Next up: Pangkalan Jati, Sunday 17th August 2014

Pangkalan jatiUp next of course is Pangkalan Jati, our home base for years before new management decided that Tee Set should go on the road as we do until this day, followed of course by the infamous Tee Set BBQ.

By common consent PJ, as it is almost universally known to Jakarta golfers, is a very decent course having improved some in the last few years, provides a rich variety of challenges and indeed very reasonable green fees at 460,000 roops including a cart – and an even more reasonable 360,000 for those using Shanks’s pony.

Tee off is now firm at an unusually early 1o:30 so that it still light for the relatively short journey to the Tee Set BBQ at the President’s place in Kemang. Please make sure you get there no later than 10 so that Senior Management can get the flights together under a little less pressure than usual.

We have 40 slots reserved and they are going fast so get yourself registered for what should be a great day of fun in the sun.

Peter will be distributing maps for getting to his place after the round for what will be the usual well provisioned BBQ in every sense with Tee Set digging deep and rumour having it that asides from all the usual, your scribe’s favourite tincture, Margarita, will be on offer. One thing not on offer though is wine, so you might wish to bring along. We have glasses.

Confirmation messsageA few complaints from Tee Setters telling us that they have registered in the usual place only to find that they are not registered on the Tee Set list.

After thousands of successful registrations we are rather dubious about this however.

After you register on the web site you will, depending on the speed of your internet connection, get a message like the one you see to the left, confirming that you have successfully registered with the web site. If you don’t get the message then you are indeed not registered and must try again until you do.

Playing stats thru RainbowIt’s been a while since you got any stats to bore you so here are some on round totals this year by player and in summary form.

You will see that the Immediate Past President of Lots of Stuff has increased his lead to five rounds over a second place Mel Meeds who advance as a result of Sam Westen dropping back into the back somewhat following a lean run of attendance in recent months.

Sam is reported to be itching to get back after an enforced absence in sunny London and should be back in good time for our next Interleague match up.

See ya at PJ!! … Tee Set

 

 

 

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Rainbow Hills, Sunday 10th August, 2014

RH Skirts

The Day

The temptation to sample Rainbow Hills magnificent charms today was more than our better judgment was able to overcome – and this despite the potential for traffic chaos on the Jagorawi toll with the return of the second wave of Mudik pilgrims.

It has been some time since Tee Set played fast greens and the Rainbow greens were just brutal and, to compound the fun, pin placements could only be described as sadistic with more than a hint of luck needed to stick one close.

Playing the course was a fantastic experience from every point of view, however, the more than 2 hour crawl home in the Jagorawi Tol traffic was to temper the afterglow somewhat. Thanks to Wina for organizing such a great deal – keep it up!! We need to return to this course again before the end of the year.

A very decent turnout of 45 Tee Setters with the return of many expats from the Idul Fitri break and traffic on the way to the course in the morning was in fact bearable though the opening of Jungle World or whatever made for long queues and a wait to pay a dollar at the Sentul exit toll booth

RH Welcome Backs

More Newcomers today than we have seen for some time with a total of six newly minted Tee Setters joining us for the first time. Welcome to them all, enjoy your golf with Tee Set.

A heavy preponderance of Welcome Backs at fully 18 of them, with joint top position occupied by the Kilners, Mark and RJ, father and son.

The Kilners did not actually finish as they were last to start and were the only ones to unluckily find some unseasonal end of day lightning. As they had both played 18 at Palm Hills immediately before their round we can forgive them their tardiness!!

Notable returnees also in John Suermondt and Bob Fleischmann at 19 and 16 weeks respectively, the former after a three-month motor-home tour of Europe, amusing stories of which were to be shared to all unwise enough to come within ten meters of him during the day!

Brenda was on family duties today so web master and part-time scribe Keith Miller stepped up to the plate to record the scores and take everyone’s registration money.

RH DanThe pressure was clearly telling  however and, without Santi in the wings as goalkeeper, the potential for error was always there – and the Immediate Past President of Lots of Stuff has been duly tasked with recovering our hero’s clubs that somehow got left behind in the fog of confusion that generally surrounds him.

Finally, it was Dan Richards last game with Tee Set after almost exactly a year and 21 rounds when some of the group’s oldest and (un?) wisest birds made sure he had a suitably liquid send off by gaming the traffic in not leaving Sentul until after 8pm. Come back visit us some time, Dan!

The Play

RH Skills

JelenaNow, can I make this?A fine net 7 under par 65 was enough to see Leona take Low Net on a day when a total of 8 Tee Setters were to laugh in the face of their handicap. Well done Leona.

Another Low Gross win for Simon Reynolds who really has improved significantly this year, with Newcomer Tim Knight coming in second with a commendable 80.

Another Newcomer, Mark Baker, failed to fully appreciate just how difficult the greens were and took Low Putts with a fine 29 blows with the flat one while David Baglivo made sure that the trickiness of those greens were not to be an issue on his first hole as played by sticking it to within 1cm for a tap in and taking 1st Birdie.

In the other minor prizes Craig Ewers took 1st Sandy on 3, the President Most Improved with an improvement of 11 while Jan Jelinek joined wife Leona in the winners circle with 1st Par for a high handicapper on his third hole played.

RH Boobies

RH GrumpyA healthy crop of six skirts and something of a surprise winner of Monster Putter with Grumpy Pirate Graham McGeady, pictured here and clearly getting a lot of sympathy from Pulpy Beverage, taking the honours on his own with 42 putts.

Newcomer Craig Edwatds and Hossam shared the pleasure of Most Strokes with 11 – to the relief of a whole bunch behind them on 10 strokes it has to be said,

More detailed results of the day can be found here and some more photos of the day can be found on the Tee Set Gallery as ever.

2014 Tee Set Match Play Championship

Continued good progress seen today with three results from the matchplay where David Baglivo got a hot start with his birdie on the 1st though John Suermondt shot close to handicap and it took Dave another 15 holes to finally put John away 3 and 2.

Peter Reichlmeier and Mark Bekkering contested the seconf match play with Peter prevailing on the last green after being behind for most of the game, while Bruscve Hector saw off Chazz Hassig 4 and 3 in Chazz’s first game since return from a long leave – should have got a few games in first Chzz!!

Next Week

A return after three months to former Tee Set HQ at Pangkalan Jati next week with a tee time of 11:00 and green fees of just 460,00 including cart – or just 360,000 if walking.

Well known to most Tee Setters, PJ is a decent course with attractive fees and a much wider variety of challenges than can be found on most course hereabouts.

The event will be followed by the long anticipated Presidential BBQ at Peter’s house down Kemang way – with partners very welcome of course, when you will have the chance of some decent and suitably burned meat, beers and Margaritas as well as the incomparable companionship of your fellow Tee setters.

The BBQ may also be your last opportunity to wish Peter well on his impending nuptials!

Maps on how to get to the BBQ venue will be available at PJ.

Sign up as usual to reserve your place – and let us know if you intend joining in the fun at the Presidential Barbie at the same time.

See ya’ll at PJ …… Tee Set

RH Staff 1

Some great staff at Rainbow – on and off the course. We’ll be back.

RH Staff 2

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Next up: Rainbow Hills, Sunday 10th August 2014

RH ClubhouseIt may not have escaped your attention that there has been even more confusion than usual around Tee Set Towers this week, what with a change of venue, a very late newsletter post and even then it was minus detailed statistics.

We did send an e-mail to all who had registered for Bogor Raya telling them of the change of venue to the equally lovely Rainbow Hills but still imagine we will get an irate e-mail from someone on Monday morning telling us that they went to Bogor Raya and Tee Set were not to be found.

So, as they say in all the best legal letters, for the avoidance of all doubt, we indeed play Rainbow Hills on Sunday with a 12:30 tee off time – though with every chance of getting away early so don’t be late.

A very reasonable charge of just 600,000 roops including shared cart for this top 5 course (thanks Wina!!), so don’t miss it and, if you not one of the 34 Tee Setters signed up already, let us know you are playing as usual.

See yah Sunday! … Tee Set

PS We guess that arguments over handicaps will never disappear, however, you can now find out exactly how we got your handicap wrong in future by visiting this site and putting in “Teeset” as the Club ID and your own surname as the Member Name.

RH somewhere-over-the-rainbow

 

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Halim II, Sunday 3rd August 2014

HD Space ShuttleThe Day

No prizes for guessing where we played Sunday, the Halim Dua course out on the eastern fringes where a healthy (in numerical terms at least) 32 Tee Setters were to show despite many still taking advantage of the Lebaran break – and despite the massive 45 minute deluge that hit in the middle of what is laughingly known hereabouts as the “dry season”.

HD Rain shot

We have not played this course as Tee Set since 2011 and, despite that rain, it received a generally favourable rating from those who played (and finished).

A pretty fair course and with the generously wide fairways more than making up for the massive tree formations lined up along most fairways.

Ice boxes full of beer and other beverages located on nearly every tee box certainly added to the course’s appeal.

The greens were very grainy and slow, painfully slow in a number of instances – and the caddies while generally of the old, gnarled and grumpy male variety, did have a few cuties amongst their number.

It will not be 3 years until we return

Johan Stenmark

Johan Stenmark

Just one Newcomer this week in Johan Stenmark while, leading the Welcome Backs list was David Baglivo at 47 weeks. He promises not to be such a bad boy ever again 🙂

The journey to the course in the morning was an absolute delight although, upon arrival, some were told by the starter that Tee Set had no booking.

Moral of the story is that it is ill-advised to ask the starter for any useful information.

The booking was in fact confirmed by three different Tee Set callers during the week, once again proving that the committee is on the ball, contrary to a number of scurrilous rumours.

HD What happened to the pulpy, Pulpy

The morning after the night before ……

All the Usual Suspects turned up at Cecelia’s Cafe in Kemang for the car sharing offered by the Former President of Nearly Everything with his taxi driver hat on.

Those there were to be treated to the sight of George Beverage, following an extended evening in the Blok, throwing back a couple of cans of Schweppes soda water – though half a packet of fags later George was seen to be back on the beer.

What happened to the pulpy, Pulpy?

Ramadan/Lebaran should last 52 weeks of the year in the Tee Set’s humble opinion.

The Play 

HD Simon wins gross again

Simon Reynolds continued his hot streak and managed to get back his money back via low gross, however, the big winner of the day was Craig Ewers who shot a staggering 9 shots under his handicap to take low net. It should be said that Craig has a strong affinity with Halim 2, being the first course he played upon arrival in Indonesia.

Despite the greens getting a bum rap from some, others found the greens to their liking with Graham McGeady, Nuri Puzey and Chris Smith all finishing on 29 putts.

Mike Webb took money for first birdie while Jaco Zaayman had a mixed day with winning most improved but losing out on the most strokes penalty.

For any remaining doubters, Ivan Byriel once again proved that “first par over 30” is his for the taking and don’t anybody else even attempt to take the title away from him. So long as he can manage to keep that damned handicap up at 30 or over of course.

HD SkirtsA rather disappointing skirt count this week, for the Treasurer anyway, of just one – Newcomer Johan Stenmark, who was to cut a remarkable figure as the skirt weaved its customary magic in making a UFO grow out of his head and a bottle of Anker out of his mouth.

Well done Johan, you are our sort of guy.

2014 Tee set Matchplay Championship

Only one Matchplay result to report this week, a really tight one going right down to the wire with David Baglivo prevailing over Nuri Puzey 1 up on the last.

Presidential BBQ

Peter Reichlmeier’s somewhat delayed Tee Set BBQ has now been rearranged for 17th August, starting just as soon as we get back to his place just up the hill from Amigos, Kemang after the round at Pangkalan Jati on that day.

Really no worries if the Prez ets called away on business again or indeed for nuptials related duties, as the VPOMT has the keys to his house and drinks cabinet – and knows how to operate the gas BBQ. Nice one, Ric.

Next Week

The schedule says Bogor Raya which was a bit of a pipe dream really. The BR management finally offered us a late start and a fee of Rp 950K, both well out of our comfort zone for a course so far away. Happily Wina, bless her little cotton socks, came up with a great substitute, the excellent Rainbow Hills – and at a never to be repeated Rp600K all up. Well done, her.

Tee time is 12:30 but, since the course will be quiet, a 12PM tee time is very likely doable so come early. The course is in immaculate condition and, trust us, the restaurant girls add significant colour to the 19th hole experience. Whatever you do, don’t miss this event, unless of course you have more important things to do such as getting married.

So, sign up for what should be a great day in the sun and uninterrupted by rain on a most delightful course, lovely clubhouse and fabulous facilities.

See ya Sunday …. Tee Set

PS no detailed results this week so don’t complain, get a life 🙂

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Next up: Halim II, Sunday 3rd August 2014

Halim 2Our destination on Sunday, Halim II, is an old-fashioned tree-lined fairways affair for which the above photo will give you a pretty good feel. The fairways are reasonably wide, however, straying either side of the tree line will give you valuable chipping back sideways practice the great majority of the time 😦

Opinion has it that our last visit there was in 2011, ie before proper records began, but it’s a very decent course and possessed of equally decent green fees etc at 543,000 roops walking – and an extra 100,000 if you are sharing a cart. Tee time will be 11:00.

If you are up for the challenge, then sign up here as usual. It is even more important this week than usual that you sign up, as under-declaring the number of our players in advance leads to financial consequences. And not good ones.

Report of the recent Interleague doings is out rather faster than usual and you can take them all in here.

See ya Sunday, and remember to bring your chipper and tree wood ….. Tee Set

FlaskPS Somebody left this very nice Thermos Flask behind at Palm Hills some weeks ago.

Contact newly returned from extended leave Santi Miller to reclaim it, but you will have to buy 6 of her sensational new Curry Pies as her (and your) reward 😉

PPS Around 10 last night the web site clocked up its 50,000th page viewing since it was started back in December 2011, representing a daily average of a little less than 90.

As we have said before these are numbers that are unlikely to cause sleepless night to the owners of Facebook or Google but are pretty respectable for us given our average weekly playing attendance of around 40.

And it is not just from Jakarta that we get visitors ….

All time views

 

 

 

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Senayan National, Sunday 27th July 2014

The Last Supper - Senayan Style

The Last Supper – Senayan Style

The Day

Twenty seven players arrived at the Senayan course in quick time via streets quite devoid of cars and bikes due to half of the city’s Moslem population having already headed back to their ancestral villages for Lebaran.

The course was a little soggy underfoot due to heavy overnight rain but soft receptive greens more than compensated for the lack of roll on the fairways. A cloud-free baking hot day helped speed up the greens as the day wore on but contributed to a lot of very weary and dehydrated bodies climbing the club house stairs to the 19th hole.

SN NewcomersA healthy 3 Newcomers to report this week so a warm Tee Set welcome to all of Kai Chee Wan, Martin Blobner and Paul Chidwick. Enjoy your golf with Tee Set, guys.

Manoj Mishra headed the Welcome Backs list at 25 weeks which puts him on schedule for his usual wife induced 2 rounds a year with Tee Set – and with his only competition being James Tan at 19 weeks.

Seventh installment of the monthly medal for 2014 and the last to be held at the quaint inner city Senayan course.  Although the course has proved very popular with our members, the course’s management decided to kill the goose and go for an increase green fees by a whopping 60% and slip the tee time from 11AM to a totally unacceptable 1PM.

At the end both revisions turned out to be non negotiable but the final nail in the coffin was the Rp2.6M fine levied for not reaching our minimum player quota of 40 on the one Sunday of the year when many of our regular players were out-of-town for the Idul Fitri holidays. Senayan National ….. thanks for the memories.

The schedule for the rest of the year, including the new Monthly Medal venue is close to being pinned down and will be published next week. Inschallah.

The Play

SN Skill

Three birds with one stone ..

Three birds with one stone ..

Craig Ewers and Ric Wymer ended the day with 41 Stableford points and a Low Net of 64 apiece with the Monthly Medal Stableford VDoor voucher going to Ric on a countback and Craig taking the Slaneys Meat voucher for Low Net.

Taking Low Gross and a voucher from Cecelia’s Cafe by a full 6 shots was a Simon Reynolds in a rich vein of form with 73 off the stick while Neil Mullins’ 25 putts wiped out the opposition and earned him 6 of Santi’s Premium Pies finest for Low Putts. Santi reminds us that she is back from her holidays in the Mediterranean sun and taking orders again!

WinaManoj has clearly not let the grass grow under his feet during a 25 week absence as he made a birdie on only his second hole as played and went on to hit the ball 253 meters to take Long Drive – while the President of a Couple of Very Important Things put it to within 1.3 metres to earn himself a red one for Nearest to the Pin.

In the other minor prizes, Alan Fenwick made par at the 8th to take the HC>=30 award, Wina took the money at the 3rd with 1st Sandy while Tom Grace took advantage of being allocated the right hole to tee off from to take Most Improved with a 9 shot improvement on his back nine.

SN BoobySN SkirtsThurmond, Giovanni and newcomer Martin Blobner represented something of a thin return for the treasurer on the skirts front.

Only Martin was brave enough to hang around long enough to be pictured with the skirt itself. Well done, Martin!

Worth noting that Ric Wymer’s net 64 was despite 38 putts; hitting greens in regulation seldom improves your putting statistics.

Fuller, player by player results can be found here while more photos from the day can be found on the Tee Set Gallery.

2014 Tee Set Matchplay Championship

Craig Ewers chose an excellent day to shoot his net 64 as that fine score was also to see him home to a 3 and 1 victory over another Chris, Chris Murchison, who played to his handicap to no avail!

Our current understanding of the state of play in the two brackets can be found here.

Next Up

It is some years since Tee Set has darkened the door of Halim II, however, the Immediate Past President of Most Things reckons it is fair dinkum and we will be there on Sunday next for an 11:30 tee off and green fees of 500,000 – both to be confirmed in our second post of the week.

Located next to Royale Jakarta off the Jagorawi Tol, Halim II is easy enough to get to, absent bad luck with the timing of the hordes returning from their annual trip to the kampung.

Let us know if you are playing here.

See ya Sunday! … Tee Set

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Next up: Monthly Medal at Senayan National

SenayanYep, last Sunday of the month and it is Tee Set Monthly Medal time at the hugely popular Senayan National. Being a very fine course (though with too many bloody par threes), having a great clubhouse and an easy to get to central location – on a Sunday at least – are  of course the primary drivers of its popularity.

We have been in discussions for many weeks over extending our 6 month agreement with Senayan but despite significant flexibility on our part, have been unable to arrive at acceptable price or starting time agreement and it may very well be that this will be our very last appearance at the course unless there is movement on their part.

All the usual prizes on offer plus vouchers from sponsors VDoor, Slaneys Meat, Cecelias Cafe and Santi’s Premium Pies. The proprietor of the last is still checking out the pie scene in Turkey and does not return until after tee off on Sunday but has however promised to award the Low Putts winner with six of her finest the following week – or whenever!

11:00 tee time with green fees of 500,000 and 250,000 extra for a shared cart on Sunday, with the former at least being a very attractive rate for this premier course

We have plenty of places left within our maximum allocation of 60 players so, if you haven’t already signed up, then register in the usual way to join in what will likely be our swan-song at Senayan.

See ya Sunday! … Tee Set

 

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Jagorawi New Course

Lack of time etc. all round means  this report of Tee Set doings at Jags on Sunday is necessarily abbreviated.

I'm engaged!!!!

I’m engaged!!!!

Highlights were our lads 8-2 thrashing of Sandbggers and, perhaps even more importantly, confirmed bachelor and Tee Set President Peter Rancamaya, announcing his engagement.

Congratulations, Peter, trust it doesn’t affect your golf mate!!

 

 

The Play

JG Skill

JG Booby

Fuller, player by player details here.

Next Up

Perhaps our last Monthly Medal at Senayan, on the last Sunday of the month as ever – and defintely the last at the rate of 500,000 roops walking or 750,000 in a shared buggy. Don’t miss it.

Tee off at 11:00 as usual. Let us know if you are playing as usual too.

See ya at Senayan! .. Tee Set

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Riverside, Sunday July 13th 2014

RS Les Girls

Tee Set’s got Talent

The Day

A shotgun start today from 7 tee boxes on the back nine due to the Thai Golfers group of 60 players also doing a shotgun on the front. Nevertheless no major hold ups despite the numbers on the course.

Drizzling rain throughout the first 9 was a nuisance but kept the temperature nicely down in the low twenties, though many a caddy could be seen shivering like it was a Winter’s day.

The course was a challenge on a par with Lido Lakes played last week, although lacking in the knee-high rough sported by Lido.

The red tees were a long way from the blues as evidenced by the high number of skirts recorded. We must come back again.

RS-Welcome Backs

Just one Newcomer, Mike Davey, to report out of the 44 Tee Setters who showed up at the popular and challenging Riverside Course. A warm welcome to Tee Set, Mike.

15 Welcome Backs, however, with Christian Engstr0m leading the pack in setting a new record of a massive 75 weeks since last in Tee Set action, seeing off Peter Boyd (45 weeks) and Javier Serrano (38). Another notable returnee was Ben Kidd at 33 weeks, husband of our erstwhile secretary, Tuti.

Sadly, after more farewells than Frank Sinatra, today was the last event for Christian Molau after a couple of years with Tee Set.  His wife got so tired of waiting that she bought the flight tickets home herself.

All the best, Christian.

The Play

RS-Skill Prizes

RS Ben KiddTop marks this week to Ben Kidd who, despite not having picked up a club since last playing with us all of those 33 weeks ago, played 1 under his handicap to take the week’s Low Net honours. Well done, Ben.

Best round of the day off the stick of 83 by all of Simon Reynolds, Mark Fiorello, Mark Johnson, and Neil Mullins – with Mark Johnson taking the prize on a countback.

A 3 way tie for Low Putts rather disturbed the equanimity of the Treasurer after harvesting so many Skirt fines.RS Skirts

RS-Booby Prizes


Fuller, player by player results can be found here while more photos of the day can be found on the Tee Set Gallery.

2014 Tee Set Matchplay

Congratulations to George “pulpy” Beverage for winning his matchplay against Mel Meeds even after a big night out – and just 3 hours of quality sleep.

Next Up

Sunday next sees us at Jagorawi.

Tee off is 09:30 for Interleague but with the course being quiet the Tee Set stroke play group will also get involved in the shot-gun start from tee boxes #1, # 17 and #18, so don’t be late.

All comers are welcome so don’t miss this opportunity to experience one of the premier courses in Jakarta. Green fees, including shared cart, will be Rp955K and there will be cheap draft San Miguel beer on tap in the club house rooms after the game for those who don’t leave thirst on the Jags fairways.

Sign up for here for Jags so that we get the numbers about right.

See ya Sunday, Tee Set

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Next up, Jagorawi New Course, 20th July 2014

It’s that time of the month again. a time when the Interleague Golf Societies meet up to do battle on the fairways and greens of the Jagorawi New Course. No morning tournaments scheduled during Ramadhan so the place will be quiet and 11 tee boxes will be made available for the mini shot-gun start.

After being nudged out on the 18th green by the top ranked Cloggies last month, Tee Set must now front up against the second placed Sandbaggers this Sunday.

We gladly welcome back our Interleague Captain, Peter Rancamaya, who has put his day job on the back burner this week to focus on what’s required to build the strategy to return Tee Set to the winners circle.

With 3 rounds remaining and 30 points up for grabs, Tee Set is still in the picture for a top three finish or better. Sombrero Sam and Simon the Hack are both in form and have a point to prove after being pipped on their last two match plays. Evergreen Geoff T could even move into the singles match based on his current form and Neil M also after 4 birdies last week at Riverside.

Tee off is 09:30 for Interleague but with the course being quiet the Tee Set stroke play group will also get involved in the shot-gun start from tee boxes #1, # 17 and #18, so don’t be late.

All comers are welcome so don’t miss this opportunity to experience one of the premier courses in Jakarta. Green fees, including shared cart, will be Rp955K and there will be cheap draft San Miguel beer on tap in the club house rooms after the game for those who don’t leave thirst on the Jags fairways.

Sign up for here for Jags so that we get the numbers about right.

See ya Sunday, Tee Set

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