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in Japan!
(just kidding :P)
happy holidays from the land of the rising (but not really up cos it's freezing here) sun. ^_^
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i'll go to Japan if someone else pays for my passport/flight/hotel/any other expenses/beer/etc...
sweet!
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How about Downtown (Los Angeles, not Japan)?
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Hi Nita! Note that her jest is not as farfetched as it seems. KSCI (among others) is sponsoring a Lunar New Year Parade/Festival (Chinese theme? Generic asian? Disneyfied?) in Pasadena on Feb. 18th. For those who can wait the City of Alhambra should have something a little more authentic on Feb. 24th.
See you there!
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Don't know who else is going, but I'll be taking the family out to shoot the floats on 1/2 in Pasadena. I totally recommend it!
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Hi Joe! That's a great idea. Much better than the monthly camera swap meet at Carson, aka Bagnall's Camera Expo. It's January 27th and features a talk by Michael Stone who I've never heard of either. Questonable tips on the swap meet are here.
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i think L.A .start in little tokyo andm make our way to the beach!
whos down? Message Me!
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How about a day trip to the Los Angeles Zoo?
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i'm always down for the zoo.
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On New Years day Huge croweds in Sierra Madre for float viewing. Some pictures with people with cameras.
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The zoo sounds pretty awesome to me too. Though... we could carpool down to the SD zoo and pick up hapak too
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how about meet at a central point, and go on a photo scavenger hunt? People who can afford it should donate 10 bucks for a raffle or a prize or whatever. For the hunt, everything is to be within walking distance so that there is no confusion when it comes to driving. We start at a certain reasonable time, check in for lunch and have a group lunch, get to know one another, finish the photo missions, and meet back. We can split off into teams of 4, and the winning team gets the grand prize of 50% of the collected total. 1st runner up gets 30%. Third placing team gets 20%. Winners will be determined by the rest of the group on Flickr, as they vote for their favorite combined set.
For the hunt, the mission is to take pictures with or in front of whatever the item on the list is. From the team of 4, have one rotating member be the photographer for each item. So there will always be 3 people in the picture, while one rotating team member shoots.
Bleh, something along those lines, no? The only stipulation is that your team members have to be people you haven't met... Is that too detailed or set up for failure?
We might even be able to get Samy's to sponsor the event if there's big enough response from this meet...
Anywho, just a shot in the dark here.
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well, it sounds like a great idea. There's only one problem though... Of the people that usually show up, we pretty much all know each other. On the other hand. If this had a month or two lead in and we made it more inclusive of just flickr... maybe get some local photo clubs in on it as well... the idea does have potential
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Darrell, I think you should get to know Jo better.
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Anyone feel like ice (or roller) skating next week? Say, next Thurs. or Fri., Jan. 11th or 12th, respectively. There's a rink in Culver City. I can post full details if anyone's interested.
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I'm new to LA, to photography (although it's just a hobby), to Flickr, and to this group. I would love to meet you guys, have some fun, and get to see more of the city while I learn more about photography.
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Alright, updated the parent with the suggestions!
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Whatever it is, count me in!!
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im telling you guys. Meet in lil tokyo and make our way to the beach. Maybe w/ bikes or on foot? I was thinking our feet are good cos of wanting to stop alot and take plenty of photos.
Maybe at the end of this month or next....
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I'm in..I was just in Downtown last night...
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walk from downtown to the beach? that's like 17 miles.
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Alright, seemingly the zoo will be the best bet.
SD or LA. Fight about it for a couple days then I'll make another arbitrary decision :P
as for little tokyo to the beach, yellow-handle... spino is right. No one in their right mind is going to take a 15 or so mile walk/ride only to do it again to get back.
But that earns you the honour of planning two meets next month. One in little tokyo, one at the beach (I'm guessing you mean santa monica)
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How about a Flickr meet at Getty villa on saturday ?
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Getty in Malibu or off the 405?
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Getty Villa in Malibu ...the one off 405 is Getty Center ...pretty confusing huh' ??
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I vote Chinatown on a saturday morning/afternoon. Lots of interesting subjects for sure!
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Do you still need reservations for the Getty Villa?
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just ideas
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I'm new to Flickr so have never been to a "meet" - can you give me a sense of what is involved?
Assuming it's an informal gathering of photographers and we just go around shooting (and maybe sharing later in the day), I think Chinatown might be interesting.
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We mostly take pictures of each other and whatever is around us. Sometimes alcohol is involved. If you don't have a camera, one may be provided for you.
And Chinatown? I heard it was great!
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Yea you do need passes for getty villa ..not for getty center though...I have been reading about flickr meetups since long and eagerly awaiting to join one ...
I think one of the active members of these meetups is minorityreport !..
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Chinatown would be good. From Chinatown you can take the Goldline to Union Station and Olvera Street. Little Tokyo i s not to far from there. Universal City Walk is a subway ride away. Three bucks will cover all your public transportation for the whole day.
Here is a link to the Goldline.
www.mta.net/riding_metro/metro_rail/gold_line.htm
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So Chinatown sounds good. When?
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I'm up for Chinatown... never been and have been meaning to go. We have to choose a very obvious meeting point though or we'll be playing cell phone tag all day (not unlike another, not unpleasant, but slightly chaotic, flickrmeet :))
And I'd LOVE to go to the Getty Villa some time but coordinating passes for lots of people individually might be confusing--is there any way to get a 'group pass' for a possibly unspecified number of guests or anything like that? might be easier...
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And sorry Darrell, don't know what happened to your zoo idea... but I've never been to either so they both sound good to me (although LA involves a little less spending of gas money than SD for me)
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Well, there will no doubt be carpooling if we hit SD, so the worst you'll have to do is make it to Buena Park.
Never the less. Let the arguing continue!
Round Two! Fight!
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Less filling!
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i'm interested in a meet... although i'm not sure about the zoo since i was there last year... but i'd probably still go just to hang with flickr people...
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TASTE GREAT!
Well at least Chinese food does.
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yea the issue with getty villa is entry passes...i wonder whats the purpose of passes for free ..
Chinatown is a good idea ..from Chinatown the Olvera street and Union station are like 15 minutes of a walk..Is this flickr meet supposed to be on a sunday ???
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we just have to make sure we are out of chinatown before sunset.... or else... hahahha
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there's some interesting markets in chinatown that sell stuff that "most people" wouldn't dare want to eat. i know sara was able to take her point-&-shoot into one to take pictures of the frogs and eels and turtles and whatnot, but i doubt they'd be pleased to have a dozen people with cameras clicking away as they try and sell someone dinner.
but just so you know... they sell unusual stuff to eat.
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meet! mEeT! MEET!!
let's go!
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I would suggest dim sum in china town, but the wait on a table is looooong for a large group(the wait on any weekend morning is looooong for anyone, actually). I don't have to go on a photo excursion to have a good time with flickr-ers...just sitting around talking photos is always fun enough. The cameras usually just make their ways out of the bags at some point during the meet.
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One thing I've seen other groups do is bring something to talk about like a 4x6 print. It lets others see your work and gives you an excuse for conversation if you're shy like I am.
I know I've mentioned this before and the last time we tried this I was the only one to bring something but I really, truly think it can work this time, if only because everyone who made fun of my pic has gone pro and no longer has the time to flickr.
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I'm game on bringing a print...or prints to a meet. I visited with the KL Flickr folks last month and they had a photo competition for those that brought in prints.
Here is judge Ted shaking his head:
and the 1st place winner is:
It was all good fun.
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Hi. I'm Charles. I'm new to this. I like the Chinatown-Olvera St-Union Station idea. LA/SD Zoo--not so much. Apart from the first meeting, anyone want Canter's or Jan's or Susina or Sake House Miro for a quick bite/meet? Sake House has a back patio that can accomodate around 20 people; I don't know how many show up to these meetings. Susina is small, and I assume y'all know about Canter's & Jan's.
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Minority...
Who, you? shy? really?
Well I think that sounds like a cool idea to bring a print. Not that I need an excuse to talk but maybe it would help give others a chance to get a word in edgewise :)
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Do we have a date yet? When?? What about Sunday Jan 28? (And for those concerned, no, there's no football games that weekend!).
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I also think the Chinatown-Olvera Street-Union station would be a good photo-opp .. it would be my second time to this stretch...
For me any weekend is ok ..pref. a sunday
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probably sunday for me, too. anywhere downtown is super-easy for me, i just have to hop on the train.
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Chinatown on the 28th sounds good to me, I haven't had time to shoot much lately and this would be a great excuse to shake the dust off the old camera. I'm definitely up for bringing some prints too.
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Chinatown on 28th !!
How about meeting at the Union Station and move to Olvera street from there and walk upto Chinatown ..Union station has ample place for a gathering to start and waiting there for a while wud nt be too monotonous ...Olvera street is a 2 min walk from there ..And there are a few nice things like Avilla Adobe house (correct me if am wrong) which is the oldest house in LA...(open to visitors till 4PM) from there we can walk upto Chinatown which is like a 10-12 minute walk from Olvera Street.
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(newbie chimes in....) Do we have a time?
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Sunday the 28th! Count me in~sweet. Jason, wanna carpool again?
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Okay, so Jan 28th. What time? Maybe 2:00 pm? Where?
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i would suggest earlier than that, depending on how far people will be having to travel to get there. that way we can maybe take a little longer if we find something really interesting, or stop and have lunch somewhere (yang chow is good food).
like i said before, i'm about 15 minutes away on the red line, so i'm open for whenever.
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If the red line travels to the meet locale, lets all hop on the rail system for photos after we eat and converse.
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Why do I have the feeling I'm going to be thrown off?
I heard they stop serving the Fear Factor stuff after 2PM so I'll try to be there before, maybe 11AM. Call me if you want to split a sea cucumber or some steamed chicken feet.
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I just had sea cucumber on my Malaysia trip last month. Flavor was good, but the texture takes some getting used to.
Chicken feet, i had in chinatown here. nothing but knuckles!
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i think maybe i'll stop off and pick myself up a tommy burger or something before i meet you guys....
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i am down for that flickrmeet. i've been to the avila adobe house before but like i said before, i would go to that area again just to hang out with fellow flickr people. as far as the time, i'd prefer it be after lunch but i'm not to bothered if we schedule it for an earlier timee
bringing prints? i don't think i've really printed out any of the pictures i've taken that don't include family members... it would be a tough decision to choose something to print.
raul... shy? that's not possible... haha.
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any nikon heads gonna roll out there?
I am doing the firecracker 10k on the 14th of Feb in China Town.
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Date ?
Time?
Where is everyone going to meet?
I am in Eagle Rock if anyone wants to meet for coffe or breakfast.
I guess I am a Nikon head(?)
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Nikon head #3 - I'm in. I'm up for an earlier meet, as it gets dark pretty early still. I'm in Sun Valley, so if anyone wants to meet at/near the NH station, I'm in.
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Nikon head #4 :-) yea earlier in the day than lunchtime would be nice .
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let's just refresh so people don't have to keep scrolling back up:
Date: Jan. 28th
Place: Union Station (is that the final answer? and where in Union Station? may i suggest the front doors?)
Time: Undecided as of yet, but probably around 11:00AM.
It seems as though about half want it before lunch, and half after. perhaps we can compromise and meet the after-lunch crowd somewhere else on the route? i know that means that some people would be missing out on a few things, but... i dunno. just making suggestions.
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Can you bring your Pavillion Brandon? We can pitch it off the hill overlooking Chinatown. That would be so awesome and could be captured by something like twenty photographers!
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maybe we can put it on the tracks.
but if we did that, i couldn't make sweet links anymore.
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James -- you in ? I'm wondering if I should bring you the Ds to use..
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@FeelinMN, Yup...I think that I'm in. Let's Play!!!
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So do you have to be a pro or semi-pro for this gig?
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wow. i'm flattered.... :)
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John: Sure, carpooling sounds great.
Sarcalan: For whatever reason, this group seems to be heavily Nikon biased, the poor Canon shooters are usually heavily outnumbered. :P
joy: not at all, we're all very friendly and we don't even bite (usually) (or unless asked :) ) In fact, I think most of us are just very enthusiastic amateurs. Please join us, the more, the merrier.
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i'm also a nikon guy. as far as the time goes, i'm okay with the 11am meet up time as well as the location in front of union station.
joy: anyone is welcome to join our flickr meetups... even if they aren't part of flickr...
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I'd love to go, but I'm shooting a wedding and a fashion show next weekend, and I promissed my wife I'd watch the kids the next weekend. But it would be fun to just overrun the area with cameras. We could pretend to be paparazzi and just find some innocent person and follow them around like they're famous.
Anyone coming from Ventura County?
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Joy, have you seen my photos? If I'm invited, they will let anyone attend!
Another Nikon "head" here. I'm not 100% sure if i will be packing the digi or the film cams on that day tho. I guess it depends on how i'm feeling that day.
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It's all about Canon. Bitches.
Ok, I just had to throw that out there :P
I guess I'll be the pariah again. Never the less. 11 am is good with me.
Extra Medium: Children are nothing new to a flickr meets. They're more than welcome, especially if they're real hams in front of the camera. (or can use one for that matter)
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@ Joy:
No you can't go! :P
@JN Design:
Sweet!
I may have to bring my Canon friend with mass amounts of glass.
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wait a second... feelinMN... Ds... as in Nintendo...?
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@ ThenAndAgain:
I think she's talking about a camera model.
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well... one can only hope... :P
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i suppose i'll be the only one packin' an Olympus.
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I am glad I just found this group. I might have to get off my ass and join in on one of the group shoots. Based on all the nikon heads, I can maybe balance out the universe with all my Canon glass ;) Its time to break in my new 85 1.2 :)
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This sounds like fun. I'm gonna try to make it. I've been to Olvera St., but not to China Town, but no matter where you go there's always something interesting to shoot. I'm putting it on my calendar. Oh, and I vote for the 11:00 a.m. start time.
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Yeah Canon--woop!!!!!
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that's right yo! represent!
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OK - since we need to show our Canon colors I'll be there at 11am on the 28th/Jan for the lunch in Chinatown and Flickr Foto Shoot !!! See you all there.
@Joy - Welcome. We have a lot of crazy fun and food and learning from each other... hope to see you there.
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i have a canon powershot... so i can bring that so darrell won't be so left out...
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New to this group and would like to join the meet.
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all you have to do is show up.
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im gonna try to make it out this time.
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Another Canonite here--count me in!
New to L.A., so it'll be a good chance to explore this city!
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Alrighty then...I'll be there ... with my Rebel that I'm still learning how to operate and all. :P
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alright, once again, to keep people from having to scroll all the way back up through this Sharks/Jets camera war, here's the details for people just joining in:
January Flickr Meet
Sunday, Jan. 28th
11:00AM
Union Station, Main Entrance (these doors)
for those not participating in the Nikon/Canon afternoon brawl, refreshments will be served in the lobby.
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Alright, I updated the parent post. Were we going to do the whole photo contest thing too?
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Maybe not a contest per se but a photo you'd like to talk about or get feedback on...
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i'm up for that. just put a new ink cartridge in my printer, might as well use it.
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Just bring a print, or several copies of the same print. and we can figure a way to show them so everyone can see them. Either we can put them all in a book(multi-paged portfolio thingy) and everyone can pass it around and look at all of the images or we can just set them up at the restaurant or something and have our own little gallery where we are hanging out. No need for competition.
If you bring extra copies of your print...you can feel free to swap with others for their prints or something. Just a thought.
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Ok, I'm new but I'm in sporting a nikon
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