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Better Together with Kosta Yepifantsev is a podcast about business, parenting and living life intentionally. We're here every week to bring you intentional conversations on making your own path to success, challenging the status quo, and finding all the ways we're better. Recorded in Cookeville, TN, Kosta joins guests from all walks of life to bring fresh perspective and start your week with purpose. We're better together.
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Danielle Barnes: You take away
all of the things that identify
us that the world sees us as.
And what we are able to do in
Girl Scouts is really get to the
core of who a girl is. build
them up, build that self esteem,
help them recognize that they
can do anything and equip them
with that competence to be able
to go out and do anything when
those things pile back on them.
Morgan Franklin: Welcome to
Better Together with Kosta
Yepifantsev, a podcast on
parenting business and living
life intentionally. We're here
every week to bring you
thoughtful conversation, making
your own path to success,
challenging the status quo, and
finding all the ways we're
better together. Here's your
host, Kosta Yepifantsev.
Kosta Yepifantsev: Hey, y'all,
it's Kosta. Today I'm here with
my guest, Danielle Barnes, CEO
and President of the Girl Scouts
of Middle Tennessee. Danielle,
it's truly an honor to have you
with us today. As the father of
a Girl Scout, I know firsthand
the impact and opportunity Girl
Scouts provides young women in
the upper Cumberland. For our
listeners meeting you for the
first time, how did you start
working with Girl Scouts?
Danielle Barnes: Oh my gosh,
cost. It's such a long story.
But I'll try to be brief. And
first of all, just thank you for
having me. What an honor to be
in the Cookeville area and to
try to reach your listeners and
hope that we can get the good
message out about the Girl
Scouts. But a little bit about
me, and I will try to be brief.
But I tell people I am a
recovering lawyer. I am one of
those young girls from the ripe
old age of second grade and my
Girl Scout uniform that knew I
wanted to be a lawyer. And I
went my whole career path trying
to practice law, succeeding and
practicing law, you hit this
point where you have to become
partner figure out what's next.
And I didn't know what was next.
So I decided to go hang out at
the Department of Human Services
for the state of Tennessee. Nice
that I was going to be there for
four months. And I ended up
being there for 16 years. Wow.
So I always tell people don't
invite me to your barbecue.
Because clearly I never leave
served for three different
governors directly as
commissioner for the Department
of Human Services under both
governor Lee and Governor
Haslam. Now I tell you all that
story to tell you that that is
where I found my passion for
service. When I got to the
department, I always knew I
always grew up in a very service
driven household, we very much
believed in giving back to the
communities upon which we lived.
But it was at that moment at the
department when I realized I
could actually turn my career
and my passion for service into
the same trajectory. And to be
able to help women and children
and individuals with
disabilities and vulnerable
people who are at very difficult
times in their lives, to be able
to find hope. I knew that I had
found the right path. We had
some amazing experiences at the
state of Tennessee. I left
thinking I was gonna go back
into private practice and do a
little consulting but that
service bug just kept gnawing at
me, I just knew that I was
missing that piece. And I got
the call for the Girl Scouts.
And you know, I don't even think
they finished telling me what
the story was before I said,
Yes, I am no 100% Girls, making
the next generation changing the
world. Count me in.
Kosta Yepifantsev: I love it.
And it's interesting, because
last night, I was talking to a
lady named Lucy Urich, who's a
prominent person in our
community. And I was telling her
to like, I'm going to be
interviewing the CEO of Girl
Scouts, Bill, Tennessee, and she
said, you know, Girl Scouts is
so important. One of the things
that she learned in Girl Scouts
that I don't think it's talked
about enough is that nine and 10
women at some point in their
life are going to have to
support their household in
various degrees, of course, and
Girl Scouts prepares them for
that. That's right, you know,
and like, what other
organizations can you say helped
build the future and the
fundamentals. And as they grow?
Danielle Barnes: It's the
basics. You know, we say it's
courage, confidence and
character. I always tell the
story and I'm leaping ahead of
you. So stop me if you need to.
But when we talk about Girl
Scouts when I get so excited, is
I saw it happen firsthand with
my own daughter. You take away
all of the things that identify
us that the world sees us as so
I am no longer I'm a black
woman, I am not a woman who
lives in a certain community, I
am not a woman who is a lawyer I
am not all of those things are
taken away from us. And what we
are able to do in Girl Scouts is
really get to the core of who a
girl is. build them up, build
that self esteem, help them
recognize that they can do
anything and equip them with
that confidence, to be able to
go out and do anything, when
those things pile back on them.
Kosta Yepifantsev: The world is
changing, and Girl Scouts is
changing with it. You talk about
a few of the ways Girl Scouts
has evolved since our listeners
were active members. Well,
Danielle Barnes: you're gonna
get me in trouble, because I
think all of your listeners are
only like 20.
Kosta Yepifantsev: I mean, maybe
they just turned 18 like
yesterday's.
Danielle Barnes: But you know,
it's so funny. When I took this
position, the matriarch of my
family, my sweet, wonderful
aunt, who is now God bless. If I
say this on the air, she's
probably going to kill me. But
she's 82 now. And she called me
and said, Oh, my gosh, I was a
brownie. I was a Girl Scout. And
I wanted to say to her, you
know, great, but that was a
really long time ago. Yes, the
world is changing. And part of
what I think my specific calling
is in this role is to figure out
how we can take those traditions
honor the traditions because
they have really embraced who
the organization is, but really
begin to move forward. What does
Girl Scouts of 2024 look like?
What do our girls want to do?
We're creating badges and stem.
So coding now and AI programming
things that are bigger, older
girls in this generation are
interested in. We're listening.
And part of that, too. I think
it's really important. When we
talk about Girl Scouts, we
stress that it's girl LED. So
whatever our girls tell us is
important to them. We're
listening, and we're responding.
Kosta Yepifantsev: So you are
raising the future generations
of women, you know, Boy Scouts,
for boys, Girl Scouts for girls,
when you look at the big
picture, and down the road,
especially how important is Girl
Scouts, to America or to the
world in general? Yeah,
Danielle Barnes: it's critical.
You know, we're in a situation.
And in a world right now, where
girls have many options. They
have sports, they have cheer
they have, whatever academic
programs they're participating
in after school. The difference
between Girl Scouts in the one
thing that has been consistent
in its 100 Plus history has
been, again, really reaching
girls at their core, building
them and equipping them with
different experiences, trying
something new. And I'll use this
example, I had the opportunity
to go out to one of our
properties and watch a troop do
one of our ropes courses. And
one of our girls, maybe second
grade, I can't even remember but
you know, relatively young, was
terrified of heights, terrified
would not go up. And her troop
leader began to step back and
just say, You know what, it's
fine. You don't have to do it
again, girl, let right you
don't, we're not going to force
you to do anything. And what I
saw was the other girls in the
troop rally around this young
girl and say, No, you can do it.
No, come with me. I'll hold your
hand, I'll help you. And she
went up there. And she overcame
that fear, surrounded by a
support system that wouldn't let
her go would not let her fail.
And she was she felt like she
was in a safe space to try that.
And when she got back down, she
said, You know what she thinks
it was so sweet. They all hugged
right as as girls do, they
hugged and they high fived. And
then there were squeals and all
of the things right. But at the
end, she said, You know what,
that was so fun. I want to do it
again. And when we talk about
the importance of Girl Scouts,
we talk about that support
system. As a mother, I can tell
my daughter, she is beautiful.
Every single day, I can tell her
she's smart every single day.
But guess what? She doesn't care
what I say. Right? But when a
friend or a peer tells her that
you can, that's a completely
different town. And
Kosta Yepifantsev: I think a lot
of people don't realize that it
happens much earlier than people
think like most people are like,
well, you know, elementary
school, you know, surely they
don't have like, I don't want to
make it sound negative, but like
clicks or anything like that, or
but at the end of the day, like
it starts when you're in
daycare, you know, and I don't
know why it's a phenomenon that
occurs with young children
primarily girls but it just
seems like having that good
support system and building that
confidence is paramount for them
to identify as an individual
that's right, you know, and feel
supported by by their peers and
that translates into the
workforce.
Danielle Barnes: Absolutely. And
I was gonna say the exact same
thing. You know, I do a lot of
talks on leadership and I do a
lot of talks on you know,
wellness and being you know,
well being and great all of
that's great their work life
balance, no such thing, but at
the core of all of those things,
the one thing is consistent and
it is find your tribe. So even
as an adult, I continue to
surround myself with what I
consider to be my troop. Right?
This is my Girl Scout troop,
they tell me I can when I don't
feel like it, they give me the
encourage, even before I left
town this morning, they sent me
a text, they're like Safe
travels, let us know when you're
there. And by the way, kill it
on your speech, because they're
still your cheerleaders. They're
still the people that lift you
up that are your core of helping
to build those things that are
that you just need. So
Kosta Yepifantsev: you talked a
little bit about the community
service background that you
have. How do you think Girl
Scouts can help areas like the
upper Cumberland specifically?
And maybe even the state
broadly?
Danielle Barnes: Yeah, well, I
will tell you so we are Girl
Scouts of Middle Tennessee. So
we are 39 counties Cookeville.
Over to Jackson, straight up and
down the corridor. We are the
only council that is only based
in Tennessee. The good news is
sort of thinking about your
broader question of the state is
we have a West Tennessee and an
East Tennessee Council. And we
all work very collaboratively
together. With my arrival, we
have been discussing more
opportunities to be more visible
across the state and a little
less regional. If you've spent
any time inside the state of
Tennessee, I've spent an entire
career in Tennessee, you know
how very different the east, the
West in the middle of three
different states, it is very
different states and I have
lived in each one of the
divisions. And each one was it
was as if I lived in a different
place. But we have talked about
ways to be more collaborative
and to make that impact
statewide. So stay tuned as we
talk about the future. When we
talk about locally though, our
young girl scouts are very in
our art, some of our older girls
as well are very critical in
helping to change society, and
that people need to see that we
care. We're at a point in life
in society, where people are
really in their own little
bubbles. Yeah, and it's very
important to give back. I've
always been a believer of giving
back. And so when you see that
troop on the side of the road,
or you know picking up trash,
something as simple as picking
up trash and making sure that
our neighborhoods are clean. Or
if they are camping and leaving
the world a little bit better
than the way that they found it.
It's important for people to see
that. It's also an I'll put the
big, the big cookie in the
middle of the room, if you will,
because I always tell people, we
are so much more than cookies.
But cookies is important too.
Kosta Yepifantsev: Right? They
are fantastic. Tagalongs by the
way, Tagalongs
Danielle Barnes: i don't know
I'm kind of a small scout.
Kosta Yepifantsev: I started so
when I was introduced to Girl
Scouts, the way that it
happened, okay, and Girl Scout
cookies for that matter. I'm
going to go on a tangent so you
can stop and be like, listen to
me to get back on track more
than they'll stop me if I get
off track. So I met my wife in
Nashville, and my mother in law
who's actually in the room today
and my daughter Caroline, who is
a girl scout, a member? Is that
the right terminology? She is a
troop. She's wonderful. She's
troop 100. Right, shout out
troop 100 Whoop, whoop,
overflow. So when I met my wife,
my mother in law has been
involved in Girl Scouts for 30
years. And so I really wasn't
like familiar with anything Girl
Scout related. And also my
parents never bought Girl Scout
cookies. I knew of them though,
right? I know. They're from a
different country. They didn't
really understand the importance
of cookies and people came up to
the door to sell something. They
were like, No, we're done. So I
had my first Girl Scout cookie
at Vicki's house, my
Danielle Barnes: mother as an
adult as an adult. I feel a
little sad for you in this
Kosta Yepifantsev: I know. But
since then, I've been making up
for lost time. But I started as
a Thinman. Guy. Yeah, and most
popular. Yep. And I transitioned
to Tagalongs in man, when I say
I transitioned, I think I ate. I
mean, I've probably like 20
boxes of Tagalongs. Since the
like the sale of cookies ended.
Whenever somebody has a batch of
cookies, I asked them if I can
have their box of Tagalongs and
I'll pay back later. Like that's
how much I love.
Danielle Barnes: If I'd known I
went abroad, I you know, that's
my failure. We're not but next
time next time. Absolutely. I
will tell you there's you gave a
tangent I'm gonna live attuned
to it I started on in December.
And first thing they said was,
you know, here's your office
showed me around the office and
they're like, Oh, and by the
way, that big, portable storage
unit that's outside. That's 2
million boxes of cookies that
we're going to start selling in
less than 30 days. Okay, so you
know nothing like voodoo. But
when we talk about cookies, it
is so much more than a dorable
scouts out selling cookies. What
we really know at the core is
that these girls really learn
entrepreneurial skills, public
speaking skills. Some of our
younger girls understand how to
cook count money because we're,
you know, we're now going and
counting change and all of those
things. They're really learning
that entrepreneurial spirit. And
every time I visit a booth, the
number one question I ask is,
what are you going to do with
your proceeds? And I get an I
get some amazing answers of what
girls have decided to do. I have
one older girl troop that is
going to Europe. So when I tell
you the world is possible,
literally the world is possible.
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That's fantastic. So buy the
cookies. Yes, please buy
cookies, guys. You can buy them
all. There's Tagalongs there's
Thin Mints there. smores.
There's Samoas there's adventure
fuel. That's right. So I've been
selling some cookies. And
there's tad tattoo foil or
something like that. Or truffle.
Oh, yeah, that's the one. What's
the one? That's like, lemony the
lemon up? That's it
Danielle Barnes: there? Yeah,
that's very good. Very
impressive. Very good.
Kosta Yepifantsev: Well, I mean,
I have to be ready.
Danielle Barnes: He's still has
four boxes that he hasn't eaten
yet. And my guess is, he's
probably going to eat him. Um,
Kosta Yepifantsev: would you
talk about a few of the
partnerships with local schools
and organizations that are
pivotal, supporting the Girl
Scouts mission here in
Cookeville? And the broader
Middle Tennessee area? Yeah,
Danielle Barnes: absolutely. Our
schools are the backbone of our
organization. And you asked a
bit earlier about the
traditional model, and how we
are moving forward. So I'll talk
about a bit of both of those,
when we talk about the schools,
a great deal of our troops are
formed in schools, that is our
traditional model, that is where
girls find their friends, it's a
lot easier for parents, because
they're, you know, they're
already together, they're in the
same neighborhoods, the
facilities are available. And
that's the model that we
continue to support. So thank
you, schools for letting us in
and do all of our fall
recruiting in your area and
helping us build those troops. I
will also share with you when we
think about the path forward, we
truly embrace the model of Girl
Scouting for all. And one of the
things that I know has
traditionally been a barrier has
been cost and access. And so we
have created a few programs to
be able to address that access,
and they are pivotal on our
partners. One of those is our
lead program. And lead is a
program that we do specifically
in Title One schools. And we're
also looking for other potential
partners, any sort of housing
communities or public areas
where we can get community
partners to help us lead these
troops. And these are girls from
economically disadvantaged
backgrounds, who are going to be
given the opportunity through a
12 week program to be able to
participate again, in taking
away all of those things that
identify them and give them all
of the skills they need to
flourish. I'm really excited
about that program. And really
spending some time over the next
couple of years really growing
that program. We also have a
what we call trip 6000. And
again, when you talk about our
partners, trip 6000 was actually
modeled after a program in New
York, which serves girls who are
experiencing homelessness. And
we implemented that here in
2017. That program we actually
operate the troops out of
homeless shelters, okay, and or
housing shelters, to be fair,
and again, it gives girls that
opportunity. It is a non
traditional model. We're not
expecting girls to stay there
for the entire year, obviously,
given that the circumstances.
But what we can do is give girls
that opportunity to have a
moment where they can take away
all of the things that are
happening, build some courage
and confidence and then our hope
is that they would then join one
of the lead troops or
traditional troop as they began
to matriculate wherever they go
next.
Kosta Yepifantsev: So two things
I'm gonna plug lead. They were
in front of Chicken Salad Chick,
I think yesterday or the day
before fundraising. Fantastic
and and Jessica and I donated
and it was just so great,
because I'm assuming they were a
part of Girl Scouts or they
maybe had Girl Scouts in their
background. So articulate, like
just very good in terms of
entrepreneurial skills, and I
have a sales background and I
was like okay, all right. If
really like I was like, Okay,
this is this is somebody that's
been trained very, very well at
a young age too. So the second
thing, how did Girl Scouts come
to the realization that they had
to change because the things
that you're doing now, when
you're saying non traditional
Girl Scouts, like you are trying
to affect a much broader
problem, you know, and we're not
going to get into the semantics
and details of lab, but the
proximate root causes of those
problems. Thank you. Yeah,
Danielle Barnes: that's a
different way. That's
Kosta Yepifantsev: a whole
different conversation be we'd
be here for a few more hours.
But just was there an inflection
point in the in the history of
girlscouts. That said, you know,
we need to change who we are,
because we're going to have to
meet people where they are. And
we can't do that if we don't
change. That's right.
Danielle Barnes: You know, I
don't know if there was an
inflection point. Specifically,
I think what we saw was, we
can't leave girls behind. And no
matter what that looks like, we
have to figure out how to touch
them. Yeah. And that, for me has
been a you know, especially
given my background, something
I've been particularly
passionate about, we have a lot
of rural counties, and
Tennessee. And it's really easy
to say it's too hard to get to,
or we don't have girls that are
interested or we can't form a
troop. And that's that's not
true, right? We have to make the
effort to get to those girls and
be more intentional about that.
So
Kosta Yepifantsev: can you talk
a little bit about the
strategies that you are
implementing across the state to
improve the access and inclusion
for those underserved areas,
those small rural populations?
Danielle Barnes: Yeah, it's a
little tricky. We're growing
pains right now. And so we're
hoping to be able to build some
of those. But as I mentioned, we
do want to increase the number
of our lead troops and thinking,
while traditionally those have
been built out of Title One
schools, we are looking at
opportunities to build those in
different community partners. So
if we could partner with the
United Way, or housing
community, or anyone that serves
underserved, we would love to be
able to partner with them and
create that opportunity there. I
think that's a really, I say
easy does hard. But that feels
like an easy partnership,
because we would all have shared
goals. And I think that's our
next logical next step.
Kosta Yepifantsev: So you
started in this role roughly six
months ago, sorry, now that
you've had some time to settle
in and see what needs to be
accomplished. What's your vision
for the next era of Girl Scouts
in Middle Tennessee?
Danielle Barnes: Oh, my gosh,
what a great question. So if you
could see the bubble above my
head, you would see Girl Scouts
of 2030, right. And, you know,
some are wearing our traditional
vest in uniforms, some are not.
And that is okay. Because what
we've said in 2030, is we're
embracing all girls, we've got
girls from the age of six to the
age of 18, each one of them
leaning, and each one of them
mentoring, the older girls
mentoring the younger girls,
we've got younger girls who can
stand up with passion and
commitment, and confidence. And
we've got older girls, bringing
them along and saying, This is
what you can be and look at me,
I'm getting ready to go off to
college, and I've gotten awards,
and I've gotten scholarships
because of these opportunities.
It's, you know, returning to the
love of outdoors and putting our
phones down and reconnecting
with each other in a way that we
haven't in a while. Now, I'm a
phone proponent, you know, for
my listeners that say we're
never putting down our phones
there, right? So if we're not
going to put down our phones, or
if we're gonna stay towards the
technological lens, let's lean
into it. And Let's equip our
girls to figure out what that
looks like and how to use that
knowledge for good. Because the
possibilities are endless. I
tell people, I've run across a
lot of different very successful
women in in my career. And
specifically, since I've taken
this job, I've run into women
who run major league sports
teams, and you know, if you
would have told me at the age of
six that I could run, you know,
major league sports, I would
have been like, Absolutely not.
I don't know anything about
sports, sorry, I don't know,
football, but letting our girls
know that there's so many
opportunities out there. And
they can literally do anything
that they want to do. That's
where we're going. That's where
we've been, and it's where we're
going. We're just we're just
reigniting and putting ourselves
back into the community.
Kosta Yepifantsev: Did you have
a childhood hero that influenced
kind of where you're at right
now? I know, you said you had a
kind of a group of of support.
But is there one person in
particular that you reference
whenever you need a little bit
of additional help, or you're
having a really tough day
because 2030 is not that far
away, which means all good
leaders, you know, they say 2030
to make it palpable for most
people, but I know that you're
looking at 40 and 50 already.
Danielle Barnes: That's right.
Yes, I do in my office, I keep a
picture of my grandfather. And
when you talk about 2014 2015
Not being that far away. Neither
was he and so my grandfather was
actually one generation removed
from slavery. Oh, wow. And he
put himself through college and
through Dental School at my
Harry and worked his entire way
to figure out how to become
successful. He was practicing
dentistry in the state of
Indiana at a time when the
depression was at a high. And
what he learned at that time was
when people are in struggle, the
first thing that they tend to
neglect is their dental health.
Because I don't know about you
all, both my dad and my
grandfather, were dentist, I
still hate going to the dentist.
It's not fun. It's not fun. But
what he knew was that dental
health affects so many other
physical health issues, and that
if people neglected that they
would begin to suffer other
physical ailments. And I watched
him give back to community in a
way that it let me say it this
way, in a way where people could
still be prideful. So he offered
services back in return for his
services. And what he did is he
built a community. And he really
taught us that, that lesson of
giving back but maintaining
dignity and helping people help
themselves and providing
opportunities. So I watched that
firsthand. He was also the first
African American in the Indiana
State Legislature post
reconstruction. Oh, wow. You
know, so every day I kid so you
wonder where I get my political
bug from? I am the only
grandchild that got it. But I
keep his picture in my office as
a very good reminder. And, you
know, again, this was using the
legislature in the 30s. Oh,
maybe in the 30s 40s. Maybe. I
mean, he was he was young, he
was very young at the
Kosta Yepifantsev: time, 10
years removed from the Navy
year. I mean, that's, that's
wild. That's
Danielle Barnes: right. So when
you think about that, I think
about what he had to deal with
every day, building this
practice building a community
serving in the legislature. And,
you know, I keep that picture in
my office as a reminder of no
matter how bad my days are,
there never going to be that. I
mean, thankfully, we're in a
world where it's just never
going to be that bad. And two, I
have a, I have a role to play in
making the world better. And if
I ever forget that, I look at
that for inspiration.
Kosta Yepifantsev: I love that.
Before we wrap up for our
listeners who are interested in
supporting or joining the Girl
Scouts, what's the best way for
them to get involved and make a
positive impact in their
communities,
Danielle Barnes: we would love
to have anyone and everyone join
us as volunteers, I would be
remissed if I just didn't give a
shout out to my volunteers. And
you know, even miss Vicky here
for all of her years of service,
we cannot have Girl Scouts
without our volunteer leaders.
And that is absolutely critical.
So if you're interested in
leading a troop, let us know if
you're interested in helping
lead a troop, we try to make the
process as easy for you as we
can. If you don't feel like you
don't have the time or if you're
you know, don't necessarily feel
like that's your fit. We have
lots of other volunteer
opportunities for you, encourage
you to go out to Girl Scouts of
Middle Tennessee website, and
and take a look at those
opportunities. And then thirdly,
if you've got any partnership
opportunities, as I mentioned,
we're trying to build our
footprint. We're trying to
expand our outreach. And if
there's any opportunity that you
say, hey, maybe this is
something I've been thinking
about don't know, you know, no
idea is off the table. Give me a
call. Let's talk about it. Let's
figure out how to make it
happen. And figure out how to
make cookbook, you know, the
next best place for the Girl
Kosta Yepifantsev: 100% agreed.
So we always like to end the
Scouts absolutely
show on a high note. Who is
someone that makes you better
when you're together?
Danielle Barnes: Oh my tribe?
Yeah, gosh, they can't hear this
podcast. So I'm going to
specifically call them out but
somehow they started calling
people call us the Boss Babes.
And there are six of us that
came together as a result of
actually we had been friends for
for many, many years, during
COVID That just really
solidified that because
everybody was so alone. And you
know my tribe is together and we
are the ones that lift each
other up and make us better
every single day. So find your
tribe.
Kosta Yepifantsev: Thank you to
our partners Miss Sallie’s
Market for presenting this
episode. I hope it’s no secret
by now, I don’t know my way
around the kitchen. However, I
do know my way to the kitchen.
That’s where Miss Sallie’s
Market comes in. With fresh,
locally sourced to-go meals made
daily, I don’t have to worry
about my cooking skills getting
in the way of our eating skills.
Open 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM Tuesday
through Saturday, Miss Sallie’s
Market is located in the heart
of Downtown Gainesboro with free
community tastings every
Thursday from 4-6. Find out
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