65-407: Unlocking Us is a psychology and self-help podcast hosted by Brené Brown . Produced by Parcast , the show consists of both monologue and interview content and focuses on human vulnerability through Brown's experiences in social work. The podcast debuted on March 20, 2020. Brown discussed her fears concerning the launch of her podcast in the first episode of the show. Brown began the podcast to have
130-538: A coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in the first decades of the 20th century. In 1934, HJC was restructured as a four-year degree-granting institution and renamed as the University of Houston . In 1977, it became the founding member of the University of Houston System . Today, Houston is the fourth-largest university in Texas , awarding 11,156 degrees in 2023. As of 2024, it has
195-667: A "masterclass in emotional intelligence ." Alice Florence Orr also praised the Harriet Lerner episodes in the LA Review of Books channel Podcast Review , saying that the show "make[s] for unique listening." Hannah J. Davies of The Guardian commented on the show saying that it is "an anxiety-quelling Ted talk in audio form." Morgan McNaught of The A.V. Club praised the episode featuring Austin Channing Brown on her recently published book, I'm Still Here , calling
260-583: A $ 20 million donation from entrepreneur and UH System Board of Regents chairman Tilman Fertitta. Facilities surrounding the stadium are Carl Lewis International Track & Field Complex, Cougar Field, Softball Stadium, the Alumni Center and the Athletic Center. The university's Energy Research Park is a research park specializing in energy research, consisting of 74 acres (0.30 km ) and 19 acres (0.077 km ) of undeveloped land. Much of
325-689: A 1910 Theodore Roosevelt speech, " Citizenship in a Republic ", given at the Sorbonne . Her most recent work, Atlas of the Heart , was published in November 2021, with the goal of helping readers expand their emotional vocabulary—the language they have to communicate their feelings. Brown wrote a chapter of advice in Tim Ferriss ' book Tools of Titans . With Tarana Burke , she co-created You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and
390-441: A Bachelor of Social Work degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1995, a Master of Social Work degree in 1996, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in social work at the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work in 2002. Brown has studied the topics of courage, vulnerability, shame, empathy, and leadership, which she has used to look at human connection and how it works. She has spent her research career as
455-626: A hard time". As the University of Houston celebrated its 50th anniversary, the Texas Legislature formally established the University of Houston System in 1977. Philip G. Hoffman resigned from his position as president of UH and became the first chancellor of the University of Houston System. The University of Houston became the oldest and largest member institution in the UH System with nearly 30,000 students. On April 26, 1983,
520-515: A more intimate medium of communicating her stories with her audience and she records the show in her home. The show consists of both interview and monologue episodes. One of the first interviews done on the show featured David Kessler on his understanding of grief. In an episode released on March 27, 2020 Brown discusses the importance of positivity during the COVID-19 pandemic . Brown hosted another podcast called Dare to Lead based on her book of
585-513: A professor at her alma mater, the University of Houston 's Graduate College of Social Work. Brown's TEDx talk from Houston in 2010, "The Power of Vulnerability", is one of the five most viewed TED talks. Its popularity shifted her work from relative obscurity in academia into the mainstream spotlight. The talk "summarizes a decade of Brown's research on shame, framing her weightiest discoveries in self-deprecating and personal terms." Reggie Ugwu for The New York Times said that this event gave
650-579: A public speaker at private events and businesses, such as at Alain de Botton 's School of Life and at Google and Disney . She is, as of 2021, the author of six number-one New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection , Daring Greatly , Rising Strong , Braving the Wilderness , Dare to Lead , and Atlas of the Heart . She discussed Daring Greatly with Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul Sunday in March 2013. The book's title comes from
715-494: A worldwide alumni base of 331,672. The university consists of fifteen colleges and an interdisciplinary honors college offering some 310-degree programs and enrolls approximately 37,000 undergraduate and 8,600 graduate students. The university's campus, which is primarily in southeast Houston, spans 894 acres (3.62 km ), with the inclusion of its two instructional sites located in Sugar Land and Katy . The university
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#1732801586954780-625: Is also the founding campus of the University of Houston System . The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and spends approximately $ 240 million annually in research. The university operates more than 35 research centers and institutes on campus in areas such as superconductivity , space commercialization and exploration, biomedical sciences and engineering, energy and natural resources, and artificial intelligence . The university has more than 500 student organizations and 17 intercollegiate sports teams. Its varsity athletic teams, known as
845-464: Is located northeast and east of the university campus. The district has facilities of the University of Houston Law Center , the Cullen College of Engineering and the C.T. Bauer College of Business . This area of campus is home to Calhoun Lofts, which is an upper-level and graduate housing facility. The East Parking Garage is located on the east end of the district. Adjacent to the district is
910-432: Is not part of the University of Houston. In 1997, the administrations of the UH System and the University of Houston were combined under a single chief executive officer, with the dual title of chancellor of the UH System and president of the University of Houston. Arthur K. Smith became the first person to hold the combined position. Since 1997, the University of Houston System Administration has been located on campus in
975-580: Is part of the Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership . This hotel was established with a donation by the founder of Hilton Hotels, Conrad N. Hilton , and is staffed by students in the College of Global Hospitality Leadership. The University of Houston operates a 250 acres (1.0 km ) branch campus in Sugar Land. The campus was founded in 1995 as a higher education "teaching center" of
1040-525: The iHeartRadio Podcast Award for Best Advice or Inspirational Podcast. In 2022, her book Atlas of the Heart won the Goodreads Choice award for Best Nonfiction. University of Houston The University of Houston ( / ˈ h juː s t ən / ; HEW -stən ) is a public research university in Houston , Texas. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College ,
1105-927: The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics , the College of Technology and the Honors College. The interior of the campus has the original buildings: the Roy G. Cullen Building , the Old Science Building, and the Ezekiel W. Cullen Building . Academic and research facilities include the Cullen Performance Hall , the Science and Engineering Research and Classroom Complex, and Texas Center for Superconductivity and various other science and liberal arts buildings. This area of campus features
1170-534: The Ezekiel W. Cullen Building . On October 15, 2007, Renu Khator was selected for the position of UH System chancellor and UH president. On November 5, 2007, Khator was confirmed as the third person to hold the dual title of UH System chancellor and UH president concurrently, and took office in January 2008. In January 2011, the University of Houston was classified by the Carnegie Foundation for
1235-973: The Houston Cougars , are members of the Big 12 Conference and compete in the NCAA Division I in all sports. In 2021, the university received and accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference. The football team regularly makes bowl game appearances, and the men's basketball team has made 23 appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament —including six Elite Eight and Final Four appearances. The men's golf team has won 16 national championships —the most in NCAA history. In 2022, UH's men's track and field team earned its seventh Indoor Conference Championship title , and its swimming and diving team defended its American Athletic Conference title for
1300-649: The Me Too movement . In 2022, Brown's interview with Debbie Millman was featured on the Storybound season 5 premiere. Brown is CEO of "The Daring Way", a professional training and certification program on the topics of vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy. She appeared as herself in the movie Wine Country . Her five-part docuseries, Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart , was released on HBO Max in 2022. Brown and her husband, Steve Alley, have two children. The family lives in Houston, Texas . Though she
1365-701: The Physics Department , and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams . The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) has the Creative Writing Program which includes founders such as alumnus Donald Barthelme and offers degrees in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design is one of only 36 schools to have an accreditation from the National Architectural Accrediting Board. In August 2016,
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#17328015869541430-470: The University of Houston System , and was known as University of Houston–University Park from 1983 to 1991. UH is the flagship institution of the UH System. It is a multi-campus university with a branch campus located in Sugar Land. The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL), the University of Houston–Downtown (UHD), and the University of Houston–Victoria (UHV) are stand-alone universities; they are not branch campuses of UH. The organization and control of
1495-539: The Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead podcasts. Unlocking Us alternates between interviews with guests and solo episodes where Brown talks alone, directly to listeners. In solo episodes, she tells stories from her life, explains learnings from her research, and supplements it with summaries of other related social science work. Interview guests have included grief expert David Kessler , singer Alicia Keys , writer Glennon Doyle , and activist Tarana Burke who started
1560-576: The 2019 documentary Brené Brown: The Call to Courage on Netflix . In 2022, HBO Max released a documentary series based on her book Atlas of the Heart . Brown was born on November 18, 1965, in San Antonio, Texas , where her parents, Charles Arthur Brown and Casandra Deanne Rogers, had her baptized in the Episcopal Church . She is the eldest of four children. Her family then moved to New Orleans, Louisiana . Brown completed
1625-499: The Advancement of Teaching as a research university with very high research activity. UH is in southeast Houston, with an official address of 4800 Calhoun Road. It was known as University of Houston–University Park from 1983 to 1991. The campus spans 894 acres (3.62 km ) and is roughly bisected by Cullen Boulevard—a thoroughfare that has become synonymous with the university. The Third Ward Redevelopment Council defines
1690-584: The Black Experience , an anthology of essays by Black individuals discussing the trauma of white supremacy as well as the experiences of Black love and Black life. Her 2024 essay titled “Not Looking Away: Thoughts on the Israel-Hamas War" was criticized for being too "corporate-friendly" and maintained a privileged point of view that ignored aspects of Palestinian people's existence under Israeli occupation. In 2020, Brown began hosting
1755-1156: The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Performing Arts which houses the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre, the main stage of the School of Theatre and Dance, and Moores Opera Center. Other facilities include the Dudley Recital Hall and the Organ Recital Hall in the Fine Arts Building, the Quintero Theatre in the School of Theatre and Dance, and the Moores Opera House and Choral Recital Hall in the Moores School of Music Building. The Professional District
1820-649: The Health Sciences Library. In addition to the libraries administered by the UH Libraries, the university also has the O'Quinn Law Library and the Conrad N. Hilton Library. The Cullen Performance Hall is a 1,612 seat proscenium theater which offers a variety of events sponsored by departments and organizations at the university in addition to contemporary music concerts, opera, modern dance, and theatrical performances put on by groups in and outside
1885-689: The Hobby School of Public Affairs and approves the addition of a Master of Public Policy degree as a dual degree with the Graduate College of Social Work's Master of Social Work. In October 2018, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the creation of the College of Medicine. A site has been selected for the college's new building, and the inaugural class entered in 2020. In the 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings, UH placed in
1950-661: The Houston area. The Blaffer Art Museum , a contemporary art museum, exhibits the works of both international artists and those of students in the university's School of Art . The 264,000 square feet (24,500 m ) Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, which is home to the nation's largest collegiate natatorium, was recognized by the National Intramural-Sports Association as an outstanding facility upon its completion in 2004. The LeRoy and Lucile Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting houses
2015-648: The Keep Houston Beautiful group for improvements made to the Cullen Boulevard corridor. UH is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System (UH System). It has additional instructional sites located in Sugar Land and Katy. The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL), the University of Houston–Downtown (UHD), and the University of Houston–Victoria (UHV) are separate universities; they are not instructional sites of UH. The University of Houston's campus framework has identified
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2080-588: The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the creation of the Hobby School of Public Affairs. The school, named in honor of former Texas Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby , builds on the existing educational and research programs of the Center for Public Policy, which was founded at UH in 1981. The designation officially moves the Master of Public Policy Degree from the UH College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences to
2145-540: The UH System. The position is appointed by its board of regents. As of January 2008, Renu Khator has been president of the University of Houston and chancellor of the UH System. The administrations of UH and the UH System are located on the university campus in the Ezekiel W. Cullen Building . From 1961 until 1977, the Weingarten House in Riverside Terrace housed the president of UH. Currently,
2210-632: The UH is vested in the UH System Board of Regents. The board consists of nine members who are appointed by the governor for a six-year term and has all the rights, powers and duties that it has with respect to the organization and control of other institutions in the System; however, UH is maintained as a separate and distinct institution. The president is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the University of Houston, and serves concurrently as chancellor of
2275-576: The University Center (UC), the larger of two student unions on campus. The Residential District is in the southern portion of the campus, along Wheeler Avenue and east of Martin Luther King Boulevard. This area has undergraduate dormitories, the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management , now Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership, and the College of Optometry . Dormitory facilities include
2340-639: The University of Houston System. The branch campus has three buildings for exclusive use by the university: the Albert and Mamie George Building, Brazos Hall, and the College of Technology building. Additionally, the University Branch of the Fort Bend County Libraries system is located on the campus for use by students and the Sugar Land community. The University of Houston (UH) is one of four separate and distinct institutions in
2405-552: The University of Houston as being part of the Third Ward . Melissa Correa of KHOU also stated that the university is in the Third Ward. The university campus includes numerous green spaces, fountains and sculptures, including a work by famed sculptor Jim Sanborn . Renowned architects César Pelli and Philip Johnson have designed buildings on the UH campus. Recent campus beautification projects have garnered awards from
2470-729: The University of Houston was established at the Second Baptist Church at Milam and McGowen. The next fall, the campus was moved to the South Main Baptist Church on Main Street—between Richmond Avenue and Eagle Street—where it stayed for the next five years. In May 1935, the institution as a university held its first commencement at Miller Outdoor Theatre . In the mission of finding UH a permanent home, heirs of philanthropists J. J. Settegast and Ben Taub donated 110 acres (0.45 km ) to
2535-531: The University of Houston, led by school president A.D. Bruce , and forces from state universities, including the University of Texas, geared to block the change, Senate Bill 2 was passed on May 23, 1961, enabling the university to enter the state system in 1963. Beginning roughly during this period, UH became known as "Cougar High" because of its low academic standards, which the university leveraged to its advantage in recruiting athletes. The University of Houston, initially reserved for white and non-black students,
2600-429: The University of Texas and Sam Houston State Teacher's College. The first session accepted no freshman students, and its purpose was to mainly educate future teachers about the college. In the fall semester, HJC opened enrolled to high school students. By then, the college had 230 students and eight faculty members holding evening classes at San Jacinto High School and day classes in area churches. HJC's first president
2665-705: The addition of a new degree program of the Bachelor of Arts in Mexican American and Latino/a Applied Studies. Being located in a city with a large Hispanic/Latino population, the degree aims to focus on the experiences and contributions of the Latino community in the United States. UH is one of four public universities in Texas with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. The University of Houston's faculty includes National Medal of Science recipient Paul Chu from
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2730-417: The board, the formal charter of UH was passed April 30, 1934. UH's first session as a four-year institution began June 4, 1934, at San Jacinto High School with an enrollment of 682. By the fall semester it had 909 students enrolled in classes taught by 39 faculty members in three colleges and schools – College of Arts and Sciences, College of Community Service and General College. In 1934, the first campus of
2795-907: The chancellor/president resides in the Wortham House in Broadacres Historic District , provided by the UH System Board of Regents as part of the chancellor/president's employment contract. The university offers over 310-degree programs. With final approval of a PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders, a Doctorate in Nursing Practice, and a Doctorate in Medicine, university offers 51 doctoral degrees including three professional doctorate degrees in law, optometry, medicine and pharmacy. In 2022, UH System Board of Regents unanimously approved
2860-568: The city's most influential women. She has also received teaching awards, including the Graduate College of Social Work's Outstanding Faculty Award. In 2016, the Huffington Foundation pledged $ 2 million over four years to endow a research chair in her name at the Graduate College of Social Work, where she guides the training of social work students in grounded theory methodology and in her research into vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy. In 2021, her podcast Unlocking Us won
2925-460: The construction of a dedicated library building on the campus. By 1950, the educational plant at UH consisted of 12 permanent buildings. Enrollment was more than 14,000 with a full-time faculty of more than 300. KUHF , the university radio station, signed on in November. By 1951, UH had achieved the feat of being the second-largest university in the state of Texas. In 1953, the university established KUHT —the first educational television station in
2990-492: The creation of her filmed lecture, Brené Brown: The Call to Courage , which debuted on Netflix in 2019. USA Today called it "a mix of a motivational speech and stand-up comedy special." Brown discusses how and why to choose courage over comfort, equating being brave to being vulnerable. According to her research, doing this opens people to love, joy, and belonging by allowing them to better know themselves and more deeply connect with other people. Brown regularly works as
3055-612: The draft and enlistments. The university was one of six colleges selected to train radio technicians in the V-12 Navy College Training Program . By the fall of 1943, there were only about 1,100 regular students at UH; thus, the 300 or so servicemen contributed in sustaining the faculty and facilities of the Engineering College. This training at UH continued until March 1945, with a total of 4,178 students. On March 12, 1945, Senate Bill 207
3120-698: The episode "richly informative." Bren%C3%A9 Brown Casandra Brené Brown (born November 18, 1965) is an American academic and podcaster who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston 's Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business in the University of Texas at Austin . Brown is known for her work on shame , vulnerability , and leadership , and for her widely viewed 2010 TEDx talk . She has written six number-one New York Times bestselling books and hosted two podcasts on Spotify . She appears in
3185-414: The first building to be built at the location. The Roy Gustav Cullen Memorial Building was dedicated on June 4, 1939, and opened for classes officially on Wednesday, September 20, 1939. The building was the first air-conditioned college building constructed on a U.S. campus. A year after opening the new campus, the university had over 2,000 students. As World War II approached, enrollment decreased due to
3250-413: The following five core districts: the Central District, the Arts District, the Professional District, the Residential District, and the Athletics District. In addition, the campus contains several outlying areas not identified among the five districts. The Central Distinct contains the academic core of the university and consists of the M.D. Anderson Library, the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences,
3315-423: The nation—after the four yearlong Federal Communications Commission's television licensing freeze ended. During this period, however, the university as a private institution was facing financial troubles. Tuition failed to cover rising costs, and in turn, tuition increases caused a drop in enrollment. That's when it was proposed that UH become a state-funded university. After a lengthy battle between supporters of
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#17328015869543380-429: The northwest and west part of campus. It includes athletic training facilities for UH sport teams and its stadiums. The western part of the district is home to TDECU Stadium, the football indoor practice facility and the Stadium Parking Garage. Across the parking garage, in the northwestern portion of the district, is the Hofheinz Pavilion. In 2018, the stadium was rebuilt and renamed to the Fertitta Center after UH received
3445-405: The physical property was originally developed in 1953 by the oilfield services company Schlumberger as its global headquarters. It was acquired by the university in 2009. The University of Houston Libraries is the library system of the university. It consists of the M.D. Anderson Library and three branch libraries: the Music Library, William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design & Art Library and
3510-406: The reflecting pool at Cullen Family Plaza, the Lynn Eusan Park, and various plazas and green spaces. The Arts District is located in the northern part of campus and is home to the university's School of Art , the Moores School of Music , the School of Theatre and Dance , the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design , and the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. The district also has
3575-434: The same name. According to a spokesman cited by The New York Times , the show was averaging more than a million downloads every episode in May 2020. Melissa Fyfe of The Sydney Morning Herald commented on the show saying that the "first season is a bit patchy" because it takes time to adjust to Brown's Southern American English and the disruptive advertisements, but Fyfe refers to the episodes with Harriet Lerner as
3640-561: The sixth straight season. The University of Houston began as Houston Junior College (HJC). On March 7, 1927, trustees of the Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) unanimously signed a charter founding the junior college. The junior college was operated and administered by HISD. HJC was originally located on the San Jacinto High School campus and offered only night courses to train future teachers. Its first class began June 5, 1927, with an enrollment of 232 students and 12 faculty recruited from Rice University,
3705-522: The studios and offices of KUHT Houston PBS , the nation's first public television station; KUHF (88.7 FM), Houston's NPR station; the Center for Public Policy Polling; and television studio labs. The 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m ) Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) was designed by architect César Pelli 's firm, Pelli, Clarke & Partners. It houses facilities for many interdisciplinary research programs at UH, including bionanotechnology. The university has an on-campus Hilton hotel that
3770-435: The twin 18-story Moody Towers , Cougar Village, University Lofts, Cougar Place, and the recently demolished Quadrangle which had the following five separate halls: Oberholtzer, Bates, Taub, Settegast, and Law. The Quadrangle was rebuilt in 2020 and renamed The Quad, admitting sophomore level students and up. Adjacent to the Moody Towers and Lynn Eusan Park is the Hilton University of Houston Hotel. The Athletics District covers
3835-409: The university appended its official name to University of Houston–University Park; however, the name was changed back to University of Houston on August 26, 1991. This name change was an effort by the UH System to give its flagship institution a distinctive name that would eliminate confusion with the University of Houston–Downtown (UHD), which is a separate and distinct degree-granting institution that
3900-464: The university for use as a permanent location in 1936. At this time, there was no road that led to the land tract, but in 1937, the city added Saint Bernard Street, which was later renamed to Cullen Boulevard. It would become a major thoroughfare of the campus. As a project of the National Youth Administration , workers were paid fifty cents an hour to clear the land. In 1938, Hugh Roy Cullen donated $ 335,000 (equivalent to $ 7,251,205.67 in 2023) for
3965-585: The world "a new star of social psychology." She went on to follow this popular TED talk with another titled "Listening to Shame" in 2012. In the second talk she talks about how her life has changed since the first talk and explains the connection between shame and vulnerability, building on the thesis of her first TED talk. She also has a less well-known talk from 2010 given at TEDxKC titled "The Price of Invulnerability." In it she explains that when numbing hard and difficult feelings, essentially feeling vulnerable, we also numb positive emotions, like joy. This led to
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#17328015869544030-444: Was Edison Ellsworth Oberholtzer , who was the dominant force in establishing the junior college. The junior college became eligible to become a university in October 1933 when the governor of Texas, Miriam A. Ferguson , signed House Bill 194 into law. On September 11, 1933, Houston's Board of Education adopted a resolution to make HJC a four-year institution and changing its name to the University of Houston. Unanimously approved by
4095-495: Was baptized in the Episcopal Church , her family raised her as a Catholic . She later left the Catholic Church and returned to the Episcopal community with her husband and children two decades later. Brown revealed past addictions to alcohol, smoking, emotional eating and control (she often speaks about the positive impact of her decision to stop drinking and smoking on May 12, 1996, one day after her master's program graduation). In 2009 Houston Woman Magazine voted Brown one of
4160-404: Was racially desegregated circa the 1960s as part of the civil rights movements . A group of students called Afro-Americans for Black Liberation (AABL) advocated for desegregation in that period. Robinson Block, a UH undergraduate student writing for Houston History Magazine , stated that as local businesses and student organization remained segregated by race, the first group of black students "had
4225-431: Was signed into law, removing the control of the University of Houston from HISD and placing it into the hands of a board of regents. In 1945, the university—which had grown too large and complex for the Houston school board to administer—became a private university. In March 1947, the regents authorized creation of a law school at the university. In 1949, the M.D. Anderson Foundation made a $ 1.5 million gift to UH for
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