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Navi Mumbai has got a brand new data centre called the Yotta NM1, which is India's largest. This data centre is certified by Uptime Institute in Asia and is the second-largest in the world. The Yotta NM1 is located in the 600 acres, Hiranandani Fortune City, Pavel.
<h2>Digital Inauguration for Yotta NM1</h2><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>Yotta NM1 was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Maharashtra, in the virtual presence of Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Govt. of India and Minister of Industries and Mining, Govt. of Maharashtra over a video conference.</p><p>Yotta is a complete package from control over input resources, presence of huge land banks that also have green energy generation and distribution capacities. The unequalled expertise and experience in various data centre branches of design, engineering, construction and operations along with massive economies of scale is what makes Yotta one of its kind. This indigenous ownership and control makes Yotta NM1 a global pioneer not only in terms of of capability and cost but also, in terms of its focus on efficiency and sustainability.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>Yotta NM1 is first of the five data centre buildings coming up at this Integrated Yotta Data Centre Park, which, once fully built, will have an overall capacity of 30,000 racks and 250 MW power, Yotta Infrastructure said.<br><br>At 820,000 sq. ft, 7,200 racks, 50 MW of power and 4 redundant self-owned fiber paths connecting the data centre to national highways, the Yotta NM1 data centre is capable of hosting global Cloud, content and OTT operators besides the mission-critical applications of enterprises and governments, the company said.<br><br>"This particular data centre is a powerful statement of intent that India is rising high in the quest of data security, data use and data innovation," Union IT Minister was quoted as saying in a statement.<br><br>"For the success of Digital India, we must become a big global data refinery -- data cleaning, data processing, data innovation and research -- and all of this will need to be done keeping in mind data privacy laws. We shall never compromise on the data sovereignty of India," he said.<br><br>Besides Navi Mumbai, Yotta is also developing similar sized giant data centre parks at Chennai and New Delhi.<br><br>Each of these parks will feature more than 20,000 racks, 200 MW plus power and multiple self-owned fiber paths connecting the park to the main highways, Yotta Infrastructure said, adding that it plans to invest about Rs 15,000 crore over next seven to 10 years across these data centre parks.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><h2>Knock Knock </h2><p>Coinciding with the Prime Minister's Digital India and Made in India, this data centre is a big step in India's venture into the shared data space. As enterprises and government agencies aim at self-reliance (Atmanirbhar) now more than they did previously, emphasis on data privacy/protection and consequently on data localisation has become primary in their supply chains. This heightened need of data management in today's time of unprecedented digital growth has given rise to the need of having world class data management and storage centres and Yotta NM1 is just that! </p>
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The heightened power bills for the month of June wasn't a big problem for Mumbaikars but the new provision to pay them in 3 monthly instalments surely is! The news of a rate of interest as high as 14% is being levied on each easy monthly instalment, is what has added to the woes of power consumers in Mumbai.
<h2>Are EMIs really Easy? <br></h2><p>The option to pay for the power bills in 3 instalments has emerged more as a burden than respite to the power consumers who now have to cough up an instalment with 14% monthly interest. Tata Power is yet to announce their rate of interest.</p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">jagran.com</small></p><p><br></p><p>The government-owned Mahavitran Ltd has waived off interest on EMIs for its 2.4 crore consumers, if paid on due dates. Though, Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited was criticized more for exorbitant power bills, it is the only private power supplier that has waived of interests for those opting for EMI payments of bills, in a new announcement. Earlier, the AEML had marked a 9.9% interest on its bills. </p><p>The inflated bills in June were because the bill that consumers got in April-May-June were based on average consumption of December-January-February. In most cases, the bills charged in March-April-May were less than the actual consumption in summer months and lockdown electricity consumption as the physical meter readings were not possible. Physical meter readings were finally done in June and hence amount was adjusted to the previous months. This sent the final amount out of the roof.<br></p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><h2>Knock Knock</h2><p>These outrageous bills and rate of interests have added on a lot of burden to the people of Mumbai. Be it celebrities who have tweeted and criticized or the average Indian middle class, paying bills with such high interest rates in unfeasible. The high amount bills are not unjustified but the higher interest rates surely are. </p>
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The Oberoi, Trident Nariman Point and Trident Bandra Kurla have taken all necessary precautions recommended by the World Health Organization and Ministry of Tourism guidelines to further enhance hygiene and safety standards at the properties and have resumed operations in the city from July 8.
<h2>Safety comes first!</h2><p>The Oberoi Group of Hotels in Mumbai has placed the overall well being and safety of their guests as their highest priority. The group has partnered with Bureau Veritas, the world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, to validate and review measures, for the same. The fleet of hotel owned and operated cars are thoroughly sanitised before and after each trip. The accompanying chauffeurs, like all employees, are entrusted with the responsibility of the safety of the guests. The hotel staff are meticulously sanitising their hands, and wearing disposable gloves and face masks at all times. Daily thermal checks are conducted for all employees before the start of work day. This protocol will also be applied on the guests before entering the hotel premises.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>A three step safety system has been set up as a precaution to minimize human contact. These include: </p><p><strong>Contactless Check-in</strong><br><br>An e-mail with a link to register online and submit photo identity proofs is sent to guests prior to arrival to facilitate a contact less check-in. Government mandated self-declaration forms are available through a QR code/URL displayed at the Front Desk which the guests can easily access on their personal devices for a completely contact less arrival experience.<br><br><strong>Contactless Check-out</strong><br><br>Invoices are made available to guests on their personal devices through e-mail along with link to complete digital payment to minimise contact during the check-out experience. <strong><br></strong></p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p><strong>Contactless Dining</strong><br><br>Menus or an iPad menu will be accessed through QR code that will be sanitized after every guest usage. Restaurants will make the option of contact less available for guests. For the convenience of guests, all dishes will be pre-portioned as per the number of diners on the table. There will be options of contact less payment</p><p><strong>With inputs from IANS</strong></p>
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Amidst the current debate in regards to the film industry and mental health of its artistes, here is the 'Part II' of the much appreciated insider's account from actor turned filmmaker Himanshu Malik.
<p><strong>In case you have missed the Part I- Click on the hyperlink to read it- <a href="https://www.knocksense.com/mumbai/inside-bollywoods-outsider-insiders-account-of-life-in-hindi-film-industry" target="_blank">Inside Bollywood's Outsider: Insider's account of 'life in Hindi Film Industry'</a></strong></p><h3>ACT 3</h3><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image image-crop-custom">
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<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption..." spellcheck="false">Himanshu Malik with ace filmmaker Majid Majidi post the screening of 'Chitrakut'</small></p><p>Things really begin to heat up as the Actor gets into Stage 3 mode, you have been on the screen for some time now and people all over pretty much know you, from the peeps back in hometown to industry players. Your alma mater hail you as their product and old friends think you really are living it, jet setting all over the place and sexing every possibility. You try and explain to them, such is not the case and that things are not what meets the eye, but they refuse to believe, they want to maintain their fantasy, that their friend made it to 'The Great Orgy', as if it gives them a rise, you leave that conversation mid- way. The 'New' friends you had- thought you had changed as a person- remember, and your still newer friends are as adrift as you are in the same stratosphere. You think about obtuse things like 'your image' and the 'projection of success'- some other actors have affairs, learn kung-fu, bulk up on muscle or do some such innovative things for the same, while you are still trying to find a character in the scripts sent to you.<br/></p><p>From being parts of already moving projects you need to get onto the starting grid of a project which means your interactions with the people of power start to take shape for they are the decision makers at this level. They too are fascinated by you like with a new toy and want to know you, you seem flattered and deceived by it; the breakthrough seems imminent.</p><p>But as things progress- as an undercurrent, a strange game of submissiveness starts to play out with them- even the side characters around the powerful ones demand their own polishing to influence 'the court'. It could include small acts like laughing on their dinner table jokes no matter how unfunny or crass to as big as agreeing to their world-view to the minutest detail no matter how weird, especially in regards to art, filmmaking and gossip. Play acting will not do it, for they are seasoned in spotting the fakes, the servitude has to emanate from the Actor's eyes, only then will you be in their coterie and thence in their</p><p>Projects. One would be empowered by them only if you add to their own sense of power else it is a waste of time- universal truth.</p><p>In a field, where talent is a matter of perspective, individuality is a sin.</p><p>How these group of people came to such power or hold on to it-whether by legacy inheritance, audience choices, market manipulation or distribution hoarding or buddy boosting- is a systemic question which can have many answers.</p><p>For a moment if we peer into what makes them, one might come up with some poignant images. Most of them are from successful film backgrounds- one can say they are born legacy stars. Like all mega successful parents, their parents probably were seldom home. While the whole country enjoyed and got elated by their films, who knows how much attention they gave back home. I remember a particular booze soaked evening with one of these legacy stars where time and again he convinced me that it was only his driver who truly understood him emotionally, and there was this beautiful girl legacy star who in a moment of vulnerability casually stated that she openly called her nanny 'mom' and her mom, well, by her name. One cannot but feel the tragedy of it all. They probably have hangers on from kindergarten and a bunch of go to friends with whom they feel belonged and have spent many a nights having pizza and Pepsi and watched Batman movies. Fast forward- many years later when they are asked to helm a production house or whatever their craft chances are the first thing that crosses their mind is that they will have to wake up in the mornings now instead of lunchtime and more than that what would give them the heebee-jeebies is that they have to deal with those characters who come to Mumbai in hoards every day with stories in their eyes and passion in their blood, stories that they cannot understand. The thought of all this makes them call their bestie no.1 over and they order pizza and Pepsi and the bestie assures them that they will help them through this and that they have a friend who has a friend who has a friend who knows this guy who wants to be an actor or writer or Director or whatever, so on and so forth. Herein starts the journey of favouritism and nepotism.</p><p>Coming back to our actor chap who is running out of time and stage 3 breakthrough seems more and more distant, the golden gates of fortune which</p><p>took many years to open, start to shut very quickly, the junta log figure that you are not going to break through and suddenly you are a spent force.</p><p>From being someone who had gotten somewhere you become someone who 'didn't make it', truth be told, it is not only the system that creates the situation, possibly there were drawbacks in the candidate too, after all there is limited space at the top, that is why it is called the top. Since an actor's failures and successes are public domain (as in everyone knows when you are not on screen or stage- that's the yardstick) your choices are limited.</p><p>Someone had asked Bob Dylan of his transition within the arts, of him going from being a singer to songwriter, he explained it as a journey through lifting fog- as the landscape starts to appear, you wonder if your co-traveler saw it and want to share the world you see with them- hence you find ways to tell them about it.</p><p>Transition is liberation from the past.</p><p>You transition, finding yourself a new identity or niche in the business-turn to TV, become a comic act, sing and cut an album or be an entrepreneur or something or maybe even a filmmaker. All options are complicated. But you plod on, happily or unhappily.</p>
<p class=""><strong><em>*</em></strong><em>This is an unedited article contributed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/himanshuthemalik" target="_blank">Himanshu Malik. Click here to follow him on Instagram.</a></em></p>
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Waterlogging emerges as a big problem in low-lying areas of Mumbai due to continuous rainfall
July 08, 2020
Sporadic intense spells of showers continue to drench several parts of Mumbai. Many areas in the city are facing issues of clogged drains and waterlogging. As a result of these heavy rains, many trees and house collapses have been reported. Short-circuits too continue to obstruct daily lives.
<h2>Another wet day for Mumbaikars</h2><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</p><p>Though Mumbai and the adjoining areas continue to receive light to moderate rainfall, the city has been witnessing heavy downpour for about 3-4 days have resulting in water clogging and flooding in the low lying regions of the city. Even though the residents have been relieved by the cool rains, the flooding and water clogging in various parts of the city have emerged as a hurdle for people who travel for work or essential businesses. </p><h2>Knock Knock</h2><p>A big challenge for the government right now is how to prevent the transmission of both Covid-19 and water borne diseases such dengue, malaria, leptospirosis along with controlling flooding and water clogging. In such a situation, Mumbaikars are advised to maintain high standards of hygiene and sanitation as precautionary measures against the monsoon related diseases and the coronavirus. </p>
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In an effort to optimise their testing capacity, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has revised Covid testing guidelines for the 9th time in the city. According to the new guidelines, a doctor's prescription is no longer required to get tested for Covid-19 in Mumbai. This decision comes in the wake of an instruction issued by the centre to the state asking it to maximize their Covid testing capacity to its true potential.
<h2>Asymptomatic, Symptomatic patients alike</h2><p>The BMC has decided that no prescription or self-declaration is required for Covid-19 testing for symptomatic or asymptomatic individuals. Earlier, only patients with symptoms and a doctor's prescription were allowed to get tested. Mumbaikars can now get themselves tested for coronavirus infection at designated private laboratories without a prescription. The laboratories will cap the testing fee at ₹2500 as regulated by the government. The rate is fixed at ₹2,800 if the test is conducted at home.</p><p>The BMC said that the laboratories are free to conduct RT-PCR test for any individual in accordance with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines. These guidelines state that antigen tests at all containment zones or hotspots in Mumbai must be performed on-site under strict medical supervision and the testing kit temperature must be maintained between 2 and 30 degrees celsius.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><p>Under its new initiative of "trace-test-track-treat", the BMC is targeting early detection of Covid-19 cases. Asymptomatic patients who are hospitalised or seeking hospitalisation and fall in high risk group. Those undergoing chemotherapy, immuno-suppressed patients including those with HIV, elderly patients, can also be tested using the antigen tests. Additionally, asymptomatic patients with direct high-risk contacts with co-morbidities have to be tested between day 5 and day 10 of coming in contact with a corona patient. People who are in institutional quarantine would be allowed to return their homes only after they test negative. </p><h2>Knock Knock</h2><p>This comes as a relief to citizens who want to get tested for coronavirus without having symptoms or a high-risk contact. The city has the capacity to conduct 10,000 tests daily, including both private and government labs. So far these labs have been operating at 50% of their potential and about 5,000 tests are being conducted in Mumbai everyday. </p><p>With the testing facility now being made available to all, the capacity to identify the virus in asymptomatic groups is set to increase. This will help the city to fight the pandemic more efficiently. Precaution is definitely better than cure and the city of Mumbai is doing just that!</p>
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The fifth phase of Mission Begin Again plan of Maharashtra Government brings a huge respite to the hospitality sector in the state. Hotels outside containment zones in Maharashtra have been given permission to resume operations starting Wednesday. The Maharashtra Government has devised a very stringent SOP( Standard Operating Procedure) for the same which caps the occupancy to 33% in hotels. This sector is all set to see more relaxations as the plans to open up restaurants across the state are underway as well. The guidelines and SOPs are being formulated and restaurants may receive an official notice by the end of this week.
<h2>Hotels back on track, Restaurants to join the wagon soon </h2><p>This decision to allow hotels and restaurants to resume operations need to be reviewed with utmost care, keeping several health, hygiene and safety measures in mind. While hotels can open up as early as July 8 in the state, not all of them will resume to function together. The SOP will give permissions to different hotels based on their segmentation into various categories such as tourist hotspots, luxury hotels, transportation, guides, home-stays and others. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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</script></p><p>Though this decision is believed to bring the wobbly economy some balance, the hotels have requested compensations in taxes and tariffs from the government. The restaurants too have requested the capacity to be atleast 50% as 33% is not practical. As revenue generation becomes the primary task, the Chief Minister has also requested the companies to retain staff, though pay cuts are acceptable. </p><h2>Knockk Knock</h2><p>Though the Government has encouraged to resume the operations, the hotels have to strictly adhere to the guidelines listed in the SOPs. Self-regulation is important for the hotel industry in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The safety of the hotel staff and the guests should be given priority and proper hygiene and sanitation of the hotels and vicinity must be maintained. <a href="https://indianexpress.com/about/coronavirus/" target="_blank"></a></p>
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The sluggishness of the University Grants Commission and the University of Mumbai to take a decision regarding the conduct of exams have put the final year students in a fix. Final year batches of both undergraduate and post graduate courses of the University are stuck in vacuum as colleges make formulas to pass and promote the other batches.
<h2>To be or not to be, that is the question!</h2><p>In May 2020, Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Ministry had already made it clear that only final year students would be appearing for exams while the other junior batches would be promoted on the basis of internal assessments. These exams were to be conducted between July 1 to July 30. However, as the city of Mumbai deals with an exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases everyday, and new zones being added to the list of containment zones, the feasibility to conduct exams diminishes everyday. The Government of Maharashtra has time and again highlighted this issue, yet several disputes with the Governor and extended silence of the UGC and the MU has led to a lot of confusion regarding the exams of the exit batch. </p><p>The University had long ruled out the possibility of conducting online exams due to lack of digital infrastructure. Mumbai University is considered as one of the largest universities in the country with more than 700 affiliated government and autonomous colleges under its wings. To ensure the availability of decent network and resources for so many students is a nightmare in itself. To add to this, the tardiness of the UGC and the MU to come with an effective solution to solve the woes of the final year batch has only resulted in distress and impatience among them. "During such a chaotic time, I think we all understand that things aren't in our control. Having said that, it's unfair to us, students, to not be given any final decision on this situation." said Dhruvi Manawat, a final year student from a college in Airoli.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</p><p>From issues like applying for higher education to that of jobs, the lives of many students have to come to a screeching halt. While speaking to<em> Knocksense, </em>final year student Pareesha Vajani said, ''The UGC's lack of priority towards coming to a decision regarding the exams has brought an entire batch of students to a standstill with regards to their future. Students don't know whether they've graduated or not and are unable to to decide whether to apply for jobs or wait for any upcoming exams."<br></p><p>The uncertainty of the decision and its delayed announcement has led the student body to reach out to the UGC and MU, as individuals as well as colleges, asking for a decision and clarity with promptness. "It is crystal clear the conditions now and for the foreseeable future are not conducive for any kind of exams. Rather than waiting out the storm, they must act now. They have to decide now, the future of lakhs of final years students can't hang in balance for so long.", said Samit Sharma, final year student from a college in South Bombay. Adding on to this, Shriteja Salunkepati, student from Mulund said, "We students can't take risk of our life's through large gatherings. We are worried. We have been waiting for government's decision of cancelling the final year exams but not anymore. I would definitely request some clarity"<br></p><p>While some students are anxious over the delay, there are others who oppose the idea of exams in the month of July and that too in a pandemic, "It is beyond me how the college thinks that they can stall us for more than 3 months. If not promoting us, what options do they have? Is it going to be possible for them to call hundreds of students from all parts of the city, gather them in one place during the monsoon month in a city prone to flooding and conduct examination while guaranteeing that none of us will contract the coronavirus? If not, then they should promote us this instant. There are no two ways about it.", said Siddhant Sanghvi, a final year student from a college in South Bombay. </p><h2>Knock Knock<br></h2><p>The uncertainty and vagueness of the situation is weaving its way as anxiety and frustration in students of the Batch of 2020. While the private universities in the city have either cancelled their exams or conducted them/ have plans to conduct them online, the faith of University students have been hung out to dry.</p>
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Mumbai Covid-19 update: Remdesivir to be used for treating Coronavirus patients in BMC hospitals
July 06, 2020
With more than 2 lakh Covid-19 cases, Maharashtra continues to be the worst hit state by the pandemic. The city of Mumbai alone accounts for 41% of the state's total load. With the city steadily inching to the 85,000 mark, the BMC has made the anti-ebola drug Remdesivir, available for coronavirus patients in Mumbai.
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</p><p>Many doctors and health personals, throughout the health sector have shown concern over the usage of Remdesivir, the antiviral drug for ebola. However, the generic version of Remdevisir has been cleared by the Drug Controller General of India for the treatment of coronavirus patients and is being used across the state. This repurposed drug is considered effective only on patients in the initial stages and has also been reported for affecting other organs. There are no reports of this drug reducing the duration of hospital stay and the mortality rate as well. Circumventing all these concerns, the BMC has received about 15,000 vials of the drug that will be used for treatment in various BMC run hospitals in the city. The drug was already being used in private hospitals across the city for over a month.<br></p><p>Though the numbers of new cases and the fatality rate are on a decline, Maharashtra has overtaken Germany which ranks 15 on the Worldometer with about 197,418 patients.</p><p><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1928181993792414" data-ad-slot="7448307427" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
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</script></p><h2>Knock Knock</h2><p>Though many drugs are being touted as a cure for coronavirus and several clinical trials are underway for a vaccine, Mumbai continues to witness a rise in number of cases everyday. There is a 6% mortality rate in the city, with a death rate of 15% in patients over the age of 50. The city needs to take every precaution on the list to safeguard itself. There are no two ways in following the government issued guidelines and maintaining social distance at all times. </p>
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