AEE 2607: Connection 101

Summary

All Ears English Podcast
Episode 2607: Connection 101
Air Date: April 28, 2026
Hosts: Lindsay McMahon & Michelle Kaplan

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Episode Overview

This episode explores an essential expression in American English: the use of "___ 101" to signal basic or foundational knowledge about a subject. Lindsay and Michelle break down the origins of "101," discuss its meaning and use both in academic and everyday contexts, and showcase how this phrase can be both useful and a fun way to connect with others—especially through self-deprecating humor and shared vulnerability.

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Main Themes & Purpose

• Introducing "___ 101": The episode unpacks the phrase "something 101," explaining how it's used far beyond college course catalogs.
• Connection Through Vulnerability: The hosts emphasize that admitting gaps in your knowledge (“showing your vulnerabilities”) creates opportunities to connect with others.
• English Learning Angle: The discussion teaches listeners a genuinely native way to describe basic knowledge while also highlighting cultural nuances around teasing and self-deprecation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. What Does "___ 101" Mean?

[02:18–04:47]

• Originates from college course numbers (e.g., "Bio 101" for introductory Biology).
• Refers to anything that is the foundation/basics of a topic, e.g., "Dog Training 101", "Eye Makeup 101".
  • Lindsay: "This has really expanded out to the rest of the culture beyond just your college catalog of courses." [03:41]
  • Michelle: "...using that same idea, we use it a lot just outside of education to mean that something is basic knowledge about a topic." [05:03]

2. How to Use "___ 101" Naturally

[04:51–06:13]

• To highlight a basic skill everyone is expected to know.
• For playful self-mockery, as a gentle tease, or to point out obvious knowledge (context and relationship matter!).
  • Michelle: "You can use it to tease someone or to say something is easy." [06:13]
  • Lindsay: "Just saying that something should be or is really simple." [06:07]

3. Example Usage and Role-Plays

[08:20–09:23], [14:54–17:55]

• Role-play highlights (see full examples with timestamps below).
  • Learning how to French braid:
    • Lindsay: "Come on, Michelle, that's like Hairstyling 101." [08:30]
  • Office equipment confusion:
    • Michelle: "Lindsay, that's like Office Equipment 101." [08:46]
  • Culinary mistakes:
    • Michelle: "Oh, no, I used a red onion instead of a purple one. Oh, I can't believe I did that. That's Cooking 101." [09:04]
  • Driving skills:
    • Lindsay: "But that's like driving 101, but it's hard." [15:25]
    • Michelle: "That's entry level driving lesson knowledge." [17:39]

4. Cultural and Emotional Nuance

[07:29–08:20, 14:19–19:20]

• Use teasing carefully—you need a certain relationship and mutual understanding.
  • Michelle: "But again, got to be careful with it because you don't want to use it to insult anyone. So teasing is okay with someone you know..." [07:29]
• Admitting small weaknesses brings people together.
  • Lindsay: "Being a little bit self-deprecating can lead to connection because...it shows vulnerabilities in yourself." [18:55]
  • Michelle: "It's definitely like you're connecting over your vulnerability, over like, I don't know, teasing yourself a little bit." [14:35]

5. Related Terms and Expressions

[10:54–11:27]

• "The basics", "entry level", "beginner", as parallel expressions for describing foundational skills.
  • Michelle: "Right, or that's basic math." [11:05]
  • Michelle: "Or that's entry level people skills." [11:14]
• "Entry level" is commonly used in the business world, but also applicable beyond, similar to "101".

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "It’s something 101—training 101. I think I absolutely say this and I enjoy saying it too. It’s kind of fun." — Lindsay, [04:54]
• "Using that same idea...we use it a lot just outside of education to mean that something is basic knowledge about a topic." — Michelle, [05:03]
• "Just saying to yourself, I should have known this. I’m so silly. A lot of people have that personality to tease themselves first before anyone else does." — Lindsay, [09:23]
• "You can use it to be self-deprecating or kind of tease yourself. So very versatile here. And fun." — Michelle, [09:12]
• "I feel like this could open a lot of connection moments for, for our listeners, don’t you think?" — Lindsay, [17:56]
• "That’s it! That’s connection right there." — Lindsay, [19:33]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:18–04:47] — Explaining what “___ 101” means and its origins
• [04:51–06:13] — Practical examples and why it’s fun and useful
• [07:29–08:20] — Social nuances: teasing and relationship sensitivity
• [08:20–09:23] — Short role-plays demonstrating the expression
• [10:54–11:27] — Related vocabulary: basics, entry level, beginner
• [14:19–19:33] — Vulnerability, self-deprecation, and connection through discussing “gaps” in knowledge; further role-play on driving/parking

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Takeaways

• "___ 101" means the foundational, basic knowledge of a skill or subject—originally from college course numbering but now widely used.
• Using "___ 101" in conversation is a fun, native way to point out that something should be easy or is fundamental—great for making connections through shared vulnerability or playful teasing.
• Always consider your relationship with the listener when using it as a tease.
• Admitting what you don’t know or what you wish you’d learned creates honest, connecting moments.

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Suggestions for Learners

• Try using "___ 101" to talk about skills with friends or colleagues and see if it leads to more authentic, vulnerable, and fun conversations.
• Practice being a little self-deprecating in English—it can be a door to memorable connections!

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Connection, not perfection!

Transcript

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[Michelle Kaplan]

One amazing way to connect is to show your vulnerabilities. Like what you don't know, but you think you should know by now. Today, get a fun and native way to express this by using a number.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

How's it going today? How are you?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Hey, Lindsay. I'm good. How are you?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Good. Ready to get into today's topic?

[Michelle Kaplan]

I am, yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You went to a liberal arts college, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So in colleges like that, often you end up taking a lot of prereqs. Prerequisites, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

What is a prerequisite?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Prereqs are courses that you need to take in order to get to the next course. Or then there are also core courses. Right. You have to take, you know, you have to take like even if you're not going to be studying math, you might have to take a math course or you might have to take an English course just for on like writing papers or something like that. Yeah. Or you might. I had to take a biology course,

[Lindsay McMahon]

which I was not happy about I struggle a lot. I hated bio. Bio 101. My freshman year in college was quite challenging. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But. But These are often pre one. These are often 101s. Right. And why not 102s? Why not 101s? Some colleges probably have that.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Some are one. Yeah, I think they have it. But the. So the. It's just interesting how.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

We use 101 specifically. So, guys, we're hinting at what we're teaching today. We're going to teach a fun way to say something is considered the basics of a certain skill or idea. Introductory. Yes, exactly. So, yeah, it's. The construction we're working with today is it's blank 101. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

This is really expanded out to the rest of the culture beyond just your college catalog of courses.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

It's so many things. And we're so. If you've ever heard someone say it's It's I makeup 101 and wondered what the heck are they talking about?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

It sounds like what today?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Dog training 101. Right. You're gonna know today. So this is what we're getting into. But first, guys, don't forget, if you want the best possible listening experience for Allers English, that happens inside our iOS or Android app. And the reason for that is we provide full transcripts that have been fully checked and proofed by. By human beings.

[Michelle Kaplan]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

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[Michelle Kaplan]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

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[Michelle Kaplan]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

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[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Exactly.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So, all right, Lindsay, is that something you would say or do you hear that?

[Lindsay McMahon]

It's something 101 training 101. Yeah, 100. I. I think I absolutely say this and I enjoy saying it too. It's kind of fun. It's kind of fun.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, exactly. And again, so in education, this is an introductory level course. It's Bio101. So. But using that same idea as Lindsay mentioned, we use it a lot just outside of education to mean that something is basic knowledge about a topic.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes, Basic knowledge. You're going to get the Foundational, fundamental information. And then maybe you're going to build on top of that later. But these are the basics that you need to know, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly. So you said that example. This is eye makeup 101.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And I feel like I need a makeup 101 course. Oh, me too.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, I got no idea. So a lot of priority.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I need Cooking 101 for sure. Baking 101. Here's another example. You should know how to do this. It's bread baking 101. Right. So here we're saying you should know this. This is something you should have learned earlier in life. It's easy. Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, Exactly. Or okay, this is Computer Skills 101. I can definitely handle this. So. Yeah, I'm just saying. Okay, this is just the basics. I got this. Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yep, exactly. Really interesting and fun way just to say that something should be or is really simple.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Okay. Yeah. So I mean, this can be used to say you can easily understand a skill or idea because it's basic or it's. It can be used to tease someone or to say something is easy.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Like, come on, this is bread baking 101. Or this is, you know. Yeah, this is babysitting 101.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Parallel parking 101.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. Yeah, that's one. That's a hard one for me. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Do you know they have cars now that will actually parallel. Like fancy, fancy cars where you can set up programming. You could set a setting that says parallel park my car. Did you know you could do that in some cars?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Really?

[Lindsay McMahon]

So crazy. Oh, my gosh. Where you just like, you line it up and then you press the button and you don't touch it, just parks it for you.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. That is. I would love, if I had the money for something like that. That's.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I would. I'll never have that. I'll never have a car like that. But like, that's one of the things I worry. Are we going to forget how to parallel park? Right. Because if we have.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Well, I don't even know. I. I do forget how to parallel. I mean, like, I'm not a good. Anyway, so I might as well let a machine do it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Did you have to parallel park in your driving test when you were 16?

[Michelle Kaplan]

I remember. Do you know with my dad learning with the cones and. Yeah, Yep.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay. Anyways, side point. So.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes. But yeah, I think this is really fun and kind of a zippy sounding expression. But again, got to be careful with it because you don't want to use it to insult anyone. Right. So teasing is okay. With someone, you know, and we've talked about that kind of relationship before. And, and you know, when you like, we, we're. We spend a lot of time talking about this actually, you know, oh, this is okay to use with this person. Not with this person. This should be a relationship. You know, always consider, you know, if you are. If somebody doesn't get something and you're saying this is something 101, it's. It's teasing. And so just think about your relationship.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Exactly. Or think about like, what level of competence should they have in this thing? Right, right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Because they actually should have more confidence. You're probably not going to say that. If they know they're not a good cook, you know, they're not a good cook, you know, maybe it's okay. Right, right, right. No one cares.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So let's do a couple short role plays to show how this might show up in a conversation.

[Lindsay McMahon]

All right. You don't know how to do a French braid.

[Michelle Kaplan]

No clue.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Come on, Michelle, that's like Hairstyling 101.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Ha ha.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I would not know how to do that.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I don't know how to do all

[Lindsay McMahon]

of these things we don't know how to do.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, yes, exactly. Or okay, so put the paper on this end.

[Lindsay McMahon]

That end.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Lindsay, that's like Office Equipment 101.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, I know, I know. See, this is. Maybe I know that I should know. Often we know we should know something, but we don't.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, right, right. Mm. Or here's another one. Oh, no, I used a red onion instead of a purple one. Oh, I can't believe I did that. That's Cooking 101.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So that I would not know either. When you're supposed to use a red onion.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, exactly. I'm just like a white one. Yeah, but yeah, so you can see you can use it to be self deprecating or, you know, kind of tease yourself. So very versatile here. And fun.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, it is fun. It is fun. Just saying to yourself, I should have known this. I'm so silly. A lot of people have that personality to tease themselves first before anyone else does. Why not? Exactly. Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yep, exactly.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

All right, so, Michelle, there are other things you might say, like the basics.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Or it's basic. Something that's Christmas shopping. Basics. That's fine, right? That's fine.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right? Or that's basic math.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Or that's beginner or entry level. That's beginner level. Knife skills.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Or that's entry level People skills.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Ah, interesting.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

An entry level, just. Whereas the 101 one comes from academia, Entry level comes from the corporate world, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, exactly, exactly.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But again, it can be applied to the kitchen or dog training or whatever. Whatever it is. Carpentry or something, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. I mean, Lindsay, what is something in your life that you feel is basic to you but not to everyone else? And on the. On the flip side, what about the opposite? Something you don't find is easy, that others might.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I thought you were going to ask me about the opposite first. Yeah, well, through this episode, I've realized all these things are very advanced for me, like knife skills, onions, purple versus red versus white skiing, I guess, because I've been skiing since I was three, and it's like. It's like a muscle memory for me at this point. And I tried teaching someone to ski a few years ago, and it was very bad. I realized just because you're good at something doesn't mean you teach it well.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Interesting.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I was just like, I. It was our friend Emily, and I just. I said, I kept saying, like, just turn. Just turn. Like, you can't just say just turn on skis to an adult learner. Skiing. Learning to ski as an adult is, like, one of the scariest things you can do, by the way.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I bet. I don't know if I'll ever. Honestly, I don't know.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So she ended up, you know, in the. In the lodge just drinking Bloody Marys and I felt bad. I was like, I should never teach skiing, you know. So what about you, Michelle? What, what is something that is really basic to you is. Yeah. 101 that is basic to me.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I can think of the things that are not basic to me but the something that is really something, something that is based like stuff like public speaking. I mean, I feel like those things are like pretty natural to me. But you know, not like everybody feels comfortable with that, of course, but something that on the other end, I mean. Yeah. Hair styling. I mean I see these girls like, you know, I have a, I have an almost four year old daughter and

[Lindsay McMahon]

I say like, you have to learn hair braiding.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. And well, so I've started. She's finally. Let me like, let me start doing some braids in her hair.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

But it's, they're, they're really at the bottom, the bottom of the barrel of quality. And. But it's funny just because I see then pictures. This teacher send pictures every day and I see all these little girls like their beautiful hairstyles on mine is like God. Yeah. So hair styling, makeup, fashion design, like

[Lindsay McMahon]

these early stuff, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I mean I'd love to, you know, I'd love to learn more, but I'm

[Lindsay McMahon]

in the same boat. I'm in the same boat when it comes to makeup application, certainly hair, anything. I just let it go. I mean. Yeah, yeah. These are things, key skills I feel like I kind of missed at some point in life. But that's okay. That's okay. Right? We have other strengths and this is connection. Look how much we're connecting today. Right. This is a good example for our listeners to talk about, even talk about. Usually this comes out more in the context of a moment.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But there could be a conversation our listeners could have with a native speaker or a friend around. What are the things you feel like you should know by this point in life that you don't know yet or you don't understand or you don't have those skills. That's really fun to talk about because it makes you feel less bad when the other person shares something that seems basic to you. Right, right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

It's definitely like you're connecting over your vulnerability over like, I don't know, teasing yourself a little bit. Yeah. I always feel like you should have a good sense of humor about yourself and be able to tease yourself.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But. Yeah, please. Yes, yes. Oh, and look at this, Michelle. Our role play is all about parallel parking. Shocking.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh my gosh. That's right. I forgot.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I Didn't realize it, but it is. So here we go. All right, so here I am teaching you how to parallel park. All right? This is something that you know because we get our licenses 16, we do our driving test. Most driving tests in the US do require parallel parking. At least it did back when I took the test. Maybe it's change now. But city parking is parallel parking, right? So we, we should know how to do it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I can't believe you never got comfortable parallel parking.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I know, I know, Lindsay. I just hate it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But that's like driving 101, but it's hard.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I only really did it with traffic cones.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Traffic cones?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, when learning to drive with my dad, we used traffic cones for parking.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I've never heard of that. Never.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Lindsay, that's entry level driving lesson knowledge.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Well, here's a good question. Like, do you think driving standard Transmission is. Is 101? Is driving 101 now? I mean, this is debatable because like a stick shift, a lot of cars in the US don't come in standard. But you still could end up in an emergency where you have to drive a car that's a stick shift.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And I don't know how to do that. Didn't you say your dad wanted said?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, my dad. I mean, I've always had stick shifts. The cars that I've owned. And then my dad always said that like you have to learn in case there's an emergency and you have to hop in a car and it's a stick shift.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I mean, that's a good point. So wait, so the car you have now is stick shift too?

[Lindsay McMahon]

No, the car that I share with my partner is standard. It's an SUV. But the cars I've owned personally, like my 16 year old car, you know, like my, like the Honda I had, those were stick shifts, but they're disappearing. So maybe it's no longer driving 101. I don't know.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I feel like I never hear about people using them, but I don't know, maybe a lot of people do.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Maybe it's more like just sports cars. If you go to Europe. For sure. We rented a car in Slovenia and it was. I can't remember if there were only stick shifts or if they were much cheaper to get the stick shift. I think that's what it was to get the stick shift was much cheaper so we could save money. So I always end up driving when we travel.

[Michelle Kaplan]

That's funny.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Anyways, let's go back through this. You said. I said, I can't believe you never got comfortable parallel parking. And you said, I know, I know, I just hate it. And I said, but Michelle, it's like driving 101, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

It's like the basics. It's like everybody learns this, right? And then I said, yeah, when learning to drive with my dad, we use traffic cones for parking. What? I mean, I think that's pretty common, right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

But still, that's. So then you said, I've never heard of that. So then I was teasing you because that's pretty, pretty traditional, right? So I said, never, Lindsay. That's entry level driving lesson knowledge. So I'm giving it back to you. You tease me, I'm gonna tease you right back.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I love that. I love that. Yeah, but we never. I never. You. I guess it's better though if you're learning to parallel park. If you're teaching a 16 year old how to parallel park, it's better to use cones than to go to a real street in the city.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And like I remember we went to the high school parking lot with the cones.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Good memories though.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh yeah. Yep, I have those memories too. Oh, so fun. Anyways, good topic today, Michelle. I mean, I feel like this could open a lot of connection moments for, for our listeners, don't you think?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, absolutely. This is, this is a huge, this is really big actually because you can say so much about what you know, what you don't know. Like the holes that you feel that are in your knowledge. Yes, you can say what you think people should know. There's just so much, so much, there's

[Lindsay McMahon]

so much you can make fun of yourself. Yeah, there's, there's a lot here. This is a very rich episode, guys. Going over to 2577. Can versus can't. 3. Three pronunciation tips. Very important sticking point for a lot of our listeners. Recognizing the difference when is someone saying can and when is someone saying can? Because we really have to know, Michelle.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. Oh yeah, it's very important. Yep, exactly. So check that one out today. And I guess we did the takeaway away. Take away away the takeaway already. We did.

[Lindsay McMahon]

That's a takeaway. I mean, think about, maybe listen again, guys. Think about all the ways you might start to incorporate this. And in the end, I think that being a little bit self deprecating can lead to connection because like you said earlier, Michelle, it shows vulnerabilities in yourself. People may not have the same vulnerabilities, but they have their own. They may be great with knife. Knife skills, but they really struggle with putting on makeup. Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Connect over those differences.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I feel like I have a lot of conversations like this. It's just like, oh, I'm so terrible at this, which is not great. But you know, with, with friends, it can bring about connection. I mean, you're not taking yourself too serious. And that's what it's about.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. That's it. That's, that's connection right there. All right, Michelle, you have a good rest of your day. I'll talk to you very soon.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right. Bye, Lindsay. Bye, guys.

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