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Next on the CFD event calendar is
Hawaiian Shirt Schooling Show at Clarcona Horsemans' Park on September 23rd. Get ready for the fun. Get your friends together for a Costume Musical Pas de Deux or Quadrille or present a Musical Freestyle on your own. You can practice for the November Fabulous Freestyle Fundraiser! We will offer a Rent-a-Ring and conduct a Stall Decorating Contest. You can also
Sponsor a Class at the show! $25 will get your name in the program, a hot link in the pre show advertising and the post show advertising plus your name and link will be added in the Sponsors list on the CFD website. What a deal! Contact Casey Benkendorfer to secure your sponsorship now! Email
Caseybenken@yahoo.com
Your
Quadrille or Musical Freestyle would be a GREAT addition to the Fabulous Freestyle Fundraiser November November 5th! Start your practice now and then debut it at the Hawaiian Shirt Fun Show. You will be a pro by November!
Also remember to Save the Date for the
Tina Drake Ride-A-Test October 7th at Willingham Dressage.
Good Riding!
Carol Bulmer, Editor
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Save the Date!
Hawaiian Shirt Schooling Show
September 23
Clarcona Horsemans' Park
Come to where the fun never stops!
Ride a dressage test, rent a ring, ride a costumed freestyle, quadrille, or pas de deux! Win the stall decorating contest, enjoy the great social atmosphere.
Sponsor a Class at the show!
$25 will get your name in the program, a hot link in the pre show advertising and the post show advertising plus your name and link will be added in the Sponsors list on the CFD website. What a deal! Contact Casey Benkendorfer to secure your sponsorship now! Email Casey at
Caseybenken@yahoo.com
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Mystery Rider!
Who is this heels down and poised CFD member?
Scroll down for answer!
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Kindness Matters
We have all been there, sitting in the stands, waiting for our ride time, and watching as the rider in the arena struggles to make accurate circles and is (again) sitting behind the movement of the trot. You hear remarks drifting back to you on the breeze from the trio of riders a few rows in front of you. One voice says "You would think she would have learned to sit the trot by now" followed by "Maybe if she worked out more or lost weight she would sit the trot better" and the other remarks "She is going to ruin that horse's movement". You start thinking to yourself, "Well, it's only the truth" but then you realize you are thinking just like them. How easy it is to criticize! How much more difficult it is to speak about the virtue among the faults. You realize they probably will be judging you just as harshly in a couple of hours and the thought makes you uneasy.
Good sportsmanship happens because we see the benefits of good sportsmanship. We see that when the older rider turns to the young, struggling rider and says, "You can do it, try it again. I will watch you" then the younger rider stops thinking that this is too hard and gives it one more try. We watch when one adult amateur rider says to the other AA "I saw how hard you were trying. I had trouble sitting the trot for a long time. I think you are getting better" then the struggling AA realizes that this rider that she admires has had the same difficulty that they overcame. "Maybe I can do this too" she thinks and then tries again.
Struggling riders compare themselves to more experienced riders (who make the difficult look easy), they become discouraged, and then give up. "I'll never be good enough," they think. They never reach their potential because they quit too soon. All it takes is one person to encourage them to try one more time to prevent this early demise of a budding rider.
An unfeeling remark, casually given, sets an unhealthy tone for our sport. Accepting this casual cruelty as normal will poison the well of novice riders that our sport depends upon. All of us were struggling novices once. Do you remember the first person to show you kindness and encourage you to continue?
Speak kind thoughts or be silent.
It shows more intelligence and skill to remark on a virtue that inspires than to toss off a cruel observation of a fault that results in discouragement. Please take the time to remember how it feels to struggle and how vulnerable you were when you were new to the sport.
When others hear you inspire a novice rider they too will remember that feeling when THEY first discovered the thrill of riding and that incomparable joy of just being with the horse.
After all, that is what drew us to this sport in the beginning, right?
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Stay Cool This Summer
Stay Safe this Summer
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Tina Drake "R"
Recommended Summer Reading
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A New York Times Bestseller!
From the racetrack to the battlefield-dauntless, fearless, and exemplar of Semper Fi
-she was Reckless, "pride of the Marines."
A Mongolian mare who was bred to be a racehorse, Ah-Chim-Hai, or Flame-of-the-Morning, belonged to a young boy named Kim-Huk-Moon. In order to pay for a prosthetic leg for his sister, Kim made the difficult decision to sell his beloved companion. Lieutenant Eric Pedersen purchased the bodacious mare and renamed her Reckless, for the Recoilless Rifles Platoon, Anti-Tank Division, of the 5th Marines she'd be joining.
The four-legged equine braved minefields and hailing shrapnel to deliver ammunition to her division on the frontlines. In one day alone, performing fifty-one trips up and down treacherous terrain, covering a distance of over thirty-five miles, and rescuing wounded comrades-in-arms, Reckless demonstrated her steadfast devotion to the Marines who had become her herd.
Despite only measuring about thirteen hands high, this pint-sized equine became an American hero. Reckless was awarded two Purple Hearts for her valor and was officially promoted to staff sergeant twice, a distinction never bestowed upon an animal before or since.
Author Robin Hutton
has reignited excitement about this nearly forgotten legend, realizing the Sgt. Reckless Memorial Monument at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, completed in July 2013, and now spurring the creation of a second memorial at Camp Pendleton, California, where Reckless lived out the rest of her days.
The paperback edition includes a new foreword by General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. It will appeal to fans of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit
, Elizabeth Letts' The Eighty Dollar Champion
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Tina says here is "Further Food For Thought"
Horse Abuse. Are you guilty? blog by Julie Winkle
How ironic that Jimmy Wofford wrote about a similar topic in this month's Practical Horseman, and even more ironic that he used a picture of the same horse! Guess I'm not the only one appalled at the lack of knowledge and education, which leads to sometimes ignorant abuse with horses?
Until next time!
Julie Winkle
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USDF News
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News Flash!
Region 3 Great American/USDF Regional Championships 2018
October 12-14
at the Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, GA
2017 Great American/USDF Regional Championships Prize Lists Available Now!
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The prize lists for the 2017 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Championships are now available on the Regional Championship
Competitors Page. As you start planning to attend your Great American/USDF Regional Championship, please refer to
this page for helpful resources and up-to-date information.
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$50,000 in US Dressage Finals Travel Grant Funds Available
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To help alleviate some of the financial burden for those traveling the greatest distances to the US Dressage Finals, USDF is making up to $50,000 in travel grant funds available to eligible competitors. For more information, visit
usdressagefinals.com
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Did you know?
that by joining the CFD a portion of your dues went to our parent organization, the United States Dressage Federation. That membership comes with fabulous benefits that includes educational videos, articles and podcasts of every subject you want to know more about. Free to members!
Do you want to know more about USDF and CFD membership benefits? Check out the USDF online Member Guide
CLICK HERE
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USEF NEWS!
| USEF Rule Changes Regarding Nose Nets and Crescent Nosebands |
Please be sure to review the USEF Rulebook and
supplement for current rule changes including but not limited to the use of nose nets and crescent nosebands
(USEF Memorandum ). Please make sure you are familiar with these rule changes as they relate to your role at a USEF/USDF-recognized competition.
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USEF Membership Categories and Requirements
The Board has approved GR201, which will further streamline the Federation's membership options by removing the different categories of membership and creating a single active membership classification, which is necessary as Federation memberships will be run on an anniversary renewal date. Federation Active members may elect either Active or Life membership. This rule will go into effect 12/01/2017.
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New! USEF Learning Center!
New Release: Visualizing Your Dressage Test with Allison BrockWatch our brand new Learning Center video featuring Olympian Allison Brock as she discusses the importance of "seeing" and "feeling" your dressage test even before you enter the ring. She teaches specific visualization techniques that can help you focus and ride your test more effectively. These visualization tips can be applied for success in any discipline at any level!
with top experts and athletes across various breeds, disciplines, and topics in the new
US Equestrian Learning Center
, exclusively for members of US Equestrian like you
not a member of the USEF yet?
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Mystery Rider
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Kimberley Puthoff!
CFD Treasurer and Membership Coordinator
The picture shows her jumping a welsh cross pony called Kiss Me Katie. Kimberley rode her in the middle/late 70's at Barrett Farms, trainer was Jacque Barrett.
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CFD Calendar of Events 2017
| January 14 |
Year End Awards
Submissions Close |
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| March 5 |
Year End Awards Banquet |
The Westin Lake Mary |
| April 15 |
CFD Super Clinic |
The Grand Oaks
Weirsdale |
| September 23 |
Hawaiian Shirt Show |
Clarcona |
| October 7 |
Tina Drake Ride a Test |
Willingham Dressage |
| November 5 |
Fab Freestyle |
Silver Sands Arena |
More to come
Do you have a suggestion for an event? email cbulmer1@aol.com |
2017 Recognized Shows
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January 7,8
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Southeast Horse Shows
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Canterbury
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January 14, 15
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Orlando Dressage
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Grand Oaks
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January 21, 22
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Southeast Horse Shows
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Canterbury
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January 28, 29
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Orlando Dressage (2 show weekend)
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Clarcona
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February 4,5
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Southeast Horse Shows
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Florida Horse Park
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February 11, 12
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Orlando Dressage
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Clarcona
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February 19 |
Longwood Farms |
Longwood |
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February 25, 26
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Southeast Horse Shows
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Canterbury
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March 25, 26
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Orlando Dressage (2 show weekend)
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Clarcona
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April 1,2
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NFDA
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Jacksonville
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April 11 |
Monteverde Academy
Fix a Test |
Monteverde |
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April 29,30
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Southeast Horse Shows
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Canterbury
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May 13, 14
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Southeast Horse Shows (2 show weekend)
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Jacksonville
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May 27, 28
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Orlando Dressage
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Grand Oaks
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June 10,11
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Southeast Horse Shows (2 show weekend)
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Canterbury
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June 10, 11 |
Suncoast |
Tampa |
website
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June 17, 18
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Orlando Dressage
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Grand Oaks
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July 8, 9
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Southeast Horse Shows
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Canterbury
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August 5, 6 |
Southeast Horse Shows |
Canterbury |
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August 19,20 |
SDCTA (2 shows) |
Tampa |
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September 2, 3
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Ride Lite Dressage
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Jacksonville
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September 2 |
Suncoast |
Tampa |
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September 3 |
Suncoast |
Tampa |
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September 9,
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Orlando Dressage
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Grand Oaks
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October 5, 6
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Region 3 Championships
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Wellington
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October 21, 22
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Southeast Horse Shows
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(Arabian) Clarcona?
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November 4,5
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Southeast Horse Shows
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Canterbury
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These listings of shows are partial and may not be up to date. Please check with the websites as well as the usdf.org in the competition listing for accurate and up to date information.
Anyone who wishes to be listed in this calendar email
cbulmer1@aol.com
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2017 Schooling Shows
| Dec 3, 2016 |
Rocking Horse |
Altoona |
website
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| Jan 14, 15 |
Sumter Eq Cntr |
Bushnell |
website
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| Feb 11, 12 |
Fannin Hill Farm |
Brooksville |
website
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| Feb 18, 19 |
Sumter Eq Cntr |
Bushnell |
website
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| Feb 25-26 |
Brevard Eq Cntr |
Grant |
website
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| Feb 26 |
STRIDE |
Fl Horse Park |
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| March 11, 12 |
Fannin Hill Farm |
Brooksville |
website
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| March 12 |
Partners of the Park
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FL Horse Park |
website
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| March 18, 19 |
Sumter Eq Cntr |
Bushnell |
website
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April 9
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STRIDE
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FL Horse Park
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website
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| April 22, 23 |
Fannin Hill Farm |
Brooksvilee |
website
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| April 23 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| May 7 |
STRIDE |
FL Horse Park |
website
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| May 20 |
Sumter Eq Cntr |
Bushnell |
website
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| May 28 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| June 3, 4 |
Fannin Hill Farm |
Brooksville |
website
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| June 18 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| July 16 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| August 13 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| September 16, 17 |
Sumter Eq Cntr |
Bushnell |
website
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| September 17 |
STRIDE |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| September 23 |
CFD Hawaiian
Shirt Show |
Clarcona |
website
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| September 24 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| October 21, 22 |
Sumter Eq Cntr |
Bushnell |
website
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| October 22 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| October 29 |
STRIDE |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| November 12 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
website
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| November 18, 19 |
Sumter Eq Cntr |
Bushnell |
website
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| December 4 |
Partners of the Park |
Fl Horse Park |
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This is a partial listing gathered for the convenience of our members. Please contact Carol at
cbulmer1@aol.com if you want your schooling show listed.
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