Well, I am back. My book has been translated and it is available in Portuguese at Amazon.com and also a Kindle version.
There were no new links to follow for the Pinel Family so I moved on to new researches. Birth and deaths happened in the family but I will wait a while before writing a revised edition, maybe new information will come up and I will be able to include it, still trying to go pass our first known ancestor.
I have been involved in my husband's family genealogy and published a few books. He has a very large family and I will need a few more volumes to get done. This research will be posted under a new blog "The Shombergs".
Now that I am retired with time on my hands I like to do some crafts and quilts. I have some good ideas and probably will blog about them also.
I will post a link here to all my other blogs.
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Sep 18, 2015
Sep 25, 2013
Its been a while since my last post. I have been busy researching and writing a family history book...It is finally done, published and available at Amazon.com and in digital format for Kindle.
Link to Amazon.com
It is called "The Pinel Family - from France to Brazil" and at the moment it is only available in English, my next project will be to translate it to Portuguese.
Book summary:
Our Pinel Family started with Scipion Pinel born in 1660 in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux, France. Scipion was the great-grandfather of Philippe Pinel, the Psychiatrist in charge of the Parisian Hospitals Bicêtre and Saltpêtrière from 1792 to 1826.
His son Charles Pinel moved to Brazil in 1830 and married Marie Catherine Rime, who emigrated from Switzerland to Brazil with her family in 1819. Their descendants are numerous and still strong in Brazil.
Link to Amazon.com
It is called "The Pinel Family - from France to Brazil" and at the moment it is only available in English, my next project will be to translate it to Portuguese.
Book summary:
Our Pinel Family started with Scipion Pinel born in 1660 in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux, France. Scipion was the great-grandfather of Philippe Pinel, the Psychiatrist in charge of the Parisian Hospitals Bicêtre and Saltpêtrière from 1792 to 1826.
Sep 3, 2010
My worldwide Pinel family
Searching for my roots has been an incredible experience, I have found "family" all over the world that have become my friends in Facebook, we have exchanged pictures of our children and grandchildren, congratulated each other on special occasions, offered comforting words in sorrowful times, learned about each other's countries, exchanged genealogical data and overall participated in each others lives like real family. I will be forever greatful for this "family" I discovered!
This past week I received an email from one of my "family" member, Paule Valet, providing me with date of birth of my ggggrandmother Jeanne Françoise,
... "J'ai ici l'acte de naissance de Jeanne Françoise le 27 Aout 1751 à Gevingey Il me faut votre adresse mail Contactez moi ...
I sent her my email and she sent me copies of the Baptismal records of the town of Gevingey. How great it is when you have friends likes this to help you out!
Merci mon ami Paule, je suis éternellement reconnaissant!
This past week I received an email from one of my "family" member, Paule Valet, providing me with date of birth of my ggggrandmother Jeanne Françoise,
... "J'ai ici l'acte de naissance de Jeanne Françoise le 27 Aout 1751 à Gevingey Il me faut votre adresse mail Contactez moi ...
I sent her my email and she sent me copies of the Baptismal records of the town of Gevingey. How great it is when you have friends likes this to help you out!
Merci mon ami Paule, je suis éternellement reconnaissant!
Aug 3, 2010
The Swiss in Brazil
Photos courtesy of the government of Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil
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| “Memorial da Colonização Suíça” |
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| Urania |
Last names of the first “Colonos Suíços” arriving in 1818.
Note my families last names "Pinel, Rime" underlined.
Unchainer of the Insane
I ordered the book "Philippe Pinel Unchainer of the Insane" by Bernard Mackler (1968) just to read the references to my ggggrandfather's brothers and sisters - I have to get information from wherever I can - and I ended up enjoying the reading, specially the following passage:
"...Present day psychiatry can look proudly at his view of moral treatment for, in many ways, his ideas are finally being put into use. Pinel tried to abandon the inhumanity of his time..."
"...We no longer need to break the chains of mental patients, thanks to Pinel and others, but we still must learn how to care for one another. Pinel left a rich heritage in his idea of moral treatment for it applies both to abnormal and to normal behavior... "
"...Present day psychiatry can look proudly at his view of moral treatment for, in many ways, his ideas are finally being put into use. Pinel tried to abandon the inhumanity of his time..."
"...We no longer need to break the chains of mental patients, thanks to Pinel and others, but we still must learn how to care for one another. Pinel left a rich heritage in his idea of moral treatment for it applies both to abnormal and to normal behavior... "
Jul 22, 2010
Time Travelling
Looking back on my first post and how excited I was to find oldest ancestor Philippe Pinel (ggggrandfather-5 generations), I realized how far I came in such an short time.
Today my oldest ancestors are 8 generations away, my gggggggrandparents, Scipion Pinel + Susanne Oliene (Olieve), Antoine Bugard + Catherine Fabre, Francois Vincent + Claire Charriere, Jean Patrus + Denise Janetjean, all from the mid 1600's. Still missing 4 sets of gggggggrandparents!
This journey through time helped me learn about their lives and the history, religion and customs of the era, not to mention the big improvement it effected in my ability to read (sometimes decipher) French.
It still awes me that I am reading things handwritten in the 1600's! Not books about the era but books that were written at the time, with all the differences throughout the years, like the Republican Calendar with their Vendemiaire, Brumaire and Frimaire, which halted my progress for a while.
Read about the the changes during the French Revolution in this link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar
Today my oldest ancestors are 8 generations away, my gggggggrandparents, Scipion Pinel + Susanne Oliene (Olieve), Antoine Bugard + Catherine Fabre, Francois Vincent + Claire Charriere, Jean Patrus + Denise Janetjean, all from the mid 1600's. Still missing 4 sets of gggggggrandparents!
This journey through time helped me learn about their lives and the history, religion and customs of the era, not to mention the big improvement it effected in my ability to read (sometimes decipher) French.
It still awes me that I am reading things handwritten in the 1600's! Not books about the era but books that were written at the time, with all the differences throughout the years, like the Republican Calendar with their Vendemiaire, Brumaire and Frimaire, which halted my progress for a while.
Read about the the changes during the French Revolution in this link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar
Tree Updates
This week I found new information on Barthelemi Pinel and Marie Scribe (Escribe). They moved from Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux to Damiatte (just across the river Agout), France, where records from the Tarn Archives shows more children:
Charles Pinel (brother of gggggrandfather-6 generation), married and buried in the Eglise Saint-Martin of Damiatte. He was married to Margueritte Ribayran on Feb 13, 1760 and had five children baptized at the church, they were:
Marie - 12/26/1760
Jean - 12/6/1762
Anne -11/28/1765
Marie (again, so assume the first one died early) - 6/14/1767
Jean (again, so assume the first one died early) - 9/4/1769
Anne Pinel (sister of gggggrandfather-6 generation, born in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux), married to Jean Louis Ribayran also on Feb 13,1760
Hippolite Pinel (sister of gggggrandfather-6 generation, born in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux) - died March 4, 1791 buried at the Cemetiere de la Eglise Saint-Martin, married to Jean Durand on Feb 19, 1737
That's it, more branches for my family tree! Now adding the surnames Ribayran and Durand and when my eyes rests I will return to the archives to see what else I find.
Source: Compiled from information found in the web: http://archives.tarn.fr and other locations.
Charles Pinel (brother of gggggrandfather-6 generation), married and buried in the Eglise Saint-Martin of Damiatte. He was married to Margueritte Ribayran on Feb 13, 1760 and had five children baptized at the church, they were:
Marie - 12/26/1760
Jean - 12/6/1762
Anne -11/28/1765
Marie (again, so assume the first one died early) - 6/14/1767
Jean (again, so assume the first one died early) - 9/4/1769
Anne Pinel (sister of gggggrandfather-6 generation, born in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux), married to Jean Louis Ribayran also on Feb 13,1760
Hippolite Pinel (sister of gggggrandfather-6 generation, born in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux) - died March 4, 1791 buried at the Cemetiere de la Eglise Saint-Martin, married to Jean Durand on Feb 19, 1737
That's it, more branches for my family tree! Now adding the surnames Ribayran and Durand and when my eyes rests I will return to the archives to see what else I find.
Source: Compiled from information found in the web: http://archives.tarn.fr and other locations.
Jul 10, 2010
Ruminations from the Web
Searching the web for clues regarding my family has made me (sometimes) wander aimlessly from page to page but also leads me to interesting facts that may not be direct related to me but still worth saving, like this one:
Paul Langevin, the second son of Victor Langevin and ?(mother - have not found a name yet), great-grandniece of the Philippe Pinel (for now I am adding this branch under Jean-Pierre Pinel) was a physicist and supervised by Pierre Curie.
Now the interesting tidbit from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie;
"...In 1911, it was revealed that during 1910–11 Marie Curie had conducted an affair of about a year's duration with physicist Paul Langevin, a former student of Pierre Curie. He was a married man who was estranged from his wife. This resulted in a press scandal that was exploited by her academic opponents... Despite her fame as a scientist working for France,... She was five years older than Langevin and was portrayed in the tabloids as a home-wrecker. Later, Curie's granddaughter, Hélène Joliot, married Langevin's grandson, Michel Langevin."
The things you find in the internet!
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| Paul Langevin - 4th cousin once removed |
Paul Langevin, the second son of Victor Langevin and ?(mother - have not found a name yet), great-grandniece of the Philippe Pinel (for now I am adding this branch under Jean-Pierre Pinel) was a physicist and supervised by Pierre Curie.
Now the interesting tidbit from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie;
"...In 1911, it was revealed that during 1910–11 Marie Curie had conducted an affair of about a year's duration with physicist Paul Langevin, a former student of Pierre Curie. He was a married man who was estranged from his wife. This resulted in a press scandal that was exploited by her academic opponents... Despite her fame as a scientist working for France,... She was five years older than Langevin and was portrayed in the tabloids as a home-wrecker. Later, Curie's granddaughter, Hélène Joliot, married Langevin's grandson, Michel Langevin."
The things you find in the internet!
Jun 27, 2010
Genealogy is like searching the web
Genealogy is like searching the web, you move around from page to page and suddenly you realize how far you are from your original search. Interesting things to be found but should you continue into that path?
Example:
I have found more information on my ancestors, more precisely the parents of Jeanne-Francoise Vincent (wife of Philippe Pinel). They are Jean Vincent and Francoise Gindre (gggggrandparents-6 generation),of Gevingey, France. Now I have four top branches; Pinel, Dupuis, Vincent and Gindre.
How much research time should I spent on each?
Example:
I have found more information on my ancestors, more precisely the parents of Jeanne-Francoise Vincent (wife of Philippe Pinel). They are Jean Vincent and Francoise Gindre (gggggrandparents-6 generation),of Gevingey, France. Now I have four top branches; Pinel, Dupuis, Vincent and Gindre.
How much research time should I spent on each?
May 3, 2010
Genealogy Brick Wall - What to do?
I have moved on past Philippe Pinel (1745-1826) and added his parents Philippe Francois Pinel (1719-?) and Elisabeth Dupuy (?-1757) and his grandparents Barthelemi Pinel (about 1690) and Marie Scribe (about 1700). After that I can't find any connections to other Pinels I found for the same period.
I have sent some inquires and although the Pinel Family of France is very helpful, I so far have found no matches.
Jul 8, 2009
The Rimes of Charmey
RIME
My ggg grandfather's family emigrated from Switzerland to Brasil in 1819-1820 aboard the Urania. They were not very lucky, four of their five children died aboard the ship with my gg grandmother being the only survivor. My ggg grandfather's name was Felix.
From the ship's records:
Last Name
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First Name
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Age
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Origin
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DOD
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Location
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Burial
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RIME
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Felix
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35
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Charmey
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Véronique
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34
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Charmey
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Marianne
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7
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Charmey
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Urania
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Ocean
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François
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5
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Charmey
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Urania
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Ocean
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Mariette
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4
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Charmey
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Urania
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Ocean
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Catherine
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3
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Charmey
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Cyprien
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1
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Charmey
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Urania
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Ocean
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Félix RIME (ggggrandf), born in Charmey on/around 1784, catholic, farmer, emigrant occupying house #8 of lot #41.
Married to Véronique TORNARE, (ggg grandm) also born in Charmey, in 1785, died in Nova Friburgo, Brazil in 3/30/1850, buried at the cemetary "Jacinto".
After their arrival four more children were born, 2 boys and 2 girls (João José, Jesuina Maria RIME, born 1/18/1823, died 5/15/1823, Alexandre RIME, born 12/29/1823, died 1/2/1824, Maria Luiza RIME, born 8/24/1825, died 4/22/1859), leaving the boy Joao Jose to carry the family name.
The original surviving daughter Marianne Catherine RIME, (gg grandm) born in Charmey, on/around 1816, married my gg grandf Charles PINEL in 4/27/1835.
They had eight children:
1- Maria Leontina PINEL, born in Nova Friburgo on 4/23/1837.
2- Cypriano Luiz Felipe PINEL, born in Nova Friburgo on 5/8/1841.
3- Joanna Honorina PINEL, born in Nova Friburgo on 3/12/1845.
4- Carlos Scipião PINEL, born in Nova Friburgo on 4/22/1847.
5- Clara Dorotéa PINEL, born in Nova Friburgo on 8/11/1849.
6- Luiz Leão PINEL, born in Nova Friburgo on 12/25/1852.
7- Amélia PINEL, born in Nova Friburgo on 7/27/1854.
8- Henrique Camillo PINEL, born in N. F. on 7/14/1858, my g grandf.
Until the nineteenth century some people of this family used the two forms Rime and Remy. Starting from 1850 (Law of 20.11.1849 establishing the official spelling of surnames in the canton of Freiburg) the surnames were set according to the different branches, in the manner Rime, Remy, and Remy in Switzerland.
In Brazil, the family settle on the spelling Rimes.
Source: Compiled from information published in various sources, including the book by Lucy Lupia Pinel Balthazar
Note: Cyprien did not die in the ship. He survived, arrived in Brasil and later married Maria Florentina Muret. This comes from a comment posted by a descendant of Cyprien and Maria Florentina
From Switzerland to Brazil
I am descendent not only from the french "Pinel" but also from the swiss "Rime" and this blog is about the Rimes from Switzerland who emigrated to Brasil.
First a little history of the times that gave cause for the emigration.
Europe exploded in an atmosphere of misery and uncertainty, giving rise to other revolutionary movements, such as the invasion of Russia in 1812, by the French, as a consequence of breaking the commitment to join the Continental Blockade and the explosion of the Spanish revolution in 1813 that, in support of England, broke the political compromise with France, forcing it to return to the Spanish crown to its rightful king.
At the end of 1815, after the fall of Napoleon, the representatives of the allied countries, who defeated him, met in Austria, more precisely in Vienna, and in a broad congress, Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia, legitimate representatives of conservatism Traditional European, recover their privileges and resume the control of the political power and the working masses in Europe. This meeting is historically known as the Congress of Vienna.
During the summer of 1816, unexpected climate changes left countries in the Northern Hemisphere suffering from devastating famine and epidemic outbreaks. These weather patterns were the result of the Volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Sumbawa, Indonesia, on 10 April 1815.
The consequences were therefore inevitable. Thousands of Swiss leave their country and emigrate to other countries in search of better living conditions.
During the summer of 1817, the French sailboat Emilie leaves the port of Le Havre toward South America. Its destination is the city of Rio de Janeiro. On board, a diplomat of Fribourg brought the commitment to an important mission. Charged by the Swiss government, its objective was to propose to the court of King John VI the delivery of a group of Swiss emigrants to Brazil.
The voyage toward South America began on September 12, 1819, from the port of St-Gravendeel. On that date, the Hamburger sailboat Daphné , carrying 197 colonists, took the favorable wind and took the route to the ocean. The next day, left, successively, the "Urania", with 437 immigrants, of Berne, and the American "Debby Elisa", with 233 Jurasianos. A month later, the settlers remaining in Mijl, were sent to Amsterdam and from there to Den Helder. From this port left, on 10 October, "Heureux Voyage," with 442 passengers, the "Elizabeth Marie", with 228, and "Camillus" with 119 emigrants. And yet, in the first half of October, the sailboat "Trajan" leaves the port of St-Gravendeel, carrying the baggage of the settlers.
Arriving in Rio de Janeiro, the settlers did not immediately disembarked but received on board the Brazilian authorities, doctors and officials of the customs. Small sailboats led the settlers by the inside of the Bay, entering the mouth of the River Macacu and reaching Tamby (current Itambi).
In Tamby, 60 tents were erected to welcome, for 5 days, the weary travelers, the first rest ashore after months of navigation. From this village, the group left by land, with carts used to transport children, women and baggage. The men continued on foot or on horseback.
Finally, after this stage of 12 days, considered the most peaceful of the trip, ended a long journey. Of the 2,006 emigrants who left Switzerland, 1631 arrived in Nova Friburgo, being recorded during the entire journey, 389 deaths and 14 births.
The settlers who embarked in Rotterdam on the ship Urania, led by Captain Bochs on September 12, numbering 437, arrived in Rio de Janeiro on November 30, 1819 and at Morro Queimado on December 11, having lost 109 people in the crossing.
Source: Compiled from information posted in the “Centro de Documentaçao D. João VI” Nova Friburgo, BR
http://www.djoaovi.com.br
Jul 3, 2009
Charles Pinel
Today I am moving on to the next generation: Charles Pinel
French naturalist born in Paris,1802. Son of the famous psychiatrist Philippe Pinel (therefore he is my great-great grandfather).
After graduation, he began writing plays and political articles. He was arrested for his ideas in opposition to the royalist regime (oops, it must be a family trait). It was time to move on, so he decided to make a trip to Brazil, arriving in 1834.
Married in abril 24, 1835 to Marie Catherine RIME, of Charmey.
He wrote several books, including "un Mémoire on Brazil to serve as a guide to those wishing to settle there. He lived in Nova Friburgo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. There he developed a passion for botany and culture of orchids. He also gave his name to several specimens and acquired an international reputation.
Charles died in July 18, 1871.
After graduation, he began writing plays and political articles. He was arrested for his ideas in opposition to the royalist regime (oops, it must be a family trait). It was time to move on, so he decided to make a trip to Brazil, arriving in 1834.
Married in abril 24, 1835 to Marie Catherine RIME, of Charmey.
He wrote several books, including "un Mémoire on Brazil to serve as a guide to those wishing to settle there. He lived in Nova Friburgo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. There he developed a passion for botany and culture of orchids. He also gave his name to several specimens and acquired an international reputation.
Charles died in July 18, 1871.
Source: Compiled from information published in various sources, including but not limited to the website “Pinellistique” (http://www.pinel.org) and the book by Lucy Lupia Pinel Balthazar
Jul 1, 2009
Philippe Pinel
First ancestor that I found so far.
Philippe Pinel
ggggrandfather, 5 generations
ggggrandfather, 5 generations
Famous french doctor, born on 20 April 1745, at Schloss Rascas, commune of Saint-André (Tarn), died in Paris on 26 October 1826. Son and grandson of doctors, he was admitted to the doctorate at Toulouse in 1773. He started by giving lessons in mathematics and translated several scientific works in English to French. Finally he applies himself to the study of insanity since 1784.
Pinel had opposed the ideas of the time wanting to reform the barbaric methods used to treatment of the insane. He removed the chains of all sick and got great results in replacing treatment with gentleness and kindness.
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| Removing the chains |
His Traité médico-philosophique sur l'aliénation mentale was the starting point for all work performed thereafter in this area.
Author: Pinel, Philippe, 1745-1826Subject: Psychiatry -- Early works to 1900; Psychiatry -- FrancePublisher: Paris, J.A. Brosson
Philippe Pinel was regarded as a humanist, humble and generous. He died without fortune (my luck!) but is still remembered as the father of modern psychiatry.
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a large psychiatric hospital has been named Pinel Institute in honor of the famous french psychiatrist.
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| Hospital Pinel, Botafogo, RJ, Brasil |
Philippe Pinel was even better known in Brazil that one of his son, Charles, who emigrated to this country and left numerous offspring.
Including me.
Source: Compiled from information published in various sources, including the website “Pinellistique” (http://www.pinel.org) and the book by Lucy Lupia Pinel Balthazar
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