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There are three types of tournament water skiing: trick, slalom and jump. Canepa participates in all three. f you could choose anything to do in your free In the trick competition skiers perform a series of time, you most likely wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick getting FKRVHQ WULFNV UDQJLQJ IURP ÄŚGHJUHH WXUQV WR IXOO dragged across water at over 25 mph by a tow Ă&#x20AC;LSV LQ VHFRQGV 7KH MXGJH DVVHVVHV WKH WULFNV DQG rope. But freshman Ryan Canepa does just that, awards predetermined point values for each one. and well enough to compete on a national level.

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“I chose this painting because it best describes whatI do or aspire to accomplish. It is sold and gone. I do not know who bought it.

But the person who owns this painting picked up what I was trying to convey. Lola, the Labrador in the back, is watching as Winston, the Dalmatian, is being hugged by my cousin. They are in my kitchen on the Fourth of July, and Lola is very jealous. We had to put Lola down that year, so it is a very special painting. The owner of that painting does not know our family, but she responded to the gesture and the psychological content I fed that painting. I feel really good that my voice spoke to a stranger. Besides, I will always own this painting in spirit.”

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EDITORIAL: Oct. 18 is waaaay too busy!

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That is, after they cheer on the Jog-A-Thon, attend the Fall Family Festival and watch the annual Chalk Mural be created—all on the same day.

It’s just too much.

See story, page 3 Sure, putting all of the events on one day might save a little money and attract a larger crowd overall.

According to Lindsey Sackheim, president of the Parents’ Association, the PA hopes to boost attendance to the Fall Family Festival by putting it on the same day as the more successful Jog-A-Thon, at the same time reducing the impact on students’ academic schedules But what about students who have obligations to more than one event? How are they expected to be committed to so much on a single day?

And won’t having all of these events at once reduce their impact?

Each event traditionally has its own day, bringing excitement with each of them because they are the special event of the day.

The Chalk Mural is one such event—many students get out of class to spend the whole day drawing on the

sidewalk, getting chalk all over themselves and completing the mural over the course of a single day.

On a different day, Homecoming, along with the pep rally, sucks up school spirit for a day and directs it toward supporting the sports teams.

And the Jog-A-Thon and Fall Family Festival, while not quite as important for most high-school students, there are a number who participate in or volunteer for both.

Having all of these events on the same day will simply be draining.

Imagine the student already missing class to create the Chalk Mural. In the morning, he skips the Jog-AThon to keep drawing. At lunch, he drops everything to go to the pep rally—perhaps even play in the Jazz Band.

And if he’s on the soccer team, he’ll have to shower off the chalk and play in the game late into the night.

And that’s not to mention students who want to volunteer in the Fall Family Festival.

Even the Student Council suffers. They usually hold their biggest fundraiser, the Student Council car wash, during the Fall Family Festival (which is traditionally on a Saturday), but won’t be able to this year because of the other events going on at the same time.

So, yes, parents coming to see the Jog-A-Thon might also stop by the Fall Family Festival and the Chalk Mural. But isn’t all that too much for one day?

The Octagon Editors-In-Chief Garrett Kaighn Connor Martin Kamira Patel Copy Editor Garrett Kaighn Business Manager Garrett Kaighn News Editor Emma Williams Editorial Editor Skovran Cunningham Community Editor Grant Miner Sports Editors Micaela Bennett-Smith Eric Hilton Centerpoint Editor Kamira Patel Opinion Editor Maxwell Shukuya Feature Editor Aishwarya Nadgauda

Online Editors-In Chief Ryan Ho David Myers Photo Editor Cissy Shi Reporters Emma Belliveau Zoe Bowlus Avi Buhllar Daniel Hernried Zane Jakobs Elena Lipman Maddy Judd Austin Talamantes Manson Tung Foreign Correspondent Margaret Whitney Cartoonist Jacob Sands Adviser Patricia Fels

The Octagon is published eight times a year by high-school journalism students of Sacramento Country Day School, 2636 Latham Drive, Sacramento, Calif. 95864. Phone: (916) 481-8811, ext. 347. Web address: http://www.scdsoctagon.com.

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Alumna travels to France, Sweden & Cambodia to find father she lost at 10

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When Victoria Loustalot, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;03, was 10 years old, her father died with AIDS. Now, 19 years later, Loustalot has published a memoir entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Is How You Say Goodbye.â&#x20AC;?

The memoir, which she began during her time at Country Day and released on Sept. 10, revolves around her relationship with her father.

The Inspiration Âł,WÂśV D FRPLQJÄĽRIÄĽDJH VWRU\ LQ PDQ\ ZD\V ´ /RXVWDORW VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also sort of a classic heroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey. I set out to solve the riddle of my father and of myself.â&#x20AC;?

Loustalot, who originally attended a Catholic elementary school, transferred to Country Day in the seventh grade.

By that time, her father had come out as being gay and the YLHZV RI KHU &DWKROLF FODVVPDWHV ZHUH GLɡFXOW WR OLYH ZLWK The comments about her father were part of the reason she changed schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were people who thought that my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being JD\ PDGH KLP ÄŞZRUWKÄŤ OHVV WKDQ WKHP ´ /RXVWDORW VDLG Âł$V D ÄĽ\HDUÄĽROG LW ZDV KDUG WR JR WR VFKRRO DQG OHDUQ WKDW KRPRÄĽ sexuality was against God, against Jesus.â&#x20AC;?

In many ways, Loustalotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memoir is a way for her to unÄĽ derstand her father and their relationship. Âł+H ZDV D WRWDOO\ GLÉąHUHQW SHUVRQ DIWHU ÄŞKH JRW +,9ÄŤ ´ Loustalot said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted nothing more than to know what he was like for my mom and previous boyfriends he had had.â&#x20AC;?

When her father committed suicide four days before her 11th birthday, Loustalot was faced with a multitude of emoÄĽ tions. Âł,W ZDV REYLRXVO\ GLɡFXOW ´ /RXVWDORW VDLG Âł+H KDG EHHQ VXÉąHULQJ IRU VR ORQJ LQ VRPH ZD\V LW ZDV D UHOLHI â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew that he was dying. When someone has a proÄĽ longed illness like that, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just sort of waiting for them to die. The whole family revolved around his illness.â&#x20AC;?

Country Day Beginnings Even after her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, Loustalot still wondered about her father and wrote about him.

During her sophomore year, Loustalot wrote a rememÄĽ EHUHGÄĽSODFH HVVD\ RQ WKH 2UFKDUG &DIp D UHVWDXUDQW KDOIZD\ between her mother in Sacramento and her father in Santa Cruz, where she was passed between her divorced parents afÄĽ ter spending the weekend with her dad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She let the story tell itself through subtle details, someÄĽ thing that her classmates were still learning to do,â&#x20AC;? English teacher Patricia Fels wrote in a college recommendation letter FRPSOH[ RI $QJNRU :DW LQ &DPERGLD 2Q KHU MRXUQH\ /RXVWDÄĽ for Loustalot.

English teacher Ron Bell had a similar impression of LoustÄĽ ORW FRPHV WR WHUPV ZLWK KHU IDWKHUÂśV GHDWK DQG LV ÂżQDOO\ DEOH alot. According to Fels, Bell had discussed Katherine MansÄĽ to say goodbye. ³Ī¾7KLV ,V +RZ <RX 6D\ *RRGE\Hœč LV FRXUDJHRXV DQG LQÄĽ ÂżHOGÂśV VKRUW VWRU\ Âł0LVV %ULOO´ ZLWK /RXVWDORWÂśV FODVV ZKLOH VXEÄĽ sightful,â&#x20AC;? said Brenda Copeland, Loustalotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s editor at St. MarÄĽ stituting for Fels. Âł$IWHUZDUGV KH VDLG WR PH ¾Ī/RXVWDORWÄŤ KDG WKH PRVW VRÄĽ tinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel proud to have worked with her on it. Âł$ JRRG PHPRLU LV D MRXUQH\ħRQH WKDW WDNHV LWV DXWKRU SKLVWLFDWHG DQVZHUV VKH FRXOG HDVLO\ EH D VHQLRU ϫ )HOV VDLG from here to there. A great memoir is a journey for the reader, â&#x20AC;&#x153;She stood out already in just that short time.â&#x20AC;? too. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is How You Say Goodbyeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a great memoir.â&#x20AC;?

Bell said he feels the same now as he did then.

Despite Loustalotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success in publishing her book, there â&#x20AC;&#x153;Victoria already wrote with an adult style when she was in were complications along the way. At one point, Loustalot had KLJK VFKRRO ´ %HOO VDLG Âł0RUH VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ VKH WRRN KHU ZRUN to decide whether to publish her seriously. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what made the book as a novel or keep it as an GLÉąHUHQFH XOWLPDWHO\ 6KH VWXFN â&#x20AC;&#x153;,WÂśV D FRPLQJÄĽRIÄĽDJH VWRU\ LQ PDQ\ unpublished memoir. with it.â&#x20AC;?

While a freshman at ColumÄĽ /RXVWDORW ZDV RQ 7KH 2FWDÄĽ ways. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also sort of a classic heroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bia University in New York City, JRQ VWDÉą IRU DOO IRXU \HDUV RI KLJK VFKRRO VHUYLQJ DV HGLWRUÄĽLQÄĽFKLHI journey. I set out to solve the riddle Loustalot met with an editor at Random House. The editor sugÄĽ KHU VHQLRU \HDU 6KH DOVR ZURWH ÂżFÄĽ of my father and myself.â&#x20AC;? gested that Loustalot turn her tion stories for The Glass Knife â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Victoria Loustalot, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;03 memoir into a novel as well as WKURXJKRXW KHU KLJKÄĽVFKRRO FDÄĽ put it in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dear Diaryâ&#x20AC;? form. reer.

But Loustalot refused to And some of the stories in her change her memoir in that way.

PHPRLU ZHUH ÂżUVW ZULWWHQ IRU KHU VHQLRU SURMHFW â&#x20AC;&#x153;The impression the editor gave me was it was going to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;At that point it was just getting down on paper what I reÄĽ membered about my father,â&#x20AC;? Loustalot said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really just D FKLFNÄĽOLW WKLQJ ´ /RXVWDORW VDLG LQ D 2FWDJRQ DUWLFOH Âł,W really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appeal to me. a collection of memories.â&#x20AC;?

In the end, Loustalot and the Random House editor were Bell, who was Loustalotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior project adviser, was imÄĽ unable to come to an agreement, and Random House withÄĽ pressed with her early draft. Âł,W ZDV JRRGħPRYLQJ DQG UHSUHVHQWLQJ D XQLTXH SRLQW RI GUHZ LWV RÉąHU Âł2WKHUV KDG WKLV LGHD WKDW VKH VKRXOGQÂśW FDUH LI VKH KDG WR view,â&#x20AC;? Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her description of her emotional and intelÄĽ OHFWXDO FRPLQJ WR WHUPV ZLWK WKH ORVV ÄŞRI KHU IDWKHUÄŤ FUHDWHG make changes to it,â&#x20AC;? Fels said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She persisted with the idea D XQLTXH VWRU\ , DOZD\V WKRXJKW LW ZRXOG EH SXEOLVKHG VRPH that this was a story worth telling.â&#x20AC;? Âł, ÂżQG P\VHOI HVSHFLDOO\ JODG WKDW , VWXFN WR P\ JXQV DQG day.â&#x20AC;?

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However, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until she was in her twenties that LoustÄĽ terms.â&#x20AC;? alot gave serious thought to writing a memoir.

Future Plans â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this weird period in your life where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of In the 10 years since then, Loustalot graduated from CoÄĽ an adult, and yet thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about yourÄĽ self and about the world,â&#x20AC;? Loustalot said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It became increasÄĽ OXPELD HDUQHG D PDVWHUÂśV GHJUHH LQ &UHDWLYH 1RQÂżFWLRQ WKHUH LQJO\ FOHDU WR PH WKDW , QHHGHG WR JHW VRPH UHVROXWLRQ DQG ÂżQG as well, and worked as a freelance writer for companies such DV 3XEOLVKHUV :HHNO\ 7KH +XɡQJWRQ 3RVW 7KH 1HZ <RUNHU some answers so that I could move forward.â&#x20AC;?

In the memoir, Loustalot goes on a trip to the places she ÄŞZHEVLWHÄŤ DQG 7KH 2QLRQ /RXVWDORWÂśV SHUVLVWHQFH SDLG RÉą DQG QRZ WKDW VKH KDV was supposed to visit with her father before his illness made that trip an impossibility: Paris, Stockholm and the temple published her memoir with St. Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Press, she is faced

On the cover of Vic! toria Loustalotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is How You Say Good! bye,â&#x20AC;? "above# she sits in front of a temple in Cambodia. Loustalot will sign her books at the Avid Reader "1600 Broadway# at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5. She will also visit SCDS on Tues! day, Feb. 10. At age 8 Loustalot camped with her father at Pismo Beach in the summer of 1993 "left#. !Photos cour" tesy of Loustalot#

with the next step in her writing career, which, according to /RXVWDORW PD\ YHU\ ZHOO LQFOXGH D FRXSOH RI QRQÂżFWLRQ VWRULHV ³Ī$V D ZULWHUÄŤ \RXÂśUH LQ LW IRU WKH ORQJ KDXO ´ /RXVWDORW VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;You kind of immediately have to start thinking about your next project. You really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that much rest time.â&#x20AC;?

But with â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Is How You Say Goodbyeâ&#x20AC;? now out, LoustaÄĽ lot admits that everything â&#x20AC;&#x153;still feels pretty much like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alÄĽ ways felt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still have to put my pants on one leg at a time. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suddenly become a superhero. But, you know, it is very excitÄĽ ing.â&#x20AC;?

Loustalotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book launch party in New York featured 120 guests and specialty cocktails. Read more about it online at scdsoctagon.com under the Features tab.

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Over the years he has taught classes ranging from P.E. to DXWR PHFKDQLFV WR $IULFDQ FLYLOL]DWLRQ DQG KDG VWXGHQWV UDQJÄĽ ing from seventh graders to seniors. Âł,ÂśOO EH D IHZ GD\V EHIRUH ÄŞWKLV \HDUÂśVÄŤ JUDGXDWLRQ ´ 1HXÄĽ NRP VDLG Âł, ZLOO KDYH WDXJKW IRU \HDUVħ RI WKHP DW WKH VDPH VFKRROħDQG , EHOLHYH LWÂśV WLPH WKH \RXQJHU JHQHUDWLRQ has the opportunity that I had.â&#x20AC;?

6XH 1HOOLV KHDG RI KLJK VFKRRO VD\V KHÂśOO EH PLVVHG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been teaching here such a long time, and I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SXW LQ D \HRPDQÂśV HÉąRUW WR VWD\ YLWDO ´ VKH VDLG Neukom plans on teaching only AP European History next year, although this is not yet certain. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to teach the class for one to three more years before he stops completely. Âł, NQRZ KHÂśV QRW OHDYLQJ \HW ´ VHQLRU &LVV\ 6KL VDLG ÂłEXW LQ D way he is because the freshmen will no longer have him. And that means that he will not teach every student like he used to.â&#x20AC;?

Neukom regards his slow move towards retirement as â&#x20AC;&#x153;exÄĽ perimental.â&#x20AC;? He said he wants to leave the school slowly beÄĽ cause he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe there is any ULJKW way to leave. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taught almost 30,000 classes in my career,â&#x20AC;? he said. Âł7KDW PDNHV PH IHHO JRRGħ, UHDOO\ OLNH WKDW VWDWLVWLF :RZ I deserve a Ferrari, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you think? Or at least a covered reÄĽ

served parking spot!â&#x20AC;?

And over those 30,000 classes, Neukom has developed what could be described as a cult following.

6WXGHQWV IURP GHFDGHV DJR UHPHPEHU KLV SDVVLRQDWH WHDFKÄĽ LQJ DQG LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH RQ WKH VFKRRO â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dan is a knowledgeable and gifted teacher,â&#x20AC;? said Donald -DPHV Âľ Âł,W ZDV IURP 'DQ WKDW , ÄŞXQGHUVWRRGÄŤ WKDW OHDUQLQJ was a lifelong endeavour. He taught by example way before that was fashionable.â&#x20AC;?

Jessica Vando, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;92, agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Neukom very much is Country Day,â&#x20AC;? Vando said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In that sense itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very hard for me to think of Country Day withÄĽ out him. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his passion for life that he imparts into his students.â&#x20AC;?

0DQ\ VWXGHQWV VXFK DV 6KL DWWULEXWH WKLV SDVVLRQ WR 1HXÄĽ komâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theatrical teaching style. Âł+H VSRNH VR ORXGO\ DQG FOHDUO\ ZKLFK UHDOO\ KHOSHG PH ÄŞLQ IUHVKPDQ \HDUÄŤ ZKHQ P\ (QJOLVK ZDVQÂśW YHU\ JRRG ´ 6KL VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;He spoke with emotion, which made class much more interÄĽ esting.â&#x20AC;?

Neukom agrees that his teaching style is theatrical. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still leave the classroom with an actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high after most classes,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Often included in the theatrics is what Neukom describes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;fun teasingâ&#x20AC;? for which he is sometimes infamous.

For example, Neukom will typically say this to a student late to his class: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hurry up, child; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re slow!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fun, gentle teasing has always been a part of Country Day,â&#x20AC;?

Neukom said.

Vando remembers a instance when Neukom discovered VKHÂśG VQXFN RXW RI KHU KRXVH DIWHU UHWXUQLQJ IURP :LQWHU %DOO He came into Vandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s English class and pretended to be a paperboy calling Vandoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;paperboyâ&#x20AC;? asked if all was okay at the Vandosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because he had seen Jessica sneaking into the house in the early mornÄĽ ing. %XW DIWHU URDVWLQJ 9DQGR 1HXNRP WDONHG WR KHU RQHÄĽRQÄĽRQH in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;conversation geared towards moral development.â&#x20AC;? Âł,W ZDV GRQH LQ D YHU\ XQKHDY\ÄĽKDQGHG ZD\ ´ VKH VDLG Âł+H LV ERWK D IULHQG DQG DQ DXWKRULW\ ÂżJXUH ZKLFK , WKLQN LV SHUIHFW when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 14 or 15 and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going through that developÄĽ PHQWDO SHULRG $QG , WKLQN ÄŞWKDW FRQYHUVDWLRQÄŤ ZDV ZKDW UHDOO\ started our friendship.â&#x20AC;?

And Neukom is equally famous for his quirks, such as being extremely health conscious.

Every freshman experiences Mr. Neukomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lecture on healthy breakfasts.

7KH ÂżUVW GD\ RI VFKRRO 1HXNRP JRHV DURXQG WKH URRP DVNÄĽ ing each student what he or she ate for breakfast that mornÄĽ

ing and gives each a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gradeâ&#x20AC;? based on the healthiness of the breakfast.

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6HQLRU 3DWULFN 7DODPDQWHV WKLQNV 1HXNRPÂśV ELJJHVW TXLUN is how he creates his own quotes, called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daniel Ingraham 1HXNRP ÄŞ',1ÄŤ 4XRWHV ´ DQG KDV KLV FODVV PHPRUL]H WKHP IRU tests, just as he does for quotes of famous Greeks, Egyptians and historians. )RU H[DPSOH IUHVKPHQ PHPRUL]H WKLV ',1 RULJLQDO Âł2WKHU ancient cultures viewed things and wrote about them; the anÄĽ cient Greeks viewed things and speculated about them.â&#x20AC;?

And, of course, he is always liable to start speaking in broÄĽ ken French during his lecture or throw in some of his favorite ZRUGV DQG SKUDVHV OLNH Âł=RVHU ´ ÄŞWKH IDPLO\ FDW QDPHG DIWHU WKH SKDUDRK ZKR EXLOW WKH VWHS S\UDPLGÄŤ %XW MXQLRU (PPD :LOOLDPV WKLQNV WKDW WKHVH TXLUNV DGG WR the curriculum. Âł,Q ÄŞKLVÄŤ FODVV ´ VKH VDLG Âł\RX GLGQÂśW MXVW OHDUQ DERXW Thucydides and the fall of the Roman Empire. You learned about everything that Mr. Neukom thought was important or interesting.â&#x20AC;? Âł:KHWKHU LW ZDV WKH WLGELWV RI )UHQFK WKDW KH SXW LQWR KLV OHFWXUHV RU WKH WXWRULDOV RQ ÂżOOLQJ RXW WD[ IRUPV LW ZDV DOZD\V worthwhile.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Education is supposed to be when you make yourself smarter so that you are better equipped for the world around you,â&#x20AC;? said Neukom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I have tried to base my classes around WKDWħXQGHUVWDQGLQJ WKH KXPDQ FRQGLWLRQ DQG WDNLQJ UHVSRQÄĽ sibility for your part and the world around you.â&#x20AC;?

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