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Letter from
Dr. Meilman hope that our friend and support ers
will find th is presen t newsletter on Hope For Tomorrow informative . I do fed that it is our r -spo sibi li Y a. a foundation to
k p our suppo rters informed. A numb... r of our h istorical at 'goriC$, wh ich arc " include the
his tory 0 ch ildren , the ir ho ots, iur " nso rs and our a ward recipien ts a t our annual Hop ' For Tomorrow .ven t
th rough out the year ', ha ve been collarcd. As Hope For Tomorro w is 0 \' .r 14 y 'ars old . our fi n:ln ial ou t look on t in ues [0 behealthy and ou r hum an itarian efforts art: multiplying. I feel that it is approp riate that the historic al aspect of the Foundati on be proper] . ch ron icled and kept up to da re :1S th is will be the commencement of ur arch ives, A lso, I know that manv people who arc un abl to attend the y arty func tion arc int erest '~l in seeing what w .n t on an d there(ore . we will hecontinuing our pictorial h istory. We are trying to include everyone who has been at the benefits "Vr th e years. I encourage everyone to be sure that at our next eve nt in October to avail voursc lf of hav ing your picture taken so we may best chronicle the event. This vear Hope For Tomorrow will be going to Peru to perform surgery. I would like to have input fr III an yone who might be interested in join in" us ro Ie us know what cou ntri 'S rh 'y would be in terested in hel pin g an I whe re they would like to trav 'I. Lastly, if rhcrc is anv inr ut on ho w we can impro ve our YI:<lrly fun Irai ~ cr, place elllaiI yOU1' suggc 't ions to HITS I [email protected].
If it were no t for hope...rhe heart would break.
(}For Tomorrow Vol. 2 Issue 1
Myoelectric Arm Donated in 2006
In ]une of 2 6, T he Hdpe F\)r Tomorrow F und ation trave led Cl hrn <ld TO Zakopan e Hospital. in Pol and do
na in g several :'0 rgeries 0 ch ild ren fequiring reconstruct ive procedures. T he surge rrcs we C performed ar Z;1 kopanc cgion;ll \)."pit;l .
The 2006 Hope 'I f TC!11( row
surgica rec i 1i -n t is thirteen yea r o ld Robert Grabowski of Gdansk, P I I '
and. ohcrt suffered r 1<:' loss of hi s r igh t a rm up to h is shoulder in an acc iden r w ith tanning machine ry, The acc iden t in turn c 111sI.'d paral ysis <11
w l.b y R, ll' e n is toral lv rc-rrict oj to ,1
wh eel cha ir, Dr. Piotr Ccauderna of Gdansk
broucht Rd1...-rr's r light to (/ 1(' a ttcn
tion uf Dr. Mcilrnan a nd the Hurl' For Tomorrow Foundation . Arrangements lave cc 1 made !'-y C ampauella O r hon es and Prosthc-is with the O trobach Corn ~an y iJ oza n , PIiland til manufacture ~ myoel ectric
arm tor Rol-c r t . .A. mvoel ectri c arm
rcc ...·I\·e" impu ls 0:-; from the surro un .
iru; muscles in ord er to mak e th e' a rm and halhl 0IX T<1tC more cH1 ci cn rlv,
Fiv thousand do lla rs h ad a l
readv been co llec ted in Poland and T r e Hope For 1( )J1WrnlW Foundation dona ted he needc 1 . I 3,0:'10 [() purchase the ;IT n (i ir R.lhert .
I n <1dd iric)l), thc \Xi c::w : rn N ew
York rh)' s i c i ~tl1 ~ e xam ine,l six yea r
l)IJ S usana Karpic] who was born without :J le ft a rm , Susana docs h ave
a te mpora ry arm prosth esis which tits over her righ t shoulder and i~ Ji· rectec ")lIt a lso is lim ited \' shou lder I1W\T01ents. Dr. Me ilrn an l-elieves rha S sana also would l-enefit 'ro n a myoelccrnc (I nn wh ich would allow h er to I' -rtorrn normal datil' func tions ,
Unfortunate y, S lIS,lI H \\' ill have to wa it at least five vcars in orde r ro ~ i\ ' e her bodv . time to ~ww an d rna . , ~
rurc before sh e ma v rc eive the myoe lec tr ic ann . D r. M e ilrn an and T he Hope [or Tomorrow Foundati on ha ve offer ed thei r suppor t and a r the apprx priare rime Susana may he brouzhr ro Butfalli , \\'ith ,111 (, xf.'en~es raid. to ht' a surgica l reci p ient ..
If it were nor fo r hope.. .the hea rt would break.
Beginnings Our Mission Hope Fllr Tomo rrow was in it i..lteJ du ring
a papal vis it by a gro uf o f \Vl.:stcm N e w
York wo men in th e sum mer of 1994 . O ur
III ission has been to secure and 1 rovid e medica l -md ~ ll rg i c ;..l l hel p for <l is;ld v ;.l n
raged ,mJ distigurcJ chi ldren , both <I t
horne :md rhrouuhour th e world . l'\ s we
have .gro wn and ,ga the red momentum,
Hope For Tomorrow h ;1S been rcsponsiblc for rec ru it ing docto rs tel help c h ildr e n
with catastroph ic injuries. \'\/ e h ave per
formed tree of ch arge complex surgeries th at the (am i Iit's d these c ildrcn could not n thenvise 'l tt ord . Hopctu llv, t he chil
dr e n and their famili es will see u..; in
America in a diffe rent and favorable way. Presenrlv, Hope For Tomorrow tra vels nhmaJ . donatiru; surgeries a nd litu::llly th ousands of pound..; of medical suppl ies, \'(Ie ha ve brough t ::l number of th e more
complicated surgical cases bac k to Wt:S(
ern New York . The Butllio commun ity and hospita ls h ave l-cen no t h ing sh o rt ()f amazing in suppo rt ing our efforts.
Board of Directors Chairman
Dr. Jeffrey Meilruan
Officers
Karen Kolepp Manke _ Pre sident
Cynthia Guzik _ Secretary
Directors
G eorge Berbary
Karen C arlo
Anna Marie Diina
Lorraine En g!
John Lenahan
Brian D. Ru sk
Richard Slisz
Mi chael C. Snaeck
Dear Friends ami SlI PlxJrteTs ,
The Hope For Tr'mlOrrmv FOll ndation lcas organized to promoted the spirit of benevoience and to advance and l)J'csen 'c the lvclfare and ph)'sical weU being of the im{Jove-'fishedb)' means of ra ising flmds for
mc>.dical services ftn· such individuals; co solicit and coUect donations from interested individuals, gmups, associations and cor{)orations;
f() cuoperate and to work in conjll nn ion lJ., gorem menral 'ith private and .. .
agencies, organiZQtions and institutions to provide medical services to
tbose in need: to idemi/)' the medical needs of im/)01..'L>rished individllals and foster. de1.dof) , promote and sponsor programs to address sllch needs.
The HO/Je For 1()moITow Foundation is a n on~ pro.~t organ i';Cltion
that operates both 10caU)' and aWl/TId the worUi. Our main ubjective is to help disadvantaged childrenand : Olmg adults with a great need for reconst ruct ive sHrger)' and co obwin medical and surgical hcltJ required
through t.he ph)'sicia71S and lws!Jirals in W<?stcm New )ork.
Peru 2007 Humanitarian M ission
T h e h uman itarians of Hope For Tomorrow, 111 th e ir sea rch to find needy .hildrcn of the world, have chosen to travel to Peru . A rrange me rits have been fin ali zed to perform m ult iple cl eft lip and palate sur- .
ger ies and multiple reconstruc t ive procedures on deformed children
in A req uipa , at the Hogar C lin ic« San Juan de Dios, by Dr. Meilman and Dr. Kr:yszrof Merke l and assisted by three \X/este rn N ew York
N lll'.s e ~ .
Mee t ings h :1\ 'l' been set lip with po lit ica l d ign itar ies in the Peruvi an go vcrruncnt and also with the p<1 I'<1 1nuncio to C ard ina l juan Lu is
C ip rian i.
Severa l o rphanages in A req
uipa will rece ive visits, med ical Honorary Editor
don at ions and to ys. The vo l[effrev Mc ilruan , MD untee rs wiII abo hel p sel ec t a
ch ild, wh o needs more ex ten sive Editor-in-Chiefsuraerv, to be bro ught to Buffa lo
~ ~. Antoincrre M. Andolina
T he vo lun ree r group wi11 travel to Mach u Picch u, n ne of
in October 200 7.
Contributors
rh e lo st cit ics hui It he tw een th e Vickev Do rsey th irteent h and sixteen th cen tury. Brian D. Rusk The sire rem a ined " lost " unti l ;-"1 ichell . St racck th e archeo logist Hi ram Bingham
Mich ael C. St raec k d iscovered the ruins in 19 11 .
If i t were not fo r hope...the heart wo uld brea k.
Physicians \fv'e w isl: (0 acknowledge the many ph ysicians wh o h ave
part i . ipar -d with th e I o pe For To m o rrow Founda t io n .
Dr. Arnar A rwal
Dr. Riaz Hassana i
Dr. Tuj Ji va
Dr. Hr atch Karamanoukian
Dr. Frank Koren
Dr. Jack Kotlarz
Dr. Jeffrey Mellman
Dr. Kr: ys:rof ~k rkcl
Dr. Thomas O ' .onnor
Dr. P,lld Pate rson
LJr. .h ·m M. Sulewski
Dr. ]ace\-: Som~l \bk i
A 1\\":11 Eye Care
Cosmeric Surgeon
Pu lrnonarv Me.Iic ine
C ard io vascula r Surgeon
Ret ired [)l' nri~ r
Plast ic Surgeon
Pensacola. FI'l rida
BUlfal(1 Plastic S Irgery
Ken more Mcrcv Hosp ital
.i-\ ncst hesiol.19y
Kenmore l'vk n.:y Hospital
A ncsthesi ologv
O rthoped ic Surgeon. Buffa o
V.A ll ospirul
Urol.19ist
SAVE THE DATE
Friday, October 26, 2007 at Salvatore's Ital ian Cardens
Idfn:y Mci lman , M D - C hai rma n
Donna i\.\c Cu irc - Even t Ch air
Hope For Tomorrow Surgical Recipients W e wish to acknowledge o u r kin .l hos ts wh o grac io usly we lco med o u r surgical recipie nts into (h ei r h o mes.
YEAR
2006 2 0')
205 2004 2liO3 2uC2 2002 2001
lOOO !99l
1999 1999 1999 1998 1 ~~ 7
1996
1995 994
1993 1991
NAME
Robert Grabowski
Ehell' Ukanwa
Stanley Nwachuka
1:C1 hcb B'lkt.'tl'ric
Shrcsta Fzenwa
Taras Kinash
Enlantina P ctrushaj
Zh ~ l l J Bin
Trevaushn Lewis
I orotca Irasiorek
lvk hrn,lush Ta(rl' ~h i
Marcin Cvwka
james Hucbl-crs
Frank Pinz.m('
Meera Pardcsln
Irina 1efvcxlova
T ih ana Vasarevic
Pan Ping
Margaret Orlowska .A ldonna Sicbula
COUNTRY
PnLmd
N igerw
f\: igcna
Busnia
Nepal
U krai n«
Albania
China Jamaica
Polanl
Iran Poland
USA. USA India
Russia
Busnia
Chinn
Puland Poland
HOST FAMILY Hope For Tomorrow Founda tion
Rev, Chr i~ topher Couric, O ur L3dy of Bistr ica C hurcl
Rev, C hris topher Comic O ur Lady of Bisrrica C h urch
Rev. C hristopher C ouric, O ur L1lly of BistriGI C h urch
Sh riner's Hospita l. Eric PA
Svetlan» Korczak
S.1 1and Toni An' olinn
Rev. an,,1Mrs. Sonny Lee
Ronald McD\mal House
Kevin G ucst H OIN' an.I Mr. and ~,1r $. Pat Cipolla
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Ci polla
Don and Ann Flansburs <.
Sloan, New York
.A mherst, Nl' W York
Karen Carlo
Ronald l\kDonald Ho be
Jim and Marie Surrent ino cmd Maryann Zylko
!vla ry Meilman
Yolanta Cim in i
Sister- Hospital
If it were not for hope...the heart wou ld break .
Hope For Tomorrow Honorees 1l1-: H onorees, both community (lnJ in re rn rniona l lcade rs, have insp ired and suppo rted t he dt'u rt s of Hope For T<..1I1H.1rro w
2006 INTERNAT IONAL Co.MMU N ITY
SERVICE AWARD
Brig. Gen. Albin F. Ircvk A utho r
Gene ral U .S. Army served under (J ene ra I Patton
COMlvfU I ITY SERVICE AWARD
Margaret W. Parosk i M.D. C hid' Mn lic tl O(hct'T fur K ~d e id ; , Health
2005 INTERNATIONAL COMM UNITY
SERVICE AWARD
C ountess Alexandra Vil lard de Borchgrave
A uthor and P,)e t HE:-\Ll NG Lll-,H T
Arnaud de Borchgrave Chief Fo re ign Correspondent
j~ ir Nl'\\' ~ w eL' k
Fo x Ncw ~ Cuntrihutor
COM~vfUNIT Y SERVIC E AWARD
Kenmore Mercy Hospital Mary L. H " i(\113n
Preside nt ;m J CE O of Ken more ~krc y Hosprtal
2004 iNT ERNAT IONAL COMMUN ITY
SERVIC E AWARD
Honorable Richard M. Devos, Sr. 0. lnt i\·'Hional S peaker
C( - Founder ,If Am-\"\/a)' Corpora t ion Owner uf Orla nd" Ma,>: ic
Philanthropist
A utho r
H UMANITARIAN AWARD
Dr. Robert Moskowitz C linical Professor of Med ic in e of SU N Y
B\ltl:dn Medical (; r' \1I1' Onc < ) I ()g i ~ r
2003 INT ERN AT IONAL COl\U"t U N IT Y
SERVICE AWARD
Bri an F. Ha ig Retired Lieutenan t Co lonel U .s. Army
A uthor "i Ficrional N')\'cl.<.
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Rabbi Mar tin L. Goldberg R;lhhi otTemple Beth Zin , f~)( 4() ye8r~ (posrhurnou-I
2002 INTERNATIONAL
PHI LANTHROPHY AWARD
John K. Ca stle -.'h;, in l\;ln and C E )
<)f Castle H arlan . Inc.
Ph il;mthn'l'l :,r
CO}..tMUNITY SERVICE A\VARD
James D. Griffin /vb y<, r ,,( Buff, 1" New York
fllr ~ixteen Years
HUMAN ITARIAl\' A\\~R D
Ronald McDonald House rroviJc<,1 Care ior Hope For Tomorrow
S urgica l Rec ipiern
2001 COMMU N IT Y INVOLVEMENT
AWARD
John J. Riga:Founder ~~n d C EO <'f
Adc lph in C a ble C o m mun icn t ions
Hli~lAN [TARIAN OF T HE YEAR AWARD
Patrick J. Wi l e~
Heal th Ad min ist ra to r uf Sisters otCh aruv Hospita l
and Kenmore ;\.k rcy Ho spital
Thomas A O'Connor M.D. Chief <JfA n esth es ia a t
Ken more Mercy HO;'j:'l t, tl
2000 H U MAN ITARIAN
OF THE YEAR AWARD
Patti Bowers Buifa!' l Po lice D",!'artmocnt
C hair <If Child Sexua l Abuse Committee
T im M. Boling Exec ut ive Director
~) f Cradic Beach C ,01p;.
Campanella Orthotics and Prosthet ics
D,mat<:J Prosthesi , iilr HIT Recipre- n: ~1a tc in Cwyka
Ter r i C am pbel l Kevin G u<:;.t Hous,;
Mark J. Fitzpat rick Police A th let ic L <:"agut' ,l Hutbl"
Lieutenant David F. Ma n n . Jr. BuiLl (l Polrcc Depar tment ~hii d
A<1\·"c)('\· Center
1999 H UMANITARIAN
OF THE YEAR AWARD
Lee Gross A n thone f o under :111,1Ch:lir
of Child i\ J \O C:K\ ' Ce nt er Fundrni ser inr th t· Butfalu Philharmonic Or( h l· ~ t r;l . Ch i I J rl; n'~ H(l~l' l t;l l and the
A lbrigh t Kn ox A n Callery
Russell Salvatore Ph i[ant hf(ll' i ~t
Sa h- a tore '~ Itahan G ardens
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If it were not fu r hope...the heart wou ld break .
Hope For Tomorrow Sponsors \'\/ e are dl' prt'(I a tl n , uf (Jut , p(l n ~o r.'> who hun : been 50 )!l:nen HJ' th n1u;.:hout th e )'t'ar:-. \Xl lth vou r support , the H ll!, '-"' Fo r Tomorrow
F(lllndari. in ha:- been able to 1'[(1\ ide rhe man y services ne e.led in order hrin ,!.: our "lI rgicl l recip ients to the Un ited 5 t;l[c".
2006 DIAMOND
Mr. J.D. Crane
PLATINUM I"lr. and !''>'l rs. Robert Irwin
GOLD t\ IiJi r-.w i
Glohal Detense
SILVER Campanel la O rt hotics ,mJ Prost het ic»
Jim .ullil,:an. Inc The ~kGlJ i re Group Tile Strat:ck amilv
Staroba Plastic and i\k tal Products of New York. Inc.
h land Street Lumber joseph 0i. \Villi"Ill'
BRONZE Kaleida Health
Dr. G ill)' Wet reich and 0.-lrs. Stephanie Mt'I1 mil u \\/ etre ich
Mr. Peter l\t m in The Dietrich Law Firm
M r. and M rs. Rnrc (~ Diino
2005 PLATINUM ~1 r. J.D. Crane [irn Clllli~an
GOLD Campanella Or hOllc, arxl Pro"r!'l('tlCS
SILVER The: Ilk C uir" UrI IU!'
The StrCleek F;lmil" Dr. Lorain e En~1
[o-e ph in,: Res:d Mr. Mark Cam e\" Esq. and
}" lary E. G mllan;», S q. Mark and Kathy R:llu,
joseph N . William,
BRONZE Dr. C al)' W" tr" lch and
Mrs ~ terh a l1lc Meilman Werreich Tilt' Die trich Law Firm
St:u oba Plasnc and \ Ieral Pf0Jun , ,li N<: \\' York. Inc.
Fr.1I1k Langley Ilk and Mrs, Patr ick Rine Michael K. Landi, il l. \). Kenmore Mercv Husr itill
The Sl"ier F,undy
2004 PLATINUM
Mr. and Mrs. J:llTIt:,; Culligan
GOLD John K. Castle
SILVER Buffalo Ultr,l';'llInJ Loraine E m~ 1. I'hl)
Thc McGu i '~e group
BRONZE jav C. Rowland. III DDS
2003 PLAT1N U:-'1
Tilt' Rober s FamiI)'and Hopc C T\'<.' \ \T h
GOLD Mr. and i\l rs_ james C uII il,::m Mr. ami Mrs. John K. Castle
SILVER Buffalo Ultrasound
Candy Bc> uqut' t The McG uire G roup
Jay c. R,'wland III, DDS
2002 PLATIN UM
Jim and Lind;'! C ulligan Psalm 116: 12 Found,;tion ( ~1a rk und Karhv Balu,,)
GOLD Hope G roeweh and Roseanne R\+ crts
SILVER The McC, uIfl' G rl111p
Robert La Carrubha DDS Frank D. \ I:tsqm DDS
Buffalo Ultrasound Dr. Clnd Mrs, Eric J. Sco tt
Richard and Kathleen Rozicki
2001 CORPORATE SPONSORS
:'\ delphia Cable Communications BlIff,llo Ultra-ound
C ulligan Auto Place Frank Iv1cC;llI re Farru ly Foundation
Pione er C redit Recover y Sisters Ho 'pit" l Foundation
2000 MILLENN lUM Tl\I3LES
Mr. an.l Mrs. Jim Culligan (2) 1\. larilynn and l\1ark Ki1hk
CORPORATE LEVELTABLES ierra Tech
Salvatore's Italian Garden , Restaurant !k lla Vista G rouj - Inc.
Frank J. McCiuin.:' Family Foundation G& R Mach inerv, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Di Picio .I av Halpern c/o Tyler .1 .11'. C ,. (Z)
Cradle Beach Group Benchmark Development Inc.
Allied Publishing Service Buffal,) Plast ic Surgery Buffalo Athletic k .; ~'U 'e
RutTalo P,.,lice F<'llnd.;tion Mr. an .l Mrs. 1\ t C,,* nrin,' Sar.l an.l Anthony Dclcn.i
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Spier Dolly Gernan
1999 CORPORATE SPONSORS
Accadin Enterprise" Inc. Jim Culligan Pon t iac. l ,MC and \'011'0
GOLD Fr:1I1k .I. McGuire Family Foundauon
Richard and Karen P('nfnld Alexander and Jane Cordes
\'(lilliam B. Sal'crsto{l Heather AnJ t'T"'-Jn
Salvatore :md Adeline T'inzonc Cd ia Ru,;s(, G arv Safford
Skip Wardyns ' 1
Len anJ .I ,,' er hine Ca mpanella Vincent Dire
Bem arJ and J"';1Il An n Eisenber r
Hope G rocwch Conn ie Kasperccvk Alpha Ddt" K:lpp l
Lester ;111<.1 Nancy Gross f'l{;rkowir: Nathan Bendcrson
.I n lkPeters [),1I1 G ernn tr. Sf.
Dr. and )I.,1r, . .I ;1Cky Kn,,1'1' Michael and Sandra Kran ir:
Pell. Lipke Merrill L~'K h
J(X ' and C lam Sciandra Ed Palen
If it were 11l1t for hope...the heart would break.
Humanitarian Missions Poland 2006 Nigeria 2005
F:H Ldt: Ill' Piotr Ccaudcrn.i . l'eJi:1tr1c Cancer Surgenn l , ( (;,bn,k . !\lbn,l. H,'f'C h'r T ,1111\1rr,,,, ' Founder [l r, .! d ire> ~ lcrlman. .4. nc" lhc,j"I"c:hl Or. Kr:\'<:[( lf ld ,' rh ;1 :111<1 T h \1[;l C1C Sl)rg~'('n [lr . Hratch f(:lf"m >ln" llki:ln cxurrunirn; Su' ;m" K"fT\Il·!.
Rome 2003
Tanzania 2000
Poland 1993
:"l ich,H:l Straeck . Dr, i\leilm,m , Shaheen '-h"anali
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If it were not for hope...the heart wo uld break.
2005 Hope For To;norrow Charity Event
Honorees Honoree
r::l1 h.' r C""rlC Sr.mlev ' \'('ach " !;,, , Dr_Mcilman , EI'<.·I<: UbnW:1,
Master of Ceremonies
Kevtn O'Cunndl C, >ll nt.::" :mJ Arnaud de Porchgrave
HFT President 2005 Surgical Recipients Event Chair
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If it were not tor hope...the heart would break.
Paul Far.link, Karen Manke, Cheryl Far.link V i rg i l1 i :~ & John Z:lr:cck i
If it were nut to r hope...the hea rt wo uld b reak.
j im Culligan
Pamela (),;tf<l\\',ki, }"b rie Sorren t ino . -indy E"len. Murv ~ k i l lll a n . ~ ; l r.l 1"'.·1 ..-n.i
Michelle & ~ li c ha d Stracck
If it were not fo r ho pe...the heart wou ld break.
.An na Marie D iina, Cynthia Guzi k, l.in.l a Culligan
Sharo n \Vitek.. my McKinn on . Karen Man ke
Co unrc- de &)[ch ~'f :" ' e, Joa nn.. Rineolo. D:mi cl Hamel Toni A ndolina
l\lr & Mr, . l)en n i.; lncorv ia . Mr. & Mrs. ~ h rk Hoffman
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If it wer e not tor hope...the heart would break .
j an et Long . Or. Mcilman
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If it were nor for hope ...the heart would break .
Pore Benedict XVI.. Dr. Meilrnan. lzabela and Go rdana Rome. ~vl ay 3 1. 2006
Jeffrey Meilman, M.D. 811 Maple Road Williamsville, NY 14221
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