“Family Guy” is a television show televised late at night. This show is for the adult audience which shows informal language and somewhat offending scenes. The show can be sexually deviant towards one another, and can be harmful for the viewers. This show is for the audience who can take a joke, and not be offended.
“Family Guy” is an American cartoon series created by Seth MacFarlane. The entire series focuses on the Griffin family, a dysfunctional family with many problems; consisting of three children: Chris, Meg, and Stewie, and Peter as the father, and Louis as the Mother. They have a family pet, named Brain who appears to be a white Labrador. Each show consists of informal humor which parody American Culture.
One episode took place where Chris went on a date with a young female who appeared to be suffering from Down syndrome. This certain episode can be extremely hurtful to the viewers who have a friend or family member who suffers from the same mental disorder. Sara Palin for example, took great offense from viewing this episode due to the fact that her baby son has Down syndrome. In my opinion, this is what this show is about, crude and rude humor. If people do not like or agree with what Family Guy has to offer as a television show, and then they should not watch it! However, I do think the episode was a little on the harsh side. They could have done without the Down syndrome part because so many people suffer from the mental disorder, and that can be extremely hurtful to watch.
I do enjoy watching Family Guy because it relates to our Society as Americans. Every small joke that is put inside each and every episode has a direct meaning. I do not understand all of the jokes, because this show is directed towards the adult audience, and I am a young adult that doesn’t understand all of the jokes that are placed in the show. I do think this television show is hilarious, but I think the maker of this show needs to pay close attention on what he uses in his episodes.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Blog # 35: CANCUN 5
All four of us sitting at a square table were eating and Max started the conversation. He explained to my dad the whole ordeal about the timeshare and what it had to offer. I was not really paying attention that much because I was devouring my omelet at this time.
After we ate Max took us to some sample rooms throughout the Lagoon Suites that the timeshare would include for us. He took us up a spiral staircase that led to a pair of suites. These suites looked more like individual condos that a rich person would have on a beach. Max led us into a specific suite and my mouth dropped to the floor. This suite was huge! Not only was it massive in size, but the interior design was breath taking. It had a huge living room, dining room, kitchen, two bathrooms, and two queen sized beds. This was not even half of the condo! There was an upstairs to this condo too. The marble stairs led us up to the master bedroom that held a huge king size bed with a large Jacuzzi bathtub in the middle of the floor. There was also a large balcony deck outside the master bedroom. The master bedroom was connected to a third bathroom among the suite. I fell in love with this suite and took as many pictures as one could only imagine.
Max finally led us out to the suite and down to the loading dock to where the water taxi would take us to another resort that was included in the timeshare that my dad was beginning to get interested in. While we were waiting for the water taxi to arrive, a waiter brought over 4 pina coladas to quench our thirst. I was surprised at how amazing the service at this resort was! While we were all slurping our drinks the water taxi arrived, and approximately 10 people entered the boat to take us to the “Royal Sunset” resort.
The water taxi ride from Lagoon Suites to Royal Sunset was only about a five minute boat ride. It was so much fun to see all the buildings and resorts along the coast. As we arrived to the Royal Sunset to view another large suite included in the timeshare I noticed how large this resort was. There were ten floors throughout this large resort. The lobby was breathtaking with a long palm tree sculpture wall and a massive fish aquarium separating the lobby and the kitchen. Max took us up the top floor to show us another show room. All the rooms surround a huge balcony that led down to the dining room with vines hanging from the roof to the bottom.
The room that Max showed us was large and beautiful. This room however was not as breathtaking as the first room we visited. I did, however like this resort much better. This resort was much larger and had more tourists visiting. The pool was better, and the lobby was enjoyable.
From this point us three were then taken to a large room that branched off this last resort that we were at. This was the time for my dad to make the decision to either buy a timeshare, or say “no thanks.”
After we ate Max took us to some sample rooms throughout the Lagoon Suites that the timeshare would include for us. He took us up a spiral staircase that led to a pair of suites. These suites looked more like individual condos that a rich person would have on a beach. Max led us into a specific suite and my mouth dropped to the floor. This suite was huge! Not only was it massive in size, but the interior design was breath taking. It had a huge living room, dining room, kitchen, two bathrooms, and two queen sized beds. This was not even half of the condo! There was an upstairs to this condo too. The marble stairs led us up to the master bedroom that held a huge king size bed with a large Jacuzzi bathtub in the middle of the floor. There was also a large balcony deck outside the master bedroom. The master bedroom was connected to a third bathroom among the suite. I fell in love with this suite and took as many pictures as one could only imagine.
Max finally led us out to the suite and down to the loading dock to where the water taxi would take us to another resort that was included in the timeshare that my dad was beginning to get interested in. While we were waiting for the water taxi to arrive, a waiter brought over 4 pina coladas to quench our thirst. I was surprised at how amazing the service at this resort was! While we were all slurping our drinks the water taxi arrived, and approximately 10 people entered the boat to take us to the “Royal Sunset” resort.
The water taxi ride from Lagoon Suites to Royal Sunset was only about a five minute boat ride. It was so much fun to see all the buildings and resorts along the coast. As we arrived to the Royal Sunset to view another large suite included in the timeshare I noticed how large this resort was. There were ten floors throughout this large resort. The lobby was breathtaking with a long palm tree sculpture wall and a massive fish aquarium separating the lobby and the kitchen. Max took us up the top floor to show us another show room. All the rooms surround a huge balcony that led down to the dining room with vines hanging from the roof to the bottom.
The room that Max showed us was large and beautiful. This room however was not as breathtaking as the first room we visited. I did, however like this resort much better. This resort was much larger and had more tourists visiting. The pool was better, and the lobby was enjoyable.
From this point us three were then taken to a large room that branched off this last resort that we were at. This was the time for my dad to make the decision to either buy a timeshare, or say “no thanks.”
Blog # 34: CANCUN 4
The walk home from downtown to our resort at Laguna Suites was absolutely awful! It took over an hour to get there. It was not only a long walk, but it was painful too! My feet hurt so bad from wearing my heels that I decided to walk barefoot half-way home. I also had to use the bathroom extremely bad, too. The walk home was cold because I was only wearing a beach dress. I hope that we never have to walk anywhere again. By the time we got to our room it was after 11:00 PM and I still had to shower and get ready for bed. Our wakeup call was set to be at 7:00 AM the next morning and I knew I was going to be dead. I got ready for bed as quickly as I possibly could so I could jump into the sheets for some shut eye.
The next thing I knew it was 7:28 AM Tuesday morning. The people at the front desk failed to give us a wakeup call. I was livid because our shuttle bus was set to pick us up at 7:55. I quickly shouted to my sister and dad that we needed to get up and get ready because we are running thirty minutes behind. Since I got ready all last night, I only had to quickly do my hair and put makeup on.
All three of us ran down to the lobby to hop on the shuttle bus when it arrived. The presentation for the timeshare was held about 5 minutes away at a resort called “Lagoon Suites”, an extremely similar name to our small resort called “Laguna Suites.” This resort was beautiful and much bigger than our resort. We went to the dining room that was on a huge deck next to the ocean. This room was enclosed by windows and made you feel like you were on a cruise ship. We met up with an extremely good looking young man from France. He was a tall and lanky young man. His name was Maxine, but thankfully for him he goes by Max. I knew right off that he was not from Mexico because of his accent. After meeting him, I wish I had an accent! He sat down at our table so we could all eat together and discuss the topic of a timeshare. The waiter took our drink order and then we went to the buffet to pick out what we wanted to eat for breakfast. I was not that hungry yet, but I knew it was going to be a long day ahead of us so I decided to get something healthy. I picked out mostly fruit and had a cook make me up a delicious omelet with all the fixings. Since I already had coffee waiting for me at our table, I decided to get some juice to wash down the omelet. There was a dark green colored juice that looked interesting to me. I knew some kind of vegetable had to be in it, so I sampled it to see if I wanted an entire cup. I took a sip and almost spit it out! It was disgusting! I asked a young waiter what was it in and he said spinach. I made a grumpy looking face and dumped it out. I like spinach as a food, but I do not want to drink spinach!
I went back to the table to join my dad, sister, and Max for breakfast and to talk about the day ahead of us.
The next thing I knew it was 7:28 AM Tuesday morning. The people at the front desk failed to give us a wakeup call. I was livid because our shuttle bus was set to pick us up at 7:55. I quickly shouted to my sister and dad that we needed to get up and get ready because we are running thirty minutes behind. Since I got ready all last night, I only had to quickly do my hair and put makeup on.
All three of us ran down to the lobby to hop on the shuttle bus when it arrived. The presentation for the timeshare was held about 5 minutes away at a resort called “Lagoon Suites”, an extremely similar name to our small resort called “Laguna Suites.” This resort was beautiful and much bigger than our resort. We went to the dining room that was on a huge deck next to the ocean. This room was enclosed by windows and made you feel like you were on a cruise ship. We met up with an extremely good looking young man from France. He was a tall and lanky young man. His name was Maxine, but thankfully for him he goes by Max. I knew right off that he was not from Mexico because of his accent. After meeting him, I wish I had an accent! He sat down at our table so we could all eat together and discuss the topic of a timeshare. The waiter took our drink order and then we went to the buffet to pick out what we wanted to eat for breakfast. I was not that hungry yet, but I knew it was going to be a long day ahead of us so I decided to get something healthy. I picked out mostly fruit and had a cook make me up a delicious omelet with all the fixings. Since I already had coffee waiting for me at our table, I decided to get some juice to wash down the omelet. There was a dark green colored juice that looked interesting to me. I knew some kind of vegetable had to be in it, so I sampled it to see if I wanted an entire cup. I took a sip and almost spit it out! It was disgusting! I asked a young waiter what was it in and he said spinach. I made a grumpy looking face and dumped it out. I like spinach as a food, but I do not want to drink spinach!
I went back to the table to join my dad, sister, and Max for breakfast and to talk about the day ahead of us.
Blog # 33: CANCUN 3
After my dad paid our bill at Senor Frogs, we left to go back to our small resort. Since it was getting late the shuttle buses no longer drove around tourist. If we wanted to get back we either had to walk or pay for a taxi. My dad decided that we should walk so we could see the scenery of Cancun from Senor Frogs to the Laguna Suites. We figured it was not a far walk, so my sister and I both agreed that walking would be fine. I then noticed I was the only one wearing heels. These heels were not extremely tall, but walking in heels can be painful later on.
While walking we came across a flea market. My sister and I, being the shopaholics that we are wanted to take a look. They were just closing up the market as we were walking by. One customer offered for us to come inside his area that was only covered by a large piece of cloth. We all knew we were taking up his time and we really did not expect to buy anything. We saw some crazy items that you would never expect to see in the United States. There was a flute that was shaped and resembled the male genital. Being the obnoxious person I am, I had my sister take a photo of me with the flute. My dad shook his head and walked away. The Mexican of the shop thought it was hilarious to see an American girl do something like that. Throughout the shop was dozens of sculptures of Jesus on a cross that was made out of fishbone. It was truly amazing that someone could sculpt something so difficult out of bone. This particular shop did not have any clothing items, which is what I was hoping to buy, but it did have several wrestling mask that I thought about buying for my boyfriend, Tanner. These masks were ridiculous looking. They looked like they all belonged to Nacho Libre.
The only thing we left with was a few pictures from that shop. I felt bad because the owner left his shop open longer just for us. Oh well, we will be back I am sure because it was only the first day that we have arrived and we still had 3 full days left to do our shopping. It was getting late and we all knew we had to wake up early the next morning to attend a presentation at a different resort. My dad won this entire vacation through a golf tournament. In order for our resort to be completely free, we all had to attend a presentation in hopes for my dad buying a time share. He was open-minded about the presentation and did not plan to buy anything. We finally decided to walk home around 10:00 PM and we had to wake up at 7:00 the next morning. We were cutting it close if we wanted to get an entire 8 hours of sleep.
While walking we came across a flea market. My sister and I, being the shopaholics that we are wanted to take a look. They were just closing up the market as we were walking by. One customer offered for us to come inside his area that was only covered by a large piece of cloth. We all knew we were taking up his time and we really did not expect to buy anything. We saw some crazy items that you would never expect to see in the United States. There was a flute that was shaped and resembled the male genital. Being the obnoxious person I am, I had my sister take a photo of me with the flute. My dad shook his head and walked away. The Mexican of the shop thought it was hilarious to see an American girl do something like that. Throughout the shop was dozens of sculptures of Jesus on a cross that was made out of fishbone. It was truly amazing that someone could sculpt something so difficult out of bone. This particular shop did not have any clothing items, which is what I was hoping to buy, but it did have several wrestling mask that I thought about buying for my boyfriend, Tanner. These masks were ridiculous looking. They looked like they all belonged to Nacho Libre.
The only thing we left with was a few pictures from that shop. I felt bad because the owner left his shop open longer just for us. Oh well, we will be back I am sure because it was only the first day that we have arrived and we still had 3 full days left to do our shopping. It was getting late and we all knew we had to wake up early the next morning to attend a presentation at a different resort. My dad won this entire vacation through a golf tournament. In order for our resort to be completely free, we all had to attend a presentation in hopes for my dad buying a time share. He was open-minded about the presentation and did not plan to buy anything. We finally decided to walk home around 10:00 PM and we had to wake up at 7:00 the next morning. We were cutting it close if we wanted to get an entire 8 hours of sleep.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Blog # 32: CANCUN 2
After my dad, sister, and I walked along the several mile stretch of beach and took dozens of pictures in the sand we decided to go back to our dinky room to shower and get ready for dinner. We all decided that tonight we were going to eat at Senor Frogs. My sister and I, being the divas that we are, wanted to dress up all cute for dinner. I wore a white beach-style dress that I bought in the Bahamas and my sister wore a black strapless dress. When we finally all got ready, we walked down to the lobby to wait for the shuttle bus to come pick us up to take us downtown.
It was only a short ride to downtown and we still had enough sunlight to take a few more dozen pictures of our goofy selves. My sister and I took a picture next to two statue frogs and gave them a big kiss on the cheek. Finally after scoping all the scenery that downtown had to offer we suddenly became really hungry and walked back to Senor Frogs for some food. We entered this cute little restaurant shack and was immediately seated to an extremely small round table. The Mexican waiter took our drink orders, and since the drinking age was only 18, I was excited to legally order my first drink. I ordered a blue frozen drink that came in a huge palm-tree shaped plastic cup. I think I was more excited about the cup than the actual frozen drink. My sister ordered a banana-rum drink and it was placed in the same 22 oz. palm tree cup. My dad, being the typical guy he is, ordered a massive draft beer. My sister and I took even more pictures of us with our drinks. When the waiter finally came back around he took our food order. Since I was in the homeland of authentic Mexican food, I ordered a jumbo enchilada. My sister ordered a cheeseburger and my dad ordered a gigantic burrito with all the fixings.
When our food was being prepared in the back, a small senorita came over to our table with a whistle in her mouth, shot glass in one hand, and a bottle of tequila in the other. We were not sure what she was doing at “our” table but she suddenly filled up the shot glass with tequila and shoved it down my dad’s throat. Before he could even respond to what intitally happened, the senorita shoved another shot down his throat and spun his head in circles to make him dizzy. I have several pictures on my camera of this scene. The Mexican worker then came over to me and repeated the act she did on my dad. By this time I didn’t know what was going on. She went away to bother another table with tequila.
We ate our delicious dinner, drank our strong drinks and left with a hefty bill. The senorita charged us for those shots! They were $3.00 a shot, and we each had 2. I figured these shots were going to be free because we didn’t even ask for them in the first place!
It was only a short ride to downtown and we still had enough sunlight to take a few more dozen pictures of our goofy selves. My sister and I took a picture next to two statue frogs and gave them a big kiss on the cheek. Finally after scoping all the scenery that downtown had to offer we suddenly became really hungry and walked back to Senor Frogs for some food. We entered this cute little restaurant shack and was immediately seated to an extremely small round table. The Mexican waiter took our drink orders, and since the drinking age was only 18, I was excited to legally order my first drink. I ordered a blue frozen drink that came in a huge palm-tree shaped plastic cup. I think I was more excited about the cup than the actual frozen drink. My sister ordered a banana-rum drink and it was placed in the same 22 oz. palm tree cup. My dad, being the typical guy he is, ordered a massive draft beer. My sister and I took even more pictures of us with our drinks. When the waiter finally came back around he took our food order. Since I was in the homeland of authentic Mexican food, I ordered a jumbo enchilada. My sister ordered a cheeseburger and my dad ordered a gigantic burrito with all the fixings.
When our food was being prepared in the back, a small senorita came over to our table with a whistle in her mouth, shot glass in one hand, and a bottle of tequila in the other. We were not sure what she was doing at “our” table but she suddenly filled up the shot glass with tequila and shoved it down my dad’s throat. Before he could even respond to what intitally happened, the senorita shoved another shot down his throat and spun his head in circles to make him dizzy. I have several pictures on my camera of this scene. The Mexican worker then came over to me and repeated the act she did on my dad. By this time I didn’t know what was going on. She went away to bother another table with tequila.
We ate our delicious dinner, drank our strong drinks and left with a hefty bill. The senorita charged us for those shots! They were $3.00 a shot, and we each had 2. I figured these shots were going to be free because we didn’t even ask for them in the first place!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Blog # 31: CANCUN 1
While approaching the runway for landing I gazed at the beautiful sight of Cancun’s bright blue beach. I have been to several beaches and this one is by far the prettiest due to the bright color. It went from white, to aqua, to turquoise, and finally faded into a deep sea blue.
After we finally landed I sighed with relief because I was ready to start my vacation! We picked up our luggage and immediately had to go through security and customs. I got my passport out for the fifth time on this journey and was ready to put it away for this trip. After we cleared security it was time to travel through the small airport and catch a ride from a taxi to our resort.
The trip to the resort almost made me sick. Not only were the roads extremely curvy, but the taxi driver drove like he was a race car racer. He had no respect for the people involved. I hung onto the “oh-shit handle” for dear life. I finally realized there was a seatbelt within the car and immediately put it on for extra safety. What I saw on the ride to the resort was amazing. Palm trees, Mexicans, and tourist were everywhere. I knew I defiantly was not in Kansas anymore!
When we arrived to the Laguna Suites we were immediately greeted by three Mexicans to take our bags inside the lobby area. While my dad was checking us in, my sister, dad, and I were given a pale green mojito as a “welcome drink.” I slurped that thing faster than anyone could imagine. I was ready for some “Mexican-style” drinks to come my way. After checking in we went to our room just around the corner. The resort was very remote and something I wasn’t used to. All the other resorts I have stayed at on my other island vacations were very large, with hundreds of tourist, and all-inclusive. I knew this resort was not going to be near as enjoyable as the resorts I stayed at in Aruba, Dominican Republic, and Bahamas but I was willing to make the best of it. We unpacked our luggage and immediately jumped into our bikinis and wanted to head to the beach. To our surprise, our resort was not on the beach. I was very disappointed at this point! We had to ride a shuttle bus to a bigger resort in order to go to the beautiful blue beach. It was only about a five minute ride to Sunset Royal, one of the biggest resorts in Cancun. We arrived and I immediately wished we were staying there because it was absolutely breath taking.
The reason why we were staying at the Laguna Suites is because that resort was the only resort included in our package. My dad won this entire trip through a golf tournament and we only had to pay for our flight out of Kansas City. Since this was basically a free trip, I was not going to complain a single time!
After we finally landed I sighed with relief because I was ready to start my vacation! We picked up our luggage and immediately had to go through security and customs. I got my passport out for the fifth time on this journey and was ready to put it away for this trip. After we cleared security it was time to travel through the small airport and catch a ride from a taxi to our resort.
The trip to the resort almost made me sick. Not only were the roads extremely curvy, but the taxi driver drove like he was a race car racer. He had no respect for the people involved. I hung onto the “oh-shit handle” for dear life. I finally realized there was a seatbelt within the car and immediately put it on for extra safety. What I saw on the ride to the resort was amazing. Palm trees, Mexicans, and tourist were everywhere. I knew I defiantly was not in Kansas anymore!
When we arrived to the Laguna Suites we were immediately greeted by three Mexicans to take our bags inside the lobby area. While my dad was checking us in, my sister, dad, and I were given a pale green mojito as a “welcome drink.” I slurped that thing faster than anyone could imagine. I was ready for some “Mexican-style” drinks to come my way. After checking in we went to our room just around the corner. The resort was very remote and something I wasn’t used to. All the other resorts I have stayed at on my other island vacations were very large, with hundreds of tourist, and all-inclusive. I knew this resort was not going to be near as enjoyable as the resorts I stayed at in Aruba, Dominican Republic, and Bahamas but I was willing to make the best of it. We unpacked our luggage and immediately jumped into our bikinis and wanted to head to the beach. To our surprise, our resort was not on the beach. I was very disappointed at this point! We had to ride a shuttle bus to a bigger resort in order to go to the beautiful blue beach. It was only about a five minute ride to Sunset Royal, one of the biggest resorts in Cancun. We arrived and I immediately wished we were staying there because it was absolutely breath taking.
The reason why we were staying at the Laguna Suites is because that resort was the only resort included in our package. My dad won this entire trip through a golf tournament and we only had to pay for our flight out of Kansas City. Since this was basically a free trip, I was not going to complain a single time!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Blog #30: A Starbucks day
Around 2:40 am today I woke up for no reason. I never can stay asleep the entire night and it gets really annoying for me because I wake up at 3:30 every day. My alarm goes off at exactly 3:30 today and I really didn’t want to get up. I just wanted to go back to sleep for several hours. Thankfully I know that I have unlimited access to coffee once I get to work, so that gets me motivated to get up and get ready. I get ready by putting on makeup and pulling my hair up into a ponytail. We have a very strict dress code at Starbucks so I put on a black skirt, black hose, and a black turtleneck sweater. I hardly ever wear jewelry because it just gets in the way. Today I decided to wear a scarf with my outfit because it was very cold outside when I went to go start my car. Once I got to work around 4:15 am just like every morning, I just listened to my iPod while waiting for my boss to get there to open the store. I am usually the first person there every morning because I have a phobia of being late.
Once we finally got into the store I move into action so we can be ready by 5:00 am for our wonderful customers. We used to have 3 people to open the store every morning but the past month it is has only been me and a shift manager. When there are only 2 people who open the store I have to work twice as fast. The first thing I do when I get there is clock in and then put my belongings in the back room. I then rinse all the coffee urns with hot water, put espresso in the espresso machine, and fill the pastry case with our morning pastries. After I have everything under control I put on a headset to wait for our early birds to come through the drive-thru. We usually don’t get really busy until around 7:00 am and that last until 10:00 am. There are many customers that I see every single day. My very favorite customer is an older guy and his name is Tim Sanders. He only wants me to make his drink which consist of 4 shots of espresso with mocha and white mocha sauce. It is topped with steamed milk and a heart shaped mocha swirl. I call it a cup of love because I love seeing him every day.
Today I got off work around 10:15 am and was glad I didn’t have class today due to my Anatomy lab doesn’t start up until next Thursday. I was going to head over to the Heskett Center for a quick run, but I had a pounding headache from the day’s work and it was super cold outside. I went home to relax for a bit, checked my e-mail, and logged onto facebook. I really needed to catch up on some of my DVR’d shows on television. I started off watching 2 American Idol shows and then I watched “The Biggest Loser” from Tuesday night. I never have time to watch television anymore. Hopefully this weekend I can catch up. That is all until next time!
Once we finally got into the store I move into action so we can be ready by 5:00 am for our wonderful customers. We used to have 3 people to open the store every morning but the past month it is has only been me and a shift manager. When there are only 2 people who open the store I have to work twice as fast. The first thing I do when I get there is clock in and then put my belongings in the back room. I then rinse all the coffee urns with hot water, put espresso in the espresso machine, and fill the pastry case with our morning pastries. After I have everything under control I put on a headset to wait for our early birds to come through the drive-thru. We usually don’t get really busy until around 7:00 am and that last until 10:00 am. There are many customers that I see every single day. My very favorite customer is an older guy and his name is Tim Sanders. He only wants me to make his drink which consist of 4 shots of espresso with mocha and white mocha sauce. It is topped with steamed milk and a heart shaped mocha swirl. I call it a cup of love because I love seeing him every day.
Today I got off work around 10:15 am and was glad I didn’t have class today due to my Anatomy lab doesn’t start up until next Thursday. I was going to head over to the Heskett Center for a quick run, but I had a pounding headache from the day’s work and it was super cold outside. I went home to relax for a bit, checked my e-mail, and logged onto facebook. I really needed to catch up on some of my DVR’d shows on television. I started off watching 2 American Idol shows and then I watched “The Biggest Loser” from Tuesday night. I never have time to watch television anymore. Hopefully this weekend I can catch up. That is all until next time!
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