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  1. As a previous poster said I always liked the Rich Valley Steers schemes. No I didn't go to school in Smyth County but my Dad was from Rich Valley and I have lots of family in the area. I was surprised that the students of RB Worhy (Shakers) and Rich Valley chose such a generic nickname as Panthers but I guess there had to compromises between the 2 student bodies. As an aside my Mom is a 1956 graduate of Gary High School (Coaldiggers). I have uploaded 2 photos of the Rich Valley Steers. I know the baseball pic is 1978. I believe the football pic is 1983.
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  2. Ryan has sand in his vagina again
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  3. Graham scored 56 against V-High in 2 quarters of play. I am impressed with how the rb, Clements is coming along. He follows his blocking very well. Very good ball player, plays smart. Graham will be able to run the ball on just about anybody they play. Hughes and the Braden Meadows are doing a great job of coming in as a lead blocker for the qb and Clements.
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  4. Not a group to be messed with. Rich Valley players were farm boy strong. Their strength and conditioning program consisted of working in the hay field, cutting firewood, building fence, and milking cows.
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  5. Not N's Bigsby. He seems overtly "happy."
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  6. It's alright to think you're the best. Not sure about all their fans but I like the guys on here
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  7. Yeah, this thread blew the h e double hockey sticks up, lol! Middle school girls drama got nothing this board. 😂😂😂
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  8. Ohhh, I love it. Sounds like ole Ryno needs a man in his life. Few things in life start as innocently as the finger, and thankful to St. Peter, it's the foundation by which many relationships have started.
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  9. Ryan4VT also said himself after Richlands’ two shut-out losses that the “boys” had given up. After whining that Graham ran up the score in their 35-0 win, where they scored 7 points in the 2nd half.
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  10. Is this better? 🖕🏻
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  11. I’ve been very much pro-mask, and pro-government message for almost the entire pandemic. But, since the vaccines have come out, the messaging around them has changed so much. Originally, they were the beginning of the end, we were going to have COVID defeated by July 4, Biden was going to save America and our long national nightmare was going to be over. If you got vaxxed, you could even lose the mask! Then Delta happened, and even if you got the magic shot, well now you must wear a mask again. You won’t die from COVID, but well still wear the mask. And in all honesty, you’d have to be a grade-A stooge to not even admit that the science has changed way too many times. Remember in March and April of 2020, we weren’t supposed to wear masks because a) only the surgical grade ones could protect you and b) those were needed for healthcare professionals. As mentioned above, the vaxx was supposed to end COVID, originally, obviously that’s not the case. That’s not even getting into the constant shift in “social distancing”, when it’s okay to do something but not okay to do another, the fact that COVID couldn’t be spread at BLM protests, but it could be at any other protests, and the many other contradictions pointed out by the friendly radio show host above. Why do kids have to wear masks in a classroom, but not at lunch as they stuff food in their mouths? Why do kids in a classroom have to wear masks, but kids in an athletic activity, gasping for air, are somehow safe? Why do we allow one thing, but not the other? it’s frankly ridiculous. I’m vaxxed myself, and believe everyone should at least consider it. But we also have a choice to not, and to treat COVID however we as individuals see fit. CNN, the MSM, the CDC, and the rest of the elitist party have either willfully misinformed or lied outright about alternatives to COVID and created a witch-hunt after anyone who thinks outside of the approved narrative on COVID. I haven’t poured 10 years of my life into this message board so I’m sure the Tazewell County Mafia that runs this board will poo-poo my opinion, but we should be skeptical of the official narrative on COVID. Because “they” have changed this narrative every few weeks for nearly 2 years now. also just to be fair here, “the voice” not the fine Buchanan County gossip paper, but the radio talk show host, never downed the vaccine or people who got vaccinated. I know that we have people in high places here, but maybe they should reinvest in reading comprehension in between bragging about their “power”, the idea SWVA Alex Jones put forward was that we should be skeptical of the narrative. I can be skeptical that the ground beef on my $1 burrito at Taco Bell is actually ground beef, and still eat it. I can be skeptical about the vaccine or mask mandates and still decide to follow them. We have lost critical thinking skills and it shows, when we buy hook-line-and-sinker, a narrative that has changed once a month through two inept administrations. I also wouldn’t be surprised if some of y’all still believe the “official narrative” about the Iraq War and I look forward to being lectured by some bougie play-by-play man and other undesirables, on how there were WMDs in Iraq and Bush “kept us safe”.
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  12. Ryan4VT

    Graham vs Pulaski

    Pulaski is a good team. Graham is an elite team. G-Men by at least 3 scores.
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  13. I really don't know but I can offer some observations. In the 1950s Ernie Hicks began to outfit his teams in uniforms that closely resembled the Detroit Lions (with silver helmets and light blue jerseys). I don't know if Coach Hicks was a particular supporter of the Lions or not, but given the success and popularity of that franchise in that decade the it is unlikely that the emulation by RHS was simply a coincidence. Not sure whether it happened with Bill Peery or Jim Hammond, but silver was dropped altogether in the late 1960s. The primary color was still a light blue (although it was a shade or two darker than the Columbia Blue version that Hicks had favored) paired directly with white. Helmets were either blue with a white stripe or white with a blue stripe. Pants had the same arrangement. And jerseys were blue with white UCLA-type shoulder stripes at home (with the reverse being used on the road). Shortly after 1970 the football uniforms had switched to White and Navy Blue with red accents of various types. The light blue uniform that I posted began to be rotated in around 1973 or so-- even though Navy Blue and red were also worn more often than not. One of the more confusing outfits was a road uniform featuring the light blue pants paired with white jerseys that had Navy Blue primary numerals, red numerals on the sleeves, and red cuffs -- all topped with a white helmet featuring Navy/White/Red/White/Navy stripes. But other sports, cheerleading uniforms, and letterman's jackets continued to be produced in the light blue color that emerged in the late 1960s. (That particular shade often varied widely from a very light Columbia Blue to a greenish hue almost resembling Aqua.) Todd Heldreth standardized Navy Blue and White when he arrived in 1979 and applied it across the board. Dennis Vaught introduced silver as a secondary color when he arrived, but I think the official colors have been Navy and White effectively since 1979.
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  14. vhs_falcon_volfan

    New to the forum

    Hey everyone. I am new here. I am a fan of the Volunteer High School Falcons just right next to Kingsport. I’m in my 30s but I know Volunteer played one of the schools that made Union. Powell Valley. I think it was 40 years ago? Well they kicked our asses 22-0 I think? I like a lot of the same pro and college teams people like. Lifelong Saints fan. I get a lot of crap from Titans and Cowboys fans. But it’s all in good fun! I love me some Vols. I love the Bravest. I know football at Volunteer usually makes for a rough season at Volunteer but this season has been excellent for our standards. Went to the Union and Central game. Central side. Nice stadium. Wish the seating was better. Those Union fans sure get fired up and support their boys! Thought I’d become acquainted with everyone here.
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  16. Okay, I’ll try not to be so sensitive 😂😂😂😂
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  17. Yeah when you post something some take it the wrong way or something. But to get mad about a prediction is ridiculous. And when you guess right those people disappear for awhile. Hell a certain someone on here will disagree with you and when he corrects you he'll say what you just said it's crazy
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  18. No doubt... People take stuff on here too serious
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  19. I agree with ya'll on Graham's improvement. What makes Graham better (in my opinion) than the 2019 team that lost at Appo is Graham's ability to run the ball in between the tackles with the running back and not the QB. Much of Graham's running game in 2019 and early this year, even during the Union game, was kind of gimmicky in one sense. Not saying it wasn't effective, but lots of running with the QB scrambling and nobody open, then he takes off. That certainly counts, but there will be those games in the playoffs where you absolutely have to be able to run the ball between the tackles with your running back. The development of the sophomore Clements kid is kind of alarming. He's not just capable. He's dangerous from anywhere on the field and has explosive speed. When you get a team like Graham that is equally balanced in both the passing and running attack (with the running back), then it makes Graham difficult for any Region D team. It's also the development of the interior offensive line which like Clements, has really matured rather quickly.
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  20. I know Stevie was definitely one of them that beat Bradshaw so maybe it was Donnie that also beat him and that would put Donnie as a freshman, Bradshaw just appears faster because he's on a better team but switch roles and put Stevie on Graham and Bradshaw on va high and Stevie would score 7x on this poor Bearcat defense
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  21. Gridiron60

    Week 8 Updates

    Clements kid is growing into a special kind of player. He’s definitely ball smart. We’ve got a lot of guys who have stepped up their game on offense and defensive blocking. Some of the younger ones are improving weekly and figuring out their roles. A team can double or triple team Bradshaw but Coach Palmer has multiple other options to look to if that happens.
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  22. I don't see a CLEAR favorite. Any of those top 4 or 5 teams could pull it off.
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  23. Given how well advertised the playoff process was in the Spring, I wouldn’t hold my breath.
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  24. Gridiron60

    Week 8 Updates

    After round 1 , game on! It’s anybody’s left for the taking at that point. Every team Including Graham will need to be on their A game to come out on top. I’m anxious to see how the M7 shakes out as far as who’s the #1 seed.
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  25. redtiger

    Week 8 Updates

    After that it gets real interesting imo. Graham is the regional favorite and for good reason but imo the next 3 teams are (in no order) Ridgeview, Central, and Union. All 4 of those are really close. Playoffs should be a lot of fun, hopefully we get some Friday and Saturday games.
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  26. Everyone all up in their feelings 😂 well, not everyone.
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  27. Damn relax it was a joke Everyone upset on here today lol
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  28. goose111874

    Richlands/Union

    No way y'all will score at least once on 3rd string
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  29. Agree with your premise, but disagree with your interpretation of the words "the science changes." When folks are referring to the statement, "the science changes," they aren't attempting to mean that literally the commingling of metallic substances when two exact same metals are mixed 10 times will come out with a different outcome or different metallic substance all 10 times. Meaning, it's understood that science IS what it IS. They are referring to what you stated, the lack of KNOWLEDGE yet to be discovered. In short, the AMOUNT of knowledge (forever changing) regarding science is changing by the minute and this is often the meaning of "the science changes." Perhaps, to be more specific, one element of the scientific process is always changing and that's OUTCOMES. Keep in mind, much of the statements stating, "The Science Changes" is used by physicians, including Dr. Fauci who is and has been a regular with this statement. Additionally, 4% of physicians in the US have a PhD. That's 4 in 100. Huge difference in a Medical Doctorate (which is a clinical or practice doctorate like a JD or PharmD) and a PhD which is Philosophical Doctorate. PhD's make, shape, mold, discover the science and create theory and knowledge, and every other Doctorate Degree in the world that is Not a PhD is primarily a tactical applier of the Knowledge that the PhD's have created. Outliers to the previous statement? Sure, obviously as in your field, many JD's certainly do more than apply knowledge, they certainly can create theory, but the very nature of a PhD is to create theory or knowledge, especially in the medical and scientific fields. It's the PhD that discovers how the pancreas works and what chemical substances mixed together form a medicine that realizes Medicine A lowers the Blood Sugar. It's medical doctors that assess a patient and see they have Diabetes, and then prescribes the medication. The latter part of that sentence is a given and the public understands it. It's the first part of the sentence about the pancreas that the public is confused by. They think the Doctor treating them somehow had time between his 22 patient per day load to go to a lab, figure out what the pancreas is, what enzymes it produces, how to find or mix certain chemical compounds to form a medicine, then figures out that medicine lowers blood sugar. It's the PhD that did that, not the Doctor. I didn't mean to get off course with the PhD and Doctoral Level Stuff, but it needs emphasis because there is a huge difference in physicians like Fauci who has a Medical Doctorate Degree, but isn't a PhD. You will not hear a PhD level educated scientist use the terms, "the science changes." Part of the discourse in this country in the medical field over the years are that Doctors are all knowing and infallible. This is especially true for Medical Doctors who often have had for generations, women underneath them as there inferiors and whatever the Doctor "said", it was Golden. It was golden regardless of whether there was science behind it and he wouldn't be challenged. If challenged, those below him could lose their jobs. Over generations, many Medical Doctors have bought into the self righteousness that their word is Valid scientific evidence when in fact, it's considered at the PhD level, very, very, very weak evidence as its often formed without scientific experimentation. This is one problem with Fauci which has got him into trouble over the years. He thinks it, and boom, he says it, and he is so used to not being challenged in his normal work environment, but when you have a national pandemic and a crisis where all eyes are on you and it's no longer your inferior subjects under you viewing your practice, there is pushback. And what do you get? Fauci goes all to pieces. He's rattled. He, inside his mind, can't fathom the idea of anyone questioning him. Afterall, he's "the Doctor" so his word means everything. He wrote the article in JAMA in 1983 saying, actually WARNING that AIDS was EASILY transmittable to pediatric populations in the home of someone with AIDS. Why did he say it? There was no evidence of it. He said it because he "thought" it was true, and had such a level of narcissism that he actually Published the Article in JAMA!!! That my friend is what is wrong with Medicine. It's things like this that drastically confuse the public and cripple dialogue. It creates skepticism and guess what, RIGHTfully so. Thankfully, Medicine is going in the direction of placing far more power in the hands of the patients. That doesn't mean turning over or placing all power in every treatment option to the patient, but it's a realization that "just because I say it doesn't make it true." Where is the evidence? It's kind of like the Pope or the Mormons. And no, I am not knocking them. I have several Catholic and Mormon friends. I play ball at the Mormon Church regularly in Giles County. I love em, but the knock is, the President of the Mormon Church known as the Prophet, and/or the Pope can actually supersede the Holy Scriptures. If they say they have a revelation from God and declare it into theological law or principle, then boom, it can supersede the Holy Scriptures. This is the knock on both of these Churches many have. I only used religion as an analogy to what's going on in the medical field. Dr. Fauci is likely frowned upon or considered non-competent to be in his position because he doesn't have a PhD. A position at that high of a level requires a physician (MD or DO) as Dr. Fauci does have, and it also requires a PhD on top of it which he doesn't have. The difference in a physician that has both (only 1 in 25) is GIGANTICLY large compared to the 24 out of 25 who don't. It's a whole other level of the understanding of the scientific process. For example for those reading this, Medical School is 4 years of Medical School after 4 years of college. A PhD on average, takes 6.25 years after your first four years of college. So, I agree with you UVA on your point and that people have been duped. But, I believe the medical field (physicians) are largely responsible for the dialogue breakdown. And lets face it, we would be lying to ourselves if we didn't point out a giant elephant which is politics. It's not intertwined into nearly everything in our lives. That hurts dialogue also. Much of the dialogue problem is the head on confrontation of a shifting of more power in the hands of the patients versus some older generations of Medical Doctors or DO'S (both are physicans) that are not ready to give up their "all knowing" power because they were trained decades ago. This clash is largely creating the confusion with a US population not knowing what to believe. Only my opinion and I agree with pretty much everything you said, I just wanted to spread a medical perspective on it as also a contributing cause as I'm a Pharm D, and nope, I don't have a PhD. I've worked with enough physicians over the years to know and see an incredibly narcissistic level of thinking held by many, not all, but many of the older physicians or one's not trained in the last 20 years. Quick example, at my former practice, I refused to fill a prescription for a patient who had a comorbid condition that was directly a no-no. The patient would have had a severe adverse reaction. The physician called me and he yelled, cussed, etc. He reported me to hospital administration. We all had a meeting, and when the meeting concluded, the physician was found to be dead wrong in writing the initial script. Did he apologize? Nope. What was his rationalization? His rationalization was, "Because he prescribed it and if he prescribes it, Pharmacy fills it without question." Did the Hospital Administration reprimand him? Of course not. He went on about his practice the next day just as usual which is so common for physicians around the country in their workplace. There is little challenging them when they are wrong, and if they are found to be wrong, very little repercussions until there is obvious patient injury. I'm giving this example because this is a major problem in thinking that so many physicians have. They feel their word is simply infallible and Fauci, no matter how hard he grits his teeth in the press conferences, is cut of the same cloth. Patients and the general population have caught on over the years more and more, and are realizing their word isn't without question. So, you get confusion and skepticism and sadly, there is unhealthy skepticism often when the medical field is spot on and correct. Mix that in when the medical field is initially off course, and you get massive confusion. Only natural.. P.S. I'm not sure if you are in the malpractice field or trained some in school in this area, but you know that patient harm is usually not strictly due to a one time critical event. The one time critical event is the endpoint of what was a disaster filled process in the performance of routine practice before the critical event occurred, which is often what drives the dagger home in the malpractice case. The jury or the insurance company sees the obvious negligence that has been allowed to fester and prolong long before the event occured.
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  30. It bothers you, as a former Marine , can I say ….wait for it ……in my best “The Rock “ voice …It Doesn’t Matter” , good ness gracious hahahaha just kidding my friend
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  31. What about when someone says "they will loose 2" haha
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  32. "Abingdon", with a "d". Sorry, it bugs me when anybody does that.
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  33. This is about to get pretty deep and pretty dark, so feel free to skip this as TL;DR. The premise above is that the “science” changes. The science doesn’t, and by its definition cannot, change, so that entire argument is flawed. Honestly, that’s a shame, because everything else flowed nicely from it. But if the tree is poison, the fruit borne by it will also be poison. What has changed is our public policy, which has been comically inept ever since the SJWs started slinging the word “xenophobe” at Trump when he banned all international travel from China on 1/27/20. First, the world collectively freaked out and flipped the “off” switch on society. I said at the time that the overreaction was too draconian and too brisk, but it is what it is. Second, the narrative was “15 days to slow the spread”, which was 2 months too late. Once the virus found its way into Washington, that was it. Third, the narrative was “mask up” to prevent the spread. The data backing up the idea is very sound and very stable, but it requires people to pull in the same direction. By this time, the issue was politicized, and the Orange Man’s sociopathy and desire to create schism drew the battle lines. Fourth, the narrative is to vaccinate, and again, there are almost a billion data points worldwide that show just how damn successful vaccination is against this scourge. 89+% of hospitalizations are unvaccinated. 97+% of ICU patients are unvaccinated. 99+% of deaths are unvaccinated. Yet, populists spew this unsupportable narrative about “my choice” (which oddly enough, for most, is the exact opposite of their stances on abortion, etc.), despite the fact that “your choice” may very well kill someone. At the very best, the collective “your choice” is keeping me from getting routine orthopedic work performed. Science doesn’t change. Observe, research, hypothesize, test, analyze, report. The issue is, in a society that struggles with forgiveness and instant gratification, the Flip-Flop-Faucis and Orange Men of the world set themselves up to be gods worshipped by their theocrats. Too many have been duped. Enough have been duped to where I think national discourse will not recover in my lifetime. The powder keg was in place; COVID-19 was the fuse that lit it.
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  34. That was a great game to watch. Both teams are improving.
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  35. He takes everything personally
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  36. Great game to watch!
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  37. We have, twice, and the one time there was complaining about the officiating down there in Region D. Lol! We are definitely beatable as are most teams. Maybe we will get to travel to Region D this year if we can make it that far.
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  38. I'm not a fan of namecalling Ryan. I'm not that sensitive. Incredible, you call out reading comprehension, then accuse me of calling a bunch of kids "useless as tits on a boar hog." I will not call you a liar, but your are being pretty dang dishonest. I said Richlands has been playing about as useless as tits on a boar hog. You know very well what that means. It means Richlands is taking some serious beatings this year and not playing well and in short, the opposite team is outscoring them by a bunch. I stand by the statement. As for calling kids names? You are reaching and no better, but......I expect nothing less from you. I still question what school you went to. I've never witnessed such fallacy of any poster on this board. What you just tried to pull was a red herring. Your shapeshifting the true point (Richlands looks awful this year) and attempting to turn that into name-calling. Nice try. I have all the respect in the world for the Blues and still root for you guys. One of my best buds coached there for decades as you know.
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  39. Bet you thought that last year too
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  40. I take issue with this. There are many Graham fans on this board who are not like that. Unfortunately, every fan base has cocky fans, the loud lady that screams at the refs all night, etc. You can categorize the majority of a fanbase by a few. If someone states Graham has the best record in Region D or Bradshaw had a phenomenal night. Those to me are factual statements rather than cockiness. Cockiness would be saying, no one has a chance to beat Graham and that’s simply not true. Region D is tough and whichever team comes out on top, they will have worked for it and I will cheer them on against Region C whether it’s Graham or someone else. I don’t think my thoughts & opinions are worth two cents on here and definitely not cockiness but there are few that think they are ESPN football experts😂😂😂😂😂 and in reality, nah. Most of us just want a friendly back & forth about high school football. Rant over…must be the rain! 😂
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  41. According to @goose111874, we will. Not sure how he knows or if he has any inside info, but he seems confident. Think he called the psychic hotline and spoke with Ms. Cleo.🤔
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  42. I'm okay with people giving the nod to VA High pulling an upset even if they don't truly believe it & just hatin' on GMen, lol; probably 75% on here said Bluefield would win even with Covid pause; that Graham would defeat themselves. Now, it's Bluefield isn't that good since Graham won. People are so fickle. 😂😂😂😂
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