday. He turned one on Father's Day.
I'm still working on the video that I took that day, hopefully I can get it posted as well.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Weddings
Such a beautiful reception it was...... and there is no way that mine is coming close to it. I'm not competing with it either not even trying to. I just wanna have fun....that's it.
To the left Sam and Toby Storer, just two of the three Storer grandkids that I babysat during their aunts wedding ceremony. We later joined them for the reception.
Sam and Toby's cousin Liam joined us for our little party time before the actual reception.
Liam looks a little confused at what is actually going on. They later just started playing with the toys that their Grandpa had brought over earlier for them to play with.
While I had tried to get all three boys down for a nap while the ceremony was going on, it didn't happen. All three boys were extremely tired and the reception hadn't even started when I got little Toby to fall asleep. Here he's in a family friend's arms giving me a little bit of a break from holding him.
A picture of the bride and groom with the bride's brothers. Left to right starting from the back:
Brian, Jared, Kenny (groom) and in front the beautiful bride Teresa.
Congratulations you two!
To the left Sam and Toby Storer, just two of the three Storer grandkids that I babysat during their aunts wedding ceremony. We later joined them for the reception.
Sam and Toby's cousin Liam joined us for our little party time before the actual reception.
Liam looks a little confused at what is actually going on. They later just started playing with the toys that their Grandpa had brought over earlier for them to play with.
While I had tried to get all three boys down for a nap while the ceremony was going on, it didn't happen. All three boys were extremely tired and the reception hadn't even started when I got little Toby to fall asleep. Here he's in a family friend's arms giving me a little bit of a break from holding him.
A picture of the bride and groom with the bride's brothers. Left to right starting from the back:Brian, Jared, Kenny (groom) and in front the beautiful bride Teresa.
Congratulations you two!
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Just stuff
With 2 months and 13 days until my wedding there is still a lot to do. Probably some that I haven’t even thought of in all reality. But am I going to sweat about every single detail? No. Why not I am a bride aren’t I? Yes I am a bride, but I feel that if I sweat about every single detail whether it is big or small something will go wrong. Something will go wrong anyway no matter what I do. It’s how I handle it that matters. Knowing that something will go wrong no matter what it will be easier and more enjoyable for me. There is no reason that I need to stress myself out because of the wedding. Take everything in stride, have a good laugh and keep on going like that’s how you planned it to happen anyway. So with that said, “Have fun and remember that you make a difference in this world!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
My Birthday Present from my loving wonderful fiance!
Ok I have to admit that one an occasion I had borrowed my fiance's Garmin GPS to get me somewhere that I was unsure of how to get to because my best friend couldn't go with me to get my wedding gown fitted for the alterations. I guess that gave him the idea to get me one for my birthday....
Cause I got a TomTom One XL for my birthday on Saturday.
Thank you Sweetie!
You can add my address as a poi (point of interest) to your tomtom by clicking below!
Cause I got a TomTom One XL for my birthday on Saturday.
Thank you Sweetie!
You can add my address as a poi (point of interest) to your tomtom by clicking below!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Wedding....school....exhausted!
Between working, taking care of 2 German Shepherds whom I treat as my children, planning and preparing for my wedding, on top of school, I'm just exhausted. I honestly can't wait till August to come even though I'll be a little more stressed since the wedding will be close at hand as well as the end of school.
Did I just say end of school???? Yes I did. Next quarter which starts in June is my last quarter of school. Graduation is in September! I will be graduating with my Bachelor's degree in Information Security Systems. A few relatives have pushed for me to go on and get my masters degree and I have responded no. I am done. I have achieved what I wanted to achieve for now. I need a break. I have been going to school and attacking it hard for the past 5 years. I'm exhausted, would like some time to relax and enjoy life, spend more time at home with my dogs and gaming and spending time doing crafts or stuff around the house. To my family and friends, I have appreciated the support that you have given me all of these years while I have been going to school. I know I may not have shown it or said it as much as I should have but I appreciate it. Thank you!
Honeymoon plans? We recently booked our honeymoon plans for Maui, Hawaii. We won't be taking our honeymoon until towards the end of September due to school and graduation. Am I looking forward to Maui? Yes. I've never been there, have no clue what to do there yet. But I look forward to having time to relax from both wedding and school, and while we both will miss our dogs (they will be going back to their doggie resort that they went to when we went to Oklahoma and Arizona last year)...i look forward to the time to ourselves. Will my cell phone be with me? Yes. Will i answer? Probably not, if its turned on at all. Will I have my laptop with me, definately....but don't expect me to answer cause I probably won't. I can't speak for my sweetheart on that but I plan on exploring as much as I can. I want to go snorkeling, whale watching just for starters
Did I just say end of school???? Yes I did. Next quarter which starts in June is my last quarter of school. Graduation is in September! I will be graduating with my Bachelor's degree in Information Security Systems. A few relatives have pushed for me to go on and get my masters degree and I have responded no. I am done. I have achieved what I wanted to achieve for now. I need a break. I have been going to school and attacking it hard for the past 5 years. I'm exhausted, would like some time to relax and enjoy life, spend more time at home with my dogs and gaming and spending time doing crafts or stuff around the house. To my family and friends, I have appreciated the support that you have given me all of these years while I have been going to school. I know I may not have shown it or said it as much as I should have but I appreciate it. Thank you!
Honeymoon plans? We recently booked our honeymoon plans for Maui, Hawaii. We won't be taking our honeymoon until towards the end of September due to school and graduation. Am I looking forward to Maui? Yes. I've never been there, have no clue what to do there yet. But I look forward to having time to relax from both wedding and school, and while we both will miss our dogs (they will be going back to their doggie resort that they went to when we went to Oklahoma and Arizona last year)...i look forward to the time to ourselves. Will my cell phone be with me? Yes. Will i answer? Probably not, if its turned on at all. Will I have my laptop with me, definately....but don't expect me to answer cause I probably won't. I can't speak for my sweetheart on that but I plan on exploring as much as I can. I want to go snorkeling, whale watching just for starters
Friday, May 09, 2008
Woot!
I was just told that I'm being moved from a contract to a permanent employee sometime this month! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tired of it all
I'm tired of people complaining that their gowns cost too much. I'm tired of people saying oh you can pay for it. HELLO? The gowns can be worn again, and are meant to compliment my wedding gown. No I'm not going to pay for your gown because Daryl and I are paying for 90% of the wedding ourselves. I'm sorry that you don't like the fact that people had to pay xxx for their gown you dont like it you could have said, no and told me that you were backing out of the wedding party. I'm tired of the bitching folks. You don't like it ....deal with it....... realize that weddings are expensive in the first place, and unlike some of you my parents are not paying for my wedding. I'm not one to put that burden on them. Deal with the cost and realize that you can wear the gown for other occasions or you can put it up for sale after the wedding on craigslist or in a consignment shop to try and recoup some of the cost. Remember: you could have said thank you for asking me to be in your wedding but I would rather not. You had the option of backing out.... While yes the gown is designer it is also of good quality where it won't fall apart.
This is supposed to be a happy day for me and a happy time for me ......and guess what....because of all the bickering and griping its not. I'm done. If you want out of the wedding and have already paid for your gown, put your gown up for sale unworn at a consignment shop or on craigslist for the price that you paid for it before any alterations are done and tell me to my face either via phone, in person, or via email that you don't want to be in the wedding anymore. I won't be mad...i wont be upset...I'll understand...........
This is supposed to be a happy day for me and a happy time for me ......and guess what....because of all the bickering and griping its not. I'm done. If you want out of the wedding and have already paid for your gown, put your gown up for sale unworn at a consignment shop or on craigslist for the price that you paid for it before any alterations are done and tell me to my face either via phone, in person, or via email that you don't want to be in the wedding anymore. I won't be mad...i wont be upset...I'll understand...........
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Our Engagement Photos
We had our engagement photos taken on Saturday March 22, 2008 at Don Armenti Park in Seattle, Washington near Alki Beach. Here is a slideshow of our engagement photos.
Friday, February 08, 2008
2008 is a big year!
Well, so far 2008 has started off with a bang for me. On January 2, 2008 I was offered a new job, which I accepted. I had been unhappy where I was at for some time, and putting up with abuse of a sort from my supervisor. I was frustrated because I was not able to use my education and began to question why I was going for my bachelors degree in Information Security at the time. That changed on January 2nd. I started appreciating that I have worked so hard at my education. I immediately turned my resignation in, which was not received well at all, but I expected that and in the end reaffirmed my decision to leave. Was it scary? Yes. Did I question my decision? Yes I did, I began to wonder if I was doing the right thing, but after talking it over with some friends whom I could trust and felt would give me a honest answer and some soul searching on my own, I felt that I was doing the right thing.
I have been at my new job for a total of 3 weeks now. In that three weeks I have gotten us caught up with everything, gotten inventory done, arranged to have PC's and monitors recycled, and in fact can add an item to my resume that I am now familiar with, something that I was told that I would never have a chance to do at my previous job. I have handled everything in the office by myself on four occasions, whether it be due to weather, sickness, or having to go to another office to install hardware. But I have proven that I can handle what happens in the office without supervision, and with relatively no assistance. I have been told that I am doing a great job, and that everything that I have been doing is very much appreciated. I have also been told from an admin that they have heard nothing but wonderful stuff from others in the office about me. They are saying "Fast response, great attitude." While I am on contract with this company for 3 to 6 months, after that I can be hired on permanently, at this point I have no doubt that I will be hired on permanently.
When I was at my previous company, I would come home frustrated, go outside during the day on the verge of crying or wanting to put my hand thru a wall. It was not a healthy situation at all. I don't know if I could have stayed there much longer and kept my sanity. While I will say this for them, they gave me the opportunity and I did learn a lot while I was there. I got some experience which helped me obtain the job that I have gotten now. But with that company there was no way I could have reached my personal career goals. They didn't have the need for a 3rd system administrator. My suggests to improve security, both physical and data, were unwanted, being told that its not needed. Not needed? I highly doubted that. In order to protect your data and keep your business running, it is highly recommended that only authorized personnel have access to your servers as well as your phone systems. Not needed, I don't think so. What happens in the cause of an emergency? What are employees supposed to do if there is no power? What is their Disaster Recovery Plan? What about Business Continuity? I won't answer those questions here because I know the answers to them.
With my new job, I have come home with a smile on my face for the past 3 weeks and I am loving my job.
Ok I said 2008 is going to be a big year, so what else is happening this year?
Well...............
I will be graduating with my bachelors degree this year as well, right now the current debate is do I graduate in June or September? Will explain this later in another post when I get word back from my school chair.
so thats 2 things for 2008 so far.....what else?
I get married this year. Saturday August 16, 2008 I get married to one of my best friends. I say one of my best friends because I have 2 best friends. I believe you can have more than one best friend.
Wedding plans are coming along and things are coming into place. We are having our engagement photo session next month.
Poseidon:
Zeus:
I have been at my new job for a total of 3 weeks now. In that three weeks I have gotten us caught up with everything, gotten inventory done, arranged to have PC's and monitors recycled, and in fact can add an item to my resume that I am now familiar with, something that I was told that I would never have a chance to do at my previous job. I have handled everything in the office by myself on four occasions, whether it be due to weather, sickness, or having to go to another office to install hardware. But I have proven that I can handle what happens in the office without supervision, and with relatively no assistance. I have been told that I am doing a great job, and that everything that I have been doing is very much appreciated. I have also been told from an admin that they have heard nothing but wonderful stuff from others in the office about me. They are saying "Fast response, great attitude." While I am on contract with this company for 3 to 6 months, after that I can be hired on permanently, at this point I have no doubt that I will be hired on permanently.
When I was at my previous company, I would come home frustrated, go outside during the day on the verge of crying or wanting to put my hand thru a wall. It was not a healthy situation at all. I don't know if I could have stayed there much longer and kept my sanity. While I will say this for them, they gave me the opportunity and I did learn a lot while I was there. I got some experience which helped me obtain the job that I have gotten now. But with that company there was no way I could have reached my personal career goals. They didn't have the need for a 3rd system administrator. My suggests to improve security, both physical and data, were unwanted, being told that its not needed. Not needed? I highly doubted that. In order to protect your data and keep your business running, it is highly recommended that only authorized personnel have access to your servers as well as your phone systems. Not needed, I don't think so. What happens in the cause of an emergency? What are employees supposed to do if there is no power? What is their Disaster Recovery Plan? What about Business Continuity? I won't answer those questions here because I know the answers to them.
With my new job, I have come home with a smile on my face for the past 3 weeks and I am loving my job.
Ok I said 2008 is going to be a big year, so what else is happening this year?
Well...............
I will be graduating with my bachelors degree this year as well, right now the current debate is do I graduate in June or September? Will explain this later in another post when I get word back from my school chair.
so thats 2 things for 2008 so far.....what else?
I get married this year. Saturday August 16, 2008 I get married to one of my best friends. I say one of my best friends because I have 2 best friends. I believe you can have more than one best friend.
Wedding plans are coming along and things are coming into place. We are having our engagement photo session next month.
Poseidon:
Zeus:
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
sad ending to my vacation
Well, I had hoped for a happy ending to my vacation, but didn't necessarily happen that way. My vacation ended on the note of a trip to the Highline Medical Center Emergency Room.
What happened? At approx 7pm Pacific Time I took Zeus and Poseidon out to use the potty. We had just gotten past the motorcycles and I felt them starting to pull on the leash, which I had around my wrist. I was trying to get it off to just let them go but I didn't succeed. I fell and was dragged down 6 concrete stairs, past the dog kennel all face first.
Neighbors heard me screaming and came to my aid. When I saw them I had already dragged the dogs back to the house and had got them on the hook so they were somewhat secure.
I managed to get upstairs (although painfully) and grab a washcloth to wipe the blood that was flowing down my nose and the dirt off. My neighbors were then knocking on the door and as I was letting them in was on the phone with my fiance telling him he needed to come get me and take me to the hospital as I could not put any weight on my leg or foot. Neighbors proceeded to grab ice to put on my ankle that was already starting to swell.
After hours in the ER and scrutiating pain during xrays was given a percoset (spelling?) to help with the pain, and a prescription for pain killers. Thankfully nothing is broken, all it is is a sprained knee and ankle.
I'll post pictures when i have the energy to take some
What happened? At approx 7pm Pacific Time I took Zeus and Poseidon out to use the potty. We had just gotten past the motorcycles and I felt them starting to pull on the leash, which I had around my wrist. I was trying to get it off to just let them go but I didn't succeed. I fell and was dragged down 6 concrete stairs, past the dog kennel all face first.
Neighbors heard me screaming and came to my aid. When I saw them I had already dragged the dogs back to the house and had got them on the hook so they were somewhat secure.
I managed to get upstairs (although painfully) and grab a washcloth to wipe the blood that was flowing down my nose and the dirt off. My neighbors were then knocking on the door and as I was letting them in was on the phone with my fiance telling him he needed to come get me and take me to the hospital as I could not put any weight on my leg or foot. Neighbors proceeded to grab ice to put on my ankle that was already starting to swell.
After hours in the ER and scrutiating pain during xrays was given a percoset (spelling?) to help with the pain, and a prescription for pain killers. Thankfully nothing is broken, all it is is a sprained knee and ankle.
I'll post pictures when i have the energy to take some
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
My Horoscope
Daily Gemini horoscope: 
News of a possible rise in income could come your way today, dear Gemini - possibly through some enterprise of your own that you've been working on. You're feeling especially energetic, and therefore you could well be tempted to take on more than you usually do. This is fine, but remember to pace yourself. If you're going to continue on your current path, you'll need to save some energy for tomorrow and beyond!
hmmm i wonder if this will come true?
I already opened birthday gifts :) 2 briefcase thermoses and a jvc camcorder that will also take still photos :)
hard to type with bandaged hand
News of a possible rise in income could come your way today, dear Gemini - possibly through some enterprise of your own that you've been working on. You're feeling especially energetic, and therefore you could well be tempted to take on more than you usually do. This is fine, but remember to pace yourself. If you're going to continue on your current path, you'll need to save some energy for tomorrow and beyond! hmmm i wonder if this will come true?
I already opened birthday gifts :) 2 briefcase thermoses and a jvc camcorder that will also take still photos :)
hard to type with bandaged hand
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Yeah....sorta
Ok so I broke completely. I was not going to get Vista until next year when it is a little more stable. However with the cost of Vista being:
(Above courtesty compusa.com)
I happened to walk in to the compusa in south center that is closing its doors.
It had operating systems marked 30% off. I bought the Ultimate Upgrade regularyl $259.99 for $181.99. The price was reasonable at 181.99. I loaded it on my laptop fairly easily, upgraded drivers to vista, no problems. ...only concern.....is Guild Wars going to play on it? So I connected to my lan line at home, and launched guild wars ....... and it launched! i was able to log in and play
(Above courtesty compusa.com)
I happened to walk in to the compusa in south center that is closing its doors.
It had operating systems marked 30% off. I bought the Ultimate Upgrade regularyl $259.99 for $181.99. The price was reasonable at 181.99. I loaded it on my laptop fairly easily, upgraded drivers to vista, no problems. ...only concern.....is Guild Wars going to play on it? So I connected to my lan line at home, and launched guild wars ....... and it launched! i was able to log in and play
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
ugh
someone just shoot me now now i hate this job......... because i was on the phone with someone else and someone in the company heard the words "Update Rimage" thought we were going to update ours........ when the words I said "Update your image"
so now i get yelled at for it when i was not talking to an employee here nor was i talking about work stuff
so now i get yelled at for it when i was not talking to an employee here nor was i talking about work stuff
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
yea New laptop
Yea I got my new laptop! got it formatted to the way I like it all 1 partition no hidden partitions that Dell puts in.... got things reinstalled, and got my software installed its sweet. Its in par with my desktop machine at home now.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Ugh the costs
ok I wanted a new hard drive, this time SATA 250GB
have 2 sata ports on my motherboard...... no problem.......
got new hard drive after having it shipped... received.... day after receiving realize I don't have any extra power connectors nor do I have a sata power connector on my power supply...
ok locate and purchase new power supply $70
ok ...install new power supply and new hard drive..... not seeing hard drive.... realize oh yea gotta install drivers for SATA during XP install ....
ok begin backuping up documents and moving stuff over to my other spare drive that I use for school.....
reformat ..... install drivers... get XP backup..... install rest of drivers.... STILL does not see new hard drive
try 8 times to get windows to install the sata drivers to no avail.
Talk with fiance, in frustration cause this should be working! go to compusa purchase PCI Sata card.... $70
Install PCI card, install drivers, hook up new drive.... SEES drive..... dances in glee
now to finish reinstalling software... ughhhhhh a long process that will take a bit...
Total spent including a new hard drive:
hard drive 102
power supply 70
pci card 70
grand total 242 just for a freaking hard drive
have 2 sata ports on my motherboard...... no problem.......
got new hard drive after having it shipped... received.... day after receiving realize I don't have any extra power connectors nor do I have a sata power connector on my power supply...
ok locate and purchase new power supply $70
ok ...install new power supply and new hard drive..... not seeing hard drive.... realize oh yea gotta install drivers for SATA during XP install ....
ok begin backuping up documents and moving stuff over to my other spare drive that I use for school.....
reformat ..... install drivers... get XP backup..... install rest of drivers.... STILL does not see new hard drive
try 8 times to get windows to install the sata drivers to no avail.
Talk with fiance, in frustration cause this should be working! go to compusa purchase PCI Sata card.... $70
Install PCI card, install drivers, hook up new drive.... SEES drive..... dances in glee
now to finish reinstalling software... ughhhhhh a long process that will take a bit...
Total spent including a new hard drive:
hard drive 102
power supply 70
pci card 70
grand total 242 just for a freaking hard drive
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Laptop is dieing..........very slowly
The Inspiron 5100 from Dell that I own is slowly dieing. It is on its last legs. Last night in class, screen suddenly when white. While I was initially saying what the hell...where did my video go? After a while and some troubleshooting with another classmate and friend, figured out that the wires that go to the video controller is either (a) loose (b) shorting ...... have it rigged for now to work, but was strongly suggested to me to get another laptop............ Yes this is dell's bad boy laptop.....the laptop that has always been known to have issues from day 1...ie this laptop badly overheats......... how I have been lucky with it since I have had it for a couple of years (like 3 I think...) it has gotten me thru my associates and to the start of my 3rd quarter of my bachelors.......
anyway a new laptop has been bought, and I am very anxiously awaiting for.
the new laptop has:
512 mb Video
1 GB RAm
100GB sata hard drive
I also bought the bigger battery to give me longer time unplugged and the auto/air adapter. Yes my new laptop will be going with me to Oklahoma and Arizona. It also has wireless built in (something I elected not to have on the 5100)
Anyway........ on other news I also had purchased a 250GB Sata hard drive for my pc at home. I received this toy in the mail yesterday....upon opening it I realized that I didn't have enough power connectors or sata connectors on my current power supply....... so I went in search of a new power supply this morning as I got into work......and quickly purchased a 550 watt power supply that also has the sata power connectors already attached ....no adapter needed....
Am in class awaiting the instructor to arrive who thought class was tomorrow and not tomorrow. School chair said we could have class tomorrow instead of waiting for the instructor tonight, and I said "Oh heck no..... I get tomorrow with my fiance you are not taking that from me".....he had already threatened Saturday class last night........ I do NOT want a Saturday class again.....its a dread and throws a wrench in everything.....
EDITED:
Here is what my new laptop will be:
anyway a new laptop has been bought, and I am very anxiously awaiting for.
the new laptop has:
512 mb Video
1 GB RAm
100GB sata hard drive
I also bought the bigger battery to give me longer time unplugged and the auto/air adapter. Yes my new laptop will be going with me to Oklahoma and Arizona. It also has wireless built in (something I elected not to have on the 5100)
Anyway........ on other news I also had purchased a 250GB Sata hard drive for my pc at home. I received this toy in the mail yesterday....upon opening it I realized that I didn't have enough power connectors or sata connectors on my current power supply....... so I went in search of a new power supply this morning as I got into work......and quickly purchased a 550 watt power supply that also has the sata power connectors already attached ....no adapter needed....
Am in class awaiting the instructor to arrive who thought class was tomorrow and not tomorrow. School chair said we could have class tomorrow instead of waiting for the instructor tonight, and I said "Oh heck no..... I get tomorrow with my fiance you are not taking that from me".....he had already threatened Saturday class last night........ I do NOT want a Saturday class again.....its a dread and throws a wrench in everything.....
EDITED:
Here is what my new laptop will be:
| Latitude D820 notebook: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 (1.83GHz) 2M L2 Cache, 667Mhz Dual Core Genuine Windows XP Pro | | |
| | Latitude D820 notebook: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 (1.83GHz) 2M L2 Cache, 667Mhz Dual Core | |
| | Shipping Material | |
| | ISP Software | |
| | 90W AC Adapter | |
| | Operating System Label | |
| | Resource CD | |
| | Norton Internet Security, 15-month | |
| | Processor Label | |
| | Microsoft Office Small Business 2003 | |
| | Operating System Software CD | |
| | 512MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M TurboCache | |
| | Support Software | |
| | Previously Ordered New | |
| | No Floppy Drive | |
| | AOL Software Documentation | |
| | AOL ISP Software | |
| | 24X CD RW/DVD Combo Drive | |
| | Software | |
| | 3945 802.11a/g Wireless Mini Card | |
| | 15.4 inch WXGA Notebook Screen | |
| | Genuine Windows XP Pro | |
| | Keyboard On Notebook | |
| | Touchpad Mouse | |
| | 100 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM) | |
| | Service Software | |
| | Power DVD Software | |
| | Software CD | |
| | 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (2 DIMMs) | |
| | 9 Cell Primary Battery | |
| | Shipping Material | |
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Since....
Since I've been in the IT department I have been running my butt off and running around this building. I've spent a good deal of company money, gotten things tested and fixed, worked 10 or so hours of overtime.....
ugh........
ok more later...
i need to write to get stuff out
ugh........
ok more later...
i need to write to get stuff out
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