CR Staff
Editors-in-Chief
Ellie Chang
2027
Hiiiii! I'm an avid story-teller, world-traveller and Lit Arts, Classics, and Anthropology concentrator. :))
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Eric Cho
2026
Eric Cho '26 is an APMA-CS concentrator from Cumming, Georgia (yes that's the name of the city). He thinks that winter is the best season, but is slowly reconsidering that after living in Rhode Island.
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Isabelle Boun
2027
Isabelle is an Economics and Health and Human Biology concentrator from Southern California. She loves reading, the outdoors, and the arts!
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Ryan Choo
2029
Hey all! My name is Ryan, and I am from the South Bay area in Los Angeles, California. I am interested in everything politics, law, medicine, and I am considering a career where I can find the intersection between all three. I hope to meet everyone soon! Hi. ihi
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Aubrie Miller
2026
Aubrie Miller '26 was born in Arizona and grew up in Utah. She is studying English and Comparative Literature and is a part of Brown's Presidential Scholars Program. She enjoys reading books, watching movies, and eating pasta.
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Brent Wong
2028
Brent is a freshman from Berkeley, California studying Applied Mathematics and Urban Studies. Outside of studies, he enjoys playing classical music on the violin, playing tennis, browsing Google Maps, and solving Rubik's cubes.
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Congyun/Remus Liao
2028
Realizing that people might connect his name with the murdered brother in the myth of the founding of Rome, Congyun Liao still chose his English name from his favorite Harry Potter character, Professor Remus J. Lupin. He is an international student from Beijing, China with interests in chemical physics, mathematics, and comparative literature. When he is not preparing for his impending organic chemistry test, Remus likes to blog and read poems from around the world.
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Janet Weng
2026
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Jeffrey Wen
2029
Jeffrey plans to concentrate in APMA-Bio and enjoys figure skating.
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Jessica Wang
2029
Jessica is from Philadelphia and is concentrating in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
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Tasmia Hossain
2027
Tasmia is an APMA-ECON concentrator from NYC. She loves watching movies, playing board/card games, and taking part in competitive activities like bowling. You'd probably see her at Kung Fu Tea more often than you would think.
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Webbies
Connor Flick
2026
Computational Biology concentrator from Cincinnati (∩^o^)⊃━☆
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Noreen Chen
2027
Hi! I'm an Environmental Science and CS concentrator from Long Island, New York.
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Simon Juknelis
2028
Simon is an APMA-CS concentrator from Boston, interested in linguistics and space.
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Stephanie Lin
2027
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Editors
Brandon Richard
2028
Brandon Richard is a sophomore concentrating in Chemistry and Engineering from Saunderstown, Rhode Island. He can be often be found walking by the Providence River, at the Verney-Woolley (V-Dub) dinning hall, umpiring baseball and softball games, looking at cruises, drinking tea, or taking pictures!
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Eric Hu
2026.5
Hi I'm a concentrator in Comp Bio and Econ. I love dinosaurs and I try to arrange/write music, particularly working with vsynths.
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Esther Nam
2029
Esther is studying Mechanical Engineering. She likes going on walks, listening to music, and hanging out with friends.
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Gordon Beckler
2028
Gordon Beckler is a sophomore and professional user of the Open Curriculum, having taken classes in 8 departments in his first year at Brown. Outside of class, he is involved in many extracurriculars as he loves a cappella, music, theatre, musicals, musical theatre, and football.
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Hannah Messinger
2029
Hannah is a Behavioral Decision Sciences and Entrepreneurship concentrator from outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and her favorite color is pink. In her free time, she enjoys going to coffee shops around Providence and hiking.
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Jimmy Lee
2027
Jimmy '27 loves setting aside time to do nothing.
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Klara Zietlow
2029
Freshman from the Bay Area. I love hiking, baking, and yogurt bowls.
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Lily Luby
2028
Lily is a sophomore from Old Saybrook, Connecticut concentrating in International and Public Affairs on a Policy and Governance track and French and Francophone Studies.
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Manav Musunuru
2026
Manav is a sophomore from Indiana concentrating in IAPA.
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Meredith Whitlock
2028
Meredith is a first year majoring in Biology on the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology track. When she's not locked in, you can find her identifying trees around Providence.
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Michelle Jun
2027
Michelle is a senior studying APMA-Bio from Memphis, TN. She loves crafting, going on walks, and animals.
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Neleh Kay
2027
Neleh is a senior from Los Angeles studying English and Education.
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Reia Lee
2028
Reia is a APMA-Bio concentrator from New Jersey.
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Sophia Wang
2028
Sophia is a sophomore from NYC studying Applied Math-CS and Philosophy. In her free time, she enjoys skiing, playing taiko, trying new restaurants, and doomscrolling C@B.
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Taryn Presson
2028
Taryn is a sophomore studying political science and education and is from Greenwood, Arkansas. She is a lover of oxford commas, sweet tea, and all things Princess Diana!
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Writers
Abrianna Dumel
2029
Abrianna (Abri) Dumel is an Education and English concentrator, from Boston, Massachusetts. She enjoys dancing, writing, and eating more sweets than her budget usually allows. She can usually be found at a Nelson studio or at Andrews Lounge, enjoying the armchairs.
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Amanda Cun
2029
Amanda is a sophomore from Georgia studying biochemistry.
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Andrew Zhang
2029
Andrew '29 is studying English and history. He enjoys reading outdoors and listening to music while lying down.
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Anna Felten
2029
Anna is an Applied Mathematics concentrator originally from Seattle, Washington. She enjoys playing the daily NYT games, getting outdoors, and diving into random news articles to keep up with the world.
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Annie Yu
2029
Annie is a first year looking to concentrate in Environmental Science and East Asian Studies, loves to create art, dance, and read classics, here to serve the community/gain insight on student experiences in courses.
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Armaan Bhasin
2028
Armaan is a APMA - CS and Business Econ concentrator from Milwaukee, WI. In his free time, he enjoys visiting new places, cooking, and doing escape rooms!
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Audrey He
2027
Audrey is a sophomore studying English. She loves cats, tiramisu, and the Criterion Collection.
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Berenika Zemanova
2029
Berenika is a physics major from the Czech Republic. Previously, she studied in Denmark and pursued her interest in quantum mechanics and theoretical physics. She also enjoys philosophy, poetry, and sewing.
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Charlotte Yih
2029
Hi! I’m Charlotte, and I’m from Queens, NYC. I’m concentrating in East Asian Studies and IAPA, and I love trying new teas and hunting for antique trinkets. I enjoy musical theater, video games, and I want improve my sewing and pottery skills. See you around! <3
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Colin Hsieh
2028
Colin is a computational biology concentrator from Cleveland, Ohio. Open to talking about international relations, tea, and Taekwondo.
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Conor McMillan
2030
Conor is an APMA CS concentrator from Long Island, NY. He enjoys reading, listening to music, and visiting new places around Providence.
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Daniel Svediani
2029
Hi! I’m Daniel, a sophomore from Los Angeles, California, studying Computational Chemistry and Chemical Physics. When I’m not convincing myself that I understand my problem sets, I’m usually swimming, snowboarding, playing board games, or wandering around outside pretending to know where I’m going. I joined the Critical Review because I’m excited to hear what students ACTUALLY think about their classes and help make sense of the many course options at Brown, ideally without adding another one to my schedule.
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Don Wong
2028
Don is an Astrophysics and Applied Mathematics concentrator from Los Angeles, California. He enjoys classical music, surrealist art, thought-provoking films, research, and good conversations over good food.
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Jasmine Zheng
2028
Jasmine is a Classics concentrator from Charlotte, North Carolina. She loves reading (or saying she reads when she's terrible at setting time aside for it), talking about films, pretending to have seen films she hasn't, and pho. She occasionally does lighting design for theatrical productions, and her absolute favorite activity is a lovely little nap between classes.
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Justin Kwok
2030
Justin Kwok is a first-year student from Long Island, NY, interested in concentrating in chemical biology and MCM, but his real concentration is on the Andrews breakfast burrito bowls
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Katie Liang
2029
Katie is a prospective APMA-Econ concentrator from Boston, Massachusetts. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, listening to Oasis, and doing jigsaw puzzles.
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Lucas Miller
2030
I'm a Freshman planning on concentrating in English and Political Science. I love running, skiing and hiking. I also enjoy watching tv shows and movies (especially ones with twists!).
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Megan Carlson
2026
Megan is a senior from Dallas, TX concentrating in Computational Biology. In her free time, she loves reading, crocheting, and sipping on a fun drink.
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Michael Yang
2029
Michael is a first year student from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He enjoys drinking tea and eating chocolate.
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Milo Rose
2030
Milo is a freshman planning on studying Applied Math-Biology (though you never know with this school...). He spends his free time playing tennis, writing songs, and watching all sorts of movies and shows with friends. Along with The Critical Review, he's a member of Food Recovery Network and IMPROVidence. He wants to play ultimate frisbee, but he's bad at ultimate frisbee.
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Momo Chen
2028
Hi! I'm Momo, a freshman studying cognitive neuroscience with a love for creative writing, singing, and all things at the intersection of human experience.
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Nitya Doshi
2028
Nitya is a sophomore from Mumbai studying Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. She loves graphic design, sewing, and watching basketball.
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Ojas Byanjankar
2028
Ojas is a chemical engineering concentrator from Nepal. He is highly susceptible to falling down Wikipedia rabbit holes.
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Ruben Stepanian
2029
Ruben is a sophomore concentrating in Mechanical Engineering from Los Angeles! He loves the summer, so he questions what he's doing in snowy Providence to this day. His interests include singing (A LOT, no matter the place), hiking (the hills are great practice), and playing board games (once had Monopoly money thrown at him because people kept landing on his properties). He's looking forward to being a part of The Critical Review team!
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Serenity Vanegas
2029
Serenity is from Dallas, Tx and plans to concentrate in Biomedical Engineering. She enjoys building lego sets, spending time with friends, and working out at the gym.
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Sofia Muhtaseb
2029
Sofia is a sophomore studying chemistry and a native Rhode Islander. She loves watching movies, embroidering, and hanging out on the Main Green!
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Talia Katz
2029
Talia Katz ’29 is from New York City and intends to concentrate in English and/or Political Science. Her greatest accomplishment is her 4+ year (and counting) streak on Duolingo.
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Teada Chhem
2027
teada is a spring '25 transfer student from vassar college, concentrating in science, technology, and society. she loves window shopping, hanging out with friends, and watching cat reels on instagram!
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Tommy Li
2030
I'm Tommy Li! A freshman that is (probably) majoring in APMA and Classics. I love video games, especially Nintendo's Fire Emblem, the Legend of Zelda, and Xenoblade Chronicles. When I am free, I take my time to read philosophical treatises and literature, and I am currently working through Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (by that I mean my coursework has basically stopped me in the middle of the book, but I will pick it back up when classes are not in session).
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Former Members
Amaya S Allen
2025
Amaya is a sophomore from New Jersey studying Economics on the Public Policy track. In her free time, she enjoys working out, reading romance novels, and learning more about health and health equity.
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Anaya Kaul
2025
Anaya is a junior from Central MA concentrating in Biomedical Engineering. She enjoys reading, crocheting, and hiking.
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Ayla Kim
2025
Ayla Kim is a first-year student intending to concentrate in Economics & Behavioral Decision Sciences. Outside of the Critical Review, she is a communications assistant for the Donovan Program, a coordinating committee member of the Asian American Political Alliance, and a member of the Southeast Asian Studies Initiative. From northeast New Jersey, she loves trips to New York City or going to the Jersey shore.
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Ayushman Choudhury
2025
Ayushman Choudhury '25 is an APMA-CS and Music concentrator from Ellington, Connecticut. He loves classical, jazz, and Indian music (and fusions of all three), badminton, vegan food, and Wikipedia rabbit holes.
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Cerulean Ozarow
2025
cerulean is a sophomore from ny. after considering everything from physics+philosophy to judaic studies to cog neuro, he's settled on concentrating in applied math. in his free time, he enjoys reading, writing, doing music-related things, and ignoring capitalization.
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Claire Fan
2025
Claire is a sophomore intending to concentrate in Education and Economics from Potomac, Maryland. She loves baking, reading, and the third floor of the Rock.
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Faith Kim
2025
Faith is a sophomore from Southern California concentrating in Chemical Biology and Classics.
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Happy Ruth Jara
2025
Happy (yes, that is her legal name) is a student from the Philippines. She loves learning about history, mythology, and the exploration of the human condition in literature. When she is not studying, Happy is either playing D&D, head-banging to musicals, or has her head stuck in a book.
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Hayden Deffarges
2025
Hayden is a History concentrator from California. In their spare time, Hayden enjoys knitting, making playlists, and roller skating by the beach in their hometown of San Francisco.
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Jay Chi
2025
Jay is a senior on the pre-med track from New York City, concentrating in Immunology. A dedicated UFC fan since he began training in mixed martial arts, Jay also enjoys working out and taking long walks whenever he has free time. An adventurous eater, he’s willing to try almost anything.
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Jazz Carlson
2025
is trying his best
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Joseph Suh
2025
Hi! I'm a senior with concentrations in biochemistry and computational biology. I love doing scientific research at Brown in the cardiovascular and pulmonary fields. I am also an avid composer of music.
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Josephine Kovecses
2025
cognitive neuroscience. major, unfortunately pre-med, big fan of writing reviews
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Keelin Gaughan
2025
Keelin Gaughan (she/her) is a second-year studying architecture and art history. She loves urban legends, 40s music, expressionist art, the 13th floor of the sci li, and any novel that sends her into a life crisis.
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Logan Tullai
2025
Logan is a junior concentrating in Political Science and Economics. He enjoys playing trombone, architecture, art history, jazz, and skiing.
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Luc Azar-Tanguay
2025
Luc is a Sophomore Econ-IAPA concentrator from Boston, Massachusetts.
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Mahlon Page
2025
Mahlon is a pure math/CS concentrator from rural Indiana. He loves nature, having been to almost every National Park (Glacier is the best!!). He seeks adventure whether it be through skydiving, backpacking, or other crazy activities.
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Minnie Zhang
2025
Publicity Director / International and Public Affairs, Literary Arts I like astrology, language, and Pokemon!
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Nathan Harbison
2025
I'm Nathan and I'm a junior from the DC area studying CS, math, and comparative literature. I love educational videos, reading, Studio Ghibli, video games, and the outdoors!
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Nélari Figueroa
2025
Nélari '25 is an English and Africana Studies intended concentrator from Salinas, Puerto Rico.
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Olivia Hanley
2025
Olivia is a junior from Chicago, IL double concentrating in English and International and Public Affairs (IAPA). She loves reading, baking interesting desserts, and playing with her puppy, Lily.
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Patrick Rourke
2025
Patrick is an Education Studies concentrator from North Haven, Connecticut. He loves playing the alto and soprano saxophones in the Brown Jazz Band, playing basketball in the OMAC, and watching sunsets from the 4th floor of the Rock.
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Qiaoying Chen
2025
Qiaoying is a first-year with interests in literature, public heath, and biology from San Francisco.
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Ryan Peng
2025
Ryan is a senior from Memphis, TN, concentrating in Design Engineering and Computer Science. In his free time, he reads coffee table books, writes trivia, and analyzes flight fares.
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Tanvi Palsamudram
2025
Tanvi is a neuroscience concentrator from India. She loves reading, crocheting, and trying to ice skate
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Tiago Vicente
2025
Tiago is an English and Education concentrator from São Paulo, Brazil. They enjoy reading and writing fantasy, and have a healthy obsession with sharks and other weird sea life.
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Tiger Ji
2025
web team lead
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Tommy Frank
2025
I'm a junior concentrating in math/cs; I like playing piano, running, and taking naps.
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William Lake
2025
Will ('25) is from Los Angeles, California, and intends to concentrate in International and Public Affairs.
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Yan Zhang
2025
Yan Zhang 25' is a public health concentrator from Chongqing, China, and she thinks that avocado tastes the best. She enjoys singing, dancing, and rapping and hopes one day will debut as a girl idol.
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Yongkuan Zhang
2025
Hey! I'm a senior from Irvine, CA concentrating in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. In my spare time, I enjoy running and Lion Dancing. My favorite ice cream flavor is coffee (although I don't drink coffee) and I love calico cats.
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