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pitino went off on Bozich

Somebody would have to be insane to believe that Pitino didn't know anything about what was going on. Now I don't think that he arranged for any of it to happen or encouraged it, but if you don't think that a bunch of teenage guys didn't go around (and basketball practice included) talking about how they were messing around with hookers then that's crazy. My guess is Pitino had heard what was going on and decided to play dumb and turn his head to everything.
 
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I don't know how delusionism and narcissism takes over someone, but it sure looks like I'm seeing an example of such. These "non statements", I will call them, since "He is not going to talk about it" are so full of contradictions, fallacies, and confused reasoning it is just pitiful.
 
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I hadn't thought of this before, someone mentioned a drug problem. I can understand why someone would say that with the way he looks and acts, I'm not talking illegal drugs but he may have been prescribed some type of drug and he thought it was helping and he started abusing the drugs.
 
Big difference between Cal and Rick: Cal hasn't blamed anyone for what happened at UMass or Memphis, not even the kids who got Cal and their schools in trouble. Rick wants to blame everyone but himself for anything and would throw Billy Minardi under the bus to save his reputation.
 
For a coach that is a total control freak, the ignorance excuse seems more than laughable.

His decision to go to UofL has not come close to accomplishing what he thought it would. Even though he has won a National Championship there, his reputation and fame have never reached the level it was at UK. This eats at him and he has allowed things to go on at UofL that he thought would help him get to that point again. He now realizes that he can NEVER overcome the dynasty that is UK Basketball. Having Cal succeed at a level even bigger than he did here has made him even more insanely jealous and remorseful at the same time.

Reality is hard for a narcissistic egomaniac like Rick.
 
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Agree with those who think his bizarre press conference today means he has info that some more bad news is coming down the pike.

His comments about the "NCAA being mad at him because he can't find anyone who knows anything about it" are very telling.

Still hoping that UL becomes the first program in NCAA history to have their championship voided. They definitely deserve it.
 
He said he didn't flip off anyone- in spite of the video evidence to the contrary. He says he knows nothing about strippers- in spite of his vice grip control of everything in his program. Bottom line is that Pimptino is a pathological liar and a cheater- both to wife and professionally. His cheating on his wife isn't in some separate box- if he cheats on her, he cheats in other areas of his life such as his profession. So tard fans can spare us the holier than thou attitude. He couldn't compete with Cal straight up so he cheated because Cal owning him is more than he could stand.
 
He said he didn't flip off anyone- in spite of the video evidence to the contrary. He says he knows nothing about strippers- in spite of his vice grip control of everything in his program. Bottom line is that Pimptino is a pathological liar and a cheater- both to wife and professionally. His cheating on his wife isn't in some separate box- if he cheats on her, he cheats in other areas of his life such as his profession. So tard fans can spare us the holier than thou attitude. He couldn't compete with Cal straight up so he cheated because Cal owning him is more than he could stand.

Heard it said of golf before that, golf does not build character, it reveals it. Same thing is said of crisis. Not only was he slimy enough to cheat on his wife, he was dumb enough to try and justify it because her brother had died on 9/11. He is actually able to try and justify his sadness by cheating on the dead guys sister. Don't put anything past a person that would use that kind of justification as an excuse.
 
His attempts to work the media are hilariously awful.

They're not supposed to report on strippers and hookers being used as recruiting tools at a University? What a daft, egocentric POS.

And even if the traditional media did or could honor his request, who's to stop those in the new media (YouTube, forums like this one, blogs...)? Benerick may have indeed done press conferences for 40+ years and that's all fine and good but he's forgotten that a LOT has changed as far as the media goes. Shoot, anyone with a blog or YouTube channel can be a journalist/commentator...true finding an audience and getting credibility is a whole 'nother ball of wax but at least anyone with a blog/YouTube channel can at least try.
 
-UNC scandal
-Cuse sanctions
-Joe Paterno and Penn State
-The Duke game
-Whores

All in one press conference. Impressive.

Bullseye. This was a classic Pitino evasion presser, really went out of his way trying to distract the reporters from the actual issue on this one, I especially thought the Paterno stuff was a nice touch.

Although I was a bit disappointed that he didn't get around to mentioning 9/11 or Teddy Kennedy this time.
 
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He actually made a lot of sense to me when talking about whether he knew or not. I'm not sold that he did know. I'm torn on what to believe. I'm not going by what he says though cause I know a lot of it is B.S. but I'm going by common sense. Common sense says that he would be risking too much to let this go on but common sense also makes me wonder how it could go on for so long without him hearing anything about it at all. So, I'm just torn. I know I'll eventually make a determination on it but I just need more info now.

As for this here, I thought he did a pretty good job with this interview. He was articulate and made good points about the risk factor and the high salaries. This is where he lost me though, when he says..... We have been wronged!


What? You have been wronged? Come on now Rick !


You have me until that.
 
Good to see that he is already starting to compare himself to Joe Paterno. This scandal will be the end of him.

There is more dirt going to come out before it's over,the Paterno comparison probably comes from the fact that they provided sex to minors,so it is similar in that way to the Penn St scandel
 
You guys are going to think I'm crazy but Pitino thought he could come to Louisville and UK fans would welcome him back to the state.....well, I think we might have IF the person coming back wasn't a total jackass.

Imagine if that person coming back didn't take potshots at the fan base. If they didn't have this type A northeastern personality where you just knew they wanted nothing more than to beat you to make themselves look like the best thing you ever had. If instead of making comments like "this is the most special team I've ever had" they instead said "this is the most special team I've ever had here at Louisville."

If the guy coming back was jovial instead of sarcastic, if he spoke well not just of the UK program but of its fans, too, and if he didn't speak about "the best this" or "the best that" while obviously slighting a UK team or player doing so, we might actually cheer for the guy when he wasn't playing us.
 
But but but He took a lie detector test and passed it, don't that count for something?
It was done in a super secret place and nobody was there cept Pitino, Jurich, and Ramsey but he passed! Probably ask him if he knew this was going on, he answered yes...test passed..amirite
 
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Pitino is just butt hurt over what cal is doing at UK now and he knows he once had the GOAT job of college basketball and wasted it away for some piss poor nba team way back then, that is why I don't see cal going back to the nba again, because he seen the mistake that pitino made by leaving UK..
 
I expect to catch some hell for this but I swear to God it's true . I haven't told too many people but back in 1996 A friend of mine worked for Rick and was pretty close to him . Close enough that Pitino took him to Boston and gave him a job when he left . We were just talking about Ky basketball, coach Pitino and stuff. I mentioned about how much the fan base loved him . He smiled and I'll never forget what he said , " If the Ky fans knew what Pitino really thought about them and said about them , they'd hate him " . Go ahead and bash away but like I said, it is the TRUTH. I remember it like it was yesterday . I gotta say , it kinda shocked me at the time and I thought about it the rest of the time he was here .
 
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Like I said Pitino uses the 4 D's ike
You guys are going to think I'm crazy but Pitino thought he could come to Louisville and UK fans would welcome him back to the state.....well, I think we might have IF the person coming back wasn't a total jackass.

Imagine if that person coming back didn't take potshots at the fan base. If they didn't have this type A northeastern personality where you just knew they wanted nothing more than to beat you to make themselves look like the best thing you ever had. If instead of making comments like "this is the most special team I've ever had" they instead said "this is the most special team I've ever had here at Louisville."

If the guy coming back was jovial instead of sarcastic, if he spoke well not just of the UK program but of its fans, too, and if he didn't speak about "the best this" or "the best that" while obviously slighting a UK team or player doing so, we might actually cheer for the guy when he wasn't playing us.

Pitino thought he was greater than UK Basketball,he actually did think he could take away all the fans from UK and substitute UL for UK,and he actually did get some of the foolish ones to follow him,especially while we had to deal with Tubby's last years and Billy Gillispie,what he under-estimated was the loyalty of the non-bandwagon fans that didn't follow him.
He tried to hurt UK in every way he could from forcing Louisville radio and TV stations to drop UK and promote UL,using his Northern and Eastern Media connections to write negative stories about UK while promoting UL,using his power and influence to keep UK down with mediocre coaching and spewing lies about the SEC while promoting UL's every conference jump,from C-USA,to the Big Least,to the ACC. Unfortunately they all under-estimated the Big Blue Nation.
After the Calipari hire it was ll downhill for Pitino and his Ego,he has always been a Narcissistic Habitual Liar,but he had to resort to cheating to keep up with the pressure by UL fans and Administration trying to match Calipari's recruiting,had his media lapdogs write negative stories about the "One and Dones",Lies about Big Time UK recruits like Anthony Davis,John Wall,had Little Dick Pitino Jr release Bledsoe's High School Transcripts Illegally,helped his protege Billy Donovan to beat UK down at every chance at Florida,but in the end,they all could not overcome Big Blue.
Donovan bailed,Calipari's Class overcame,and Pitino-Jurich Cartel Cheating has been partially exposed,now he's at wits end and losing it.
Good Overcomes Evil Pitino and your evil has been exposed.
 
I am probably one of a few that think the little prick did not know everything about the sex parties that was going on.
I have set back and listened to everything he and all the other dipshits at UL have said about this situation and just cant take it anymore.
I own a business that has me on the campus everyday; there are several hundred students and upwards to a 100 athletes of all sports in the buildings I manage. I have seen many things over the years, some that involved daughters of some high ranking officials at UL.
I sat at a UK-UL game a couple years ago with my wife and as UL was warming up, the people around me were sort of skeptical maybe, stunned, or intrigued by some of the stories I told about a certain UL player that was to be soon kicked off the team.
I knew several months prior to his getting kicked off the team his days were numbered. There was a large party in the summer prior to that season where a party was held at a private dorm with a enclosed in back yard. This is a popular place for many parties some do not want coaches to know about.
I helped run some temporary wiring that day for them and that is when I was told about this player and how the coaches were making other athletes invite him to join them when going out, invite him to their place just to be friends, but it was all because no one wanted this player around. Even the team he played for.
I remember the first time they brought the kid, Mathang over. I saw him and told him he better get down to McDonalds and eat something or my boys at Rupp was going to tear his skinny ass up. He has been eating something since, he all grown up now.
What I do know about that time frame, is UL DID have a group of ladies, no sex, but a group that aided the basketball players in many things such as doing their work, making sure certain little girls were removed from their rooms before anyone knew, drove them places. Anyone remember when Mathang got in trouble for a beer on Central Ave? It was not a beer, but vodka in a cup. His hostess took care of getting him out, getting him to his court appearance and so on.
The name of this female is the one I keep waiting to hear. If it does come up, all hell will break loose.
So, when I hear all these UL fans defend the prick and their clean program, it makes me want to throw up. I have a front row seat, believe me.
I have read this board for a long time. I really enjoy reading everything. I know someone will post something about "got to have pics or it didn't happen" crap. Well, believe it or not. I bleed blue to the core but at my age, I have come to like the color gr$$n too.
Hell, for the longest time, I thought a certain little prick was living in the condos across the bridge, Harbors of Indiana since he was there so much.
Must have been a look a like.
 
The UofL board is golden now. Posters and mods are fighting amongst one another with posters saying that mods are too soft and mods saying posters have to behave, they allows more "guests" over there than UK, and their mod(Steelers) tries to act like he is some tough guy hiding behind a message board title. Their other tough guy (Zipp) wanted to know if he could mingle with the chicken "bleeps" over here. Problem is there are no old ladies over here he can push around so he won't know how to act.

They literally delete every UK post they don't agree with, and the mods allow their posters to use profanity daily but don't ban or suspend them - heaven forbid you say that Pitino looks horrible and they need a younger more energetic coach and poof you go. Complete cesspool over there, and it perfectly resembles the character of their coaches and AD.
I'll say it again. Zipp is here under a fake "UK fan" account. With today's technology it is to easy to do Example: you can create one account on your smart phone for one program and another on your laptop for the other program. As long as you don't give yourself away they will never know.
 
Like I said Pitino uses the 4 D's ike


Pitino thought he was greater than UK Basketball,he actually did think he could take away all the fans from UK and substitute UL for UK,and he actually did get some of the foolish ones to follow him,especially while we had to deal with Tubby's last years and Billy Gillispie,what he under-estimated was the loyalty of the non-bandwagon fans that didn't follow him.
He tried to hurt UK in every way he could from forcing Louisville radio and TV stations to drop UK and promote UL,using his Northern and Eastern Media connections to write negative stories about UK while promoting UL,using his power and influence to keep UK down with mediocre coaching and spewing lies about the SEC while promoting UL's every conference jump,from C-USA,to the Big Least,to the ACC. Unfortunately they all under-estimated the Big Blue Nation.
After the Calipari hire it was ll downhill for Pitino and his Ego,he has always been a Narcissistic Habitual Liar,but he had to resort to cheating to keep up with the pressure by UL fans and Administration trying to match Calipari's recruiting,had his media lapdogs write negative stories about the "One and Dones",Lies about Big Time UK recruits like Anthony Davis,John Wall,had Little Dick Pitino Jr release Bledsoe's High School Transcripts Illegally,helped his protege Billy Donovan to beat UK down at every chance at Florida,but in the end,they all could not overcome Big Blue.
Donovan bailed,Calipari's Class overcame,and Pitino-Jurich Cartel Cheating has been partially exposed,now he's at wits end and losing it.
Good Overcomes Evil Pitino and your evil has been exposed.
I agree with every bit of this . I also will ALWAYS believe he played a part in talking Donavan out of taking the Ky job the first time we offered it to him . I know for a fact Donavon talked to him about taking the job a couple of days before he turned it down.
 
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I expect to catch some hell for this but I swear to God it's true . I haven't told too many people but back in 1996 A friend of mine worked for Rick and was pretty close to him . Close enough that Pitino took him to Boston and gave him a job when he left . We were just talking about Ky basketball, coach Pitino and stuff. I mentioned about how much the fan base loved him . He smiled and I'll never forget what he said , " If the Ky fans knew what Pitino really thought about them and said about them , they'd hate him " . Go ahead and bash away but like I said, it is the TRUTH. I remember it like it was yesterday . I gotta say , it kinda shocked me at the time and I thought about it the rest of the time he was here .

I stated this before,as a Contractor and through family Horse Racing connections I have been close enough to Pitino to hear the disparaging things he thinks and says about UK Fans and Kentuckians in general.He is and always has been a condescending Northeastern prick.
If it weren't for trying to make a living for my family,I would have told the POS what I thought about him to his face,but sometimes you have to be like Calipari and take the High Road,I'm disabled from work injuries and closed my company now,so I have no problem telling what a POS Rick Pitino is and how his criminal activities have robbed Tax Payers in this state through his political connections.
 
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The UofL board is golden now. Posters and mods are fighting amongst one another with posters saying that mods are too soft and mods saying posters have to behave, they allows more "guests" over there than UK, and their mod(Steelers) tries to act like he is some tough guy hiding behind a message board title. Their other tough guy (Zipp) wanted to know if he could mingle with the chicken "bleeps" over here. Problem is there are no old ladies over here he can push around so he won't know how to act.

They literally delete every UK post they don't agree with, and the mods allow their posters to use profanity daily but don't ban or suspend them - heaven forbid you say that Pitino looks horrible and they need a younger more energetic coach and poof you go. Complete cesspool over there, and it perfectly resembles the character of their coaches and AD.
Steelers has crapped in his pants and SENORE is giving Zipp a head shot..ain't life grand as a uavel turd..
 
I'll say it again. Zipp is here under a fake "UK fan" account. With today's technology it is to easy to do Example: you can create one account on your smart phone for one program and another on your laptop for the other program. As long as you don't give yourself away they will never know.

CutNets?
 
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Methinks the U of L higher ups have been keeping Pitino out of the loop and he feels/fears he's being made the fall guy.

Yeah, I believe something may be getting ready to go down, just based off the way he's acting. Hell, he's trying to surround himself with only his chosen media lap dogs, and now he's even lashing out at them. He's seems to be all over the place with his thoughts, which makes me think he's in full desperation mode and throwing out every crazy theory he can, just to see what sticks. Now this is pure conjecture on my part, but perhaps the Louisville "internal investigation," is reaching it's conclusion, and it's not to his liking or the template he's trying to sell. At the end of the day, the future of the of the program is bigger than Rick. But Rick thinks he's bigger than the program.
 
Pitino likes to believe that he knows everything but he cannot. Any CEO would be shocked to know what goes on down stream....though most would say they do.

Pitino does not fly with the team. Post game he leaves right away. He is quite disconnected from the team. He relies on others to babysit the players...who are college age males who will try to get away with as much as they can...like any college student.

It's foolish to think he or the assistants can micromanage every second. Then you have another early 20s male McGee who you allowed to be the babysitter. That turned out to be a huge lapse in judgment. Now whether he knew or what he knew is inconsequential. He is responsible for the situation and will take a fall because of it. Lack of institutional control.
 
I'll say it again. Zipp is here under a fake "UK fan" account. With today's technology it is to easy to do Example: you can create one account on your smart phone for one program and another on your laptop for the other program. As long as you don't give yourself away they will never know.

I know he is here for a fact, but he is too gutless to try and say anything over here because (A) we are not old ladies he can dunk in a pool, and (B) he got his boyfriend Steelers to ban me over on the Tard board. I was give a two day ban over there because I said Pitino looked horrible physically due to all the stress, and when I asked in a private email why I was told because this is our "home" board and you cannot come over here and be negative about U of L. I asked what rules were violated - no profanity, no baiting... and was basically told because it was not positive about U of L. The next day U of all posters were using profanity with impunity and I showed him am example of it privately to which he went and contacted his boyfriend about it to let him know what I said - not to moderate the board but basically act like a Gestapo and deleted UK posts and allowed their posters to curse and berate anyone not U of L.

Within two minute of my PM their "women pushing poster Zipp" posted something from our board that I wrote and copied it over there and asked where I had proof he did it, so I simply posted the video of him throwing the old women face first in the pool. For that I got banned again, and was told "this time your punishment is a week." That is when I told the moderator that when he takes Zipps testicles out of his mouth I will come back, and since that will be a LONG time I won't be taking to him any time soon. Since I am still banned I guess he cannot talk. [jumpingsmile]
 
Reading some comments on Facebook from uofl linked articles is quite comical. I have not read even one comment from a uofl fan that is not totally backing slick, most still think nothing happened and that Powell is a liar and will be exposed, the damning photo of Rick flipping UK fans off was obviously photoshopped and that cal is the only proven cheater between the two.

I hate lumping a fanbase with generalizations but goodness gracious, there truly are so many scumbags in that fanbase and they really are a reflection of what uofl has become.
 
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I'm loving all of this. The media is finally calling Pitino out, for basically being the dickhead he has been for years. Cal coming in and succeeding at UK has killed Pitino. He wants it to be all about him. He didn't think UK should fire Tubby, thought we should hire Travis Ford, and probably had a hand in advising Donovan to stay away from UK. He never wanted to see UK reach the heights he got it to. Now that Cal is here and owing the head to head and everything else Pitino is just lost. It just eats him up seeing someone do better than him.

A few years ago there was an article about Pitino that just blew my mind. UL was playing some cupcake, coached by a former UL asst coach (I can't remember the team). Well in the article Pitino talked about how he hated to lose to his former assts, even went as far to say if he would lose it would make him sick to his stomach for days. This just flat out blew my mind. Losing to a former asst (presumably a friend?) would make Pitino sick? I get no one wants to lose, but damn. I could never see Cal saying that or acting that way. It's just night and day how those two handle themselves. I'm glad the media is calling Pitino out for his bs.
 
I can honestly say my blue tinted glasses are off. If the roles were reversed I would be embarrassed and ashamed of our coach.

The more he speaks the worse it gets. To be honest I didn't hate him when he went to UL. I didn't hate him when he got in trouble with the affair. I Didn't hate him when he won a NC with UL. I still didn't hate him when this scandal erupted.

They way he has handled this whole situation has now made me hate and dislike him. I was raised with respect and this man has lost his mind. I know for a FACT that UL controls most of the local media. When I spend over 100,000 in advertising locally you get bits of information from time to time. There is more to this story than just the scandal. Just wait and see.
 
Bozich sitting next to him that whole time ... AWKWARD.

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Reading some comments on Facebook from uofl linked articles is quite comical. I have not read even one comment from a uofl fan that is not totally backing slick, most still think nothing happened and that Powell is a liar and will be exposed, the damning photo of Rick flipping UK fans off was obviously photoshopped and that cal is the only proven cheater between the two.

I hate lumping a fanbase with generalizations but goodness gracious, there truly are so many scumbags in that fanbase and they really are a reflection of what uofl has become.

Those fans are going to be very disappointed since Rick has admitted yesterday that something happened!! What a moron, but most saw this coming. Bottom line is his M.O. is now blame the media, blame McGee, and make sure that everyone knows that he did not know about it.
 
I haven't said this before, but I got the opportunity to meet Bozich one day and sit and talk to him for a while and talk. He is a HUGE UL fan, as we all know and he also seemed to be a very good person. I will not go into details of the conversation, he knew I was a UK fan, and was very respectful... he also know I knew basketball under the Denny Crum era pretty well also. That being said, this is just hilarious how Rick P. acts when he faces challenges. He blames others, puts those who will go with his lies on a pedestal and condemns those who, at the very least, question his actions. Rick has become increasingly pathetic as the years have gone on.. Hard to believe, but I think it is true... Now he throws his "friends" under the bus. Take note Crawford, you say one cross word about the boss.. YOU ARE NEXT. He doesn't care about anything but his own self.. Mark that down.
 
When the scandal first happened the black guy on Around the Horn called Matt's show and hit the nail on the head. He said the scandal itself wouldn't get Pitino fired. It would only happen when losses started to accumulate. The next two months will be very interesting as this team that built up a gaudy record on a weak schedule has to play much tougher teams every game. Will all these fans circling the wagons around Pitino now still want to do so if they're 6-6 in the conference six weeks from now and looking at a five-to-seven seed in the tournament? Will the current defenders start saying "I was on his side but the scandal has clearly affected him and he's no longer the same coach"?
 
I would love to see a reporter like the Sr. Mike Wallace interview him.
Why do all the UL athletes charged with a crime, and administration as well, always get the same guy as their lawyer?
Will McGee talk to the NCAA? If not, how can he expect to ever coach in the NCAA again? Wouldn't someone who has spent their professional career as a college coach want to talk to the NCAA so they may earn a living? How is McFee now making a living?
How does it feel to be owned by your old school?
 
Pitino likes to believe that he knows everything but he cannot. Any CEO would be shocked to know what goes on down stream....though most would say they do.

Pitino does not fly with the team. Post game he leaves right away. He is quite disconnected from the team. He relies on others to babysit the players...who are college age males who will try to get away with as much as they can...like any college student.

It's foolish to think he or the assistants can micromanage every second. Then you have another early 20s male McGee who you allowed to be the babysitter. That turned out to be a huge lapse in judgment. Now whether he knew or what he knew is inconsequential. He is responsible for the situation and will take a fall because of it. Lack of institutional control.

Sorry,but I disagree.Pitino knew what was going on with his recruits,he may not have actively participated,but you can bet he knew what was happening.You don't have prostitute parties for recruiting visits for over 4 years and active players being provided adult entertainment and sex along with recruits,recruits parents and guardians and not know something is going on.
Like several have already stated,there is a money trail,these sex parties happened even after McGee was gone to UMKC,there are phone and wired money records to back this up.That is absolute proof that more than McGee was involved.Katina Powell mentioned another coach,Coach Mike who I assume is Mike Balado who was hired to help with recruiting.Also very strange how Ralph Willard was put on leave and had a miraculous recovery.The whole athletic dept is dirty with Jurich's Win At All Costs attitude,touting how they make more money than any other University.
Pitino is Dirty,question is how high up will the investigation run before the real culprits draw the line and make a fall guy?
 
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