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'''''Tomorrow's Pioneers''''' (Arabic: رواد الغد Ruwād al-Ghad), also known as ''The Pioneers of Tomorrow'', is a Palestinian children's television show. The series was broadcast by the Hamas-affiliated television station Al-Aqsa TV from April 13, 2007 to October 16, 2009, and featured young host Saraa Barhoum and her co-host, a large costumed animal as they perform skits (or "scenes") and discuss life in Palestine in a talk show fashion with call-ins from children (typically of age 9–13 with some as young as 3).
'''Tomorrow's Pioneers''' is a Palestinian children's show created by '''Hazim Al-Sha'arawi''' and directed by '''Fathi Hamad'''.<ref name=PMW>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091014045924/http://pmw.org.il/Bulletins_may2007.htm Article in Palestian Media Watch about the program.]</ref> The show was broadcasted by the Hamas-affiliated television station '''Al-Aqsa TV''' from April 13, 2007 to April 2, 2010, and featured young host Saraa Barhoum and several costumed characters, which changed each season. It featured around 29 episodes divided into 4 seasons.


Tomorrow's Pioneers is highly controversial as it contains antisemitism, Islamism, anti-Americanism, and other anti-Western themes. The original host of Tomorrow's Pioneers is Farfour, Hazim Al-Sha'arawi, stated that it was his idea that Farfour be killed by an Israeli interrogator, adding that the show "wanted to send a message through this character that would fit the reality of Palestinian life."
The first season's co-host was Farfour, who was a Mickey Mouse costume. At the end of the season, Farfour was killed by an Israeli interrogator, adding that the show "wanted to send a message through this character that would fit the reality of Palestinian life". The show is quite controversial as because in addition to containing the image of Mickey Mouse, it contains anti-Semitism, Islam, anti-Americanism, and several other anti-Western themes.<ref name=jihad>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jihad-tv-for-kids-508325 Article about the program, which comments on the controversial topics covered.]</ref>


El-Sharawi states, "A child sees his neighbors killed, or blown up on the beach, and how do I explain this to a child that already knows? The [Israeli] occupation is the reason; it creates the reality. I just organize the information for him". Al-Aqsa's TV deputy manager stated that the program in fact is simply "about Palestinian kids express[ing] their feeling[s] regarding what they witness -- if it's [the] occupation it's about that..."
==Premise==
 
Talk show about life in Palestine with calls from children. During the program, sketches are also performed. It was presented in a children's educational format, similar to other preschool programs like Sesame Street.
The show is considered to be the successor to an earlier Hamas-broadcast children's radio program series entitled Ovan and Branches (Arabic: أفنان وأغصان). Broadcast weekly on Fridays and running for 85 minutes, the program is also moderated by Hazim Al-Sha'arawi. Israeli sources have characterized it as "the 'most serious' of martyrdom operations". Arabic sources have said that the broadcasts of Ovan and Branches have been jammed by Israel in the past.


==Controversies==
==Controversies==
===Criticisms and responses===
According to Palestinian Media Watch, the two co-hosts, Farfour and Nahoul, were used to "advocate violence, promote hatred of Israel and preach about global Islamic supremacy". Shortly thereafter in the show's narrative, the characters were "martyred", as the show described, with the deaths attributed directly or implicitly to "The Jews, Israel, Israelis, and/or what they believed to be Zionists".
The show, brought to Western attention by pro-Israel organizations such as Palestinian Media Watch and MEMRI, supposedly deals with Islamic traditions and lifestyles, some as innocuous as the importance of drinking milk, and Muslim customs such as performing one's daily prayers, but also advocates messages of Islamism such as "Resistance Jihad", and the loathing of Israel, the capitalist economic system, the United States, and Western world.


According to Palestinian Media Watch, two animal character co-hosts, the Mickey Mouse look-alike Farfour and Nahoul the bee were used to "champion violence, promote hatred of Israel and preach about world Islamic supremacy." Later in the show's narrative, the characters were, as the show described it, "martyred," with the deaths either directly or implicitly blamed on "The Jews, Israel, Israelis, and/or what they believed to be Zionists."
After all the international controversy over the use of Mickey Mouse, the Palestinian Information Minister, Mustafa Barghouti, stated that the use of the character was a "mistaken approach". After that, the program was removed from Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV and placed under review.


Criticisms concerning the content and methods employed in the broadcast of Tomorrow's Pioneers have come from a variety of sources. Israeli officials and critics from the Anti-Defamation League have denounced the program as incendiary and outrageous in content. Watchdog groups, PMW and MEMRI have described the show as "anti-Israeli," and PMW has commented on the show's "champion[ing of] violence, promot[ion of] hatred of Israel and preach[ing] about world Islamic supremacy." Within the Arabic community, critics have suggested that the show has potential to introduce bias in children at an age when they are unable to properly differentiate between political viewpoints.  Harsher Arabic and Palestinian critics have suggested that the show is nothing short of an attempt at the indoctrination of children.
Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, commented to the press:
<blockquote>
What we're dealing with here is pure evil and you can't ignore that.
</blockquote>


On the other hand, defenders of the show have suggested that the show's notoriety stands as yet more proof of the political motivations behind the anti-Arabist and Islamophobic subjection of Palestinians to the strictest scrutiny and subsequent generalizations of Arabs to support an improper negative stereotype. The argument has been advanced that "Israel is following all the Palestinians, large and small, and placing them under a microscope with a predefined concept of culture, media and religion. It only wants to catch up [Palestinians] and accuse them on themes of terrorism." Criticism of the show has been regarded as criticism of Islam as a religion.
She further commented:
<blockquote>
It's not just about Mickey, it's about indoctrinating children like this, teaching them to be evil. The world loves children, and this is just going against the grain of humanity.
</blockquote>


Furthermore, proponents of the show claim that Saraa Barhoum is only an "innocent girl ... incapable of incitement."  It has also been suggested by a variety of sources that, holding judgment aside, the show's content is simply reflective of the realities of life in the occupied territory.  Relatedly, it is argued that Zionist critics in particular are disturbed by the fact that the show provides "Arab and Muslim children [with] the opportunity to participate in [a public forum context] to freely express their real feelings [regarding life in] Palestine." Defenders of the show have argued that the reason for the harsh criticism the show has received is that unlike many Arabic television stations Al-Aqsa TV reflects a view of Palestinian thought unfettered by Western social mores. The timing of certain critical publications has also been considered provocative.
==Availability==
Although most of Tomorrow's Pioneers episodes are available on the Internet, some cannot be found anywhere, with only a few short excerpts available.


===Removal by the Palestinian Ministry===
==List of Episodes==
After attracting international attention for its use of the Mickey Mouse-lookalike, Farfour, Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti stated the use of the character was a "mistaken approach" and the program was pulled from Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV and placed under review at his ministry's request.
===Season 1===
[[File: Farfour.png|thumb|80x|Farfour.]]
In the first season the co-host was a costumed mouse character named '''Farfour'''. Farfour has expressed controversial views. He has stated such things as: "You and I are laying the foundation for a world led by Islamists" and "We will return the Islamic community to its former greatness, and liberate Jerusalem, God willing, liberate Iraq, God willing, and liberate all the countries of the Muslims invaded by the murderers." In the episode "Farfour and the AK-47", he simulates shooting an AK-47 and throwing grenades.  


Al-Aqsa TV board chairman Fathi Hamad replied that the station would neither pull the program, nor change the subject matter. He stated that "[t]his campaign of criticism is part of a plan orchestrated by the West and the occupying power to attack Islam on the one hand and the Palestinian cause on the other." An Al-Aqsa TV representative responded to Barghouti's statements, saying that the station will continue to air the show and that "Barghouti misunderstood the issue." In a later interview with Al-Aqsa TV, Hamad explained that "the vicious campaign that is being waged by the enemies, and especially the Zionist enemy and American imperialism, is not new. It comes from the framework of the vicious campaign against our Palestinian people as an addition to the siege placed on our people. Therefore, we are not surprised by this. They want the Palestinian people to renounce its Islamic religion and belief. In response, we say that whenever our Palestinian people resorted to its religion, Allah supported it. Therefore, we will not renounce our faith and our belief, and we will move forward for the sake of Allah. We are holding to this religion because it is the secret of our victory. They try, as much as they can... Not just by waging their attack on the religion in this context, in order to prevent the Islamic upbringing of Palestinian children, but they also want this people to renounce all its Islamic foundation. They are the ones who called to remove the Jihad verses that appear in the Palestinian school curricula. Therefore, we cannot accept this."
Farfour was killed by an Israeli interrogator.


===Criticism from Disney===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
76-year-old Diane Disney Miller, Mickey Mouse creator Walt Disney's last surviving child, commented to the press that, "What we're dealing with here is pure evil and you can't ignore that." She further commented that, "It's not just [about] Mickey, it's [about] indoctrinating children like this, teaching them to be evil. The world loves children, and this is just going against the grain of humanity."
|-
! style="background-color:green" | #
! style="background-color:green" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:green" | Original airdate
! style="background-color:green" | Current Status
|-
|1||Farfour Is Caught Speaking English||April 13th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|2||Farfour Vs. Bush, Olmert, & Condoleeza||April 20th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|3||Farfour and the AK-47||April 27th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|4||Farfour Is Caught Cheating||May 11th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|5||Farfour and the Jew||June 22nd, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|}


In a response letter by Tomorrow's Pioneers director, Fathi Hammad, said: "Before ... [anyone] object[s] to our [program], we are trying to install in our children's memories the interest in [the] lift[ing of] the siege on our people and [the end of] support for the usurper entity of our land and killing our children. ... [T]he Palestinian people continue to struggle not indifferent to such [as] are left with the executioner and victim." Nevertheless, the show's creators arranged the production of an episode shortly after in which Farfour was martyred off to be replaced by his bumble-bee brother, Nahoul. This arranged martyrdom came in direct response to actions by the Disney family.
===Season 2===
[[File: Nahoul.png|thumb|80x|Nahoul.]]
In the second season, the co-host was a costumed bumblebee character named '''Nahoul'''. The decision to use a bee as a second host was explained by Hazim Al-Sha'arawi in an interview with Al Jazeera, according to him it is because bees are serious, organized and mentioned in the Quran. On the show, Nahoul has expressed terrorist views. He has stated such things as: "We will liberate Al-Aqsa from the filth of the criminal Jews," and "We will go on Jihad when we grow up." In the episode "Nahoul's Big Day Out", Nahoul visits the zoo where streaks of cruelty become apparent for the first time.  


Several months later, Hamas television again made use of Disney characters, this time in a five-minute cartoon attacking Fatah. The clip depicted the competing movement and its former local leader Mohammed Dahlan as corrupt and anti-Islamic rats, while portraying Hamas as a confident lion based on the Simba character from the 1994 film The Lion King. While Hamas TV executive Hazam Sharawi said the clip was pulled for revising, including removal of the Dahlan depiction, he said there were no plans to remove reference to The Lion King.
Nahoul died after being unable to leave Gaza and cross to Egypt for medical treatment.


In September 2008, Fatah also began broadcasting a competing show targeting children on the Official PA TV network. This program also features use of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:green" | #
! style="background-color:green" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:green" | Original airdate
! style="background-color:green" | Current Status
|-
|1||Saraa and The Hadith||July 6th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|2||Nahoul Descends||July 13th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|3||Nahoul's Rant||July 20th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|4||Nahoul's Big Day Out||August 10th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|5||Nahoul & Saraa's Feast of the Sacrifice Extravaganza||December 20th, 2007||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|6||Assoud Arrives||February 1st, 2008||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|}


===Criticism from the United States===
===Season 3===
On April 1, 2008, Rep. Joseph Crowley submitted House Resolution No. 1069 in the United States House of Representatives, a resolution "[c]ondemning the use of television programming by Hamas to indoctrinate hatred, violence, and anti-Semitism toward Israel in young Palestinian children." The resolution discusses Tomorrow's Pioneers by name, specifically stating that:
[[File: Assoud.png|thumb|80x|Assoud.]]
In the third season, the co-host was a costumed rabbit character named '''Assoud'''. When explaining why he is called Assoud (meaning lion), when Arnoub (meaning rabbit) would be a more appropriate name, Assoud explains that “Rabbit is a term for an evil and cowardly person." And I, Assoud, will finish off the Jews and eat them."


Whereas Hamas uses their television network, Al-Aqsa TV, to air a children's show 'Tomorrow's Pioneers' to breed new terrorists through hatred for Israel and Western nations; ... Whereas in February 2008, Hamas used a Bugs Bunny look-alike to indoctrinate children by inciting them toward hatred and violence by telling children that he 'will finish off the Jews and eat them'; Whereas in May 2007, Hamas used a Mickey Mouse look-alike in the same children's program to teach terrorist doctrines to children; ... the House of Representatives condemns Hamas for using a children's television program to incite hatred, violence, and anti-Semitism toward Israel; and demands that Hamas immediately suspend all television programming that incites hatred, violence, and anti-Semitism toward Israel ...
Assoud died in a Gaza hospital after being wounded in an Israeli attack.


===Translation controversy===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Several commentators, such as CNN's Arabic department, have claimed that the transcript of the April 13 show (2007) provided by MEMRI contains numerous translation errors and undue emphases.[88] Brian Whitaker, the Middle East editor for British newspaper The Guardian, wrote in a blog for the newspaper that in the translation of the video, showing Farfour eliciting political comments from a young girl named Sanabel, the MEMRI transcript misrepresents the segment where he asks what she will do, by attributing a sentence said by Farfour, ("I'll shoot"), to the child while ignoring the child's actual reply ("I'm going to draw a picture"). Whitaker further criticized MEMRI's translation. He and others commented that a statement uttered by the same child, ("We're going to [or want to] resist"), had been given an unduly aggressive interpretation by MEMRI as ("We want to fight"). Also, where MEMRI translated the girl as saying the highly controversial remark ("We will annihilate the Jews"), Whitaker and others, including Arabic speakers used by CNN, insist that based on careful listening to the low quality video clip, the girl is variously interpreted as saying, "The Jews [will] shoot[] us" or "The Jews are killing us." Other sources have also pointed out that MEMRI's translation "I will commit martyrdom" should more accurately have been "I'll become a martyr" – a passive statement rather than an active/aggressive threat.
|-
! style="background-color:green" | #
! style="background-color:green" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:green" | Original airdate
! style="background-color:green" | Current Status
|-
|1||Assoud's Tale||Feb 8th, 2008||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|2||Assoud Vs. Denmark||February 15th, 2008||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|3||Assoud's History Lesson||May 9th, 2008||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|4||Assoud Steals||July 11th, 2008||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|5||Assoud is Martyred||January 2nd, 2009||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|}


CNN's Glenn Beck had planned to run MEMRI's translation on his radio programme but was stopped by his producer. Beck then invited Yigal Carmon, a former colonel of IDF Intelligence and founder and President of MEMRI, on to the programme where Carmon denounced CNN's Arabic translation.
===Season 4===
[[File: Nassur.png|thumb|80x|Nassur.]]
In the fourth season, the co-host was a costumed brown bear character named '''Nassur'''. He is the final co-host of Tomorrow's Pioneers. He claims to have come to the Gaza Strip to become one of the mujahideen and to defend the children of Palestine.


MEMRI defends their translation of the show, Yigal Carmon declared, "Yes, we stand by the translation by the very words, by the context, by the syntax, and every measure of the translation."
As such he has vowed in his debut episode, to "join the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades where his activities will include such things as "wag[ing] Jihad" and "carry[ing] a gun."


==Availability==
He was the only Tomorrow's Pioneers co-host who didn't die.
Only a few clips from the show are available. Most of the clips come from the first season, the minority come from the later ones.
 
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! style="background-color:green" | #
! style="background-color:green" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:green" | Original airdate
! style="background-color:green" | Current Status
|-
|1||Nassur Visits the Gaza Strip||February 13th, 2009||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|2||Saraa's Song||March 20th, 2009||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|3||Nassur and the Children of Reem Riyashi||July 3rd, 2009||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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|4||Nassur and the Expulsion of the Jews||September 22nd, 2009||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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|5||Saraa and the Language of the Enemy||Oct 16th, 2009||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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==Gallery==
===Videos===
===Videos===
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow%27s_Pioneers Wikipedia page about Tomorrow's Pioneers]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow%27s_Pioneers Wikipedia page about Tomorrow's Pioneers.]
 
==References==
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Farfour, the co-host of the show's first season.

Status: Partially Lost

Tomorrow's Pioneers is a Palestinian children's show created by Hazim Al-Sha'arawi and directed by Fathi Hamad.[1] The show was broadcasted by the Hamas-affiliated television station Al-Aqsa TV from April 13, 2007 to April 2, 2010, and featured young host Saraa Barhoum and several costumed characters, which changed each season. It featured around 29 episodes divided into 4 seasons.

The first season's co-host was Farfour, who was a Mickey Mouse costume. At the end of the season, Farfour was killed by an Israeli interrogator, adding that the show "wanted to send a message through this character that would fit the reality of Palestinian life". The show is quite controversial as because in addition to containing the image of Mickey Mouse, it contains anti-Semitism, Islam, anti-Americanism, and several other anti-Western themes.[2]

Premise

Talk show about life in Palestine with calls from children. During the program, sketches are also performed. It was presented in a children's educational format, similar to other preschool programs like Sesame Street.

Controversies

According to Palestinian Media Watch, the two co-hosts, Farfour and Nahoul, were used to "advocate violence, promote hatred of Israel and preach about global Islamic supremacy". Shortly thereafter in the show's narrative, the characters were "martyred", as the show described, with the deaths attributed directly or implicitly to "The Jews, Israel, Israelis, and/or what they believed to be Zionists".

After all the international controversy over the use of Mickey Mouse, the Palestinian Information Minister, Mustafa Barghouti, stated that the use of the character was a "mistaken approach". After that, the program was removed from Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV and placed under review.

Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, commented to the press:

What we're dealing with here is pure evil and you can't ignore that.

She further commented:

It's not just about Mickey, it's about indoctrinating children like this, teaching them to be evil. The world loves children, and this is just going against the grain of humanity.

Availability

Although most of Tomorrow's Pioneers episodes are available on the Internet, some cannot be found anywhere, with only a few short excerpts available.

List of Episodes

Season 1

Farfour.

In the first season the co-host was a costumed mouse character named Farfour. Farfour has expressed controversial views. He has stated such things as: "You and I are laying the foundation for a world led by Islamists" and "We will return the Islamic community to its former greatness, and liberate Jerusalem, God willing, liberate Iraq, God willing, and liberate all the countries of the Muslims invaded by the murderers." In the episode "Farfour and the AK-47", he simulates shooting an AK-47 and throwing grenades.

Farfour was killed by an Israeli interrogator.

# Episode Title Original airdate Current Status
1 Farfour Is Caught Speaking English April 13th, 2007 Partially Found
2 Farfour Vs. Bush, Olmert, & Condoleeza April 20th, 2007 Partially Found
3 Farfour and the AK-47 April 27th, 2007 Partially Found
4 Farfour Is Caught Cheating May 11th, 2007 Partially Found
5 Farfour and the Jew June 22nd, 2007 Partially Found

Season 2

Nahoul.

In the second season, the co-host was a costumed bumblebee character named Nahoul. The decision to use a bee as a second host was explained by Hazim Al-Sha'arawi in an interview with Al Jazeera, according to him it is because bees are serious, organized and mentioned in the Quran. On the show, Nahoul has expressed terrorist views. He has stated such things as: "We will liberate Al-Aqsa from the filth of the criminal Jews," and "We will go on Jihad when we grow up." In the episode "Nahoul's Big Day Out", Nahoul visits the zoo where streaks of cruelty become apparent for the first time.

Nahoul died after being unable to leave Gaza and cross to Egypt for medical treatment.

# Episode Title Original airdate Current Status
1 Saraa and The Hadith July 6th, 2007 Partially Found
2 Nahoul Descends July 13th, 2007 Partially Found
3 Nahoul's Rant July 20th, 2007 Partially Found
4 Nahoul's Big Day Out August 10th, 2007 Partially Found
5 Nahoul & Saraa's Feast of the Sacrifice Extravaganza December 20th, 2007 Partially Found
6 Assoud Arrives February 1st, 2008 Partially Found

Season 3

Assoud.

In the third season, the co-host was a costumed rabbit character named Assoud. When explaining why he is called Assoud (meaning lion), when Arnoub (meaning rabbit) would be a more appropriate name, Assoud explains that “Rabbit is a term for an evil and cowardly person." And I, Assoud, will finish off the Jews and eat them."

Assoud died in a Gaza hospital after being wounded in an Israeli attack.

# Episode Title Original airdate Current Status
1 Assoud's Tale Feb 8th, 2008 Lost
2 Assoud Vs. Denmark February 15th, 2008 Partially Found
3 Assoud's History Lesson May 9th, 2008 Partially Found
4 Assoud Steals July 11th, 2008 Partially Found
5 Assoud is Martyred January 2nd, 2009 Partially Found

Season 4

Nassur.

In the fourth season, the co-host was a costumed brown bear character named Nassur. He is the final co-host of Tomorrow's Pioneers. He claims to have come to the Gaza Strip to become one of the mujahideen and to defend the children of Palestine.

As such he has vowed in his debut episode, to "join the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades where his activities will include such things as "wag[ing] Jihad" and "carry[ing] a gun."

He was the only Tomorrow's Pioneers co-host who didn't die.

# Episode Title Original airdate Current Status
1 Nassur Visits the Gaza Strip February 13th, 2009 Partially Found
2 Saraa's Song March 20th, 2009 Partially Found
3 Nassur and the Children of Reem Riyashi July 3rd, 2009 Partially Found
4 Nassur and the Expulsion of the Jews September 22nd, 2009 Partially Found
5 Saraa and the Language of the Enemy Oct 16th, 2009 Partially Found

Gallery

Videos

Nick Crowley video about the subject.

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Article in Palestian Media Watch about the program.
  2. ↑ Article about the program, which comments on the controversial topics covered.
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