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Has anyone ever tested for or -
Posted By: been hired by A to Z Transcription Service?
Just wondering because I believe that my skills and equipment meet their requirements, but never heard back after sending my resume.
I know that the MTSOs are often bombarded with resumes, but it would've been nice to be able to test for them.
Did you know... -
Posted By: LinK
That 2,600 is the number 2, then the number 6 and 2 zeros? The nurse practitioner that I type for just informed me of this. I didn't know that. LOL. You learn something new every day. Geesh, how dumb does she think I am?
VPN Connection -
Posted By: Lilly
When I am working if I get a call I lose my VPN connection. After several minutes I can reconnect and pick up where I let off, most of the time. Sometimes I have to save my work and completely reboot in order to conneect. Does this happen to any one else. So annoying and time consuming.
Cost of unlimited phone calling to do MT. What are the best rates. nm -
Posted By: MDMT
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis - LAM - never heard of this before but what a scary disease -
Posted By: Only women get it.
They just reported on this disease on our local TV station.
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2312/
"Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a progressive lung disease that strikes young women in the prime of their lives. The prevalence of the disease is not known but it has been estimated that there are a few hundred cases in the United States.
The disease is characterized by an unusual type of muscle cell that invades the tissue of the lungs, including the airways, and blood and lymph vessels. Over time, these muscle cells form into bundles and grow into the walls of the airways, causing them to become obstructed. Although these cells are not considered cancerous, they grow without the usual controls within the lungs. Over time, the muscle cells block the flow of air, blood, and lymph to and from the lungs, preventing the lungs from providing oxygen to the rest of the body.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is pronounced lim-fan-g-o-lie-o-my-o-ma-toe-sis. Lymph and angio refer to the lymph and blood vessels. Leiomyomatosis refers to the formation of the bundles of the unusual muscle cells.
Although there is no clear evidence for a hormonal abnormality, therapy has focused on estrogen reduction because of the population affected and includes tamoxifen therapy and progesterone therapy. Lung transplantation has become an established therapeutic option in patients with advanced disease. Recurrence of LAM has been reported in the transplanted lung of two patients raising questions about pathogenesis and suggesting a systemic component is involved.
The cause of LAM is not known. "
American Idol Results.....SOON -
Posted By: My2Cents
The results are in............who is leaving American Idol tonight? We will know in about 30 minutes from now. My feeling is that either Kevin or Kellie are going home tonight......I like Kellie, but she really doesn't have the voice like the others, and Kevin, well, he speaks for himself - CHICKEN LITTLE - LOLOLOLOL!
I see it coming down to Chris and Kathryn!!!!!!!!
Has anyone tried any of the cortisol weight loss products and if so which ones and do they work? nm -
Posted By: fatty fatty
nm
Word help -
Posted By: Sue
I have a dictation where the doc says the patient may have 'middlesmertz' .. but I can't find anything to verify this word. Anyone ever hear of this and direct me to a site to verify it? THANKS!
Abbreviations -
Posted By: Kathy
What is proper abbreviation for A Fib?
Is it harder to reach your daily line count on acute care or clinic? -
Posted By: Seems to me it would be easier on clinics. nm
nm
Help! Have face-to-face interview for at-home hospital job tomorrow and ....SM -
Posted By: MT looking
I want to ask the most comprehensive questions I can so as to make the best decision possible. I work for a small national right now, pretty happy but would like better benefits, especially more affordable and better insurance. I already know this hospitals pays .09 cpl and .11 if you do more than 1200 lines per day. It's been so long since I've been interviewed in person. I need you guys to help me make a list of questions to ask so that I can just get it all down on paper and make sure I'm not missing anything. I know they use ChartScript and Lanier and that they provide the computer. What else exactly should I ask?
Touchworks/Allscript platform -
Posted By: Olive Oyl
Anyone familiar with this platform? Is it user friendly, easy to learn and do you get a good line count with it? Any info is appreciated. Thanks.
Need help on Word Board please. TIA -
Posted By: JustMe
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I think MTs must have higher IQs than general public? You feel like posting your IQ if you know it? -
Posted By: Ladydi
Just a theory I have.
does anyone know what this means...sm -
Posted By: DQS ?
When I try to log on to DQS, I get a message that states that my user profile failed to download...anyone know anything about this?
Of course, I work for MQ, and hate to call them, cause it takes forever to get an answer to a simple question, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it!
BTW, I have already logged out and in like a thousand times, plus restarted my computer, so that's not the problem. TIA!
Need help on Word Board -
Posted By: MTPockets
s/l Tri-Est 1.25 mg - can not document anywhere. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Are there any Star Trek fans -
Posted By: Trekky
Wondering if most MTs are Star Trek fans?????
Asking rate in Georgia for MTs?sm -
Posted By: TiredMT
Just curious as to what other Georgia MTs with their own accounts are getting per line. I have been an MT for about 12 years and don't think I am being paid enough, but would like to know what everyone else is asking before I raise my rates. Thanks!!
how many 'pages' is 1000 lines? -
Posted By: JoanneNY
Let's say using standard margins, and standard font. I'm from the old school of 'pages', and hourly salary. As I take on f/t employment in the world of 'lines per hour' and 'lines per day' .... what does that equate to, approximately ?
thanks guys ....
Joanne
I bought a desktop and laptop in December. Can I claim on taxes.. -
Posted By: Seeking tax help. New to IC..
and is there a limit to how often you purchase computers for your work? A friend thought you could buy one a year and claim it. I bought the laptop and desktop in December and already hate the laptop, but I hate to purchase another one if I cannot claim it this year. Oh, also if I charged the computers on my Dell account in December but did not start making payments in January 2006 can I still claim for 2005 taxes. Thanks.
Graveyard shift study results -
Posted By: flaMT
I just had to put this here. This study came out about 2 days ago, and I did not find that anyone posted it here so I am going to comment on it. If this is redundant please excuse the double post. The other day on the news at 6 they reported that studies show that there is a new risk for developing cancer which could lead to an early grave... working the graveyard shift (punny). Anyway, they said that because it goes against our biological clock, we produce less of a certain brain chemical when we sleep at night and this chemical helps our body fend of carcinogens (I forgot the chemical). Do you know the American Cancer Society is seriously considering putting third shift workers on the list as being high risk for cancer? Can you imagine? What is this, a way for the insurance companies to have an excuse to deny us night owls insurance or to make the rates higher? I think it is hilarious because I personally never do anything risky. I work at home as an MT after all, I do not lead a risky life in the least. Now, because I work nights so I can be a mom during the day and do everything supermom should do I am going to have cancer... what next?
Getting called down for something you didn’t do?? -
Posted By: Katie
Got instant message this morning telling me I had done something wrong on a report and when I said to send me a copy of this had no copy.... guess I would just have to take their word for it… really upsetting as have been going through some medical issues concerning my nerves. What do you do in this situation- let it go- hope it does not happen again- forget about it???
I found this interesting -
Posted By: KS
By Susan Heavey Wed Jun 7, 5:04 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. doctors increasingly have access to computers to look up information on their patients, but more than half still don't have digital health records or the ability to write electronic prescriptions, a study released on Wednesday found.
Twenty-two percent of doctors surveyed by the Center for Studying Health System Change last year had access to electronic prescription tools compared with 11 percent in 2001.
About half can use computers to access notes on their patients or exchange data with other doctors, up from about 37 percent and 41 percent, respectively, four years earlier.
"Despite substantial growth rates ... many physicians still lack access to practice-based clinical information technology (IT)," said study co-author Marie Reed, who manages data for the independent policy research group.
Overall, a higher percentage of doctors said last year they could use technology to find out about recommended treatments and patients' medications, as well as share information with other physicians.
The study comes as a U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittee prepares to consider legislation on Wednesday that would create guidelines to help hospitals, doctors and the government share patient records.
All Americans are supposed to have electronic health records by 2014 under a goal set by
President George W. Bush.
His administration has funded the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology but has otherwise relied on private industry to spur wider use of information technology in the health sector.
Some critics say the federal government should take a greater role, offering tax breaks and other incentives as well as requiring U.S. agencies to make greater use of electronic health data.
"In general, major barriers to physician adoption of clinical IT include start-up and maintenance costs, as well as the significant effort and costs of changing workflow to effectively use IT," the study said.
Researchers surveyed more than 6,600 doctors in 2005 and about 12,000 in 2001. The did not ask doctors whether they actually used the technology in their everyday practice.
About 65 percent of doctors last year said they could look up information on treatment guidelines compared with 53 percent in 2001. Twenty-nine percent said they used technology for reminders about preventive treatments for patients, compared with just under 24 percent in 2001.
The Center for Studying Health System Change, which receives most of its funds from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation philanthropy, said promoting digital health data may encourage more doctors to go high-tech.
Until then, the slow adoption rates "suggest that physicians as a group have not yet reached a tipping point in the adoption of IT for most clinical activities," it said.
in response to 'uncredentialed do-nothing MTs" -
Posted By: banshee
Just in case the poster did not check back, I moved this response up:
Perhaps you are in a better situation but for most MTs I know (myself included) the costs far outweigh the benefits. For the working Joe here, working for an MTSO in a pool of dictation daily, for me to invest the time and effort on the so-called CMT certification (I say so-called because non American workers are getting certified faster and for a LOT less money than it costs me) there is no justification whatsoever for the monetary cost. There is self-satisfaction, but I cannot afford that.
You mention noncredentialed do-nothing coworkers - but that comment alone shows me your credentials have only covered up the surface of something darker underneath. Peronally, I would rather work with those so-called "noncredentialed do-nothing coworkers" than someone with a certification but a very bad attitude. Just my opinion...
I believe many of us could easily pass the CMT tests without any problems (I have seen the test material, it is not rocket science, come on), but it is a matter of MONEY and whether or not the average working MT can really afford to not only get the CMT, but keep up with the financial committments expected from the organization.
If in the future the cert is required (as the organization is trying very hard to pass), in my belief if it only for the benefit of the organization and not really anyone else. Unless someone can prove to me otherwise, I am inclined to think perhaps we "noncredentialed do-nothing coworkers" may be the backbone of this (what used to be a) profession.
Something your credentials have not been able to do: As long as you have QA versus MT, in my opinion, there will never be unity, and when there is no unity you have what you have today, sweat shop and substandard working conditions for many MTs. Not all because PG there are a few very good companies left out there, but the majority from my own experience offer horrible working conditions...
The non American MTs are being sought after because they (at least for now) offer cheap labor and no fuss. Wait until that all changes and they start getting smarter and making more demands. Could backfire and they could unionize...? Perhaps we will be latching on to their coat-tails someday. |
Which choice to make?? -
Posted By: TornMT
I need anyone's advice on my situation! I was a MT for 10 years and then I left my IC job to take a job at a children's hospital as a unit secretary. I left my IC job because the practice I was typing for were switching over to EMR and after reading about EMR I figured that my job would be eliminated. To play it safe I got a different job that had actual job security!! The problem is I have three kids whom I see for 45 minutes a day in the morning before I drop them off at school. I work the 3-11 shift at the hospital so I am not home when they come home. My husband on the other hand is. The practice that I left has not implemented the EMR yet will in the next month or two. I have been contacted by them to see if I would like to come back and type. I am very tempted by this because that would mean I would be able to see my kids more. On the other hand, I am back to where I was with no job security. I've been told by the manager of the transcription department that the EMR will not impact the amount of transcription but I know that the EMR can impact transcription if the docs use the templates that will allow them to type in their own reports. But this is a big practice with docs who dictate very long reports so I can't imagine them typing in their own reports or even using VR because they tried that in the past as well and that was not very successful. Any advice on what to do? Should I go back home where I will be happy with the kids again but unsure if my job will be secure or should I stay where I am at and maybe try to get a different shift? I love to type but I also love knowing that my job is secure! I would love any advice you all might have. Thanks for listening!
MPJ -
Posted By: latebloomer
Why is it that podiatrists state MPJ (metacarpophalangeal joint) of the hands when they are dictating on the MTPJ (metatarsophalangeal joint)? I have podiatrists who dictate this and have seen it on the internet in articles. I have modified my abbreviation for MPJ for this reason so that I don't insert the wrong expansion. Just wondered if others have run across this.
Curious -
Posted By: anon
Well, I tried to get out of transcription after 15 years only to be pulled back in again after a year "off" trying something new. Anyhow, I accepted a position with a company using Chartscript, never used this platform befor and was wondering if anyone could tell me how many lph they produce on a norm. I'll be transcribing the basic four, I know it varies but just wanted an idea, especially if you use Chartscript. Thanks!!!
Can I use my C-Phone with Vonage? SM -
Posted By: MissouriMT
I live in small town America. We have one telephone company that serves our rural county which is CenturyTel and it sucks. If we moved 7 miles up the road, we would be able to get SBC or AT&T. I have my phone line and DSL internet through CenturyTel and have nothing but trouble. I am supposed to have unlimited long distance which I have had since May of last year. Last month I received a $3000 phone bill because for whatever reason, they disconnected my unlimited long distance. When I called them to pitch a fit, they apologized, said they were rectifying the matter, and told me I only owed the usual $100 which I promptly paid. I got a disconnect notice today saying they are going to disconnect me if the $3000 I owe isn't paid by March 1st. I am now on hold with the 5th person I have had to talk to at this incompetent, rinky dink phone company and I am pulling my hair out. This isn't the first time I've had problems with them. They've switched my service packages before for no apparent reason and the only explanation I get is "Hmmmm, I apologize for that, I'm not sure why somebody would do that." Or my personal favorite, blame the phantom employee "she just didn't put in the computer right, but I'm fixing it for you now."
Anyway, sorry about the rant, but I'm truly losing it! I have decided to call the cable company and get internet through them and try to work with Vonage, but I need to actually plug my C-phone into a jack and I understand that Vonage is all wireless through a router. I need to know is there a way to plug a phone cord into a Vonage modem?
I am just so frustrated!
Real-Life MT Stories Wanted! -
Posted By: Diane Fusco
Real-Life MT Stories Wanted! Diane Fusco, a veteran MT and freelance writer, is compiling stories for a book about what she wished she knew as a beginning MT. Newbies, old-timers and everyone in between are encouraged to tell her the pros and cons of being an MT. No real names will be used. No payment but I will give you a copy of the book if I use your story. Thanks for reading this! Email Diane at Karelia30[at]aol.com
MQ Hawaii trip -
Posted By: FYI
According to the MQ home page, it states that someone named Lori Gryttenholm is the winnder of the trip. It didn't say which office she is from.
Creating Jump Codes -
Posted By: Help
Can someone help me, please? I'm trying to set up my own templates and need to create jump codes. Does anyone have any suggestions? I did the Ctrl F9, but when I saved the template and reopened it, the blank symbol was gone. If anyone has suggestions, I am willing to try them. Thanks everyone. Have a blessed day.
My MQ supv told me MQ -
Posted By: pays for spaces/65 ch line
I'm here to tell you I felt like I was typing in quicksand tonight.
This report was 3 pages long - only gave me 88 lines.
So I went and decided to count the characters of the first 2 lines.
Counting characters and spaces
line #1 = 73 characters
line #2 = 72 characters
I have her verbal answer but have nothing in writing because MQ won't provide it.
But she clearly said they pay for 65 character lines and pay for spaces.
I'd like for some MQ person to get on here and explain this to me.
What type of headphones do you use? Anyone use Sony Noise Cancelling Fontopia Ear buds? -
Posted By: annie
nm
Regarding unlimited LD. -
Posted By: I have to ask again.
I apologize because I've asked for advice about this here before, but I'm really trying to nail down a plan and just have a few more questions. I need this for a Lanier account so I'll be using lots of minutes. I've read about the "unlimited" plans not being so 'unlimited' as in people are getting dropped or charged for going over x amount of minutes. So my questions are these. Is there any way I can keep my local phone service but add a LD carrier? If so, what are best and where can I find them? Also, I've been looking into phone 'cards.' I've tried One Suite which is 2.9 cpm. Good but not a great rate considering how many minutes I'll be using. I've found Penny Talk online and they're 1 cpm. Has anyone heard of or tried them? Of course 1 cpm would be great. They do charge a connection fee of 69 cents, I believe, but even with that and connecting once or twice a day, I'm thinking that would still be cheaper than 2.9 cpm. Any help is SO appreciated. I'm just muddling through trying to figure out how to do this and it be of minimal cost to me. At this point I think the $25/month unlimited LD is probably not an option (with the amount of minutes I'll be using, they'll probably catch on), so even something that's in addition to my regular phone service but even $50/month would be better than phone cards. Thanks again for any help!
Medical Bazaar is Indian and horrid. Avoid like the plague. -
Posted By: In the know
Software suggestions for line counting. MP Count is not helpful -
Posted By: line count help..
I am doing an IC job and was going to use MP Count because it also prepares an invoice. The problem is.. I dont think the line counts are correct. I swear I only did like 6-10 clinic notes and it had my line count at 1100. Am I doing something wrong or is there a better program out there. I hate to spend a lot of money as this is only a temporary fill-in job for this week but I want to be fair. I put in 65 characters and I charge .10 a line.. I just cant see charging over $100 for just that many notes. Any suggestions?
Does it pay to give notice? -
Posted By: Emily
Please allow me to vent here. I was the lead on 2 accounts at one of the nationals that is spoken of highly on this board. I gave my notice. I also agreed to train 3 people on both of my accounts before I left. I got very few lines my last week because I was busy training, answering questions, filling in blanks, etc. The company thanked me when I left and told me they would reimburse me for the training I provided. I sent an email to the head of transcription and told her how many hours I spent training.
Well, I just got my last paycheck for my last week of work. I did not do many lines that last week because I was busy training people. There was no training time on my final paycheck, and the total net check was $67.
Does it pay to be professional and help the company out as you are leaving - I tihnk not!! While the door is always open to this company, I will never go back after this slap in the face. I should have just walked off the job for all the thanks I got.
Normal.dot and EXText help needed soon -
Posted By: IC on New Platform
I justed started as a part-time IC. The platform this company uses is EXText Word Client. How can I get it to quit messing with my regular Word's normal.dot? I understand that certain shortcut keys are proprietary for EXText to work but I want my regular shortcut keys back when I'm working in Word without the EXText interface. How can I avoid having to restore normal.dot every time?
Anyone here travel and work (sm) -
Posted By: mjb
I am thinking I could work while I travel if I had a laptop computer and am wondering if anyone here does this and what is involved. I know many motels offer free wireless internet now. Is that all I need to be able to do this? Thanks for any help!
meditec -
Posted By: Lea
I know I've read a lot of posts about not paying for mentoring programs but has anyone actually taken the program with MediTec? If so how did it go? Is it legit? It is easy for those of you who have your foot in the door to say we shouldn't pay (and I agree) but we need to get started somehow and I think there just aren't enough opportunities for newbies to get going.
Please tell me what this means... -
Posted By: New to this site
I have been trying to figure out for the last five days since I started frequenting this site...but what in the world does it mean when people put things like nm and sm in their posts? This is driving me NUTS!!
Contract Question -
Posted By: IC
I am working as a part-time independent contractor for a company, and on reviewing my contract it says I can work for "non-competing" companies. As an independent contractor, don't I have the right to contract with any other company, competing or not, as long as it does not conflict with my contractual obligations with this company? Just curious if anyone knows whether they can legally restrict this. I am not looking to do any such thing right now, but if they don't have enough work for me in the future... ?
Nice MT website for reference -
Posted By: lp
Found this nice MT website on Google search. Thought I'd share it with all.
Any QA positions that pay well out there, please say! -
Posted By: Meghan
I work for a rather large company and the pay is pretty bad. You have to beg for a raise and are ignored half the time. It's pathetic. Anybody know of any good companies for a QA Editor (companies that pay more than 14 something an hour?)
Computer help-frustrated -
Posted By: Babe
Anyone out there who has great computer knowledge? I have been fighting lag issue on an acct on am I on. It is Meditech. I have other Meditech accts and do not have any issues with them. I have been told so many things some by my company's IS, other things by the people who do my computer work and I do not know who to believe any more. Some thought it was bandwidth issue, some thought my AVG Free antivirus, but I just put on Norton's 2007 and still have the problem. The strange thing is I could type in this hospital's Meditech program with AVG off once I got in and was protected with their Citrix, however it was shortlived, even though I could do this on a daily basis. I have been told that I have redundant programs running, but my computer people looked at the task manager processes and said nothing out of the ordinary, I cleaned files, defraged, do my anti-virus daily, Ad-Aware, clear cookies/temporary files, upgraded my Time-Warner Internet Service to Premium to speed up upload/download, called Time-Warner's National Help Desk, had their tech out to the house and checked connections, added another stick of RAM and my computer is just a little over a year old. I have been told that maybe I need to have the operating system cleaned out, which would probably mean dumping the whole thing and starting over. I suggested maybe cleaning Windows registry, but the company IS people will not help with that because employee computer. A friend of mine is on a different acct and had terrible lag problem and someone who she calls a computer God had her go into regedit.exe and had her delete a license and installed new Citrix and now she does not have that problem, but I cannot contact that hospital as it is a client and that is a no-no and for reasons I cannot go into she will not let me give info to my IS people. I am at my wits end. I should mention that I am the only one with this problem on this acct. I am wondering if it is a problem with my computer and whatever port they have me in at the hospital. Once again, I know nothing about how or why computers work, I just type on them, but I think you can see why I am frustrated.
Microsoft Word 2007 Frustration!!! -
Posted By: kris
Every time I hit 'enter' to go to the next line (a return), it double spaces. How do I get it to just single space?
Thanks, everyone.
Did anyone see the posting on the job seeker's board with -
Posted By: x
 the ortho emphysis?  
would you do it?--i need more convincing -
Posted By: aa
You're a remote hospital employee working at home making 20/h (roughly 17/cpl) plus incentive. Your department is at risk for outsource to vendors (12/cpl) and you know your work is slowly being outsourced to them. Coming from in house, you know when the bulk of the work comes in, and you know the vendors don't like working the weekend, so you know you could take home more. I'm not going to include the favortism and all the other nonesense because you get them with any company. Would you give up your medical/dental benefits and just put money on the side with the extra money you make even though you would have to pay almost $300/mo to cover for individual medical/dental coverage? I'm pretty healthy but I am 38 years old. My son is also covered under his dad who has great medical/dental coverage, so I'm not worried about him. I know if I did go for an IC posiiton, I would ask for the 17/cpl. Would you do it? Or do I need a couple slaps? My right mind is telling me to stay at least until our department is completely outsourced because I'm still getting hourly pay even if I run out of work.
Somebody? Thanks for all the responses. I think I know what you all would say, but I need more convincing.
This is a ? about the KVM switch mentioned below - who knew! sm -
Posted By: computer illiterate....
Is it easy to install? I am a dunce when it comes to loading stuff. Can it be used on the computer that is hardwired for wireless? If so, do i have to install the comcast software on that computer as well - my cable internet provider. Any problems that come up when you use it? I also struggle with the computer situation and too many computers doing too many things. Then are both computers hardwired? I am assuming a best buy or somewhere will carry it? Gosh...thanks.
I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS sm -
Posted By: FED UP 30+
What is wrong with these MT companies. I have over 30 years experience doing everything except pathology. Hired bya company 3 1/2 weeks ago. Been trying to get software set up ever since. First platform and hospital supposedly wouldn't work. They at least couldn't figure it out.
They switched to another account and another platform. Got it set up. Got exactly 10 minutes of "training" and that was it. Did one report, sent the report and it clicked off the system. Report didn't go through, had to do report over again!!!!!!! Got it sent thorough and then system clicked off again. Can't get back in, keep getting error message. Called the training person, they said O Gee is it doing that again? Gotta wait for the "other person" to come in and call me. Of course don't know how long that will be. This company was desperate and is backed up to the hilt with work but operates like this? Only thing they could say about the system getting knocked out is "is the weather bad there?" NO ITS
70 AND SUNNY!
What is with these places. Are they trying to get MTs to clean them up when they are backed up and then no job. Even at that why don't they get their stuff together. Do you know how much money I could have made in 3 1/2 weeks!????
I am done with this company. Gave them enough patience as it was. Enough is enough. I am ready to scrub floors! Even MQ (if they had work) sounds good at this point and I was a 23 year MQ contractor until 2006!
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