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THIS WEEK-
JULY 22 TO 28, 2019
MONDAY, JULY 22, 2018
Family is Everything…
Kelly has chosen the
August book for our
Sibling Book Club...
Hello family!
My choice for the August book is “Little Fire’s Everywhere” by Celeste Ng.
,I think it’s safe to say that people like it ...
“Named a Best Book of the Year by:
People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more...”
People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more...”
Here’s a description of the book: “From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.
When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.
Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.
Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more.”
Kelly sent this later:
“"I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting. With brilliance and beauty, Celeste Ng dissects a microcosm of American society just when we need to see it beneath the microscope: how do questions of race stack up against the comfort of privilege, and what role does that play in parenting? Is motherhood a bond forged by blood, or by love? And perhaps most importantly: do the faults of our past determine what we deserve in the future? Be ready to be wowed by Ng's writing -- and unsettled by the mirror held up to one's own beliefs." - Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and Leaving Time ”
Happy reading!
Kelly's comments about the July book that her husband, Daniel, chose:
Kelly's comments about the July book that her husband, Daniel, chose:
(I just finished Beneath a Scarlet Sky and wow. What an incredible and devastating story! I cannot believe how someone could live with all of that guilt and sad life experiences. It makes me grateful for my life! It was such a good read!)
Back to today...
Walt likes to play checkers
to help keep his mind active.
Walt likes to play checkers
to help keep his mind active.
My internist, Dr. Wallin,
checked my blood sugars for
the past two weeks. He is
adjusting my morning and
evening Insulin accordingly.
checked my blood sugars for
the past two weeks. He is
adjusting my morning and
evening Insulin accordingly.
Walt suggested we get
Halibut for lunch at Arctic Circle.
Halibut for lunch at Arctic Circle.
TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019
Family is Everything…
Marci here...she comes from
Home Health.
Karen, the R.N. from Home Health
comes once a week to check
Walt's blood pressure,
and to see how he is
doing. It's a long-term Hospice.
I went to a Dental appointment at 12:30 noon
to get the rest of the tooth pulled
that fell out last Thursday.
Home Health.
Karen, the R.N. from Home Health
comes once a week to check
Walt's blood pressure,
and to see how he is
doing. It's a long-term Hospice.
I went to a Dental appointment at 12:30 noon
to get the rest of the tooth pulled
that fell out last Thursday.
I couldn't get it to stop bleeding
until the Oral Surgeon who was
on call, when I called at ten o'clock
tonight explained to me how to
pack it correctly with gauze.
I was relieved to have it finally
stop bleeding after 9 hours.
Walt kept reassuring me that
I wasn't loosing enough blood
to endanger my life.
(I know, I've been so blessed
my entire married life to have
my private, personal physician
by my side day and night.)
He is still my hero!
Walter Ray Petersen
Walt as a new bishop--May 1970
at age 35.
Also in photo, front L-R:
Second counselor, Dale Shelby;
Walt; First Counselor, Ross Taylor.
Back row: Stake Presidency,
Pres. Ernest Blauer, 2C; Issac Lee, Pres.,
James E. Cullimore, Assistantto the Council of the Twelve,
who ordained Walt as a High Priest
and ordained him to be a Bishop.
Pres. Francis Carter, 1C.
This is one of our favorite photos...
President Gordon B. Hinckley,
the Prophet,
came to visit our
México Mérida Mission in
November 1997 when Walt
was the Mission President.
The Prophet had always wanted to
go to Chichen Itzá because he had
read the book "Sacred Well"
which was about Chichen Itzá
and the sacred well where
they offered sacrifices.
So, the Church travel office hadmade arrangements--for the first
time ever--that the head of
the officials allowed golf
carts to be driven on the
grounds of
Chichen Itzá
for the elderly Prophet and
his wife.
We were asked to have sack
lunches ready for all who
were in President Hinckley's
group to eat on their drive
back to Mérida from these
ancient ruins.
I got brave and took this photo
after someone told President Hinckley
that Walt was the president of
the México Mérida Mission,
and the Prophet walked over
to shake President Petersen's hand.
It was photographer's luck that the
famous pyramid, Kulakan,
was directly in the background.
Yes, Walter Ray Petersen is
"My Hero!"
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019
Family is Everything...
Happy Pioneer Day
We watched the Days of '47 Pioneer Parade
then had a Pioneer Brunch with
Gary at One Man Band before...
Isaac Petersen, our 13 year-old grandson.
...whom we went to see in
a play today...
... "Peter Pan, Jr."
put on by the
Hale Academy for the Performing Arts
at the Hale Center Theater Orem.
We enjoyed it a lot.
Isaac was
"Fox" one of the Lost Boys.
Thanks, Gary, for taking us.
We were tuckered out after that
and went home for a nap.
We love to have the flags put out
in the neighborhood by the Scouts
for these special holidays.
We had a neighborhood bar-b-que
at Michael and Melissa Ballentyne's home.
They blocked off the whole street--
(the streets are all private inside
this residential area)--
plus lots of activities for kids
and adults...like a dunking tank,
and a big jump house, plus
line dancing in the street.
(Gary, you should have been
there to teach us!)
They also had fireworks...
(it went from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m.)
...but we were fireworked out,
so we went home before they started.
However, the next night we saw some
more neighborhood fireworks out our window.
Fireworks are a symbol of
celebration of freedom and happiness.
THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019
Family is Everything...
Marci helped Walt...
FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019
Family is Everything…
For July 26, 2019
6 years since Grama A died
This is Julie's face book post from: Thursday, August 8, 2013
I just wanted to put the pictures from Grama's funeral. We miss her sweet spirit in our home but we are so happy she is free to see and hear and run and dance. We love you Grama!
Julie and John, Jacee 10, Jackson 8, Maddie 5, at Wendell, Idaho Cemetery where Grama A is buried. July 31, 2013
Walt and Eileen and their seven children at Grama A's funeral, July 31, 2013. Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, and Jennifer.
Walt and Eileen and our seven children by Grama A's casket at the Wendell Cemetery - Front: Steve, Gary; Second row: Eileen, Walt, David. Third row: Janie, Julie, Jen. Last row: Brian. July 31, 2013 We appreciate our children all coming...from Idaho, Utah, Minnesota, and Tennessee.
At Wendell Cemetery - Verna's brother Don Huffaker, his wife Marcele; Morris' granddaughter,
Connie Nieffenegger Parsons Robanske _________; Don and; Marcele's daughter, Heather and
her husband - July 31, 2016.
At the funeral luncheon...
July 31, 2016, at the funeral luncheon in the Gooding Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Relief Society sisters served such a delicious meal. Thank you again!
Left to right: Eleanor Huffaker Harmon, Mom's youngest sister--lives in Boise.
Left to right: Eleanor Huffaker Harmon, Mom's youngest sister--lives in Boise.
Mom's brother Don Huffaker and his wife Marcele who live in Sugar House (or is it Holiday?);
Walt and me (we had flown in from San Salvador), and my only sibling, Janice, who lives in Utah.Mom's family are: Dad and Mom: S. David and Ella Morris Huffaker.
Their children are: Morris, David, Verna, Lorraine, Don, and Eleanor.
My Mom grew up in Wendell, Idaho.
Verna Beth Huffaker Alberson Jan 14,1920 to Jul 26, 2013, age 93. Verna, age 25, 1945.
Verna and Arnold - 25th wedding anniversary - Sept 29, 1962.
Verna and Arnold - 25th Wedding Anniversary -
Sept 29, 1962. They were living in Gooding, Idaho, then. They lived in Wendell, Hagerman, and Ketchum after they married in 1937. Then in 1940 they moved to Jarbidge, Nevada where Daddy worked in the Guggenheim Gold Mine until it ran out of gold in March 1941. He then got a job at the Ship Yards in Long Beach, California, in Oct 1941. So was there when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He had Mom and me come to Long Beach on the bus in Jan. 1942 (I had just turned 3 in Dec), where we lived till the war was over. He was not eligible for the army because he had flat feet. (They mistakenly thought that men with flat feet could not march long distances.) So he built ships for the Navy.
At the war's end, Sept 1945, we moved back to
Wendell, Idaho. (Mom loved California and wanted to stay there, but it was already too crowded for Daddy.) He had grown up in Hagerman, Idaho.
Verna and Arnold - 25th Wedding Anniversary -
Sept 29, 1962. They were living in Gooding, Idaho, then. They lived in Wendell, Hagerman, and Ketchum after they married in 1937. Then in 1940 they moved to Jarbidge, Nevada where Daddy worked in the Guggenheim Gold Mine until it ran out of gold in March 1941. He then got a job at the Ship Yards in Long Beach, California, in Oct 1941. So was there when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He had Mom and me come to Long Beach on the bus in Jan. 1942 (I had just turned 3 in Dec), where we lived till the war was over. He was not eligible for the army because he had flat feet. (They mistakenly thought that men with flat feet could not march long distances.) So he built ships for the Navy.
At the war's end, Sept 1945, we moved back to
Wendell, Idaho. (Mom loved California and wanted to stay there, but it was already too crowded for Daddy.) He had grown up in Hagerman, Idaho.
Verna and Arnold and their two daughters, Eileen and Janice, June 1962.
Walt and I had driven to Gooding, Idaho, from St. Louis, Missouri (a 27-hour drive) where he had just finished his 3rd year of medical school at Washington University School of Medicine. I had two-weeks vacation time from my job at the Jewish Hospital which was directly across the street from our apartment. What a tender mercy from the Lord that I was hired there during my job search after we arrived in St. Louis. I did not have to do any driving in that busy traffic to go to or to go home.
I was the secretary for the Director of Hematology. I didn't even know what the word meant when I interviewed. I don't remember this incident but Walt said they offered me $200 a month and I told them I was worth more than that, so they offered me $250. I would type with the medical dictionary in my lap. Sometimes, if Walt got to come home for lunch, I would take my typed dictation over and have him help me with some of the medical terms. One of my other duties was to go to the patient floors of the hospital for the blood bank and leave a note with the patients explaining that if they had family and friends come in to donate the number of pints of blood they had received in a transfusion, they would not be charge for that blood.
I did get lost the first time I drove to Mutual (now called Young Women and Young Men) after being called as the Beehive Teacher my first Sunday there. Our chapel for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was about 20 minutes from our apartment. I missed the turn to the right street, but after I back tracked I finally found the Chapel. The next year Walt was called as a counselor in the Stake Young Men's Presidency and I was called into the Stake Young Women's Presidency. President Oscarson, our Stake President, said to me once: "I can always tell when I pick up a printed program for any event if Sister Petersen has typed it because it is always so well done!" What a sweet thing for him to say. Most people don't pay that much attention. It's a lot of work to type those programs, the hardest part is getting people to turn in the information. And we typed them on typewriters. I did our Sunday bulletin most of the time we lived in St. Louis. My Mom typed a lot of bulletins and newsletters, so I think it was in our blood.
My Mom eloped at the start of her senior year in high school (Sept 29) and in those days she was not allowed to stay in high school after she was married. She earned her high school diploma later from a correspondence school out of Chicago. Miss McGinnis--a high school teacher--had asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. Verna had answered: "A secretary or an interior decorator." This surprised Miss McGinnis because most of the girts said they wanted to be a school teacher or a nurse."
Walt and I had driven to Gooding, Idaho, from St. Louis, Missouri (a 27-hour drive) where he had just finished his 3rd year of medical school at Washington University School of Medicine. I had two-weeks vacation time from my job at the Jewish Hospital which was directly across the street from our apartment. What a tender mercy from the Lord that I was hired there during my job search after we arrived in St. Louis. I did not have to do any driving in that busy traffic to go to or to go home.
I was the secretary for the Director of Hematology. I didn't even know what the word meant when I interviewed. I don't remember this incident but Walt said they offered me $200 a month and I told them I was worth more than that, so they offered me $250. I would type with the medical dictionary in my lap. Sometimes, if Walt got to come home for lunch, I would take my typed dictation over and have him help me with some of the medical terms. One of my other duties was to go to the patient floors of the hospital for the blood bank and leave a note with the patients explaining that if they had family and friends come in to donate the number of pints of blood they had received in a transfusion, they would not be charge for that blood.
I did get lost the first time I drove to Mutual (now called Young Women and Young Men) after being called as the Beehive Teacher my first Sunday there. Our chapel for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was about 20 minutes from our apartment. I missed the turn to the right street, but after I back tracked I finally found the Chapel. The next year Walt was called as a counselor in the Stake Young Men's Presidency and I was called into the Stake Young Women's Presidency. President Oscarson, our Stake President, said to me once: "I can always tell when I pick up a printed program for any event if Sister Petersen has typed it because it is always so well done!" What a sweet thing for him to say. Most people don't pay that much attention. It's a lot of work to type those programs, the hardest part is getting people to turn in the information. And we typed them on typewriters. I did our Sunday bulletin most of the time we lived in St. Louis. My Mom typed a lot of bulletins and newsletters, so I think it was in our blood.
My Mom eloped at the start of her senior year in high school (Sept 29) and in those days she was not allowed to stay in high school after she was married. She earned her high school diploma later from a correspondence school out of Chicago. Miss McGinnis--a high school teacher--had asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. Verna had answered: "A secretary or an interior decorator." This surprised Miss McGinnis because most of the girts said they wanted to be a school teacher or a nurse."
Verna, age 46 - 1966
Verna started working for the PCA in Gooding, Idaho, in the Autumn of 1957 after she graduated from the Twin Falls Business College. (Before that Mom had worked many years at the Wendell Cleaners.) They moved from Wendell to Gooding in Dec 1957 because Daddy didn't want her to have to drive that road in the winter. He had carpentry jobs all over the Magic Valley and Wood River Valley, so he had to travel anyway.
Verna started working for the PCA in Gooding, Idaho, in the Autumn of 1957 after she graduated from the Twin Falls Business College. (Before that Mom had worked many years at the Wendell Cleaners.) They moved from Wendell to Gooding in Dec 1957 because Daddy didn't want her to have to drive that road in the winter. He had carpentry jobs all over the Magic Valley and Wood River Valley, so he had to travel anyway.
Verna worked for PCA from 1957 to 1983. Daddy passed away from colon cancer Feb. 6. 1982 at age 69. She stayed in the home on Wyoming Street that Arnold built onto and remodeled to make so beautiful for her until about 2006 when she couldn't live alone any more.
Janice helped her so much during the time we were gone on 3 missions.
Janice helped her so much during the time we were gone on 3 missions.
Then when we were called on that 4th mission to be in El Salvador for three years, Julie and John took care of her in their home from June 2011 till her passing on July 26, 2013.
Thank you, Janice, Julie and John.
Verna with Eileen and Walt and family June 2011 for their 50th Wedding Anniversary
Some of Arnold and Verna's Posterity in the photo below.
As of this date - July 26, 2019
The Posterity of Arnold and Verna Albertson
2 Children
11 Grandchildren
53 Great Grandchildren (1 due in October will make 54)
6 Great-Great Grandchildren
Some of Arnold and Verna's Posterity in the photo below.
As of this date - July 26, 2019
The Posterity of Arnold and Verna Albertson
2 Children
11 Grandchildren
53 Great Grandchildren (1 due in October will make 54)
6 Great-Great Grandchildren
Verna, with siblings 2012 age 92 Left to right: Don, Verna, Eleanor, Lorraine, and Marcele, Don's wife. Her two older brothers had passed away, Morris and David.
Verna, age 92 - 2012
Eileen and Janice with Mom - May 2012. We took Mom to lunch at the Olive Garden on the Saturday before Mother's Day. Walt and I were in Utah as he was recovering from back surgery. We returned to the San Salvador El Salvador Temple on June 7 to finish our three years as Temple President and Temple Matron to Nov. 1, 2014
Eileen and Janice with Mom - May 2012. We took Mom to lunch at the Olive Garden on the Saturday before Mother's Day. Walt and I were in Utah as he was recovering from back surgery. We returned to the San Salvador El Salvador Temple on June 7 to finish our three years as Temple President and Temple Matron to Nov. 1, 2014
Verna, with Janice - Jan. 14, 2013, her 93rd birthday.
Janice says she wishes she could remember what they were laughing about.
Mom did say on that birthday: "I don't want to die at this age. Ninety-three isn't a very exciting number."
Ready or not.
Janice says she wishes she could remember what they were laughing about.
Mom did say on that birthday: "I don't want to die at this age. Ninety-three isn't a very exciting number."
Ready or not.
Mom, we miss you. We will love you forever!
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Back to today - Friday, July 26, 2019...
Maddie's new kitten,
P E P P E R
is still baffling Max,
their dog of 5 years.
Grampa's holding Pepper.
Maddie loves Pepper.
Dad and I enjoy looking out
the window seeing what's
happening in the neighborhood.
John took his scouts on an
overnight camp out, where
they hiked up to Lake Desolation.
Jackson gets to go.
I took a photo of John and Jackson
but it didn't turn out.
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2019
P E P P E R
is still baffling Max,
their dog of 5 years.
Grampa's holding Pepper.
Maddie loves Pepper.
Dad and I enjoy looking out
the window seeing what's
happening in the neighborhood.
John took his scouts on an
overnight camp out, where
they hiked up to Lake Desolation.
Jackson gets to go.
I took a photo of John and Jackson
but it didn't turn out.
Family is Everything…
Marci helps Walt start the day.
We had a wonderful
serendipity today.
serendipity today.
A couple we had known in
Merida, Mexico,
when Walt was the temple president
of that mission from
June 1995 to July 1998
are in Utah for the blessing of
their grandson,
Samuel Seamons.
Their son-in-law, Eric, brought
them to visit with us today.
Linda, Eric, Walt, Luis.
It was so great to talk with them
about their friends and our
friends in Merida.
It's one of those times
never to be forgotten!
What a blessing it is in our
life to have been able to
be with them again.
life to have been able to
be with them again.
SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019
Family is Everything…
we go to our Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward
from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 p.m.
We partook of the Sacrament in
Remembrance of the Body
and Blood of Our Savior,
Jesus Christ. We are
grateful for Him
and His Atonement
every minute of
every day of
our life.
After the ordinance of the
Sacrament was finished,
Riley Sterrett, who is
going to the Japan Tokyo Mission
spoke about the talk
Elder Takashi Wada gave
at the April 2019 General Conference
"Feasting Upon the Words of Christ."
"The words of Christ can help us increase
our spiritual capacity to receive revelation,"
was quoted from
President Russell M. Nelson.
The ward choir of 8 sisters and
7 brothers, directed by
Emily Slade and accompanied by
Sherry Shepherd, sang "Fear Not."
Music always add to the spirit!
Jim Kohl, a high councilor, brought a
message from the stake presidency about
"Securing the blessings of the temple."
As we learn and obey the Lord lets us
strengthen those strands in our "cable"
that binds us together as a family.
His goal (and he hopes our goal)
is to have those strands--or bands--
so strong that they will never break.
He prays our "cables" will always
be strong...and our testimonies
will also be strong.
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In Relief Society Sharon Mardesich
gave a powerful lesson from
Elder Neil L. Andersen's
April 2019 General Conference talk
"The Eye of Faith."
She led with the question:
"What is Truth?"
"The scriptures teach,
'Truth is knowledge of things
as they are, and as they were,
and as they are to come.'
Some comments in class were
Absolute Truth...
Heavenly Father,
Our Savior, Jesus Christ,
Holy Ghost,
Atonement,
Resurrection...
Sister Mardesich shared some
personal experiences and
ended with a strong testimony
of how important it is to have
absolute truth in our lives.
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We were invited to David and Julie's home to have dessert with them this evening at six o'clock. Sam had baked a Poppy Seed cake from Julie's recipe. It was delicious! And Julie served her homemade vanilla ice cream with it. Also delicious!
Will's Sunday School teacher was late to class this morning, so Will taught a good portion of the lesson until he got there. It was Acts 16-21 "The Lord Had
Called Us for to Preach the Gospel." About the Apostle Paul and his missionary travels...
Below is Will, age 10, sharing what he taught about Paul and Silas being in prison, plus some of the Greek history at the time Paul was there.
We persuaded Julie to be in one photo.
The boys start back to school on Aug 19.
Anna will head to BYU the end of August.
Thanks, David and Julie, we always enjoy being with you in your home.
We got home just before sunset, and always appreciate the love and support that Julie and John and kids are to us, and love the wonderful cozy cottage they have created for us within their beautiful home.
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We are so thankful for The Plan of Salvation
We are so thankful for The Plan of Salvation
and the Atonement of Jesus Christ
that makes this Great Plan operational.
At the end of this July 28th,
we pray you have had a
restful , peaceful, and spiritual
Sabbath Day...
We share these truths as our testimony to you...
Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence. He loves us just as we are at this very moment.
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Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.
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Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration. He is the Restorer of all things.
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President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world.
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The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.
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Of these truths we testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Walt and Eileen Petersen
Saratoga Springs, Utah, U.S.A.
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