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Workforce.*' Hie imposter set the stage for a mately $94 million of work for the govern-
- Library Committee representative, David
very real and very serious f problem in the I is strictly regulated. |
Pinto, reported that the commiuee is now work-
ing on plans for the Harry Burleigh Memorial business world.
Guest speaker Sid Booker, personnel di- See 'Discrimination' page 2
Center, library facilities at both North East
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enior Dinner Dance former English prof looks at Hamlet {Student valentines
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damage
Johannesburg—The African National Congress has criticized a poli Bookstore buys back used books for bucks
roundup over the weekend in which 11,000 people were arrested f
crimes ranging from murder to cattle theft. The BNC questioned t
African Government's motives and demanded a breakdown by race
those held. By Robin likely * the books will be used. Cullen has
Merciad Stall Reporter agreed to special order books for
students if needed.
WAR LOSSES: The Pentagon said during a briefer on Monday that
This first time event! begins
the cumulative total of the combat losses of U.S. troops was 60:12
killed in action, 12 wounded, 28 missing, and eight prisoners of war. For thefirsttime in Mercyhurst Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 8:00 am.
The total number of U.S. aircraft lost is 18. More defections pushed history, our bookstore is going to till 6:30 p.m. and continues on
the number of Iraqi P.O.W.'s past 1,000 Monday. No meaningful data buy back used books. Bookstore Friday, Feb. 22 from 8:00 a.m. till
on military casualties are available beyond an unconfirmed report in Manager Dan Cullen says, '* Be- 4:30 p.m.
an Egyptian weekly that Iraq confidentially informed friendly Arab cause of the teachers' cooperation
countries that 15,000 soldiers had died thus far. As for civilians killed, with getting their book orders in From page 1
a senior Iraqi official said that "thousands" had been killed or
wounded in air raids.
early, it is possible to have buy
backs this term." |
Discrimination;in theiworkplace
J The bookstore will buy back
any books that have been high- Booker explained that it is ille- "It worked," said-Robison.
NATIONAL:
lighted, and have little written notes gal to discriminate against anyone
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The females in the room all got
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gathered in St Louis on Jan. 27, mitted to education, healthcare and the hostilities as soon as possible By Kevin McHugh
1991, to appeal to the good will and to make every effort to negoti- Merciad Editor
social welfare, are struggling to
and human decency of all govern- find the means of providing these ate ajust and compassionate settle-
ments involved in die Persian Gulf basic human needs for a growing ment of the competing claims in
to end the military action and to number of people. the Middle East We pledge our- The newly releasedfiguresforthe winter formal, held Jan. 15,
work together for a just and lasting selves to pray for the safety of all reveal that the event produced a deficit of $6,900. The main reason
We are impelled to speak out
peace. •<& persons, of whatever nation, who for the high loss was alcohol. As the Erie Plaza hotel had recently
against the suffering of civilians, lost its liquor license, alcohol could not be sold at the formal. MSG
As Christians and as women especially women and children, the are affected by the military action,
and we commit ourselves to con- decided to go with bring your own booze, and got the go ahead from
dedicated to the service nf thns*» in lack of respect for the various faiths the Plaza. f -3
tinue to search for peace.
Then, the night before the formal, the Plaza informed MSG that
Arts coverage needs major improvement they could not permit b.y .o.b. because of liability implications. The
only options remaining to MSG were to buy booze to give away, or
To the Editor, to conduct theformalwith no alcohol whatsoever. MSG decided on
can. Unfortunately, "the best he
and for...). can" seems to have a blind side to the former option, limiting the number of drinks to six per person,
I'm quite disappointed with the Now, I'm mote than well aware certain 'forms of art appreciation. and closing the bar at 12 a.m. i f
attitude expressed by The Merciad of the > fact that most Mercyhurst The confusion that arose over the planning of the winter formal
toward covering the performing arts students simply aren * t turned on by ~ vThc aim of this letter is not lo
has highlighted the. problems that exist in the feet that no other (;
operas,-and they aren't terribly personally attack The Merqiad's l
in the Mercyhurst community. Al- establishment is willing to hold a Mercyhurst formal. Vandalism
concerned with reading the review editor, but it is intended to broaden
though in the recent past you and and liability problems have led to a situation where the Erie Plaza
of an event they had no desire to awareness, and coverage of per-
your staff have focused more atten- hotel is the only area facility that is willing to hold our formals. The
attend. This doesn't discount the forming arts events, especially those
tion on areas such as the dance major problem with this is that the Plaza can call the shots.
music students' right to be recog- on campus.
department (no doubt due to big They can easily adopt an attitude of,' 'like it or leave i t "
Mercyhurst demand for "ballerina" nized as they deserve. Mercyhurst College prides it-
self on being a liberal arts school. So what's to be done? We can't hold the event on campus, first,
photos), the effort seems to be Although it must be assumed because of alcohol related liability issues, and* second because
concentrated around only one or that a number of important article! That means its educational philoso-
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phy is to promote students who are students may not go for a dry formal.
two staff members. and events aren't covered by The Let's make the Plaza work. Let's iron out problems regarding
, I think it's deplorable that L'EK- Merciad due to its small staff, it also well-rounded individuals.
stolen coats and poor cloakroom facilities. Let's havejgreatcr
•r D'Am ore, the D'Angclo School should also be understood that there Theater, dance and music depart-
security at the cash bars to ensure alcohol is not stolen. Let's act in
of Music's comic opera production are quite a few names, printed in ment productions are just a few of
a manner that is conducive to the expectations of students of higher
which rah Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, was not the staff box, that have not been the programs Mercyhurst offers to
education, i.e. cut out excessive drinking and vandalism. This way
reviewed in The Merciad. A seen in a by-line since the first issue promote broadening of horizons. we. can. show that it is worthwhile, for establish men ts-^to hold a
gfeat amounfbf' 'Hufst**talent and came out in September^ In neglecting to cover them
absolutely, The Merciad shows -Mercy hurstformal:$$P.*S #t *M«
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hard work went into the opera, which This, I believe, is due to die The spring formal will be held April 19, in the Erie Plaza Hotel
incidentally was delightful, and yet auitude of editor Mr. Kevin itself to be rather two-dimensional.
with a probable cover of $10. The increase from $7 to $10 is to
the performers and technical crew McHugh. Granted, Mr. McHugh's offset the deficit incurred by the winter formal.
received no recognition in their job isn'Uan easy one, and IJ do Theresa Hewitt
"student" newspaper. (Written by believe that he's doing the best he
Material for publication must be submitted by noon on the member of; the registrar's office
Monday before publication was not only inaccurate and irrele- p.£CO?t>\NG OF
vant, but very rude. Needless to
The Merciad welcomes letters to the editor. letters must be signed. say, I was livid.
hut the name can be wfthfyeld bv request To make matters worse, eight V^EN YO\J rW
or more students have been "signed
_jerclad's editorial opinion is determined in" by an instructor who isn't teach- H- BNJKWW, IT
by the Editorial Board with the Editor holding ing full time, doesn't have an of-
responsibility. The opinions expressed in fice or a phone) on campus, and
Merciad are not necessarily those of
More lad. its staff or Mercyhurst College,
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By Robi Taylor
Merciad Entertainment Edi-
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Green Card
Starring - Gerald Depardieu
and Andie McDowell
Director - Peter Weir
Touchstone Pictures iHamlet (Mel Gibson) stares at the ghost of iiis dead father, the murdered king of Denmark.
Rated PG-13 W
vear-old olav becomes a movie I
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When you watch the trailer of a movie you are supposed to be
seeing what the movie is about, whether it is a comedy or a drama, and
who is starring in it Lately though, producers have taken all the good
Harriet' makes it to the big screen
film simultaneously more real and but suspending that disbelief, she is
parts of the movie to make the trailer with nothing left over when you By Andy Roth more than serviceable as the quietly
acceptable to current audiences.
get to see the film. Green Card is a perfect example. G uest Critic randy queen. Ian Holm and Alan
Polonius' arras scene, Hamlet and
The story behind Green Card is simple. A Frenchman, George Hamlet Bates, as Polonius and the King
Gertrude's Oedipal encounter, the
Foray (Gerald Depardieu), comes to the United States on a six week Starring - Gleen Close and Mel respectively, offer yet more evi-
play within the play-all benefit from
visa, likes it and decides to stay. He learns that the quickest way to get Gibson - dence that English actors are the
this stylized literalness. The arch-
green card : is to marry an American citizen.
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ered history and, like the naughty word, it works. lessly retrograde conservative and
little girl, when it's good, it's very
the direction that gave Green Card the flat- good, and when it's not, it's very
i Much has been said about the require your Shakespeare on a bare
quality of Mel Gibson's perform-
ness that was prominent throughout the bad. Happily, Franco Zeffirelli's anceas Hamlet A lot of this smacks
stage acted by males only, Zeffirelli's
current production-of Hamlet is Hamlet is an excellent piece of
movie. 4 li^ neither naughty nor bad. In fact
dangerously of damning with faint work. 4See it in a theater if you can,
praise j Actually, Gibson is quite the moldy old castle will not loom
it's quite good. -. i
good-very good, in fact, which those so largely on tape. Also, if you
Bronte Parrish (Andie McDowell), on the otlr - hand, is looking The late of the melancholy Dane,
who know him in more than Lethal value good acting, watch for Ian
for an apartment with a greenhouse. Unfortunately, she is single and the man who couldn't make up his Weapon will find refreshing. Holm's Polonius offering Laertes
the building's tenants' committee feel that a married couple would be mind, scarcely needs rehashing. For
Gibson has, for now, gone back to his advice to a young man; it's a
the best type of people for their apartment 1 those unfamiliar with the tale, being an actor, the actor who was
So, to make a long, tedious story short, you have two people who however, it's the story of Hamlet's consummate piece of work, both
so good in Mrs. Soffel and the Holm's performance and Zeffirelli's
have never met, marry each other for their own greedy reasons. Then, father's ghost's request that Ham- Year of Living Dangerously.
according to Bronte's friend, "You never have to sec him again." let avenge his murder at the hands staging.
Glenn Close, as Gertrude, is not
What he doesn' t tell Bronte is that the Immigration and Naturalization of Hamlet's uncle, and the uncle's
quite credible as Gibson's mother, My Rating 80/100
Service (INS) makes a routine visit to see the if the marriage is legal. marriage to Hamlet s mother and
After an INS initial visit to * 'their apartment*' when George can't ascension to the throne of Den-
show the agent to the bathroom they decide that separate, more
intense, interviews are called for.
mark. Hamlet's resolution of this
Stephen Kingish request constitutes Workshop set for Summer '91
George and Bronte spend the next two days memorizing every- both the \ plot J and ^psychological
thing they can about each other including, whether or not George interest of the play/movie.
Beginning on Sunday, June 16 shop^the teacher *can attend for
snores and what brand of face cream Bronte uses. They also spend this Since only the utterly unwashed
and extending through J une 22, the free. The workshop, as a bonus,
time using up a lot of Polaroid film shooting vacation shot of skiing are unfamiliar with the play's con-
Mercy h urst College Dance Depart- will hold a number of competitions
and the beach from the top of their apartment building. clusion, a contemporary audience's
ment will offer its. first summer during the week, awarding schol-
All this occurs while they learn to go from tolerating each other to chief interest is in how a modern dance intensive workshop. arships and awards to the winners.
hating other and finally, in the last five minutes of the movie, to loving director edits the action, how he j The workshop will offer a vari- There is also a possibility that the
each other. stages, or in the case of film, shoots workshop may be able to count as
ety of classes on ballet, pointe, pas
There were a lot of things missing. I don* t know if it was the story, it, and in the actors characteriza- de deux, modem, jazz and tap. It credit for those participants attend-
the performance or the direction that gave Green Card the flatness tions. ing college, but details on this still
will be taught by Mary Price Boday
that was prominent throughout the movie. 4 On all three counts, Zeffirelli and Jay Kirk as well as a number of have to be worked out, Mary Price
.. The actors were adequate but neither Depardieu or McDowell scores a hit His Hamlet is stripped guest teachers. Boday,flMercyhurstdirector of
gave their characters the life they needed to make the audience want down and lean. All the indirect |This intensive workshop will dance, said. i
to get involved with them. The story was not a comedy, as shown on action and padding of the original also offer a special teaching course. For more information, contact
the commercials, but it was also not a drama. The final product looked are gone. In Zeffirelli's minds, the As an added incentive, for every Mary Price Boday, director, at (814)
like the writer told the director to take two actors, place them in front plot is a streamlined rush from the 10 students who attend the work- 825-0587 or Jay Kirk at 825-0258.
of the camera and film whatever happens without making the actors ghost's request to thefinalsword
act I ! fight Although the purists might
I make it policy not to reveal the end of a movie so that I wouldn't bemoan this "classic comic books
ruin it for other people. I'm going to break that policy this time. Green tone, they will have to admit it's
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Your opinions matter jto
Card ends without an ending. You know what is happening to the entertaining. And that, I think, the Get your Persian Gulf surveys
characters, but it leaves you waiting to see what is going to happen bard would have approved.
next That one final thing, combined with everything else ruined the Perhaps the most fascinating ght away
movie for me.' aspect of the film is the dank old
My Rating 40/100 \ castle in which it is set This ultra-
realistic approach, similar* to Boxjl621
Brannagh's Henry V and Zeffirelli's
Entertainment trivia: How many words were cu
edition of the Stephen King novel The Stand? own Romeo and Juliet, makes the On - campus Mail
Answer 150.000 words were cut but replaced in the 1990
FEBRUARY14,1991
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C a m p u s C o m m e n t s by Tammy^Pethtel
Like to win $50 and get some •Students may submit pictures ei- Students send messages for Valentine's Day
publicity too? The Mercy hurst ther at the yearbook office in MaL
College yearbook staff is sponsor* 209 or to Mailbox #162. I
ing a "Capture the Mercyhurst
Spirit** photography contest. TAZ Call for talent - Mercyhurst Col-
winner will receive $50 in prize lege is searching forfreshand unusal
money and the winning photograph talent to showcase during its up-
will appear in the 1991 yearbook coming Fourth of July celebration.
with a by-line. The rules for the The seventh annual extravaganza
contest are as follows?*** * * J features live musicjby area bands "
and vocal M
- Pictures should represent the image entertainment for adults and chil- , -
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WHAT'S THE DEAO actually push that person over the edge of an endless void of self-
iJpUy into the bonaftriog realms of self-desj&udion..
* ? Especially whenfinalsare roughly a week away, it is unrealistic
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ABOUT TURNING to think that the RA is qualified to deal with someone contemplating
the alternative to life. Ok.. .May be I 'm just a little too melodramatic.
But I feel that anyone who wants to die will be successful in killing
himself no matter who tries to stop him or her. If not, they're just
trying to get attention which shows that their happiness depends too
much on the acceptance of others. If I didn't want to be here I
wouldn't be and no one could stop me.
To the sixfriendsthat I used to have that killed themselves I say,
"I miss you all and I hope you're happy." As a true friend it would
oa. ® ~t4eM4— U be selfish of me to want them to live if they did not want to.
However, if I were there immediately before they killed themselves,
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of the NCAA
their record to 10-9. The Lakers Coach Demyonavich was very scoring with 12 points and Tomczak
have upset the negative pre-season happy with the team's offensive added ten, including two three
predictions of several conference display as he commented,** We %
pointers. The 'Hurst were without
coaches and are 3-4 in League play. haven't been shooting well lately, starting guards Michelle Beale and
The 'Hurst downed localrivalsFain but it was good tonight and this u Ann Duhigg who both have picked
State-Behrend by a score of 72-56 due to the hard work wehave put in up injuries in the last couple of
recently." Demyonavich was very By Nick Roberts
last Wednesday in the Campus weeks. They were down 50-23 in
pleased with the way the team help Merciad Sports Editor
Center. There were key contribu- the second half without reaiiy threat-
tions from a pair of freshmen and up under pressure. iHe said, * 'We ening the very strong Pitt-Johnstown
could have folded in the second As a rule when I have been "1
two veterans. Freshman, Pam Crow- team. Assistant coach, Jim Webb,
ell and Ann Duhigg contributed 18 half when they made that strong writing my editorials I have VVM
put the loss into perspective when to stay clear of subjects that di-
and 14 points respectively, while run and tied it, but the girls did he said, "Pitt-Johnstown has a chance
some real good things after a time- rectly affect myself. This week
senior Ruth Henderson added 13 to win the national title. They are
out and settled down very well." you might as well forget that, as
and Cheryl Tomczak had a dozen J
big and fast, and very well IT* I Til»»
the topic of new NCAA legisla-
points. On Feb. 9, the Lady Lakers The Lakers entertained tion affects all student-athletes
The two teams exchanged bas- traveled to play the Lady Panthers University of Buffalo this past
kets for most of the opening 20 of Pitt-Johnstown and lost 98-62. Tuesday before challenging of this college, and students-athletes across the country. {;I have been
minutes with the Lakers leading Johnstown crosstown rival, Gannon ^Univer- visiting this country for the past five years, and living here for the past
38-31 at halftime. Behrend exploded ranking sity, next Wednesday. two years. This past week I learned,something which really amazed
me: how easy the NCAA can manipulate and bully the seemingly
apathetic student-athletes of this country. A
Behind the scenes of Mercyhurst vs Gannon New reforms by the NCAA are aimed at cutting costs, stopping
recruiting violations and aimed at giving the student more studying
centrating on each shot with great time. 3;
at four wins for Mercyhurst and 17 intensity.
victories for Gannoa The last* Hurst I agree that these problems exist in collegiate athletics. But I think
By Jill Schreckengost Hie game begins. Gannon's first that they exist only on a large scale in the big revenue sports. Due to
victory against Gannon occurred basket is accompanied by, ironi-
Merciad Staff Reporter during the 1987-88 season with an the NCAA letting problems of this nature get out of control, it has now
cally enough, a Mercyhurst stu- decided to combat these problems right across the board, affecting all
80-74 victory J f *
They come in various ages, sizes, dent's toss of toilet paper onto the sports. Many of the non-revenue sports are clearly not in need of
Despite die lopsided record in court He is promptly removed from
and}personalities. Each of them favor of Gannon, therivalry•still reform. . ? *
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may be there for a different reason, retains a certain charm. Consider the gym by authorities. Meanwhile, Soccer is one of the main sports to be affected. Two years ago,
but without a doubt they are all this season's December 12 game at Mercyhurst's football coach does Head Coach Trevor Warren recruited me to Mercyhurst College. A
brought together j at a basketball Gannon and let's look behind the not seem pleased by the actions of great opportunity I thought The host of the 1994 World Cup Finals,
game. one of his players. the land of athletic excellence, the land of the free, I thought
scenes. The game has not yet be- Various shouts aboundfromthe
Before we take you behind the gun. Young children cling to par- I arrived from England after playing soccer for 15 years, during
scenes at a 'Hurst -^Gannon ents, their eyes wide with amaze- crowd. "Oh...." moan the fans as a which I played for ten months of every year, every Saturday and
game, shot is missed. "C'mon, man!" Sunday except for eight weeks in the summer. Everything has now
ment yells a Mercyhurst enthusiast
let's look at what the rivalry used changed as the NCAA whacks its great hand of authority on me. The
A few high school students are Another follower exclaims "Yeah!"
to be like. 5 already short soccer season has been cut even shorter, we are not
present The males of this group at the completion of a shot As a
William Kennedy, director of watch the players warm up, as if allowed to play scrimmages, and get this: I'm no longer allowed to
student services, has worked at they too are planning college bas- general rule, each outcryfromthe play club soccer during the academic year because the NCAA wants
Mercyhurst for 21 years. He re- ketball careers. High school girls mob is accompanied by such ac- me to study more. Oh they do? My Q.P.A. is 2.7 and they are trying
calls the rivalry: "Crowds filled seem to be checking out the college tions as jumping up or shaking fists. to tell me I haven't got enough time to study. Let me inform the NCAA
the Erie County Field House, the guys. One turns to herfriend,first On two different occasions that like most students, I spend on average two and a half hours at
equivalent of the Erie Civic Cen- giggling then whispering. Tliey both during the evening, a Gannon player classes each day and sit on my backside for the rest of the day bored
ter.' ' Kennedy most fondly remem- turn to the right catching a glimpse dunks. Both Gannon and Mer- stiff. So now I cannot go and play for my club team in Cleveland for
bers the three games won by Mer- of, "the guy with the blue jacket cyhurst fans jump up and cheer; no a couple of hours on Sundays because the NCAA wants to give me
cyhurst as opposed to the others with the wavy brown hair.'' one can conceal enthusiasm over more study time! I consider this a grave infringement on my rights.
plays such as these. t Not only soccer is affected, what about the high profile sports like
that were lost - Of the college-aged spectators, Gannon's mascot, Gumby, runs track and field, swimming, volleyball and gymnastics that have so
Director of Enrollment, Andy some seem very passive, while others
onto the court This green character many athletes involved in off-season playing which inevitably pro-
Roth, who has worked at Mer- can't wait for the game to begin. duces the U.S.A Olympic competitors. How are we ever going to
clad in a Golden Knight shirt per-
cyhurst for 17 years, adds, "The Regardless, the students seem to compete with the strong unified Germans and Russians with legisla-
forms various somersaults and flips.
rivalry used to be extremely in- realize the importance of support- tion like this?
He also slides with his stomach on
tense. For sports fans, it was the ing their teams. %
the court, winning many laughs.
biggest event of the winter. Older basktetball fans donning Already the U.S. swimming and track andfieldfederations have
John Kleiner, whom Mercyhurst
They were great games." Roth either green and blue, or maroon hired lawyers to plead their case. Swimming Queen Janet Evans is a
could call its own mascot now runs
explains that the games had sellout and gold, converse amongst each typical example. A U.S.A. Today headline read last yean "NCAA
court plans could spoil Olympic aims." Evan's mother pointed out that
crowds of upwards of 6,000. | other. Memories of the rivalry are 4
But that was yesterday, and the probably most prominent in their famous Mercyhurst' cheer. Real- Janet had a 3.0 OP. A. at Stanford, and would have to forego collegiate
rivalry has been decidedly in favor minds. izing thatbe lost the spotlight Gumby swimming if the NCAA would limit her training time.
of Gannon over the past few years. grabs Kleiner and swings him around Yes, we are not all Janet Evans's of this world, but we surel/are
Both teams warm up at their a few times.! Kleiner tactfullyfre-
Thp overall series record stands respectivqends of the court, con- entitled to the opportunity of trying to be * 'the best we can be." After
turris to his seat
The game is now over, leaving all, that's what this country was built on. With this article I have only
SPORTSCARDS & MORE Gannon the victor. The team's fans
excitedly leave the gym cheering.
touched the "tip of the iceberg. *' There are many other rules that will
affect you and your collegiate future, and the way things are going,
COMPLETE LINE OF CARDS *:SUPPLIES Mercyhurst followers exit quietly. under what restrictions are your children going to be playing colle-
Although the game has ended, giate sports 20 years from now? Find out how this legislation affects
the fans of Mercyhurst and Gan- you and try and do something about it You may ask why don't the
non await the next meeting of the coaches across the country protest? Simply because the people who
JUNOPENED PACKS AND two teams, an outcome that once made these decisions are their bosses, the presidents and athletic
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