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Voting began Monday for student body elections. Students can vote for senatorial and presidential candidates online at sg.usf.edu/vote until voting ends Thursday. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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Election week hit a rough start Monday as the first day of student body elections was marked by technical difficulties, understaffed operations and what some view as low voter turnout.

From the get-go, stu-

dents who logged onto sg.usf.edu/vote to cast their ballot online were directed to a Student Government (SG) page with a banner reading “Spring 2014 Election Documents.”

Among many links — such as to last year’s election results and election rules commission opinions — was a button linking to this year’s eBallot.

The button, however, was

outdated, and included the voting dates for last year’s election. The link also did not clarify what the “eBallot” was for, nor did it distinguish itself aesthetically from the other two buttons in the column.

IT has been contacted about this issue, according to Dustin Adcock, SG associate supervisor of elections, though he said

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USF performs first penis reduction

By Wesley Higgins N E W S

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A 17-year-old boy may have felt a little prick when surgeons completed the world’s first penis reduction surgery.

The operation was pioneered at USF by urologist Dr. Rafael Carrion, director of USF’s Sexual Medicine Program. The patient reportedly complained that his penis was getting in the way of living a normal life, whether playing sports, having intercourse or wearing non-

baggy pants in public.

“There comes a time in every urologist’s career that a patient makes a request so rare and impossible to comprehend that all training breaks down and leaves the physician speechless,” Carrion told The Daily Mail.

Results and findings of the surgery were published November in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, in a paper titled “The Reduction Corporoplasty: The Answer to the Improbable Urologic Question ‘Can You Make My Penis Smaller?’”

The boy’s penis, while flaccid, measured seven inches in length and 10 inches in circumference — comparable to the shape of a football and size of a grapefruit.

Though the boy was able to achieve orgasm through masturbation, he was unable to complete intercourse, according to the paper published in the medical journal. The boy reported that, during the several times he attempted intercourse, his partner complained of discomfort due to the penis’s

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Though the details are kept under wraps until 10 a.m. today, a big announcement regarding the Muma College of Business will draw 300 individuals from the Tampa and USF community to the event held at the Muma College of Business Atrium.

President Judy Genshaft, USF Foundation CEO Joel Momberg and Muma College of Business Dean Moez Limayem are expected to be among those present, as well as the Muma family.

“It’s going to be big,” communications officer Lorie Briggs of Muma College of Business said. “It’s a university-wide announcement that is specifically affecting the College of Business.”

In October of last year, Pam and Les Muma donated $25 million to USF to rename the College of Business, the largest single donation in the history of the university.

A month before the Mumas made their historic donation, the USF system received its second largest gift of $10 million from Kate Tiedemann, renaming the USF St. Pete College of Business to the Kate Tiedemann College of Business.

The Tampa Bay Times speculated Monday that the announcement will “introduce a new donor and a fresh commitment of millions of dollars to the USF business school.”

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girth.

The Daily Mail article stated this anomalous case is the result of the boy’s sickle cell anemia, which blocked the flow to penile blood vessels leading to long-lasting and highly painful erections that eventually deformed the penis. When the boy got an erection, his penis reportedly got firmer but not longer.

“His penis had inflated like a balloon,” Carrion told The Daily Mail. “It sounds like a man’s dream — a tremendously inflated phallus, but unfortunately, although it was a generous length, its girth was just massive, especially around the middle.”

Having no precedent to base the procedure on, Carrion and a team of surgeons bypassed the urethra and the sensation nerves, cut along the circumci-

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sion scar, unwrapped the skin and removed tissue from both sides of the penis.

“It’s slightly longer and slightly thicker than the average male, but now it looks symmetrical,” Carrion told The Daily Mail.

The patient spent two days in the hospital after the surgery, according to The Daily Mail, and was “ecstatic” with his new penis.

“It looks cosmetically appealing,” Carrion told The Daily Mail. “He said it was a life-changing event — he’s all smiles.”

Since the paper describing the surgery was published, Carrion reported being asked to perform the surgery by one other patient.

“It doesn’t seem like there’s any real abnormality in this case,” Carrion told The Daily Mail. “These are controversial waters we’re stepping in. Who is to judge what is a legitimate complaint and what isn’t?”

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SG has yet to receive a quote about when the issue will be fixed.

“The eBallot is working fine,” he said. “It may not be as recognizable as in the past, but, once you hit the button there should be no issues.”

Yet this was not the only hindrance to students wanting to vote online.

Students enrolled in the College of The Arts will not be able to vote online or at any of the polling stations across campus. Instead, they will have to visit the SG offices on the fourth floor of the Marshall Student Center.

This is due to a technical glitch, Adcock said, that doesn’t allow students or polling volunteers to pull up the ballot for art students. Only those in the SG offices are allowed access to the administrative part of the website that can bypass the problem.

The election process hit another speed bump with understaffed polling stations.

Though SG wanted a full staff, Adcock said there weren’t enough volunteers to keep five stations open all day, adding they were “ironing out” the issue.

Adcock further added the minimum number of active two polling stations, as required by SG regulations, was met.

SG had advertised five polling stations active throughout election weeks, yet only the required number of two were manned Monday from start to close. A SG tent and promotional chocolates were left unattended on the table of the station outside Juniper-Poplar Hall.

Chocolate coins and a foambull key chain are being given out to students this year, instead of the typical pizza and T-shirts from past elections.

“Pizza was a good idea in the past, but I think this year we were able to reach more students with these marketing items,” Adcock said. “When they take them home, they will have the link (to online voting) with them.”

T-shirts with the phrase “I voted” were planned for this week, but there was a difficulty getting the shirts on time. The

T-shirt printer, Adcock said, is expected to fulfill the order before voting ends Thursday.

Throughout the first-day’s turbulence, SG Supervisor of Elections John Quiroz was on vacation. Quiroz, who is returning today, did not respond to The Oracle’s request for a phone interview.

Adcock, who was left in charge, said voting went smoothly for those able to vote at the polling stations.

“It’s been pretty consistent and steady today,” he said. “It’s about on par for what we’ve expected for voter turnout.”

In previous years, voter turnout has been reported at around 10 percent of the roughly 40,000 students who attend the Tampa campus. In previous elections, 4,928 students voted in 2014 and 4,441 in 2013 for the student body president race.

The student body presidential candidates, Andy Rodriguez and Sammy Hamed, said they think low-voter turnout is due a general sense of apathy among students.

“The biggest question I get from students about SG is ‘What do you do?’” Hamed said.

Rodriguez said he spent time talking to students in hopes of encouraging them to get involved.

“Every student is busy, every student has their own problems that they are dealing with,” Rodriguez said. “Its talking to students who probably would never have voted or cared about voting in the first place.”

Both presidential candidates and their supporters were seen throughout Monday, shaking hands and handing out fliers. Hamed campaigned with a puppy by the Campus Recreation Center.

Senatorial candidates, often in suits, were also seen around campus pitching their platforms. Girgis Fahmy, a senatorial candidate for the College of Arts and Sciences, campaigned outside Cooper Hall.

Fahmy said he wants USF’s election season to be more like what his friends experience at University of Florida or Florida State University, where there are political parties and the elections are more spirited.

“This year I’ve seen more candidates campaigning and getting involved,” he said.

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“There’s a competitive nature to it where everyone is out campaigning or chalking — it’s reinforcing student involvement.”

Students around campus had a mixed drive to get involved with elections. Tiffiany Portacio, a sophomore majoring in international studies, said she plans on voting this year to participate in the student community.

“I feel like we need to engage into Student Government, into the community,” she said. “I do feel like I need to know more … just know where our tuition and our money and effort is allocated towards.”

Klenton Perry, a senior majoring in finance and economics, also supported student involvement in their government.

“Student organizations are funded by them, a lot of activities are put on by them,” he said. “They help kind of bring that together, and they are a very, very important part of USF.” Other students were less excited about elections, such as Bryan Hindert, a senior majoring in environmental biology.

“I’m a commuter student. I just come in, go do my classes, studying late, so I really don’t know much about what goes on in campus,” he said. “To be honest, although obviously it affects me, I really haven’t given it much thought.”

Diandra Latibeaudiere, a graduate student majoring in public health, said SG’s efforts to get students has been mostly in vain.

“I think there’s some disconnect because students don’t get involved enough,” she said.

“Students don’t know enough about Student Government, students don’t know anything about their rights and what’s going on.”

To get students to come out in higher numbers, Adcock said SG is considering ways to incentivize voting before it ends Thursday, such as promoting a chance to win a $25 restaurant gift card.

“We’ve had all of our employees encourage students and let them know what representation can do for the student body,” he said. “We’re hoping that with more student outreach, that by the end of the voting period, there will be a high voter turnout.”

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USF and TGH help former NFL players stay fit

By Zach Lowie S T A F F

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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and Philadelphia Eagle Rob Taylor was one of countless former NFL players to come to grips with the same realization after retirement: they’re out of shape.

He had tried dieting several times to lose weight, but always put the weight back on shortly after. Taylor said he had almost given up when he received an email from Dr. John Gonzalvo of Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the Bariatric Center, a joint program of TGH and USF Health.

“These athletes stop playing in the NFL and no one tells them how to adjust their eating habits,” Gonzalvo said. “When they were playing the game they were muscular, but when they stopped, the muscle turned to fat, making weight loss even harder to achieve.”

Gonzalvo’s medical research team was about to take part in a new six-month program through the NFL Players Association called the NFL Heart, Obesity, Prevention, Education (HOPE) program.

Founded by former NFL quarterback Dr. Archie Roberts, the program focuses on improving the physical health of retired players, starting with linemen.

Roberts’ research found that this group had the highest risk for heart disease, obesity and sleep apnea due to the massive amounts of calories they would consume each day.

“Their whole lives they were told ‘you’ve got to get bigger to play in the NFL,’” Gonzalvo said. “They had to maintain a certain weight for NFL weigh-ins or they’d be fined.”

After recruiting through the Tampa Bay chapter of the NFL Players Association, seven former players agreed to take part in the program. Taylor, an offensive lineman who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1986 to 1993, was one of those participants and soon grew anxious to begin making personal improvements.

“I really had a desire to change my lifestyle,” Taylor said. “I told

Former NFL players, (from left to right) Buccaneers and Eagles offensive tackle Rob Taylor, Patriots and Raiders offensive lineman Brian Holloway, Lions and Chiefs linebacker James Harrell, and Buccaneers defensive lineman Jason Maniecki (center-right), participated in a six-month long weigh management program last year led by Tampa General Hospital and USF Health Bariatric Center. Special to the Oracle/Lisa Greene my wife that if I didn’t get it done this time then I’m going to be fat the rest of my life. It was now or never for me.”

Another former player who joined the program was James Harrell, who played for both the Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs. Although Harrell saw his weight as manageable he still felt the desire to do better. The players started work and soon realized there was much more to the HOPE Program than they first expected.

“It wasn’t a diet to me,” Harrell said. “It was more of a lesson plan, a game plan, not only for the 24 weeks but for life.”

Unique to the Tampa General version of the HOPE program was that it was done in a group setting, where players met for weekly educational sessions. The hospital supplied meal-replacement protein shakes to better control their choline intake.

For the first three months the players took part in weekly vis-

its, as well as an initial screening and concluding weigh-in.

Gonzalvo’s team taught the players techniques in stress management, proper nutrition and exercise, with one special discussion focused on maintaining a healthy social lifestyle with eating habits.

The strenuous routine began to take a toll on some of the participants, resulting in three players dropping out. Those that followed through, like Harrell, attribute their success to the team dynamic established between the players.

“It gave me a sense of belonging,” Harrell said. “As a former player you start to miss that locker room feeling with the team and camaraderie. We’ve always liked to compete, so that’s really the type of challenge it turned into.”

Taylor said players like Harrell served as inspiration during his time in the program. Although Harrell may not have experienced the largest amount of

weight loss, Taylor said his drive and confidence was easy to see.

The four players that remained after the first 15 weeks grew closer as time went on.

“I saw guys in there I knew and in my mind I saw this as a competition with them,” Taylor said. “When times got tough I thought ‘stick with it.’ I didn’t want the others to lose more than me.”

The final four men lost a considerable 15 percent of their total body weight. To put that in perspective, Taylor said a weight management program is deemed successful if the patient loses five percent when finished.

The most significant weight loss that took place was 76 pounds, close to that of gastric surgeries. The players have maintained the weight loss and some have even lost more since the program’s end, keeping up with one another along the way to chronicle each person’s success.

Harrell dropped his weight

from 260 to 225 and is back to his old playing size. More importantly, he has newfound energy and is no longer at high risk for diabetes.

“You have to be committed,” Harrell said. “You’ve got to hold yourself accountable and stay the course, just like any other thing you want to achieve in life.”

Taylor started the HOPE Program at 340 pounds, weighing in at almost 40 pounds more than his playing size. Now he weighs 244 pounds, nearly 100 pounds less than before he first visited Gonzalvo and his team.

“I would not only recommend this program to other NFL players but I would plead with them to take part,” Taylor said. “I’ve got family … and this is just adding years to my life. This isn’t about just losing weight but more about changing your future and the future with the ones you love. It’ll make a huge difference.”

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8 Simple, college-friendly things to give up for Lent

By Ariana Matos L I F E S T Y L E

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It’s that time of year again, the one practicing Catholics both dread and relish: Lent. To all the lay-people out there, Lent refers to the pre-Easter period, meant for prayer and penance, and traditionally means that the observer gives something up for 40 days.

It is a solemn time meant to prepare the believer for the resurrection of Christ at Easter. With Ash Wednesday coming up, it may be time for both the religious and non-religious to do a little soul searching and figure out what we can live without.

1. Headphones: Before the invention of these beautiful, little plastic earbuds, we never would have been able to experience the bliss of listening to hardcore gangster rap in the middle of a quiet lecture hall, or effortlessly tuning out awful roommates during their “me time.” But how often do we use those headphones to shut out the world? Try walking to class or doing homework — without any music.

2. Caffeine: Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t an essential part of life. Plenty

of people go their whole lives without even a single cup of coffee in the morning, and they are pleasant enough. According to healthyliving.com, after abandoning caffeine, many people report feeling less irritable and a lot calmer.

5. Clubbing: There is nothing wrong with going out and getting loose with some friends, but after a while it can get very tedious, and if drinking is your favorite sport, very unhealthy. Take a break from it for a little while — go for a hike, hug some puppies or just cuddle up with your best friends and a movie instead. For those giving up this habit, make Mardi Gras count.

3. Facebook: Most of us spend way too much time on social media when we could be actually spending time with friends in real life. Being on the Internet can be a gilded cage — everyone feels so connected, but at the same time, spending five hours holed up in your room scrolling through Facebook can feel extremely disconnecting. Try putting Facebook on pause for a little while and see how many great opportunities open up. You may just never want to reactivate it.

6. Sleeping in: Hitting the snooze button is a college kid’s favorite pastime, but in those five or 10 minutes we waste kind-of-sleeping, we could be doing so much more — meditating, getting our clothes ready for work or even spending a few extra minutes in the shower may just be the thing that boosts your mood.

4. Swearing: This seems pretty tame, but for college students, having a dirty mouth is almost a requirement.

After a while, curse words can begin to replace terms we would otherwise use that make us actually sound intelligent and it is hard to re-cultivate that vocabulary. Try giving up this vulgar vocab and see how much easier it is to converse with your grandparents.

7. Eating on campus: Who has time to make their food at home? According to Forbes. com, the same people who save on average $9,600 during their college career. While $10 here or there for Moe’s or Panda Express doesn’t seem like much, it adds up every week. Taking an extra five minutes and making a sandwich in the morning not only saves money in the long run, but also

helps to avoid that Freshman 15.

8. Netflix: For many of us, this is the hardest. Binge-watching obscure English dramas and Family Guy during downtime is a treasure, but when you really think about it,

procrastinating on the important paper due in a week for just one more hour of entertainment ends up in unneeded stress and aggravation down the road. Giving it up for 40 days may be a huge challenge, but your grades will thank you for it.

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hander struck out nine batters in the win on opening night.

Women’s basketball drops out of polls After spending its first-ever week in program history with a ranking in the AP Top 25, USF (20-5, 11-2) fell out of the rankings following its 65-64 loss to ECU (17-8, 8-6) on Sunday.

Despite owning a better record than seven of the ranked teams, the Bulls received only 19 votes in the AP Poll released Monday.

The Bulls will have a chance to start another winning streak Wednesday when they host Tulsa (14-10, 9-4) at 7 p.m.

Courtney Williams was unable to stop USF from falling out of the AP Top 25 despite scoring 19 points in the final seven minutes in the Bulls’ 65-64 loss at ECU on Sunday.

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Keep college prep out of elementary school trying to sign their name in cursive or learn their times tables.

Many children — even college students — are asked what they want to do when they grow up.

However, asking this question is quite different from expecting them to aim toward the same goal throughout their time in K-12, or even in college. Yes, having any career goal shows that children do think about their futures, but that doesn’t mean they need to know exactly what they want to do.

For instance, as reported in the NY Times, one college planner compares preparing for college to starting Olympic training at a young age rather than at age 17.

Yet, as mentioned in the article, one of the major concerns surrounds what happens to childhood exploration when making serious career goals trickles down from high school to elementary school.

Making decisions so early limits children from having the freedom to develop their own interests later. A child with a dog may only want to become a veterinarian temporarily until a new interest arises.

Just as important, one has to ask what happens to childhood or adolescence in general when students are molded into perfect college applicants from the time they learn to tie their shoes.

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Even though some elementary school students might still be too small to get on the “big kid” rides, it doesn’t mean they’re too young for campus tours and serious contemplation of their futures.

At least, that’s been the trend at elementary and middle schools throughout the country that have already begun encouraging college readiness and taking field trips to campuses such as Rice University, the University of North Carolina and the University of Maryland, as reported in a recent New York Times article. Not only do teachers implement activities that help students plan the steps to college, but students are encouraged to think about their career goals as young as 5 or 6 years old.

In addition to the common concern that the race to college acceptance starts too early, students also shouldn’t be bombarded with college preparation when they’re still

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What you said As voting for the student body elections begins this week, editor Isabelle Cavazos asked students their thoughts on student participation in voting.

“I think the people are willing to vote, but they should be informed. A lot of people don’t even know we’re having an election.”

— Patrick Dougall, a senior majoring in finance

“I feel like not enough people are participating.

We see the chalk and the free stuff handed out, but no one really pays attention.” ­— Kenya Wright, a freshman majoring in mass communications “There definitely should be better student turnout, but I don’t think anybody thinks it’s that important … you don’t really have anyone’s viewpoint.”

Isabelle Cavazos is a junior majoring in English and Spanish.

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early college readiness comes from programs that help bring college awareness to minority and low-income students, especially since a recent report from the Pell Institute found that the number of low-income students earning bachelor’s degrees has only risen from 6 to 9 percent since 1970, as mentioned in the NY Times article.

In the past, USF’s Office of Admissions has held Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Days in support of the Hillsborough County middle schools’ AVID program, which helps first-generation, minority and lower-income students.

However, USF generally accepts high school and transfer students for guided tours.

One of the components of the College Board’s National Office for School Counselor Advocacy is to communicate to all students — starting in elementary school — that they can do well in college.

This is the type of encouragement that students should have from a young age.

While younger students should be aware of the option to attend college, their formative years shouldn’t be spent hypothesizing about the major or school in which they will end up.

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Bulls aim to end losing streak against Cougars

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

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The USF men’s basketball team will yet again try to break out of its longest losing streak since the 2005-06 season when it hosts fellow cellardweller Houston tonight at the Sun Dome.

USF (7-19, 1-12) lost 17-straight games in 2005-06, and it can match that mark only if it loses the remainder of its games this season. The Cougars present one of the best opportunities for the Bulls to avoid repeating history.

Houston (9-15, 1-11) has won only two of its last 13 games and is fresh off a lastsecond 56-54 loss to UCF on Sunday.

The Cougars’ offense has been led by guard Jherrod Stiggers, who averages 14.7 points per game, but is only shooting 34 percent from the field. Stiggers was held out of the Cougars’ game against UCF due to an undisclosed violation of team rules, but he will suit up against USF. The Bulls have lost by single digits in only two of their last

seven games, but the recent progress of freshman Ruben Guerrero may alleviate some scoring pressure off the guards.

Guerrero scored 17 points in 34 minutes Saturday and is shooting 52 percent from the field so far this month. Before the center’s increased workload, the Bulls did not have a reliable post player.

Because of this, scorers such as Corey Allen Jr., who has taken 84 shots over the past five games, have had to create offense on their own.

The Bulls have struggled to produce on offense during their stretch of losses, scoring over 60 points only twice in the past 13 games.

Scoring could continue to be a problem for USF tonight.

Once again, the Bulls may have to rely upon Guerrero against the Cougars, as their guards are bigger than most — with heights ranging from 6-foot-4 to 6-foot-6.

USF’s guards both stand at 6-foot-1.

Tonight’s game between USF and Houston begins at 7 and will be broadcast on ESPN News.

Agustin Moreno coached USF women’s tennis to a 129-79 record in just over nine seasons before being let go Monday.

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Corey Allen Jr., the Bulls’ leading scorer at 15.2 points per game, has only made 35.4 percent of his shots in the past four games. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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Women’s tennis coach fired

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

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USF women’s tennis coach Agustin Moreno was let go for not meeting the standards expected of a head coach, Director of Athletics Mark Harlan announced Monday afternoon.

Assistant coach Kelly Anderson will serve as the interim coach until a new head coach is found.

The team began the spring season with a 2-4 record, with wins against the University of

North Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University.

Moreno led USF to an AAC title last season, defeating Houston in the championship round. The team finished the season with a loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Oklahoma State.

Bulls earn weekly awards USF softball player Juli Weber earned a spot on this week’s AAC honor roll after having an eight-hit weekend, during which she hit .615.

The sophomore has started all 10 games this season and has hit .429 with a team-high 12 hits.

Weber marks the third player to be named to the honor roll this season, joining Erica Nunn and Lee Ann Spivey.

Junior pitcher Jimmy Herget was also named to the AAC honor roll after a strong effort in USF’s 2-1 win over No. 17 Cal State Fullerton on Friday.

Herget allowed one run on one hit and four walks in five innings pitched. The right-

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