Visit the UTSW Medical School and check out the Explorers Post Program's monthly guest speakers. Reflect on the topic presented and share what you learned from the event.
I went to the Explorer's Post Program last night, the guest was a nurse practitioner of one month! She taught us a lot about the different career paths one can take if they want to be a nurse practitioner, but don't want to be stuck with one thing. She also told us that for the end of 2014, students who want to become nurse practitioners have to get their DNP now, instead of just a master's and then a bachelor's, so school will be a little bit longer and a little more rigorous. I learned a lot about the job and if I want to go that route, she was very informative!
Last night, Virginia Ann Rady spoke to us about her profession as a nurse practitioner. She described her experiences as she worked towards becoming a RN, and ANP-C. She told us the difference between a nurse practitioner and a physician, and the steps we would need to take to get to where she was.
I went to the UT Southwestern event where a nurse practitioner came in and talked about her job. She talked about what she is and what she had to do to get to where she is today. She explained that an NP can order and interpret diagnostics tests and labs. They are basically just a step below a doctor. They are not all about just giving their patients information, they explain why the information that they are giving their patients is important and why it matters. They get to coordinate with a physical therapist, occupational therapist, and a speech therapist. An NP gets to do their job in clinics, at patients homes, long term hospitals. They get to travel around the world and do their job if they choose. After 2014, a masters degree will no longer be enough so they will be required to get a DNP ( a Doctor of Nurse Practitioner). You can basically do anything as an NP. I also learned that even though an NP makes a good amount of money, money should not be the reason why you go into the field. Your patients deserve a better attitude than that.
I attended the event at UT southwestern last night. Virginia Ann Rady, a nurse practitioner, spoke about her career and how she got to where she is today. She explained a typical week in the life of an NP, which can be very demanding. I learned that a nurse practitioner and a doctor are similar, but different. A NP works for a doctor and can only prescribe certain medications. This was very interesting to me and it peaked my interest. I liked how she told the audience exactly what to do in college and what route to take in order to become a nurse practitioner.
At the lecture at UTSW last night, Nurse Practitioner Virginia Ann Rady discussed the components and characteristics of her occupation. I absolutely loved it; I was on the edge of my seat during the entire lecture. Since I want to pursue a future career as a nurse practitioner, it was definitely worthwhile and helpful for my sake. Nurse Rady ran through a general presentation that covered a brief description of what NPs do, the skills required to become an efficient NP, the educational requirements, and the differences between NPs and PAs and other practitioners. Her explanation gave me a lot of insight and assurance as to what exactly was the kind of job I'm looking for/interested in. The amazing fact that NPs get to bond with the patients makes this career even more appealing. The one subject that stood out to me the most was the fact that Nurse Practitioners are not limited to one route; they have a wide range of fields they can specialize in: pediatrics, family, pharmacology, anesthesiology, and so forth. Not only that, but she also explained the current vs. future (Doctor of Nurse Practitioner degree) educational requirements that I was not aware of. Overall, the lecture was definitely informational, and I am more than glad to have had this opportunity to learn more about my dream occupation through a nurse practitioner herself.
I was fortunate enough to attend the UTSW seminar on Monday night where nurse practitioner, Virginia Ann Rady, spoke about how she was able to pursue her career. I myself dream of one day going into medicine as a career so this event was perfect for me and extremely informative. I learned a lot about what her day consists of and the differences between a nurse practitioner, a physician's assistant, and a doctor. I was also very pleased to find out the education steps she went through to become a nurse practitioner as well as the fact that she boasted about how she could not imagine herself in any other career. I found it interesting that you are not limited to one specific practice when being a nurse practitioner, I really like this aspect of the career because it allows you to find your own niche. After the seminar, I became very excited with my major of choice and am very ready to start my career in medicine down the road.
I attended the UTSW lecture the other night and the speaker was Virginia Ann Rady ,She is a Nurse Practitioner. She told us about how she got into that career field and all the degrees we have to get in order to pursue it. Nurse practitioners are not the same as doctors but the are allowed to do certain things as a doctors. The degrees that she had to get will soon change for the future NP we will need a DNP not a masters. The money that they make is good , but she said that you should not just do it for the money. It was good and I had fun learning about a new career option.
On September 23rd, I attended a lecture at UTSW by nurse practitioner Virginia Ann Rady. The lecture was primarily about explaining what it means to be a nurse practitioner, as well as what parameters they work under. In my opinion, the most interesting part of the lecture was when Mrs. Rady discussed all the different sub-categories of nurse practitioners. I found this interesting because one of the sub categories she mentioned was "nurse anesthetist", which relates to me because I want to be an anesthesiologist. This lecture helped show me that I don't necessarily have to be an anesthesiologist to work with anesthesia and patients, which is what interests me. Overall I enjoyed this lecture and found it very useful in giving me ideas about what careers I could possibly pursue in the future.
I attended the second UT Southwestern lecture and this topic was about genetics. The lady speaker was explaining how genes are passed down and how sometimes they might skip a parent and be go to the child. She also talked about people with Down syndrome have an extra third 21st chromosome called trisomy 21 and that is why people with it look somewhat alike in the face area . In the embryo when the baby is developing the genes can break apart and switch with another gene and cause a defect to that baby. She said that there is a difference between identical twin and fraternal twin, and that why identical twins look alike and fraternal twins look nothing alike. I found all of this information very interesting and cool to learn about, and there was fun activity at the end to show how genetics in your family works.
I attended the UT Southwestern Explorer Post Program on October 21st and listened to the speaker who was a genetic counselor. I've only heard of genetic counseling a few other times and was interested in learning more about what it is. She explained her daily routine as a genetic counselor and then explained some background information on genetics. She discussed the different things that can be learned about a person by looking at their genes, including risk for diseases and methods of preventing specific diseases. I also learned that genetic counseling school is just a two year graduate school which students can attend after earning an undergraduate degree. I also learned about the current research being done to complete the human genome map. This is a rapidly developing area of research. Something I found surprising was when she said the scientists and doctors only understand about 10% of human genes. Humans don't even know what about 90% of our genes are for. The speaker also talked about chromosome and the difference between chromosomes and genes. I learned that while some disorders and diseases are cause by mutations in chromosomes, some are caused only by a mutated gene. She explained that chromosome disorders often have many more symptoms or effects than gene disorders because all of our genes are wound up into the 24 chromosomes. So if a piece of a chromosome is missing or mutated it effects multiple genes. I thought this topic was very interesting because of the moral dilemmas and new discoveries that effect the profession.
I went to the cancer genetics session at UTSW and heard a genetic counselor speak on her profession as well as the field in genetics. I did not know about genetic counseling prior to attending this session, so it seems like an interesting profession. Personally I couldn't do it, because telling people that type of information is too difficult. However, it is important because it allows us to find out early about the disease so we are able to manage it. Also this particular field is booming and there is a high demand is it would be a good field to pursue. I am considering it now whereas I would not have even thought about it before. Within the lecture there was a mini lesson on the basics of genes which was really helpful and cleared some things up, especially on chromosomes.For instance chromosome disorders all branch and mutate some part of the 24 chromosome. Then the engagement activity was really cool, because I learned about family acquired genetics and got a snack. Overall this was a very good presentation and very informative.
I attended the UT Southwestern lecture on October 21st. This lecture was about cancer in genetics. This was a really interesting topic to me and I found it very informing. This was my sexing lecture to attend and I will be going back to future lectures. This topic was talking about all of the genetic diseases that babies can have before they are born. Down syndrome is something that is genetic. This is also known as trisomy 21. This means that there is a third, or extra chromosome on the 21st chromosome. At the end of the presentation, the speaker let us do an activity to show us how family genes work. We each got colored skittles and a paper. We would reach our hand in the bag and without looking pick a few colors. Those would be the genes that they would have. And then it kept going until it got to you. This showed what we each get from our parents, then their parents, and so on. The speaker was really informative and I really enjoyed the lecture.
This weeks topic was nutrition and CPR. With the nutrition speaker she told us that we shouldn't believe everything that the label until you basically look at the ingredients. We did an activity where we got different snacks and drinks that claimed to be fat free, sugar free, whole grain, and real fruit. My group had fruit roll up strawberry flavor, and claimed to be a great source of vitamin C. When we looked at the nutrition label it had only 10% of vitamin C and it claimed to have strawberries but the only fruit in it was dried pears. The fruit roll up also had hydrogenated oil which is a trans fat. There were more that we looked at and they all had different ingredients, some that contained alcohol sugar (artificial sugar) and anything that has an ahol at the end of it. It was an okay topic, but it could have been better .
At UTSW last month, the speaker was a young nutritionist who taught us about how to know what's healthy and what isn't. We looked at several food labels and she showed us what to look for. Some ingredients are good and some ingredients should be avoided. She talked about the different types of sugar and what each type means. Then she gave us instructions on how to make a healthy energy drink. Gatorade, although it does have electrolytes, is very high in carbs and sugars. This drink was more natural and still tasted good. We also got to hear about CPR and practice compressions on a mannequin. This was a fancy mannequin which showed a red light when compressing to shallow or slow, and a green light when compressions were of the right speed and depth. That was interesting. It would be nice if humans had those.
At the UTSW event, the topic was nutrition and CPR. The nutritionist looked at foods that were advertised as healthy, but proved to be unhealthy. A few of these foods were ranch dressing, sports drinks, granola bars, and even low-fat cookies. She informed us of the importance of reading the ingredients and not just looking at the calorie count or wrapper. This was interesting and an informative session as I learned what ingredients to avoid when looking at foods and snacks to eat. The second speaker talked about CPR. He had a few videos for us to watch. A dummy was also brought in. I learned that you really have to push hard and put in some effort when delivering CPR. CPR is an important skill to have as it can save lives. Overall, the event was very informative and covered a range of subjects.
At UTSW we learned about nutrition and the proper way to perform CPR. The speaker explained to us that not everything on a label can necessarily be trusted. Many products will claim to be sugar free or have a great source of vitamins or even contain real fruit. She explained to us the only way to really check this is to look at the ingredients. We found that many of the products that claimed they contained natural ingredients actually did not. Things such as "strawberry" fruit roll ups really contained no strawberries at all. Towards the end we were taught how to do CPR correctly. A dummy was brought in which helped show if you were compressing correctly and the instructor gave everyone a chance to try it if they wanted to.
On December 3rd, I went to UTSW to listen to some guest speakers. There Erie two of them that came. One talked about how to use CPR successfully and a lady that talked about nutrition. I thought that the nutrition one was really interesting because she showed us how to read a label that they put on foods. She showed us how to read the ingredients, how to read serving and calories, and she also showed us what kind of vitamins are in certain foods. Before this lecture, I had thought that labels told the truth about what they put in their foods. But apparently, they don't. The front of the box could say 100% natural flavors, and you would look at the ingredients on the back of the box and it would say it has artificial things in it. I thought this was very interesting to hear and learn about. From now on, I will start looking more closely at what I eat and how they make certain foods.
Today was somewhat interesting at our UTSW we got to see a bunch of human parts such as, lungs, livers, uterus, and stomach. They showed us a cancerous, fatty ( liver) ,cirrhosis (liver), smokers lung and herpes infected uterus. When the lady was showing and telling us about how these things happened I was shocked. They told us that we would see cadavers and I was so excited and nervous to see a died body ( we only saw body parts) but I was still fun. The second part was this man who's a scientist was telling how long college is for him, that wasn't that interesting a bit boring. I enjoyed it I just wish we could have seen a body .
Last night I attended an Explore Post Meeting. The topic last night was over "Mistakes in Medicine". The speaker talked about the countries with the highest surgical mistake rates in the world. Unfortunately, The United States is number one. This is only because we perform more surgeries here in our country. The speaker also talked about how other countries turn over the people with head injuries. This meaning, if someone has a head injury then they will see if they could live on their own for 3 hours while they perform much needed surgeries. If they don't survive then they will obviously not perform the surgery. If they do survive, then they will do the surgery. Here in the United States, we don't turn people over for that. However, we will turn over some. The only way we turn people over, is if we have people come in severe life threatening injuries, we will send someone home that doesn't need to be in the hospital any longer. Most hospitals here in the United States, such as Parkland Hospital, don't keep any empty beds. This is going back to my first point about how the United States performs the most surgeries. We don't keep empty beds because people are always coming in. I really enjoyed last nights lecture. I thought it was one of the most interesting ones
I went to the Explorer's Post Program last night, the guest was a nurse practitioner of one month! She taught us a lot about the different career paths one can take if they want to be a nurse practitioner, but don't want to be stuck with one thing. She also told us that for the end of 2014, students who want to become nurse practitioners have to get their DNP now, instead of just a master's and then a bachelor's, so school will be a little bit longer and a little more rigorous. I learned a lot about the job and if I want to go that route, she was very informative!
ReplyDeleteLast night, Virginia Ann Rady spoke to us about her profession as a nurse practitioner. She described her experiences as she worked towards becoming a RN, and ANP-C. She told us the difference between a nurse practitioner and a physician, and the steps we would need to take to get to where she was.
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ReplyDeleteI went to the UT Southwestern event where a nurse practitioner came in and talked about her job. She talked about what she is and what she had to do to get to where she is today. She explained that an NP can order and interpret diagnostics tests and labs. They are basically just a step below a doctor. They are not all about just giving their patients information, they explain why the information that they are giving their patients is important and why it matters. They get to coordinate with a physical therapist, occupational therapist, and a speech therapist. An NP gets to do their job in clinics, at patients homes, long term hospitals. They get to travel around the world and do their job if they choose. After 2014, a masters degree will no longer be enough so they will be required to get a DNP ( a Doctor of Nurse Practitioner). You can basically do anything as an NP. I also learned that even though an NP makes a good amount of money, money should not be the reason why you go into the field. Your patients deserve a better attitude than that.
I attended the event at UT southwestern last night. Virginia Ann Rady, a nurse practitioner, spoke about her career and how she got to where she is today. She explained a typical week in the life of an NP, which can be very demanding. I learned that a nurse practitioner and a doctor are similar, but different. A NP works for a doctor and can only prescribe certain medications. This was very interesting to me and it peaked my interest. I liked how she told the audience exactly what to do in college and what route to take in order to become a nurse practitioner.
ReplyDeleteAt the lecture at UTSW last night, Nurse Practitioner Virginia Ann Rady discussed the components and characteristics of her occupation. I absolutely loved it; I was on the edge of my seat during the entire lecture. Since I want to pursue a future career as a nurse practitioner, it was definitely worthwhile and helpful for my sake. Nurse Rady ran through a general presentation that covered a brief description of what NPs do, the skills required to become an efficient NP, the educational requirements, and the differences between NPs and PAs and other practitioners. Her explanation gave me a lot of insight and assurance as to what exactly was the kind of job I'm looking for/interested in. The amazing fact that NPs get to bond with the patients makes this career even more appealing. The one subject that stood out to me the most was the fact that Nurse Practitioners are not limited to one route; they have a wide range of fields they can specialize in: pediatrics, family, pharmacology, anesthesiology, and so forth. Not only that, but she also explained the current vs. future (Doctor of Nurse Practitioner degree) educational requirements that I was not aware of. Overall, the lecture was definitely informational, and I am more than glad to have had this opportunity to learn more about my dream occupation through a nurse practitioner herself.
ReplyDeleteI was fortunate enough to attend the UTSW seminar on Monday night where nurse practitioner, Virginia Ann Rady, spoke about how she was able to pursue her career. I myself dream of one day going into medicine as a career so this event was perfect for me and extremely informative. I learned a lot about what her day consists of and the differences between a nurse practitioner, a physician's assistant, and a doctor. I was also very pleased to find out the education steps she went through to become a nurse practitioner as well as the fact that she boasted about how she could not imagine herself in any other career. I found it interesting that you are not limited to one specific practice when being a nurse practitioner, I really like this aspect of the career because it allows you to find your own niche. After the seminar, I became very excited with my major of choice and am very ready to start my career in medicine down the road.
ReplyDeleteI attended the UTSW lecture the other night and the speaker was Virginia Ann Rady ,She is a Nurse Practitioner. She told us about how she got into that career field and all the degrees we have to get in order to pursue it. Nurse practitioners are not the same as doctors but the are allowed to do certain things as a doctors. The degrees that she had to get will soon change for the future NP we will need a DNP not a masters. The money that they make is good , but she said that you should not just do it for the money. It was good and I had fun learning about a new career option.
ReplyDeleteOn September 23rd, I attended a lecture at UTSW by nurse practitioner Virginia Ann Rady. The lecture was primarily about explaining what it means to be a nurse practitioner, as well as what parameters they work under. In my opinion, the most interesting part of the lecture was when Mrs. Rady discussed all the different sub-categories of nurse practitioners. I found this interesting because one of the sub categories she mentioned was "nurse anesthetist", which relates to me because I want to be an anesthesiologist. This lecture helped show me that I don't necessarily have to be an anesthesiologist to work with anesthesia and patients, which is what interests me. Overall I enjoyed this lecture and found it very useful in giving me ideas about what careers I could possibly pursue in the future.
ReplyDeleteI attended the second UT Southwestern lecture and this topic was about genetics. The lady speaker was explaining how genes are passed down and how sometimes they might skip a parent and be go to the child. She also talked about people with Down syndrome have an extra third 21st chromosome called trisomy 21 and that is why people with it look somewhat alike in the face area . In the embryo when the baby is developing the genes can break apart and switch with another gene and cause a defect to that baby. She said that there is a difference between identical twin and fraternal twin, and that why identical twins look alike and fraternal twins look nothing alike. I found all of this information very interesting and cool to learn about, and there was fun activity at the end to show how genetics in your family works.
ReplyDeleteI attended the UT Southwestern Explorer Post Program on October 21st and listened to the speaker who was a genetic counselor. I've only heard of genetic counseling a few other times and was interested in learning more about what it is. She explained her daily routine as a genetic counselor and then explained some background information on genetics. She discussed the different things that can be learned about a person by looking at their genes, including risk for diseases and methods of preventing specific diseases. I also learned that genetic counseling school is just a two year graduate school which students can attend after earning an undergraduate degree. I also learned about the current research being done to complete the human genome map. This is a rapidly developing area of research. Something I found surprising was when she said the scientists and doctors only understand about 10% of human genes. Humans don't even know what about 90% of our genes are for. The speaker also talked about chromosome and the difference between chromosomes and genes. I learned that while some disorders and diseases are cause by mutations in chromosomes, some are caused only by a mutated gene. She explained that chromosome disorders often have many more symptoms or effects than gene disorders because all of our genes are wound up into the 24 chromosomes. So if a piece of a chromosome is missing or mutated it effects multiple genes. I thought this topic was very interesting because of the moral dilemmas and new discoveries that effect the profession.
ReplyDeleteI went to the cancer genetics session at UTSW and heard a genetic counselor speak on her profession as well as the field in genetics. I did not know about genetic counseling prior to attending this session, so it seems like an interesting profession. Personally I couldn't do it, because telling people that type of information is too difficult. However, it is important because it allows us to find out early about the disease so we are able to manage it. Also this particular field is booming and there is a high demand is it would be a good field to pursue. I am considering it now whereas I would not have even thought about it before. Within the lecture there was a mini lesson on the basics of genes which was really helpful and cleared some things up, especially on chromosomes.For instance chromosome disorders all branch and mutate some part of the 24 chromosome. Then the engagement activity was really cool, because I learned about family acquired genetics and got a snack. Overall this was a very good presentation and very informative.
ReplyDeleteI attended the UT Southwestern lecture on October 21st. This lecture was about cancer in genetics. This was a really interesting topic to me and I found it very informing. This was my sexing lecture to attend and I will be going back to future lectures. This topic was talking about all of the genetic diseases that babies can have before they are born. Down syndrome is something that is genetic. This is also known as trisomy 21. This means that there is a third, or extra chromosome on the 21st chromosome. At the end of the presentation, the speaker let us do an activity to show us how family genes work. We each got colored skittles and a paper. We would reach our hand in the bag and without looking pick a few colors. Those would be the genes that they would have. And then it kept going until it got to you. This showed what we each get from our parents, then their parents, and so on. The speaker was really informative and I really enjoyed the lecture.
ReplyDeleteThis weeks topic was nutrition and CPR. With the nutrition speaker she told us that we shouldn't believe everything that the label until you basically look at the ingredients. We did an activity where we got different snacks and drinks that claimed to be fat free, sugar free, whole grain, and real fruit. My group had fruit roll up strawberry flavor, and claimed to be a great source of vitamin C. When we looked at the nutrition label it had only 10% of vitamin C and it claimed to have strawberries but the only fruit in it was dried pears. The fruit roll up also had hydrogenated oil which is a trans fat. There were more that we looked at and they all had different ingredients, some that contained alcohol sugar (artificial sugar) and anything that has an ahol at the end of it. It was an okay topic, but it could have been better .
ReplyDeleteAt UTSW last month, the speaker was a young nutritionist who taught us about how to know what's healthy and what isn't. We looked at several food labels and she showed us what to look for. Some ingredients are good and some ingredients should be avoided. She talked about the different types of sugar and what each type means. Then she gave us instructions on how to make a healthy energy drink. Gatorade, although it does have electrolytes, is very high in carbs and sugars. This drink was more natural and still tasted good. We also got to hear about CPR and practice compressions on a mannequin. This was a fancy mannequin which showed a red light when compressing to shallow or slow, and a green light when compressions were of the right speed and depth. That was interesting. It would be nice if humans had those.
ReplyDeleteAt the UTSW event, the topic was nutrition and CPR. The nutritionist looked at foods that were advertised as healthy, but proved to be unhealthy. A few of these foods were ranch dressing, sports drinks, granola bars, and even low-fat cookies. She informed us of the importance of reading the ingredients and not just looking at the calorie count or wrapper. This was interesting and an informative session as I learned what ingredients to avoid when looking at foods and snacks to eat. The second speaker talked about CPR. He had a few videos for us to watch. A dummy was also brought in. I learned that you really have to push hard and put in some effort when delivering CPR. CPR is an important skill to have as it can save lives. Overall, the event was very informative and covered a range of subjects.
ReplyDeleteAt UTSW we learned about nutrition and the proper way to perform CPR. The speaker explained to us that not everything on a label can necessarily be trusted. Many products will claim to be sugar free or have a great source of vitamins or even contain real fruit. She explained to us the only way to really check this is to look at the ingredients. We found that many of the products that claimed they contained natural ingredients actually did not. Things such as "strawberry" fruit roll ups really contained no strawberries at all. Towards the end we were taught how to do CPR correctly. A dummy was brought in which helped show if you were compressing correctly and the instructor gave everyone a chance to try it if they wanted to.
ReplyDeleteOn December 3rd, I went to UTSW to listen to some guest speakers. There Erie two of them that came. One talked about how to use CPR successfully and a lady that talked about nutrition. I thought that the nutrition one was really interesting because she showed us how to read a label that they put on foods. She showed us how to read the ingredients, how to read serving and calories, and she also showed us what kind of vitamins are in certain foods. Before this lecture, I had thought that labels told the truth about what they put in their foods. But apparently, they don't. The front of the box could say 100% natural flavors, and you would look at the ingredients on the back of the box and it would say it has artificial things in it. I thought this was very interesting to hear and learn about. From now on, I will start looking more closely at what I eat and how they make certain foods.
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DeleteToday was somewhat interesting at our UTSW we got to see a bunch of human parts such as, lungs, livers, uterus, and stomach. They showed us a cancerous, fatty ( liver) ,cirrhosis (liver), smokers lung and herpes infected uterus. When the lady was showing and telling us about how these things happened I was shocked. They told us that we would see cadavers and I was so excited and nervous to see a died body ( we only saw body parts) but I was still fun. The second part was this man who's a scientist was telling how long college is for him, that wasn't that interesting a bit boring. I enjoyed it I just wish we could have seen a body .
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ReplyDeleteLast night I attended an Explore Post Meeting. The topic last night was over "Mistakes in Medicine". The speaker talked about the countries with the highest surgical mistake rates in the world. Unfortunately, The United States is number one. This is only because we perform more surgeries here in our country. The speaker also talked about how other countries turn over the people with head injuries. This meaning, if someone has a head injury then they will see if they could live on their own for 3 hours while they perform much needed surgeries. If they don't survive then they will obviously not perform the surgery. If they do survive, then they will do the surgery. Here in the United States, we don't turn people over for that. However, we will turn over some. The only way we turn people over, is if we have people come in severe life threatening injuries, we will send someone home that doesn't need to be in the hospital any longer. Most hospitals here in the United States, such as Parkland Hospital, don't keep any empty beds. This is going back to my first point about how the United States performs the most surgeries. We don't keep empty beds because people are always coming in. I really enjoyed last nights lecture. I thought it was one of the most interesting ones
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