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SSB Perception Management, State of Mind And Focus by Col. Kataria

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SSB Perception Management, State of Mind And Focus by Col. Kataria

SSB is a unique test; one cannot compare with your previous experiences. That is why candidate remain unsure about it – how to crack, how to face, how to prepare so on. Most of these questions create numerous conflicts in the mind of candidates until they go through the entire process of SSB. Facing SSB is nothing but it’s all about how you manage your perception, state of mind and focus.

  1. What is perception management – Perception means when you look    at an object or stimulus you see two sides of it – positive or negative or another possibility deny it. When you reverse your actual perception means distortion of perception.  That is why most of the candidates commit mistake in their approach in handling SSB process. Remember perceive as shown to you, whether negative or positive and never ever deny it. It is a myth that you always have to think or write positive.
  2. State of mind – SSB is all about expressing your intellectual level whenever you are required to do so or given a chance. Leader always think, apply his mind and lead from front. Go with relax mind so that brain can function at its best. There is nothing in SSB, which you cannot handle. It’s all about applying your self at the right time and place.
  3. Focus – Regular preparation and focused approach would make you   confident. Improve your listening skills, as during SSB you have to listen then act as per instructions whether it is interview, GTO or psych testing.
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As per my experience, how does most of the candidates approach or perceive SSB. They; 
  • Treat SSB like university or school examination.
  • Have fear of unknown in spite of having numerous feedbacks.
  • Perceiving stress in the environment, this leads to low-level performance.
  • Candidate displays inconsistent behavior during the course of SSB, which he manifests from highly stressful to over confident state of mind during the course of SSB, both of these will take him nowhere. What matters is balance and consistent performance. 
  • Take ideas from non- assessor, rejected or selected candidates or from books available in the market, which create lot of confusion in mind.
Managing your perception, state of mind and focus will help in doing well in SSB. What do you do;-
  • Always clarify your doubts from expert so that your perception is not confused.
  • Always perceive as shown to you and do not distort your perception whether it is TAT, WAT or GTO Tasks.
  • There is nothing in SSB that you cannot do then why have fear of unknown.
  • Learn to express 15 officers like qualities through various tasks.
  • Handle one task at a time. Do not start thinking of next tasks when first one is going on.
  • Each test and task carry equal weightage so keep on performing to achieve positive result.
  • Do not give up even if you have not done well in one technique or task.
  • Concentrate on your personal performance in relation with your group.
How to  approach  – Manage your perception – Go with relax state of mind – focused approach – good listening skills –  You have all qualities in you , express them at right time and right place – Remember your selection is based on demonstrated performance , if you have it in you, learn to demonstrate it. I am sure you will make it.
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Col Kataria has served in all premier institutes of Indian Army i.e. Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Services Selection Centre, Allahabad and Recruitment Directorate (Officer Selection), RK Puram, New Delhi.

How To Achieve A Balanced Personality?

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How To Achieve A Balanced Personality?

As we all are aware of the fact that there is no quickie scheme that will make us a successful person. So how do we go about realizing what is truly important to us? How do we recognize our weaknesses? How do we become balanced? How do we open that magical door that will show us the way to personal growth and success? Well, there are many qualities that shape a successful leader and having a balanced personality is one of them.

A balanced personality is a sum total of the certain desired characteristics, so that an individual life leads to peace, harmony and success. It is an integrated structure, just as a building is more than bricks, cement and wood, similarly personality of an individual is more than basic elements or parts. Thus, any change in one part of the structure definitely influences the other. Since a healthy personality is not only a part of the person’s hereditary endowment but is developed through learning and life experiences, almost everyone can have a balanced personality. A balanced personality is marked by good physical appearance, emotional stability, high intellectual ability, high degree of social adjustment and many more qualities. The characteristics of a well balanced personality serve as guidelines for one’s improvement which in turn leads to the creation of a better and well balanced human being whether it is in terms of physical, mental or social aspects. It makes one good at making decisions, both sympathy & empathy.

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Characteristics of a well balanced personality:
  1. Good physical appearance: It includes proportionate body structure, dressing habits, code conduct etc.
  2. Emotional Stability: This signifies full control over emotions under any situation. This in turn leads to practical approach towards life.
  3. High intellectual ability: This includes high intelligence, problem solving ability, analytical view, synthesis, judgmental ability, decision making etc.
  4. High degree of social adjustment: Well-balanced personality generally well adapted to social gatherings and performs activities within the norms of the society.
  5. High moral character: If one possesses good social and moral values, it makes him the desirable citizen of a country. A good moral character includes virtues like honesty, respect for elders, abiding by the rules and regulations, respecting other’s opinion, etc.
  6. Cool temperament: A well-balanced personality calls for a cool mental state. The one, who is more patient towards others, thinks with a rational mind. The idea is that one evaluates the pros and cons of every activity and comes up with the best possible result.
  7. Good Directness: These are some hidden qualities of a good leader or director. A well-balanced personality surely has great convincing power and charisma, because of which, people tend to follow them.
  8. High adjustability: If one is very flexible and in a position to adjust oneself to all the situations, then one is not prone to any problem faced by unbalanced personalities.
  9. Tremendous commonsense and drive:  Such a personality does not make pre-mature evaluation and does not thus jump to conclusions. He is generally self-motivated and speaks his own mind.
  10. Pragmatic Thinking: The one with a pragmatic thinking is one who has a practical approach towards life and its manifestations. He generally listens to his brain and not to his heart and is thus successful in all his endeavors.
  11. Balance between professional and personal life: If one maintains a balance between one’s professional as well as personal life, and caters for proper time management, it provides one the feeling of immense satisfaction.

Methods to achieve a well balanced personality: 
  • First step that should be taken in order to achieve a well balanced personality is to outgrow all the undesirable personality traits.
  • Another step is to acquire a good health.
  • One should develop success factors as persistence, thoroughness, accuracy, curiosity, originality, leadership, pride in achievement and creativity in one’s thinking.
  • One should set a good example of personal and social adjustment and develop contacts with people having socially approved standards, and ideals before one.
  • One should increase one’s social insight to understand people better and to control one’s behavior to be accepted.
  • One must avoid the development of a “failure complex”, instead increase one’s self understanding about one’s strengths and weaknesses.
  • One should develop one’s favorable self image by stressing one’s potentials and by acquiring the skills needed to achieve these potentials in real life.
  • By letting yourself know that the people who are significant in your life have faith in you, trust you and accept the best of you.
  • One should develop stress tolerance to avoid the self-dislike that leads to self-rejection.
  • By experiencing the thrills of contributing to activities and goals, which are good, meaningful and worthy in your view.
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Women: The Trendsetters In Indian Armed Forces

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This article I’m writing down especially for our lady aspirants, which I’m, sure will help to bring enthusiasm, energy and make them aspire more to join defense. In the modern world, there are no domains of work that women haven’t delved into. Whether it is politics, business, industry or Indian armed forces, you can find confident, bold women, molding into every role and setting examples for everyone. Well, in the land of Razia Sultana and Rani of Jhansi, it comes as no surprise that women make their mark in the Armed Forces.

In the role of a soldier, women have done extremely well and have proved themselves better in serving the nation. Although, women in the Indian Armed forces were inducted primarily in the non-combat arms only like medical corps as doctors and nurses. But in 1992, the doors were thrown open for women entry as regular officers in aviation, logistics, and law, engineering and executive cadres. Apparently they have proved their ability and discharged their duties suitably enough, for what started as a 5 year stint has been increased to 10 and subsequently 14 years for a few disciplines. Whereas, women in the medical branch i.e. doctors and nurses can serve as Permanent Commissioned (PC) officers and are eligible for pension after retirement and also two departments i.e. JAG and AEC have granted permanent commission to the women in the Indian army.

People often wonder, what qualities do they bring to these jobs? Well, research has shown that women are more perceptive and intuitive and endowed with organizational skills that help plan right down to minute detail. They have the ability to empathize and understand, thus making them excel in all such fields that deal with interaction with human personnel; these are fields where women in the armed forces can make a sterling contribution.

Indian Army Lady Officers
Women in the Indian armed forces have always had a “tough row to hoe” and we owe a lot to those women who literally broke ground, opened doors, and made the choice of a military career easier for those who followed. Beginning with the early pioneers, here are some of the achievements military women and their accomplishments:
  • Priya Jhingan- The first lady cadet to join the Indian Army, later commissioned on 6 March 1993.
  • Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandopadhyay- The first woman to become an Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force. She joined the Indian Air Force in 1968.
  • Lt. Divya Ajith- The first woman in the history of the Indian Army, to be selected for the ‘Sword of Honour’ in 2010, which is the highest award given to a cadet of the Officers Training Academy.
  • Shanti Tigga- The first woman to join the Territorial Army, she was honored by former president Pratibha Patil for being the first female jawan of our country.
  • Lt. Ganeve Lalji- A young intelligence officer who created the history by becoming the first woman to be appointed as a key aide to an Army Commander.
  • Lt. Gen. Punita Arora – The first woman in India to don the second highest rank i.e. Lieutenant General of Indian Armed Forces and the first Vice admiral of Indian Navy.
  • Mitali Madhumita – She became India’s first female officer to receive the Sena Medal for gallantry in 2011.
  • Flight Officer Gunjan Saxena – She made history by becoming the first woman IAF officer to fly in a combat zone during the Kargil war. She was later honored with the Shurya Vir Award.
  • Sq. ldr. Veena Saharan- The first woman pilot to land heavy lift transport aircraft IL-76 at Leh airfield.
  • Fl. Lt. Sneha Shekhawat- The first woman Indian Air Force officer who led a contingent of 144 airmen at the 63rd Republic Day parade down the Raj path.
  • Fl. Lt. Nivedita Choudhary- The first woman from the Indian Air Force to summit the Mt. Everest.
Apart from that, there are many names that can be added in notable achievements by women in the Indian armed forces. If you know any, please share with us and let everyone know.
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TGC 119 and AEC Merit List Jul 2014

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Indian army has published the merit list of TGC 119 and AEC in their official website joinindianarmy.nic.in. Candidates those who have got recommended in TGC 119 and AEC can check their names in the list, though the medical status is still not updated.

TGC 119 and AEC Merit List Jul 2014

  1. Course commencing on 14 Jul 2014. Date of reporting at IMA Dehradun is 08 Jul 2014.
  2. Joining Instructions (JIs) will be issued on the basis of merit position subject to vacancy, medical status and meeting educational qualification. 
    TGC 119 and AEC Merit List Jul 2014

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JAG 13 Men SSB Interview Dates

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JAG 13 Men SSB Interview Dates

Indian army has published the SSB interview dates of JAG 13 course. JAG stands for Judge Advocate General and this entry is specially for law graduates. Common call up instructions for SSB interviews are available on the website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in for your information and compliance. Please ensure your eligibility criteria as per notification for this course. In case, you fail to produce any requisite documents,
you are liable to be returned without being interviewed and NO reimbursement of TA will be made.


They are required to bring with them the following documents in ORIGINAL along with two photocopies each duly attested by a Gazetted Officer :

  1. Passing certificate of matriculation / 10th standard exam for verification of age proof. (No other document except matriculation certificate in original is acceptable for age proof)
  2. Passing certificate of Intermediate / 10+2 exam.
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  3. Mark sheets of matriculation / 10th standard and Intermediate / 10+2 exams.
  4. All year mark sheets in original with aggregate 55% marks taken into account of all years marks along with two attested photocopies of each document. Degree/provision Degree in original (Five years degree after 10+2 on 3 years degree after graduation).
  5. Your identity proof with photograph ( Voter ID card, PAN card, Passport, Driving license, Aadhar Card etc.)
  6. Risk Certificate duly signed by your parent / guardian.

JAG 13 SSB Interview Dates

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NDA 132 Merit List

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NDA 132 Merit List

Indian Army has published the merit list of NDA 132 course commencing on 02 July 2014 and NDA Khadakwasla, Pune. Candidates are required to submit class 10th certificate and 12th mark sheet in original along with photo copies duly attested by gazetted officer to adjutant, NDA Khadakwasla at the time of joining.

NDA 132 Merit List

  1. Candidates are requested to report on the dates mentioned against their names failing which their candidature is liable to be canceled.
  2. Joining instructions are being issued based on merit-cum-preference, meeting educational eligibility criteria, subject to medical fitness and availability of vacancies.
    NDA 132 Merit List
  3. Joining instructions may be down loaded from NDA website www.nda.nic.in
  4. This directorate will not be responsible for any tampering of information published on net.
  5. In case of non-receipt of joining instsructions by post due to postal delays candidates can download a printout of this list and take it as an authority and report to NDA on the stipulated dates as given below along with their identity proof. Candidate unwilling to join may send unwilling certificate immediately by fax or email [email protected] stating that i am unwilling to join nda-131 course due To________reason and ji can be issued to the next awaited candidate.
    • Signature
    • Name
    • UPSC merit/roll no
    • Mobile no

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Updated List NDA 132 Merit List

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EKT Engineering Knowledge Test Previous Year Question Papers

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EKT Engineering Knowledge Test Previous Year Question Papers

Indian Air Force is conducting Engineering Knowledge Test along with AFCAT 2 2014 which is going to be held on 31st Aug 2014. Engineering Knowledge Test will be conducted after AFCAT only for the candidates opted for technical branch. There are three different branches you can opt in AFCAT namely, flying, technical and GDOC. People who are opting for technical branch need to attend 30 mins of EKT.


Many candidates are asking for EKT previous year question papers or what kind of questions they might get in EKT. As you all know IAF is conducting EKT after very long time, so we are not very sure whether the EKT syllabus will stand the same or there will be any difference this time. But, below you can find questions and answers from the previous year EKT exam conducted by Indian air force.

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EKT Previous Year Question Paper

  • EKT SYLLABUS- GENERAL ENGINEERING
  • EKT SYLLABUS – COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS
  • EKT SYLLABUS – MECHANICAL
  • EKT SYLLABUS – ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
  • EKT SYLLABUS – ELECTRICAL and INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING
  • EKT STLLABUS – AE-AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL)

Download EKT Previous Year Question Paper PDF

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Engineering Knowledge Test Syllabus 2016

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EKT Engineering Knowledge Test will be conducted for the technical branch.  EKT will be of 45 mins duration only and will be conducted immediately after the AFCAT test. The candidates who are engineering graduates and are applying for the technical branches through AFCAT have to qualify this test.

Currently, IAF has not released any particular syllabus but based on the earlier conducted EKT we have a syllabus which you can follow to study and prepare for this exam. As soon as IAF gives any new information regarding the new EKT, we will bring that in your notice.

Engineering Knowledge Test Syllabus 2014

Syllabus of EKT Engineering Knowledge Test

General Engineering
  • Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics, Electrical Conductivity in Metals, Dielectric and magnetic properties of materials, Lasers, Super Conductivity and optical fibers.
  • Chemistry : Chemical Energy Sources, Solar Energy, Electrochemical Energy Systems, Battery Technology, Fuel Cell, Corrosion Science & Control, Metal finishing & Electroless Plating.
  • Mathematics : Differential Calculus, Partial Differentiation, Integral Calculus &Application, Differential Equation, Vector Calculus & Infinite Series, Laplace Transform, Vector Integration, Integral Calculus.
  • Computers: Computer peripherals, Data Processing, Data storage, Operation Systems, Networks of an Internets, Algorithms & Flow charts, and Computer aided sketching.
  • Electrical: DC Circuits, Electromagnetism, Single phase AC Circuits, Three phase Circuits, Measuring Instruments, Domestic Wiring, DC Machine Transformer, Synchronous Generation, Three phase Induction motor.
  • Electronics: Semiconductors diodes, Transistor, SCR, Amp & oscillators, OP Amp, Communication Systems, Number System and Digital Logic.
  • Mechanical Engineering : Energy & Steam, Turbines steam, Gas & Water, Internal combustion Engines, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Lathe & Drilling Machines, Milling &Grinding Machines, Joining Processes, Lubrication & Bearing , Power Transmission and workshop technologies.
Computer and Electronics
  • Digital Electronic Circuits: Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point),Boolean algebra and minimization of Boolean functions, Logic functions and logic gates, Minimization, Digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS),Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits, Combinational Circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, Decoders. Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters, shift-registers.
  • Analog Electronic Circuits: Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes ,Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifiers, Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers, Amplifiers, single-and multi-stage amplifiers, frequency response of amplifiers, Simple op-mp circuits, Sinusoidal oscillators and criterion for oscillation.
  • Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instructions and addressing modes, Memory interface, Cache and main memory and Secondary storage. Microprocessor (8085):architecture and memory organization.
  • Operating System: Processes, Threads and Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization and Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems and I/O systems, Protection and security.
  • Programming and Data Structures: Programming in C and similar Structured programming languages. Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.
  • Databases: ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.
  • Computer Networks: ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http); Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Network security: basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls.
  • Information Systems and Software Engineering: information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance.
Mechanical
  • Engineering Mechanics: Equivalent force systems, free-body concepts, equations of equilibrium, trusses and frames, virtual work and minimum potential energy. Kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, impulse and momentum (linear and angular), energy methods, central force motion.
  • Strength of Materials: Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohr’s circle for plane stress and plane strain, shear force and bending moment diagrams, bending and shear stresses, deflection of beams torsion of circular shafts, thin and thick cylinders, Euler’s theory of columns, strain energy methods, thermal stresses.
  • Theory of Machines: Displacement, velocity and acceleration, analysis of plane mechanisms, dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism, planar cams and followers, gear tooth profiles, kinematics and design of gears, governors and flywheels, balancing of reciprocating and rotating masses.
  • Vibrations: Free and forced vibration of single degree freedom systems, effect of damping, vibration isolation, resonance, critical speed of rotors.
  • Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties, fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy — Control-volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy, fluid acceleration — Differential equation of continuity and momentum — Bernoulli’s equation — Viscous flow of incompressible fluids – Boundary layer, Elementary turbulent flow — Flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.
  • Heat Transfer: Modes of heat transfer — One dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept, electrical analogy, unsteady heat conduction, fins — Dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, Various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and through pipes — Thermal boundary layer — effect of turbulence — Radiative heat transfer, black and grey surfaces, shape factors, network analysis — Heat exchanger
There might be some changes happen in EKT Syllabus 2014, keep in touch for more updates.
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What is EKT Engineering Knowledge Test 2017

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Engineering Knowledge Test or EKT is a test conducted by Indian Air Force, along with the AFCAT exam to test the basic knowledge of engineering graduates applying for Technical Entries through AFCAT. In the past few years this test was not conducted but from AFCAT 2 2014 onwards it’ll be conducted as a part of AFCAT exams only.ektebook

What does EKT means?

 
EKT stands for Engineering Knowledge Test. It is a simple test to check the basic knowledge related to engineering. This test will be conducted along with the Air Force Common Admission Test itself.

Who has to give Engineering Knowledge Test?

 

The candidates who are applying for the Technical Entries through the AFCAT exam have to give this exam along with the normal AFCAT exam. Thus engineering graduates appearing for technical entry in the Air Force have to pass this test along with the normal written test.

What is EKT Engineering Knowledge Test?

What does Engineering Knowledge Test contains?

 
This test will consist of objective questions related to the basic concepts of engineering. The questions will generally be dealing with the basic concepts and a thorough understanding and clarity of your basics will help you solve this easily. You can check the syllabus for EKT on our website.

When does EKT Engineering Knowledge Test takes place?

 
EKT will take place immediately after the AFCAT paper. That is as soon as the time of two hours gets over for the normal test paper, EKT will follow for the engineering graduates applying for technical branch entry via AFCAT.

What is the time duration of EKT Engineering Knowledge Test?

EKT will be an objective test of half hour duration i.e. 45 minutes duration.

 

Engineering Knowledge Test for IAF Technical Branch

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Engineering Knowledge Test for Technical Branch

After around two years EKT is back! Engineering Knowledge Test is a test for the engineering graduates who apply for the Technical Branches in the Indian Air Force. This time with the announcement of AFCAT 2 2014, IAF also announced an EKT will be conducted immediately after the written exam of AFCAT. This EKT will be of 30 minutes duration.


You can apply as an engineer in IAF for the technical branch. For this you have to clear a written test, which is the AFCAT exam and the SSB interview. Now for the technical branch however apart from the AFCAT exam you also have to clear the EKT to get a call for the SSB Interview. As an engineer you can apply for the Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics) branch or Aeronautical Engineer (mechanical) branch. You have to necessarily be an engineering graduate for applying for the same.

Engineering Knowledge Test
From AFCAT 2 2014 onwards you have to give an extra exam if you are applying for the technical branches, i.e. the EKT.

EKT Previous Year Question Paper

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