When shit goes down what do you do? You cry. you laugh. you scream. you vent. you realize wait am I the only one going through this? Well, this podcast is made for you, it's like your weekly therapy session where you feel belong, wanted, heard, understand and most importantly think you're not crazy for feeling the way you feel. Your host John will go through the roller coaster of life, work, and all the in between with you. Hold on tight to your coffee, medication, and water. Support this po ...
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Do you have someone you need to ask of their forgiveness? Listen to these stories with the Morning Dream Team on 102.9 KBLX.
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45+ years as a couple... 40+ years married... Travel with Phil & Toni as they discuss their journey through relationships, parenting, mental health, incarceration, and all that goes along with it… This is REAL LIFE!
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Welcome to the Quarantigers! Three longtime friends who started talking about "The Tiger King" during Quarantine now desperately search for other things to talk about. You can reach us at thequarantigers@gmail.com or on Instagram @thequarantigers if you have any requests or suggestions!
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Accurate information is essential to an educated society. Reputable reporters are limited by time. This podcast explores the details of any subject that is making news so we can be better informed. Facts matter. You'll learn whats and whys. Dr. Tracy A. Pearson, JD is a legal expert and holds a second doctorate, in organizational change and leadership. In today's world of information silos, Dr. Pearson stands out for her ability to examine issues through multiple lenses. Check out Dr. Pearso ...
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EP 52: Nurse Stank | If a person is your intrusive thoughts
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In this new series of the "I Beg Your Pardon" podcast, Nurse John brings in all your favourite healthcare social media influencer/content creators. To start it off with Carsen aka Nurse Stank, a new grad Emergency Department nurse who will share his life inside and outside nursing, his dreams, aspirations and his experiences as a new grad nurse wor…
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EP 51: 911 Dispatcher | Your first line lifesavers
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In this episode of the podcast, Nurse John invites 911 dispatcher, Tamara. She shares her life story and her journey working as a 911 dispatcher. Many don't consider this profession as frontline providers. They are your first line of contact to your emergencies and life threatening events. Tamara will share all the struggles, challenges and difficu…
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EP 50: Psychiatric Nurse| You need to be insane to care for the insane
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In this episode of the podcast, Nurse John sits down with Elise a psychiatric nurse. She will take us deeper into her life inside and outside of nursing and how all of the life challenges and battles have helped her be able to care for those who are in need while caring for her own. Let’s dive into a mental health journey through this episode of yo…
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EP 49: Steve De Petrillo| How cancer brought an idea to life
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In this episode Nurse John invites Steve De Petrillo, the co-founder of Garde-Malade Scrubs. Steve was diagnosed with Sarcoma and found himself between life and death in the hospital. With the help of nurses and other healthcare workers, he won the battle and is currently on remission with the help of his wife Marie, the CEO of Garde-Malade, they f…
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EP 48: (P's of Nursing) Officer, I’ve been a bad, bad nurse
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In this episode of the podcast Nurse John sits down with Alec a police officer in Los Angeles. Alec will take us to his world giving us a better look of what it is like being a police officer. Alec will also share about his personal life, struggles and challenges and we will also put him like every other P’s of nursing in the hot seat of questionna…
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EP 47: (P’s of Nursing) Mr. Firefighter, you're turning my hose on
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In this episode Nurse John interviews Stavros a firefighter and a content creator. Stavros will bring us to the station of his life where we can get to know him personally, his journey to becoming a firefighter, his fight through different life challenges and problems and life as a content creator. Sit back, relax, and let his hose down the curiosi…
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EP 46: (P's of Nursing) Yes sir, I will protect and serve you
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In this episode, John brings in one of his good friend, Youssef. John and Youssef met in nursing school and both took up nursing together. But before they met, Youssef was and still is serving in the Canadian Military as a Medic. Let’s get to know Youssef; his life in both the Military and Nursing, love life, and find out what the fuss is all about…
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EP 45: (P's of Nursing) Yes, Police Officer I am SAT
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In this episode of the podcast, Nurse John invites Stan, a Police Officer, who is, if not, the biggest and most controversial red flag in P’s of nursing. Stan shares his life story, struggles and challenges in his profession and why he ended up dating an Emergency Room Nurse. We also sat this police officer down to answer the juiciest and spiciest …
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EP 44: (P's of Nursing) Mr. Pilot, will you take me to your destination
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In this episode of the podcast Nurse John sits down with Skid a Pilot, Skid will take us to a one way ticket to his life, career, struggles and challenges, and his love life. Let’s get to know one of the notorious P’s of nursing and get to know more what Pilots go through in a daily. Get your luggage, ticket and coffee ready as we dive deep to this…
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EP 43: (P’s of Nursing) Doctor I’m sick, I need CPR
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In this episode of the podcast Nurse John brings Onur an Emergency Doctor in Los Angeles, Onur will share his journey to what influence him to becoming a doctor, his life and struggles, the life of being a doctor and all the in between that is hidden behind the hospital curtain and of course we’re not letting Onur escape the hot seat as he answers …
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EP 42: (P’s Of Nursing) I need a mouth to mouth, STAT
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In this first episode of the P’s of Nursing, Nurse John invited Iggy an EMT/Social Media Content Creator. Iggy will share his life and working as an EMT, the struggles, the highs and the lows and all the in between. Iggy will also be the first one to be on the hot seat answering all the hot, spicy, and messy questions that nurses from all over the …
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EP 41: I slept with my coworker on our shift
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In this episode Nurse John will bring you hospital hook up stories that you think you only hear in medical tv shows, but the surprising part is the real life stories are even more spicy, juicy, interesting and messy. Hold on tight to your seat because this real life hook up stories will shook you to the bone. Do me the biggest favour bestie, by giv…
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EP 40: The tea, the toxicity, and trauma of nursing
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In this episode Nurse John will bring you all the tea in nursing, the stories we want to tell to people outside of work but we just know that none of them would believe us, because everything about it is exaggerated, unbelievable and unreal. Nurse John will give you all the tea behind the curtains of the hospital and the customer service world. Hol…
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In this episode Nurse John is going to talk about the reason why he pursues nursing as a career, the traumatic experiences and challenges he went through that made him realize that nursing is the only profession he would want to pursue in his life. Nurse John will also share real life stories from different nurses from around the world sharing thei…
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EP 38: I’m a nurse, not a clown in a circus
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Trigger Warning: This episode contains real life stories of abuse (physical, mental, and emotional). In this episode Nurse John goes back to your favourite 1 on 1 conversation with him. We are bringing real life stories from everyone since nursing week/month is coming we are bringing up what really do need a spotlight which is not the work we do, a…
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EP 37: Sickle Cell Anemia | You will never understand my pain and suffering
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In this episode of the podcast Nurse John invited Keelie, a sickle cell anemia warrior who has been fighting the disease for almost all of her life, she will share her story, struggles and all the in between fighting an invisible disability that shaped who she is in the present. Keelie was once a patient of John, he met her at her most vulnerable t…
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EP 36: A Hospital Pharmacist | Well did you check the fridge?!
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In this episode Nurse John sits down with Camille a hospital pharmacist. Camille will share us the role of a pharmacist in the hospital, the struggles and challenges they go through and her journey to become a pharmacist. Camille will also spill all the tea that pharmacist have to deal with, all the dramas and the in between. Bestie get hydrated an…
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EP 35: Steven Ho| Tips from the ER Tech
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In this episode Nurse John sits down with Steven Ho, one of the internet most famous healthcare content creator. Steven, rose to fame during the pandemic with his popular Tips from the ER skits sharing the reality that many healthcare workers faces in everyday life. Steven shares his life, upbringings and the secret to his fame. Get your caffeine M…
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EP 34: A Psychologist | Your therapist also needs a therapist
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In this episode of the podcast Nurse John sits down with Melissa a registered and licensed psychologist. Melissa will share about her life, upbringings, her own life and struggles as a regular human being and as a psychologist. Melissa and I dive deep to burnout, work ethics, and working as a healthcare, she will help understand from a point of vie…
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EP 33: Senior Nursing Student| You’re never too old to follow your dreams
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In this episode Nurse John sits down with Amanda, one of his ex - coworker, ex- nursing student. Amanda started her journey into nursing school in her 40s after having another completely different career for decades, getting married, raising 3 kids, and choosing to follow what her heart was meaning for her to do, be a nurse. Sit down with us as we …
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EP 32: Betsy Grunch| The Baddie Neurosurgeon
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In this episode of the podcast Nurse John sits down with Betsy Grunch who is a Board Certified Neurosurgeon and a social media super star, she shares her life as a neurosurgeon to the world and show how being a doctor doesn’t all have to be boring and serious everytime, she dance, she travels and most of all she is a badass mother, she do it all. B…
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In this week's episode of the podcast, Nurse John invites Nadia a veterinary technician. Another profession that do not get enough recognition for the work that they do, the struggles that they go through, all the drama, and craziness that they are not getting paid for. In addition, veterinary technician seems to have many similarities too nurses w…
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EP 30: A CNA| No I'm not your personal servant
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In this episode of the podcast Nurse John sit down with Meghan a CNA. An essential part of the multidisciplinary team in healthcare, a profession that is undervalue, underappreciated, and underpaid. Meghan goes into detail explaining all the struggles, the day to day lives, and her life as a CNA. Nurse John and Meghan compares their professions sim…
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EP 29: A Social Worker| I'm not a magician
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In this episode of the podcast Nurse John invites a Social Worker another profession who plays an important role in the heatlhcare system but who are also underpaid, under appreciated, and undervalued. Sit down with us to know more about the life and all the inbetweens of being a social worker, what really goes down behind the curtain of a professi…
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EP 28: A Teacher| Teach, Love, Trauma Dump
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In this episode Nurse John invites a high school teacher to talk about the similarities and differences of teachers and nurses, the difficulties that teachers goes through that the public and those who aren’t in the profession don’t see, mental health of teachers and the current situation in the education system. Teachers are like our second parent…
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EP 27: My best frenemy | You're such a people pleaser
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In this episode Nurse John interviews his bestfriend Neville to the podcast to talk about their unconventional accidental/arranged friendship that brought two of their opposing personality together, their journey and adventures together, and the challenges and problems of friendship they have both gone through and made them stronger. As the saying …
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EP 26: My Dear Mother| Is it a selfless or selfish love?
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Welcome back to your favourite therapy podcast and on this first episode of the podcast for 2024, Nurse John present you his first ever guest none other than his Mom, Olivia. On this episode Olivia will share her life story growing up and all the struggles and sacrifices she had to go through as a single mother to raise Nurse John and how all of th…
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This is the year finale episode of I Beg Your Pardon and this is a rewind back of the whole year of 2023 all the beauty and the goods that happened this year. You are the reason why this podcast is here, the reason why this podcast is inspiring, educating and entertaining thousands of lives inside of healthcare and outside of healthcare. What a yea…
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EP 24: You always have a place in my heart
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In this Holiday Episode Nurse John brings us the part two of the most requested topic of a patients that you’ll never forget. Have you ever had a patient or a client that you bonded or had such an impact to you that you will forever remember them? The experience, the event, all the memories shared together becomes part of you that they will forever…
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In this episode Nurse John will talk about some new updates in his life and what’s going on and in store for him in 2024, a little life update catch up. Have you ever had a day that felt like nothing is going right no matter how much positivity you manifest, where it felt like you shouldn’t be doing this or are you even made for this? Nurse John wi…
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In this episode Nurse John is going to talk about what currently and has been happening in the healthcare environment, prominently in the nursing profession, the audacity and entitlement of the public and management have towards nurses and other healthcare workers. The physical, mental, verbal and emotional abuse healthcare workers experience that …
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EP 21: Put yourself in my shoes for a day
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In this episode Nurse John will talk about the things he and everyone in healthcare wants you and other people who doesn’t work in healthcare needs to know. Things that we nurses and healthcare people go through and have to deal with Ina daily that is not shown in the public, things that will make you understand why we do what we do and why you sho…
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In this episode Nurse John talks about the patients and people he have helped in the past that will forever stay in his memories, stories from healthcare workers that will make you laugh, cry, scream. We always meet and interact with someone for a reason they either leave you with a positive impact or a negative one and this is what helps shape you…
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When shit goes down what do you do? You cry, you laugh, you scream, you vent, and you realize wait am I the only one going through this? Well, this podcast is made for you, it's like your weekly therapy session where you feel belong, not crazy for feeling the way you feel. Your host John will go through the roller coaster of life, work, and all the…
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In this episode Nurse John will bring you back to the days and times you had to learn things the hard way, the things that built you and made you to who you are today, the things that you either would want to do again or never again. Real life stories from people that taught them a thing or two about life, love, friendship, work, and people. Get yo…
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EP 18: I will never recover from this embarrassment
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In this episode Nurse John will tell you all about embarrassing stories and moments from healthcare workers and other profession that got them humbled real quick, things so unexpected and unwanted it forever stayed with them. Nurse John will also share some of his embarrassing moments that will surely make you cry, laugh, and scream so get your caf…
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EP 17: Your high school bully is now your nurse
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In this episode Nurse John will talk about the very popular saying in the nursing community that still exist to this day “nurses eating their young” that affects many new graduates and other that is pursuing a career in the profession. Real life stories shared by healthcare workers, bullying exist in many different profession but how severe it is i…
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In this episode Nurse John is bringing a part two of the Halloween special to bring more real life paranormal, supernatural, and weird events that happened to healthcare workers in the hospital. Have you ever questioned if spirits and demons actually exist? People who have died and come back to life to tell you that they went to hell. There are man…
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Trigger Warning: This episode contains highly sensitive material that includes suicide and abuse, this may trigger some audience, listen in your own discretion. If you are suffering from any mental illness or thinking about ending your life, call your suicide hotline and/or ask for help. In this special episode of the podcast Nurse John is going to…
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In this episode Nurse John will talk about the truth of working in healthcare and stories people shared of things they wish they knew before working in healthcare. Have you ever been a fan of medical TV show growing up, that made you feel and want to become one, then you did follow your admiration and dreams but find out that it isn’t all rainbow a…
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In this episode Nurse John is going to talk about real stories from healthcare workers who have went above and beyond their job and abilities to do something for their patients, to a stranger, for someone else. As they say nursing is a calling, you come in, knowing that you will be taking care of strangers, advocating for them, protecting them, hea…
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In this episode Nurse John is starting off the spooky season with stories from the ward of healthcare workers who have had experiences of paranormal, creepy, and horror events in the hospital. If there is one place where pain, agony, and unfortunate events happen it most likely happens in the hospital but what if some souls, entity, beings aren’t r…
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EP 11: They warned me about them, but I can't resist 'em
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In this episode Nurse John will talk about the red flags that nurses are attracted to. Real life stories of nurses who have, had, and is dating men in uniform (Physician, Paramedic, Pilot, Police, Ptransporter, Pfirefighter, PMilitary). Find out if these relationships are healthy, toxic, or messy, do we really attract what’s bad for us or is dating…
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In this episode Nurse John will talk about culture he grew up in and how it affected him positively and negatively, what are the toxic cultural things he is breaking to heal himself and grow. He also talks about how self negative talks, pity and destructive habits can affect your ability to see your potentials ad growth. How working success in sile…
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In this episode Nurse John will talk about social media, how he rose to popularity and how it changed his life forever. He will dive deep into content creation, how he creates his videos, the struggles, the reality, and the light and dark side of social media, he will share the secret on how to go viral and create a community that will support you …
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The Journey, Part 21 - "The Wilderness Years, Raising Adult Children..."
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In this episode, Philip and Toni continue sharing life experiences while their now adult children are full throttle into "The Wilderness Years!"By Philip and Toni Buggs
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The Journey, Part 20 - "The Wilderness Years, Raising Adult Children..."
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In the next few episodes of "The Journey," Philip and Toni shift their focus to sharing portions their lives as they raise "Adult Children" while nurturing their own relationship in what they have termed, "The Wilderness Years!"By Philip and Toni Buggs
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In this episode Nurse John will talk about miracles, have you ever wonder if prayers can really do love mountains? Ever been in a situation so hard and so hopeless but then something out of the blue made your eyes and brains wide open and say “what a Miracle” well hang tight, ready your jaws to drop, tissue to wipe those tears because you will hear…
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In this episode Nurse John is continuing the jaw dropping hookup stories from real life healthcare workers. By popular demand we are making it spicier, messier, and mind blowing. So, hold on tight to your seat get caffeinated, medicated and hydrated as we go on a roller coaster of emotions together. Do me the biggest favour bestie, by giving us a 5…
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In this episode Nurse John will prove you from real life stories that Grey's Anatomy spicy, messy, dramatic, toxic scenes aren't just acting that it's even 10x spicier, messier, and toxic in real life. Hold on tight bestie as we will dive deep to hospital hook up stories that will make your jaw drop to the floor. --- Support this podcast: https://p…
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