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Trevor Parry
January 7, 1939 - September 24, 2021
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2021-11-04 06:30:16 View / Comment (0)
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2021-11-04 06:26:33 View / Comment (0)
From David and Rosemary Frampton, UK: ......................... What a sad / happy thing it is when we lose longstanding colleagues and loved ones to ‘a far better home and greater place’. Thank you for your lovely letter whose feelings we so much echo. ........................ And memories? Well of course Rosemary has known him from the age of 16/17 and in later times when we were married and had a small family, our children were the same sort of ages and long lasting relationships were formed there too with holidays both in the U K and W A. So it was a whole family friendship which we treasured and at a spiritual as well as friendship level. We have many and varied memories of those very happy, if sometimes challenging times. Trevor was, though firmly based, always open to new spiritual insights and wanting more, as it were, of the Lord. Amongst other things that prompted them to visit HTB in S London when in the UK as well as Toronto to investigate the Toronto blessing. All that chimed with us as we were very involved with the Charismatic renewal here. His steadfast commitment to his early morning Quiet time was always a great example and challenge and I’m sure part of the foundation of his faith and ministry.. ....................... With love, David and Rosemary.
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2021-11-04 06:21:05 View / Comment (0)
Tributes form other Paediatric Colleagues. ………………………… I am greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Trevor Parry. His legacy in the field of developmental and community paediatrics in Australia, and particularly in Western Australia, is unsurpassed, an early example being his drive to establish WA’s first community paediatric service at the State Child Development Centre in 1974. I was the first registrar to be appointed to this service in 1978/9, and I, like virtually every developmental/ community paediatrician for many years in WA, and many others spread across the country and the globe, benefitted greatly from Trevor’s teaching and wise counsel. He developed in 1975 one of the first neonatal follow up programmes in the country, in collaboration with King Edward Memorial Hospital, and I had the privilege of running that programme with Trevor for many years. He was such a thoughtful, articulate, and convincing speaker and he had an outstanding teaching career in the University Department of Paediatrics, Child Health Nurses Course, Curtin University allied health courses, Child Psychology and Masters of Public Health courses at UWA , the RACGP and others. An inspiration himself, he was instrumental in organising visits to WA of other inspirational teachers such as Russel Barkley, Fraser Mustard, Hilton Davis and Mary Gordon. With his passing, we are grateful that he left this country a better place. ………………………… As a developmental and community trainee in the early 2000s Trevor was the clinician we wanted to be when we grew up. Thoughtful and wise, he wanted us to see the child behind the test, and the family behind the child. He was generous with his time and wisdom to young trainees and truly loved his work and this discipline. He would be proud to know our discipline was in good hands through the leadership of the NBPSA. Vale Trevor. ………………………… Trevor has been a true Australian quiet achiever. He cared for kids, working as a clinician throughout. He was a fierce advocate for child development services within the battleground of bureaucracy. He never forgot his trainees, providing teaching always, formally and informally. His vision was a better world for children, and he clearly achieved that. The torch has now been passed on to us. Vale Trevor. ………………………… Vale Trevor. One of the true gentlemen of Australian paediatrics ………………………… A great Paediatrician, a genuine gentleman, and a wonderful legacy. ………………………… RIP Trevor. We are so proud to have you as our No.1 NBPSA member. ………………………… As a junior consultant child psychiatrist, I realised my training had been bereft of developmental paediatrics, especially ADHD, and I turned to Trevor for guidance. He and Ken Whiting ran monthly training meetings for paediatricians, and I snuck in - Trevor made me feel very welcome. Over the years, I continued to thank him for that whenever we met up, and I remain grateful. ………………………… Vale Dr Parry. An inspiring clinician, teacher and advocate. Always so incredibly generous with his time. I’m sure all of the registrars who trained at CDC in my generation will remember the home baked goodies that came with Friday afternoon teaching. The lemon slice was my favourite ………………………… Wonderful memories of Trevor, who trained myself in Developmental Paediatrics in 1993, and who continued to be a mentor and compassionate listener through the decades. We plotted and planned together in the Child Development Service for many years. We discussed hundreds of patients and did some country clinics together. He was a great walker, a singer, and actually a WA state sprinter in his youth! Trevor had tremendous vision, on the conviction that care for children and their families are the bedrock of a civilised society. He has left a wonderful legacy and I remain inspired by his views. ………………………… “On the shoulders of giants” — never was that more true than about Trevor . The eloquence of these tributes from those who are so remarkable themselves acclaims this extraordinary human, humble, strong, wise, spiritual being and exemplar . He will continue bring warmth to the hearts, souls and lives of countless children, families, friends and colleagues. His concern, commitment and love for those he served and his ongoing influence in their lives are immeasurable. He held so many in his hands with gentleness and hope. I always think of Trevor with a glow, a smile, a strengthening of resolve and grateful pride to know him as mentor and friend at some of my most challenging and rewarding times over the last 40 years. I remember my first Paediatric Association meeting in our ”special interest” group after arriving in Australia in 1982. Trevor was welcoming and encouraging and described with passion our mission and affirmed Jill Sewell describing the challenges of being doctor, mother and part-timer trainee After he had retired he told me taking up the cello had surprised him because he was ”still just learning to bow”. Trevor gave in so many ways to so many lives on and the world truly is better place for his love , healing , inspiration, wisdom and example . Thank you, Trevor, for YOU for ever. ………………………… It is sadly time to farewell Trevor. Words are not sufficient and his memory and teachings will live on. Trevor was kind, caring, wise, respectful and always able to give you the time of day, no matter how busy he undoubtedly was. He taught us, helped us, encouraged us and looked after us always, all the time giving his best for every child he also cared for. He was a passionate advocate for the well-being of children at many levels, and strove always to better the care they received, and all the while to also look after the team who delivered care to children. He will be sadly missed by many. My great respect from xxx.
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2021-11-04 06:09:07 View / Comment (0)
Tributes from Paediatric Colleagues: ………………….. I very much enjoyed his company and his quiet wisdom. He was a great contributor to any endeavour in which he was involved. A truly special human being. ………………….. Vale Dr Trevor Parry. A remarkable paediatrician and person. His presence was always reassuring and his contributions wise, respectful, intelligent and often ahead of his time. He was a wonderful role model and will be very much missed. ………………….. A very sad farewell to Trevor. His gentle contribution to any discussion was always deeply valued. We were honoured to know him. ………………….. This is very sad news indeed. From my time at SCDC in Perth, I will always remember his kind, gentle manner and quiet wisdom. He was such a wonderful role model to us as trainees, and I’m sure many of us continue to strive to follow in his footsteps. Vale Dr Trevor parry. ………………….. Farewell to our developmental paediatric legend. He was a great mentor and brilliant teacher. He has made so many lives better in WA with his kindness, compassion and an exceptional mind. RIP. ………………….. I knew Trevor in various roles for over 40 years. He was a pioneer in the field and a role model for many. His influence was far reaching and his influence lives on. ………………….. Trevor was a wonderful colleague, mentor and friend. He had a vision for developmental paediatrics and paved the way for much of what is in place today. Many lives have been made richer by his work, and his influence will live on. ………………….. I met Trevor at the end of the 1970s shortly after we both returned to Australia after several years working in different strands of community child health. Our children are around the same age as our friendship and usually our two boys still remember Trevor very well and a master story teller. His status as an Australian developmental paediatrician could not be better expressed than by Jill Sewell’s accolades of Trevor in her webinar last year and the fact that he is life member number one of NBPSA. His passing truly marks the end of an era. ………………….. Very sad but how wonderful that we can share his wisdom, kindness and patience and recall so many of his insightful thoughts. I will always remember Trevor telling me that a child’s behaviour is their internal language and we have to learn to read that. I will forever be grateful for his guidance and support.
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2021-11-04 06:05:30 View / Comment (0)
Message from the President, Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatric Society of Australasia. ………………….. It is with sadness that I am writing to inform you of the death of Clinical Professor Trevor Parry AM, late last week. ………………….. Trevor was a developmental paediatrician and clinical professor at the University of Western Australia. His lifetime efforts were dedicated to the health and wellbeing of children. We are indebted to Trevor, along with those other notable early leaders in our field, for putting child development on the Australasian map. ………………….. Trevor trained in the United Kingdom, returning in the mid 1970s to establish the State Children Development Centre in Perth, Western Australia. He was Director of that service until 2004. He had enormous influence on the approaches that were developed to diagnose and treat developmental conditions in children. It is on this foundation, on the efforts of visionaries such as Trevor, that our collegiate group and the NBPSA stands. ………………….. Trevor received our first NPBSA ‘lifetime membership’. His membership number within our society is 1. It has been our way of saying how important he has been as a ‘founding father’ for the field of developmental paediatrics. ………………….. Trevor held many leadership positions during his long career, in the former Australian College of Paediatricians, the National Investment for the Early Years (NIFTeY), the Autism Association of WA, the Family Partnership Training Program, and others. Trevor was much involved in medical education in Australia and the developing world, as well as in public education, with particular reference to parenting, child development and the importance of the early years. ………………….. He was recognised in 2006 by the RACP (John Sands Medal), was the inaugural recipient of the Children and Young People Lifetime Achievement Award at the WA Citizen of the Year Awards in 2010, and in 2012 was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to paediatric medicine and child health. ………………….. Those of us who trained in Western Australia during Trevor’s time at the State Child Development Centre will remember his purposeful and caring approach to the craft of developmental paediatrics. I also remember Trevor as the gentleman paediatrician who first introduced me to this fascinating area of work. ………………….. I encourage those of you who had the good fortune to know Trevor to share your memories and reflections of him as replies to this post below. ………………….. With all my best wishes to you all.
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2021-11-04 04:54:43 View / Comment (0)
Tribute by Acting Director-General of Health, Government of Western Australia. ……………………… Vale Dr Trevor Parry AM ……………………… It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the recent passing of Dr Trevor Parry, at the age of 82. ……………………… Trevor was a Developmental Paediatrician and Clinical Professor, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia. He was a graduate of the Western Australian Medical School and following time in Fiji and Sarawak undertook postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom in Public Health, Child Health and Developmental Paediatrics. ……………………… Trevor was responsible for the establishment of the State Child Development Centre in 1978, and was the Director until April 2004. This Centre became the model for many other Developmental Centres in Perth and Western Australia. ……………………… Trevor worked tirelessly to improve the welfare and development of children in Western Australia and Australia, and other parts of the world. ……………………… He was recognised in 2006 by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (John Sands Medal), and was the inaugural recipient of the Children and Young People Lifetime Achievement Award at the WA Citizen of the Year Awards in 2010. ……………………… He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012 for his services to paediatric medicine and child health. ……………………… Trevor had a welcoming, comfortable demeanour with children and parents, and this extended to many paediatricians, trainees and medical students over the years. He was a tremendous teacher, role-model and mentor to many. ……………………… A funeral service to celebrate Trevor’s life will be conducted in St Philips Anglican Church, 240 Marmion St, Cottesloe, commencing 2pm on Thursday, 7 October. ……………………… Angela Kelly, A/Director General
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2021-11-04 04:50:39 View / Comment (0)
Tribute by Brad Jongeling ………………………… It is sad to farewell Trevor, who was a wonderful, kind and compassionate paediatrician and gentleman. He was a great teacher, wonderful communicator, supportive manager, helpful mentor, and loved colleague who we will all deeply miss. His service to the children of WA is significant and he leaves a big gap for those of us who follow. ………………………… While I will always remember my time training under his guidance from when I was a registrar at SCDC and the ensuing 15 years that we worked together in the Child Development Service, I also want to recall his service to his other passions – his Christian faith and his choral singing. I remember first meeting him when I was 15 on an Easter camp when he was a speaker and his thoughtfulness, passion and care shone through. His faith permeated his care, never overt, always respectful and always open to others. He was a lay preacher in his church and a respected elder. ………………………… Over the years I have seen him and his late wife Liz at many events outside of work particularly at shared UWA Choral society and Collegium choir concerts (my wife and father-in-law were in the same choirs) where his bass voice could be heard clear and strong. He was a natural leader and administrator even here. ………………………… Having been trained by Trevor in the use of the Griffiths scales and having taken over the role of teaching for the last 10 years from Trevor and then Noel French I recall which much fondness his yearly introduction where he noted meeting Ruth Griffiths in London in the 1970’s. He related the story of Ruth Griffiths (who was born not just last century but the one before) being waited on by her phd students, storing the data records in shoe boxes under the manor stairs, having cucumber sandwiches and attending a musical soirée one evening during the course. Trevor brought that test back to Australia when he set up the SCDC and in WA at least we continue to use it in its updated form to this day. I agree with Graham – his passing truly marks the end of an era. ………………………… His WA colleagues will arrange flowers for his children David and Bronnie and where possible attend his funeral; we will ensure we pass on to his family the sincere condolences of his broader Australasian paediatric community.
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2021-11-04 04:46:34 View / Comment (0)
Eulogy by Ian Lindsay read out at the memorial service. …………………… We gather to thank God for the life of a remarkably gifted and dedicated man. Trevor’s gifts and achievements were seen in his medical career, spanning over half a century. As a developmental paediatrician, he gained an international reputation and for decades he was committed to improving the health and wellbeing of children, in WA and far beyond. …………………… Trevor established the State Child Development Centre in 1974 and directed it for the following 30 years. He was committed to educating community groups, schools and families about the importance of early childhood development. I heard him speak to professional and community groups and I can testify that his depth of research-based knowledge and inspirational delivery were of great benefit to the hearers. As a council member at Carey Baptist College at the time, I know how significant was his input in the development of its Early Years programme. …………………… For about 50 years Trevor was a consultant paediatrician to the WA Dept of Health. He was the founder of the WA branch of the National Investment for the Early Years, and a Clinical Professor in Paediatrics at the University of WA. During his career he did post-graduate study in the UK, worked in Fiji with Dr John Masarei, and in Borneo, and was a consultant sent by World Vision to Romania following the fall of the Ceaucescu regime, which visit had a profound effect on him. He was also an Ambassador for the Commission for Children and Young People, an office established by the WA Parliament in 2006 to oversee the wellbeing of children in WA. …………………… In recent days I have received a large number of tributes to Trevor from his colleagues around Australia and overseas. They comment on his pioneering work - as one former colleague states,’ He was a founding father of developmental paediatrics in Australasia’ - but more than that, they comment on his qualities as a mentor and friend. I will share these with you through an eBook which will also give you the opportunity to contribute your own memories. Because of privacy conventions, those from colleagues will be anonymous unless requested otherwise. Just as a foretaste, though, here is an extract from the tribute to Trevor from Dr Brad Jongeling who worked with Trevor for 15 years in the Child Development Service: “It is sad to farewell Trevor, who was a wonderful, kind and compassionate paediatrician and gentleman. He was a great teacher, wonderful communicator, supportive manager, helpful mentor and loved colleague who we will all deeply miss. His service to the children of WA is significant and he leaves a big gap for those of us who follow.” …………………… I have received a number of tributes to Trevor from friends, both locally and from overseas. You will forgive me for not mentioning your names, but your tributes, too, will be available for all to read. …………………… Trevor received a number of honours for his contribution to child health - he was a Member of the Order of Australia, a WA Citizen of the Year in 2010, and a medallist of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, to name just a few. We honour him for his professional achievements, but we also know that there was more to the man than these. Trevor was a deeply-committed Christian whose faith was apparent even in his school years. A few of us remember him as a student, academically gifted, but also an outstanding athlete and fine musician. As an undergraduate, he led the Floreat Park District meeting for boys and was a camp leader on Scripture Union camps and leadership conferences for many years. Trevor had a fund of funny stories, and I recall campers at breakfast banging the tables and chanting ‘We do hope that he won’t tarry, ‘cos we want a joke from Dr Parry.’ But alongside that humour, he was a wise counsellor to many and his personal disciplines like a daily Quiet Time with God were key to his spiritual ministry as a teacher - in his church and the wider church and parachurch movements too. I must mention his love of music - as a performer and listener. Trevor was a member of at least three choirs at various times. He loved choral music, and I recall us choristers performing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ without musical scores. Even in recent months, when ‘Messiah’ choruses were played in his room, his lips would move to the music. A piano was moved on to his floor at Chrystal Halliday so he could play it. …………………… For over 50 years he and Liz were generous in their hospitality. We always think of them together as a devoted couple, and many of us here can recall special occasions with them in Wembley Downs, or holidays at Rottnest and for a wonderful decade at Margaret River, where the Parrys and Masereis were generous hosts. Trevor had a great sense of humour, and Malcolm may be horrified to know that Trevor at breakfast with a tea cosy on his head would give a very passable imitation of a Bishop. Breakfast would merge into morning tea, followed by swimming, canoeing, cycling or walking and topped off by visiting a vineyard or cafe. But there was always time for prayer, for sharing over the Scriptures and for serious conversations. People here today also have wonderful memories of holidays, of river and ocean cruises and extended stays with Trevor and Liz overseas. They were always great companions. …………………… In Revelation ch.14 we read: 'And I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write this down: Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds follow them.’ Trevor is at rest in the Lord’s nearer Presence, but his life will continue to touch the future through the example of godly living and the professional and spiritual counsel he gave for so long to so many. We thank God for every remembrance of him.
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2021-10-18 06:56:12 View / Comment (0)
Trevor and i met over 40 years ago.i enjoyed catching up whenever i visited Perth and particularly enjoyed the Paediatric Prayer Group meetings that Trevor instigated at the annual meeting of the College as well as the twice yearly letters shared by the PPG. Trevor was a pioneer in developmental paediatrics at a time when few were interested. Now over 700 paediatricians in Australia and New Zealand work predominantly in developmental and behavioural paediatrics. When our son was living in Perth, we entrusted the care our our grand daughter to Trevor and will always be grateful. Trevor's ongoing influence is a rich legacy for so many paediatricians and children. Kim Oates
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2021-10-11 11:15:49 View / Comment (0)
I've known Trevor since our University days. He was in the first cohort of medical students to complete all their studies in WA (as opposed to spending some years in Adelaide). Perhaps because he was a few years older than me, or perhaps because he was one of the elite - a medical student, or perhaps just because he always was Trevor, he always seemed much more mature (socially, physically and spiritually) and was highly regarded and admired by us "ordinary" students and members of the Christian Union. Thereafter our paths diverged for a number of years. I didn't really get to know Trevor well till the mid-1980s. He had heard that Helen and I had come into a fresh experience of the Holy Spirit, and he eagerly sought this himself. He and I would meet weekly for prayer. He then took himself off to New Zealand to attend a conference led by John Wimber (before he came to Perth). When John Wimber started coming to Perth, Trevor was actively involved. Trevor was someone who I always considered to be close to God, and this may be because he was never shy to admit that he was seeking more. Trevor was the most accomplished person I've ever known. He seemed to be able to excel in every area of endeavour, whether it be spiritually, intellectually, compassionately or physically. For instance, I remember attending a visit to the Perth Entertainment Centre by the Harlem Globetrotters in March 1982; Trevor was there, too, near the front row; the players called him up onto the arena and he proceeded to acquit himself wonderfully: Bronny was there with him, and she may well have been mortified, but my response was "is there nothing this man cannot do!?". As a family, the Parrys joined our Busselton Beach Mission team in the mid 1980s. His compassion was well expressed in his care for us when I was charged (and later fully exonerated) with falsifying a company prospectus, including arranging prayer meetings. This lasted most of 1989, but when it was all over he invited us to join him and Liz at a holiday cottage on Rottnest Island, which we then did for several years running. These were times of great unwinding and warm fellowship and spiritual refreshment. We subsequently spent numerous holidays with Trevor and Liz, including them coming to stay with us for a protracted period when we lived in Oxford. This was the time of the fresh Holy Spirit outpouring known as the Toronto Blessing, which reached our church in Oxford, and Trevor once again was eager to receive all that the Lord may have for him. We've also been on several river and ocean cruises with Trevor and Liz, and stayed with them at Margaret River (and I know so many have benefited from their hospitality there!). Sadly, one of the last occasions when we were booked to travel with them, in 2015, to Darwin, Murray River and Adelaide, Trevor had an accident and couldn't travel. But later that year we did get to cruise around New Zealand with them. For someone so accomplished in so many ways, Trevor nevertheless was quite competitive. As it happens, so am I. So whether it was who won at Settlers of Catan, or who got to spot a kingfisher first at Rottnest, or who had the sharpest knife for slicing tomatoes, or who was first to obtain the Pink Panther decoration on a sundae at Bar Cap in Northbridge, we competed as if for sheep stations. Trevor also had a great, sometimes cheeky, sense of humour. His devotion to the Lord never wavered. As I visited him at Chrystal Halliday Residential Care Home over the past 18 months, he would always say "yes please!" whenever I asked if he'd like me to read him a psalm, or play him a worship song. And though I couldn't understand his speech he would always pray with me. I was happy to say Amen to those prayers, as I understood the sense of his prayers, even if not most of the words. Trevor loved music and like many others we have attended numerous concerts with Liz and him. As well as listening to music, and playing it himself (they moved a piano onto his floor at Chrystal Halliday so he could play it), he also loved to sing (again, he was very accomplished). It's wonderful now to think that he is swelling the heavenly choir with his rich bass voice. That is something he was looking forward to, to be with his Lord and expressing his love for Jesus in song.
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2021-10-09 14:37:24 View / Comment (0)25-Sep-2011 Trevor, Liz and Helen enjoying the sights near Durnstein, River Danube.
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2021-10-09 15:16:37 View / Comment (0)1-Dec-2015 Trevor Parry playing a public piano in Napier, New Zealand, whilst on a cruise around NZ.
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2021-10-09 14:38:20 View / Comment (0)2-Jan-2019 Trevor with Alex at the Hopman Cup tennis tournament, in Perth Arena.
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John and Marylee Masarei: ........................... John and Marylee Masarei’s friendship with Trevor began in the mid 1960s when Trevor joined John at the Methodist Hospital, Ba, Fiji as the second doctor there. Trevor was known to John and Marylee but the close friendship developed in the busy hospital and through life shared in the Fiji-Indian community.. Trevor had only just become engaged to Liz when he came to Fiji so they had to live the first six months of that commitment to one another thousands of miles apart. It was the days of the cassette recorder and Trevor would get a bit of teasing when a cassette arrived in the post and he departed to his room. Both Trevor and John were fairly new doctors and not altogether prepared professionally for the work demanded of them so there was mutual support which drew them closer together. It was here we saw the Trevor with the qualities for which he earned such respect over his working life in the field of paediatrics and child development. ............................... The next circumstance deepening our friendship arose on a flight to Pakistan by Marylee and Liz. These two thought their husbands should find more time to relax or be distracted and dreamed up the idea of building a holiday home together. We had been taking holidays together in Margaret River and on one of these occasions looked at some land and agreed to buy it jointly and build. Friends and colleagues good naturedly warned us that our friendship might not survive such an enterprise but their fears were unfounded and we had a long and happy time of sharing it together. The innate and spiritually derived personal qualities of Trevor and Liz proved an enormous blessing to us and to many others.
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