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JUNE 2009 | IssUE 2
The Hollywood Invasion
Brunel welcomes three major stars of the stage
RAE FUNdINg BoosT Brunel research secures a 55% funding increase
ThE BIg IdEA Express discusses all things student-related with the new UBS President
Inside this issue…
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P14
P4-6 News Round-up
P7 The Rising Stars of Brunel Athletics
Student athletes outclassed the
competition in the BUCS Outdoor
and Indoor Championships
P8 Brunel’s Hollywood Invasion
The University welcomed three
stars of stage and screen onto
campus this spring to debate
Shakespeare and open the
Antonin Artaud building.
P11 RAE Results Prompt Funding Boost
P12 The Big Idea The Union of Brunel Students’
first black female President, Nat
Foster, discusses her plans for the
forthcoming year.
P14 All Their Own Work Staff, students and the public
unite for the annual All Our Own
Work exhibition in the Beldam
Gallery.
P15 Your Brunel: HSBC Meet Denise Burns, HSBC
Manager, to find out what
the branch has to offer the
community.
CreditsExpress is available to read on our website at: www.brunel.ac.uk/news/express
We’d love to hear from you with ideas for news items, stories or features, as well as any feedback. Please email your ideas or comments to [email protected]
Brunel Publications Editor: Jo Dooher Tel: ext 65154 Email: [email protected]
Contributors: Rose Hamada Emma Fitness
Photography: Sally Trussler Neil Graveney Andrew Hill Job King
Print: Brunel University Press
Front Cover: Stephen Berkoff at the opening of the Antonin Artaud building
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The guest Foreword Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chris Jenks
As many of you will already be aware, the
recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
2008 was an enormous success for Brunel. Not
only did we climb 10 places in the UK research
power rankings, we also secured the 9th largest
funding increase in the sector, bringing in an
extra £4.5 million for the next academic year.
In my eyes, that is certainly a considerable
cause for celebration.
However, the influence and benefits of the RAE
are not limited to the realm of academia: our
advances underline Brunel’s status as a research-
intensive institution and cement our position
amongst the top universities in the country. It
will benefit our league table rankings, our
teaching capacity and quality, our ability to
attract the best staff and students, and our
potential to take Brunel research to even
greater heights in time for the next assessment,
the Research Excellence Framework, in 2014.
I congratulate the entire Brunel community
for the immense amount of hard work and
determination that has gone into achieving
this fantastic result. I think you’ll all agree that
Brunel’s future promises to be a bright and
exciting one.
See page 7 for more on the future plans
for RAE funding
BRuNEl PuTS ON ITS BEST FACE This summer, the University and the Students’ Union are joining
together to stage the biggest, most spectacular end-of-term
festival yet.
FACE Festival (or Festival of Awareness, Creativity and Expression)
will take over the campus from 26 to 29 May (also known as
‘Refreshers Week’) to allow students to let their hair down after
the stress of examinations, as well as sending off departing final
year students in style.
Featuring ‘The Beach’ in the Crank Gardens, barbecues, music,
dance and DJ sets in the Quad, as well as workshops in yoga,
various sports and even kite flying held around the University,
the Festival will truly bring the campus to life. Most importantly,
students will have an opportunity to rediscover the many sports
clubs, societies and resources available to them while studying at
Brunel, and encourage greater integration in years to come.
FACE will bring together the vast social demographic of the
University for the four days of the festival, but its content will
be largely shaped by the students. If you have any ideas of how
your club or society could get involved, for example through
workshops or performances, please get in touch with the Festival
organisers as soon as possible. After all, it will be the students
who make the week the success it promises to be.
For more information on FACE visit the Students’ Union website:
www.brunelstudents.com/FACE
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The Brunel Estates team has been nominated for
two prestigious awards – Outstanding Estates
Initiative and Outstanding Estates Team – in the
Times Higher Education (THE) Leadership and
Management Awards 2009. The nominations
were made for the recent transformation of the
boilerhouse into the multipurpose Antonin Artaud
building, and for the spectrum of work that has
gone into delivering the Brunel Masterplan over
the last few years. The winners will be revealed at a
gala dinner in London on 9 June 2009.
Paul Thomas, Managing Director of Resources and
Operations, said: “The vision behind the Masterplan
and the transformation of the University was
far-sighted, and the scale of the construction
programme was daunting. It is a mark of the
professionalism and determination of the Estates
team that business has carried on successfully.”
Two ‘ThE’ Award Nominations for Estates Team
RECORd FuNdRAISINg FOR COmIC
RElIEF
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Dr Bryan Taylor, research associate in the Centre
for Sports Medicine and Human Performance,
has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright
Fellow Scholarship. The award, which will be
administered by the Fulbright Commission and is
one of only three awarded to UK researchers this
year, will enable Dr Taylor (pictured below) to
perform a mentored 10-month research project
entitled “Work of breathing in patients with
chronic heart failure: implications for exercise
tolerance”.
The project will investigated the role of the
respiratory system in limiting exercise tolerance
among heart-failure patients. The intended
outcome is a therapeutic aid to alleviate the
debilitating symptoms of discomfort.
The Scholarships are designed to promote
the transatlantic cross-fertilisation of medical
research. The expertise of his mentor, a Professor
of Medicine based at the world-renowned Mayo
Clinic, Minnesota, can scarcely be matched on
these shores, which means that Taylor’s work will
raise the knowledge base within the UK.
Dr Taylor explained what a special opportunity
it represents: “It will give me the chance
to perform world-class research in a world-
renowned centre of research excellence with a
world-class mentor.”
Dr Christine Riefa, lecturer in
the Brunel Law School, has
also received a Fulbright EU
Scholar-in-residence award,
which aims to strengthen the
US’ expertise in EU affairs.
She will spend five months at
Cleveland-Marshall University,
Ohio, from January 2010
and she will be teaching
European Consumer Law and
conducting research on the
protection of consumers in
virtual environments (such
as Second Life) as well as
taking an active part in the
local legal community.
Two Academics win Prestigious Fulbright Awards
Brunel University staff and students made a huge effort to
raise money for Comic Relief this year, with events ranging
from a three-course gourmet meal cooked by Pro-Vice-
Chancellor Rob Macredie, and organised local walks and
food stalls, through to leg waxing, cross dressing and
pyjama wearing! As a result Brunel recorded nearly £4,000
in donations. Here are just a few highlights of the day’s
fundraising activities:
• ProfessorRobMacredieraised£730forhismealraffle,
which was won by Pam Holloway in the School of Social
Sciences;
• TheSchoolofInformationSystems,Computingand
Mathematics raised over £500 for a suite of activities,
including curry and cake stalls, clairvoyancy and creating
balloon flowers;
• TheStudents’Unionraised£1,500throughawholehost
of student activities and events;
• TheBishopandLancasterresidencesraised£455;
• Cateringraisedover£400fromactivitiesincluding
pyjama-clad Rococo’s staff.
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Team reveals breakthrough
in new air hybrid engine
Standard petrol engines can be
turned into eco-friendly, cost-
effective hybrids without the need
for major redesigns, the School
of Engineering and Design has
revealed. The Advanced Powertrain
and Fuels research
team’s simulations
show standard
combustion
engines could
economically
be adapted into
air hybrid engines,
which would
produce fewer carbon
emissions and be cheaper to run.
The hypothesis is that when a car
uses its engine’s natural compression
cycle to brake, the piston could also
compress air and drive it into an
air tank, which could later be used
to power the piston and provide
compressed air for turbo charging.
Only small alterations
would be needed to
adapt a normal
combustion engine
into an air hybrid,
with no need to
redesign the engine.
The team’s director,
Professor Hua Zhao, said:
“Significantly reducing the cost
of driving through reducing fuel
consumption and lowering carbon
emissions for commercial vehicles is
an ongoing battle. Our simulations
prove that we have achieved a major
breakthrough.”
Public Lecture Series
proves a big hit
Brunel’s first Public Lecture Series,
which delved into the theme of
‘Exploring Tomorrow’s World’, proved
to be a tremendous success. Each of
the 18 featured academics provided
fascinating insights into their area
of expertise, while the
six lectures averaged
audiences of over 200.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor
(Development), Professor
Steve Dixon, who was
responsible for organising
the events, commented:
“I’m delighted that Brunel’s first
Public Lecture Series has generated
so much public interest and has been
such a popular success. The lectures
have been absolutely outstanding,
but what is particularly gratifying is
that the Series has attracted so many
local people who had never been
onto the Brunel campus before, and
who then returned night after night
and actively participated in the
discussions.
“The lectures
have generated
some real public
excitement, and
the speakers
have consistently
provided brave views
and fascinating
insights into some
of the most
important issues of
our time.”
Library extends opening hours
The Library has extended its opening
hours again for the revision and
examination period this year. It
will be open from 8.40am to 2am
seven days a week, until 2am on
the morning of Friday 22 May. Once
again, users of the Library during this
period will be supported by teams of
postgraduate students.
Creative Writing student
honoured by leading
literary agent
MA Creative Writing: the Novel
student Kerry McKeagney has been
awarded the Curtis Brown Prize for
her novel, Tubing. Curtis Brown, one
of London’s foremost literary talent
agencies, has pledged to endow
an annual prize of £1,500 on the
School of Arts’ postgraduate course
to recognise Brunel’s up-and-coming
literary talents.
Kerry’s novel, a dark,
sexually-charged thriller
set in London, was
praised for its high-
concept originality.
MA graduates
Geraldine Terry,
a company
director from
Buckingham-
shire, and
Simon Robb, a
film journalist
who lives
in Brighton,
were also
shortlisted for
the Prize.
News in Brief
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ThE RIsINg sTARs of BRUNEl AThlETICs
At the Indoor event in Sheffield in March, Brunel were easily the
dominant force, outclassing the big names, Loughborough, UWIC
and Bath, to win both the men’s and women’s competitions. The
team’s performance at the Outdoor competition over the May Bank
Holiday weekend was also impressive, with the women’s team
finishing second – just behind Loughborough – and securing five gold
medals, while the men’s team finished sixth with one gold medal.
Although the whole team have put in an array of superb
performances in the last few months, it is the female track athletes
who have truly excelled. One such athlete is Emma Pallant, a middle-
and long-distance runner who secured golds in the 3000m and
1500m and a silver in the 5000m over the two events. Other names
to watch include Joey Duck (pictured right), Tara Bird, Lucy Sargent,
Shelayna Oskan, Dominique Blaize and Katia Lannon, who between
them won a clutch of golds, silvers and bronzes in every single sprint
and relay event.
This season, the strengths of the men’s team lie primarily in the field
events. Sports Scholar and the Scottish record-holding pole vaulter
Scott Huggins won gold at the Indoor event and silver at the Outdoor.
Our javelin throwers are also on top form, with Chris Hughff winning
golds at both events and Neil Crossley a bronze. Hughff’s throw of
76.92m at the Outdoor championships also placed him second in the
UK senior rankings.
Athletics at Brunel has gone from strength to strength in recent years
and the current crop of athletes promise a bright, medal-winning
future. It is beyond doubt that many of our young athletes will
eventually become household names in the years to come. Expect
Brunel domination at the 2012 London Olympics!
Any lingering notions that Brunel athletics still stood in the
shadows of other university sporting giants have been
comprehensively dispelled after magnificent performances
at the Indoor and Outdoor British universities and
Colleges (BuCS) Championships this spring.
DAtEs to WAtCh 10-12 July } Aviva UK Championships and World Trials, Birmingham (BBC) 16-19 July } European Under-23 Championships, Lithuania (Eurosport) 15-23 August } IAAF World Championships, Berlin (BBC) Photo: Joey duck by MARk SHeARMAN.
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Brunel’s
Hollywood InvasionBrunel university has welcomed
no less than three internationally
acclaimed actors onto campus
since April. Between them, they
celebrated the opening of the
new School of Arts building,
received an honorary degree
and debated the ‘real’ identity of
Shakespeare…
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steven Berkoff opens
the Artaud Building
By Rose Hamada
Legendary Hollywood actor, playwright and
director Steven Berkoff opened the doors of a
newly refurbished boilerhouse – now named the
Antonin Artaud building – for Brunel’s School of
Arts in February.
Berkoff, who is best known for his portrayal of ice-
cold villains in films such as James Bond, Rambo and A
Clockwork Orange, was decidedly more amiable at the
opening, praising the new facilities and professing he
had enjoyed the modern performances staged by the
students and staff. The day’s performers included new
noise, an improvisatory ensemble of undergraduate
and postgraduate students directed by Brunel Professor
Peter Wiegold, while Brunel Drama students performed
an adaptation of Artaud’s surrealist text, Nerve Scales,
directed by Brunel’s Barry Edwards.
The Artaud building is the result of a £3 million
refurbishment and will be primarily used by the School
of Arts. It now contains drama and performance studios,
a music room, a public performance venue and radio
recording and video editing suites for students studying
journalism and film and television. The building was
named after Antonin Artaud, a leading French actor and
director in the 1920s, whose visionary theories influenced
generations of directors like Steven Berkoff.
Professor Steve Dixon, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development),
who worked with Berkoff as an actor 25 years ago,
said: “We are really proud of the School of Arts and it’s
wonderful that Steven Berkoff gave up his day off for the
occasion. If anyone embodies Artaud, it’s Steven Berkoff.
As a writer, director and actor, he is so influenced by
Artaud’s work that there was only ever one person we
wanted to ask to open the event.”
Berkoff added that universities like Brunel were heading
in the right direction: “If you have a university studying
people like Artaud, it is quite remarkable. It will encourage
people like myself and is very valuable.”
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the spring Debate:
Who was shakespeare?
The question of Shakespeare’s identity, or more precisely,
the identity of the author of the works that bear
Shakespeare’s name, has been a matter of contention
for centuries. This April, Brunel fanned the flames of the
controversy during the annual Spring Debate, where two
heavyweights of the stage, internationally-renowned
Shakespearean actor Sir Derek Jacobi, and playwright,
actor and the first artistic director of the Globe Theatre,
Mark Rylance, joined Head of the School of Arts Dr
William Leahy to discuss the true identity of the Bard.
The three gave fascinating insights into just why doubt
should be cast on the credentials of the ‘Man from
Stratford’, such as the lack of surviving original texts, his
limited education, his other ‘career’ as a loan-shark and
the fact that no one in the literary world marked his death
in 1616.
Sir Derek Jacobi argued that the then Earl of Oxford,
Edward De Vere, was in fact the most likely candidate for
the works, in part due to the Earl’s uncanny biographical
similarities to the character of Hamlet. Mark Rylance also
drew attention to the theory that the true author was the
philosopher, statesman and lawyer Sir Francis Bacon, who
had referred to himself as a “concealed poet” and had the
education, class and background required to create works
of such remarkable variety and depth.
The University has a well-established reputation in the field
of Shakespeare authorship, following the formation by Dr
Leahy of the world’s first Master’s programme dedicated
to studying the question in 2007. Dr Leahy, along with
Mark Rylance and Sir Derek Jacobi, also established the
‘Declaration of Reasonable Doubt’, which states that
there is room for reasoned discussion of the identity of
William Shakespeare, and that his identity is an important
question for anyone seeking to understand the works, the
formative literary culture in which they were produced,
or the nature of literary creativity and genius. So far the
declaration has attracted well over 1,500 signatures.
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Brunel Express | Issue 2 | Page 11
Our impressive 54.5% increase in QR funding is a
direct result of our excellent performance in the
recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 and
was the 9th largest in the whole Higher Education
sector(whichaveragedatjust7.8%).Thefunding
is provided by HEFCE, the public body responsible
for financing higher education research, who will
inject nearly £8 billion into the sector for the next
academic year.
So how does the University plan to use this extra
funding? The primary goal will be to support
initiatives that allow Brunel to achieve its vision
of being a world-class research community. One
ofthekeyschemesistheintroductionof30
new studentships, called the Isambard Research
Scholarships.
These are already being advertised, with an
application closing date of 19 June 2009. The
studentships will help ensure Brunel’s strategy
of inclusivity and sustainability is maintained
and nurtured, as well as encouraging the further
development of Early Career Researchers.
In addition, money will be invested in establishing an
Open Access Publishing Fund, which will enhance the
impact of Brunel research by both encouraging staff
to publish in Open Access journals and to cover the
costs associated with doing this. This is a technique
that has been successfully used by other research-
intensive universities in the US and UK to ensure their
research has the widest possible dissemination and is
published in the most respected journals.
Other initiatives Brunel plans to support include
research training and staff development for
Early Career Researchers, as well as focusing on
bringing all research within the University up to an
internationally-excellent standard.
How the extra QR funding continues to be used
will, of course, be reviewed periodically, as the exact
amount Brunel receives each year will vary (the pot of
money HEFCE can distribute to universities is revised
every year). However, we can be sure that the boost
to the University’s research budget is a significant
step in our move towards being one of the UK’s elite
research establishments.
Since the last issue of Express, Brunel university has been awarded an extra £4.5 million in Quality-related (QR) research funding for 2009/10, raising our annual grant to nearly £12.9 million.
RAE Prompts Substantial Funding Boost
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The Union
of Brunel Students’
elections took place before Easter,
clocking up one of the best student
election turnouts in the UK and a
fourth annual consecutive increase in
voters. We catch up with Nat Foster,
the next UBS President (and the
first black woman to hold the
role), to discuss her plans for the
Union in the coming year…
thE Big
iDEA
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on deciding to run for PresidentI am currently the Union’s VP for Education and
Welfare and it didn’t feel right to leave when I had
just got into my stride, nor when I still had many
more goals to achieve. The role of President felt
like the logical next step, plus everyone kept saying
to me: “Go on, Nat, go for it – no one else could
do the role”, so I did!
on plans for the next yearBrunel has really moved up a gear in the last year,
especially with the RAE results being such a huge
success. So, top of my agenda is to ensure the
students’ academic experience of Brunel matches
this high standard.
One of my other main priorities will be to continue
to campaign for 24-hour library access, something
that has been extremely high on our students’
agendas for years. The Library has recently secured
funding to open until 2am during exams, which
is a big step forward, but I won’t be satisfied until
this is the case throughout the entire academic year.
Many other universities open their libraries around
the clock, or for significantly longer than Brunel. I
think it is a shame that such a fundamental tool to
the continued success of Brunel is not as high on
the University’s agenda as it is for the students.
on the Brunel communityHaving just one campus makes our university
pretty unique and we should capitalise on the
benefits this brings. I want to focus on celebrating
all the diverse cultures and communities we enjoy,
and create a friendly, family atmosphere. Small
changes make a massive difference to our sense
of community; for example, turfing over the quad
immediately created a whole new space where
students now mix and socialise. I’d like to see more
of those small-but-effective changes.
on students’ issues Speaking to students every day, it’s clear that one
of their big concerns is gaining employment after
graduation. In this climate you really need more
than just a degree to get a job and strengthening
other skill sets is vital if you are to succeed.
Thankfully, there’s lots of amazing opportunities
available at Brunel, from clubs and societies to
volunteering or the Job Shop, and it’s one of my
challenges to make sure as many students as
possible are aware of all the options.
on the National student surveyOverall, the NSS has been really beneficial to
us. Although I might not fully agree with its
methodology, it has highlighted both areas where
Brunel excels and the problem areas in Schools.
Rob [Macredie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Student
Experience] has done a great job in tackling these
issues and you can definitely see an improvement.
But there’s still more to be done on issues like
Assessment and Feedback ratings, which still score
poorly. The teaching is generally fantastic here, but
how can students progress if they are not shown
clearly how and where to make improvements?
The Union team
Alongside Nat, the student body also elected three other new faces to fill the key student officer posts. These are (from left to right):
VP Academic Representation Priya Pallan
VP Student Activities ‘Greenwood’ Joel Brasher-Jones
VP Community Welfare Teresa Sam
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All Our Own Work is a remarkably diverse collection of
work produced by Brunel staff, students and members
of the public, including ceramics, sculpture, painting
and jewellery, all created through the Arts Centre’s open
access courses. The exhibition’s launch evening kicked off
with a prize giving ceremony for the best examples of 2D
and 3D work, as well as student arts achievement awards.
Jay Wilkinson, director of the Arts Centre, began
the ceremony with a speech, exclaiming she was
“overwhelmed at the wealth of talent of everyone who
attends the classes.” Jay also announced the introduction
of the student Certificate of Achievement, which
recognises the commitment and personal development of
those students who have dedicated non-academic time
to improving their artistic or performing skills throughout
their studies, as well as showing progress in their artform.
The prize for the Most Outstanding Work went to Mary
Clarke (pictured below right), a member of the public,
for her painting, ‘Waterfall’. Mary was clearly shocked to
have won, and her acceptance was moving to hear: “I’ve
been coming to these classes for quite a long time. I’ve
given up my day job to focus on my art so this is great! As
you could see I was very surprised.”
Anthony Piper, a third year mechanical engineering
student, was one of four to receive a Certificate of
Achievement. Anthony has been taking the Centre’s
pottery classes for three years: “Of my first 50 bowls only
two of them were ok – it takes practice.” When asked
how he came up with the idea for his recent project, a
series of ceramic-thrown fountains, he said: “My mother
bought a hand-built one for about s240, and I thought,
‘I could do that’! My grandmother also wanted one, so
one of these is for her.”
All Our Own Work is on display until 17 June 2009,
from 9.30am to 5pm, Mon-Fri. Entry is free.
The winnersOutstanding Work: Mary Clark, member of the public 3D Exhibition: Maria Rayment, member of the public; Oyindamola Showole, Business School student 2D Exhibition: Rebecca Richardson, member of the public; Jasdeep Rai, Biomedical Sciences student Certificates of Achievements: Antony Piper, Hiren Kotadia, Anusha Choolun, James Lovett
All Their Own Work
Staff, students and members of the
public all united this April for the
opening of the All Our Own Work
exhibition at the Beldam gallery.
Emma Fitness reports on the
exhibition’s opening and meets some
of this year’s prize-winners.
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Brunel Express | Issue 2 | Page 15
“I have been the Branch Manager at the ‘new’ HSBC Bank since
January and I work with a dedicated and professional team who
support me in the day-to-day running of the branch.
What many people don’t realise is that the Brunel HSBC is actually
a fully operational retail branch, and is by no means just a service
for students: we cater for everyone in the Brunel community,
as well as those from the local area. We have a team of fully
qualified advisors who can help provide financial solutions to all
of your needs, and we offer a complete suite of products and
services that you would expect to find in any high street branch,
including mortgages, savings, insurances and financial planning.
We also offer an extensive suite of modern equipment that allows
you to complete transactions and manage your finances on-site.
I am very excited that I have been given the opportunity to re-
launch our Brunel branch and, to mark the occasion, I will be
holding an Open Day for staff and students in May, where you
will have the opportunity to meet my team of advisors, plus our
Financial Planning and Premier Managers.
However, you are welcome to drop in at any time and my team will be delighted to discuss exactly what we have to offer. I look forward to meeting you.”
In the first in a series of features highlighting and promoting the services that benefit our staff and students, we meet denise Burns, Brunel HSBC’s new manager, to find out what the branch has to offer and to mark its Open day re-launch in may.
Your Brunel: HSBC
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132181 0209
26-29 MAy 2009
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