Notice of a Cooperative Agreement with Meharry Medical College, 57335-57337 [E7-19737]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 9, 2007 / Notices 1. Alexander Peyton Golden IV, Fort Smith, Arkansas; to acquire voting shares of ACME Holding Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Acme Holding Company, Inc., and Allied Bank, all of Mulberry, Arkansas. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198–0001: 1. Emmalie Cowherd; Benjamin Polen; Robert Cowherd; Andrew Cowherd; Jonathan Cowherd, all of Carrollton, Missouri; and Robert Schwandt, Red Lodge, Montana; to retain voting shares of Carroll County Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Carroll County Trust Company, both of Carrollton, Missouri, as the Emmalie Gessner Cowherd Family group. Ms. Cowherd proposes to control shares held in her own name, through the Emmalie Gessner Cowherd Revocable Living Trust and through the Clifton R. Cowherd Estate. Messrs. Benjamin Polen, Robert Cowherd, Robert Schwandt, Andrew Cowherd and Jonathan Cowherd, Carrollton will control shares held in their own names. Both Andrew Cowherd and Jonathan Cowherd will also hold shares through the C.R. Cowherd Trust TUWFBO, Kansas City, Missouri. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 3, 2007. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E7–19802 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center Web site at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than November 2, 2007. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309: 1. Franklin Financial Network, Inc.; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Franklin Synergy Bank (in organization), both of Franklin, Tennessee. 2. FGB Holding Company; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First Guaranty Bank and Trust Company of Jacksonville, both of Jacksonville, Florida. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 3, 2007. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E7–19803 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:07 Oct 05, 2007 Jkt 214001 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or control voting securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to banking and permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States. PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57335 Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center Web site at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than October 23, 2007. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309: 1. CapGen Capital Group LLC, Washington, DC; to directly engage de novo in acting as agent for the private placement of securities, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(7)(iii) of Reuglation Y. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 3, 2007. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc.E7–19804 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Notice of a Cooperative Agreement with Meharry Medical College Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Minority Health. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Office of Minority Health (OMH), Office of Public Health and Science, announces that it will enter into a cooperative agreement with Meharry Medical College (MMC). This cooperative agreement is an umbrella cooperative agreement and will establish the programmatic framework in which specific projects can be supported by various agencies during the project period. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to strengthen the nation’s capacity to prepare health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds to serve minority populations and to develop a national model for improving health care delivery to indigent and underserved citizens. The ultimate goal is to improve the health status of minorities and disadvantaged people and increase the diversity of the healthrelated workforce. E:\FR\FM\09OCN1.SGM 09OCN1 57336 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 9, 2007 / Notices Persons requesting additional information about this notice should contact the OPHS Office of Grants Management. This cooperative agreement will be effective September 28, 2007. DATES: Authority: This cooperative agreement is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 300u–6, section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.004. If you are interested in obtaining additional information regarding this project, contact Ms. Sonsiere CobbSouza, Director, Division of Program Operations, Office of Minority Health, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland 20852 or telephone (240) 453–8444. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Funding Opportunity Description Background mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES The health status of African Americans is dependent on the availability of a substantial pool of black physicians because these doctors are much more likely than their white colleagues to locate their practices in areas with large minority populations.1 According to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, these areas are usually medically underserved as well. Furthermore, 46 percent of the patients of black doctors are black, and nearly six times as many black patients are cared for by black physicians as by non-black physicians.2 Studies also show that minority patients have higher levels of satisfaction in race/ethnicity concordant settings. Patients tend to rate their physicians’ communication style, which is correlated with patient satisfaction, higher in race/ethnicityconcordant relationships.3 Throughout the twenty-first century, the number of racial and ethnic minorities is expected to steadily increase and, by mid-century, they will constitute a new U.S. majority. The African American population is expected to almost double from 36 1 Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Focus Magazine, Can Black Doctors Survive?, October 1997, retrieved November 30, 2005 from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Web Site: https://www.jointcenter.org/publications1/ focus/focusPDFs/1997/oct97.pdf. 2 Ibid. 3 Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions, A Report of the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Health Care Workforce, retrieved February 10, 2006 from the Sullivan Commission Web site: https://admissions.duhs.duke.edu/ sullivancommission/index.cfm. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:07 Oct 05, 2007 Jkt 214001 million to 61 million.4 MMC has graduated more black physicians than any other medical school. In order to continue this educational trend and flow of black physicians into medically underserved areas, OMH will enter into an umbrella cooperative agreement with MMC. Assistance will be provided only to MMC to accomplish the objectives of this cooperative agreement because it has the following combination of factors: 1. The majority of MMC’s graduates practice in medically underserved rural and inner city areas. Of its almost 4,000 living alumni throughout the United States, 78 percent serve lower socioeconomic and disadvantaged urban and rural communities. 2. MMC has historically trained a significant number of African American physicians and dentists in the United States. More than 15 percent of African Americans who receive doctoral degrees in medicine, dentistry, and the biomedical sciences each year are Meharry graduates. 3. In each of the past five years, MMC has graduated the largest number of African American Ph.D.s in the biomedical sciences of any academic institution in the nation. 4. MMC is the largest private, independent, historically minority institution in the United States exclusively dedicated to health professions education and training. Award Information This cooperative agreement will be awarded in FY 2007 for a 12-month budget period within a project period of five years. Depending upon the types of projects and availability of funds, it is anticipated that this cooperative agreement will initially receive approximately $1,200,000. Continuation awards within the project period will be made on the basis of satisfactory progress, development of an approved application, and the availability of funds. Eligibility Information Assistance will be provided only to the Meharry Medical College. Under this cooperative agreement, OMH will: 1. Serve as the HHS lead in collaboration with partner agencies to provide financial assistance and programmatic guidance to MMC; 2. Meet with MMC representatives to discuss and approve work plans, including objectives, data integrity and confidentiality, evaluation techniques and budget items; 4 Ibid. PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3. Provide technical assistance relative to project design and implementation, monitor progress of project activities, and evaluate progress and reports; and 4. Review and approve the implementation and dissemination of relevant project findings, final reports and project products prior to dissemination to public and private parties. MMC will: 1. Continue to develop racial and ethnic minority health care professionals that are well-educated about health disparities, prepared to address diseases that adversely impact minority populations, and committed to practicing and delivering communityoriented health care services in medically underserved areas; 2. Work toward increasing the number of residents of other area health professions institutions into the inpatient and ambulatory care services of Nashville General Hospital at the Meharry campus for the purpose of providing those residents experience in working with and increasing available services to minority and disadvantaged populations; 3. Continue its collaborative relationship with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance) to further expand collaborative research and research training initiatives at MMC (particularly addressing health disparities) through collaborative research projects, increase the number of shared clerkships, and expand primary care experiences for students from both institutions through the joint residency program; 4. Implement an Office of Educational Development and Support designed to support students identified as being atrisk by providing workshops to improve test-taking and time/stress management skills, application and interview skills workshops, primary care exposure and United States Medical Licensure Examination review; 5. Establish a program to track students’ progress and ultimate process of the program in improving the number of physicians practicing in minority and medically underserved areas; 6. Expand the MMC Clinical Skills Assessment Center and provide enhanced training in cultural competency so that students will demonstrate improvement in their cultural awareness, attitude, knowledge and skills; 7. Expand health disparity research and research training activities through the development and implementation of a library modernization plan that will expand library resources to community- E:\FR\FM\09OCN1.SGM 09OCN1 57337 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 194 / Tuesday, October 9, 2007 / Notices based providers, enhance biomedical informatics services, and increase behavioral and population-based research resources; and 8. Provide a report of the initial practice locations of MMC medical and dental graduates for each of the past 10 years and the number of students completing their education during the project period that were assisted by this program. Dated: October 2, 2007. Mirtha R. Beadle, Deputy Director, Office of Minority Health. [FR Doc. E7–19737 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–29–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Population Affairs. ACTION: Notice; correction. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, HHS published a notice in the Federal Register of Monday, June 11, 2007 announcing the anticipated availability of funds for family planning services grants. On July 13, 2007, the Notice was corrected to reflect the availability of Arizona, Navajo Nation for competition. Since that time, an additional State/population/area to be served has become available for competition. This Notice reflects the availability of Illinois, Chicago area for competition. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan B. Moskosky, 240–453–2888. Correction In the Federal Register of June 11, 2007, FR Doc. 07–11183, on page 32113, correct Table I to read: TABLE I Approximate funding available States/populations/areas to be served mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Region I: No service areas competitive in FY 2008. Region II: New York, New York City area ............................................................................................ New Jersey ........................................................................................................................... Region III: Maryland ............................................................................................................................... Southeast Pennsylvania ....................................................................................................... West Virginia ........................................................................................................................ Region IV: Kentucky ............................................................................................................................... South Carolina ...................................................................................................................... Florida, Greater Miami area ................................................................................................. Region V: Illinois, Chicago area ............................................................................................................ Ohio, Central area ................................................................................................................ Minnesota ............................................................................................................................. Region VI: Arkansas ............................................................................................................................... Louisiana .............................................................................................................................. New Mexico .......................................................................................................................... Region VII: Iowa ...................................................................................................................................... Iowa ...................................................................................................................................... Region VIII: Montana ................................................................................................................................ Region IX: Arizona .................................................................................................................................. Arizona, Navajo Nation ......................................................................................................... California ............................................................................................................................... California, Los Angeles area ................................................................................................ Republic of the Marshall Islands .......................................................................................... Region X: Alaska ................................................................................................................................... In addition, on page 32111, in the first column, under II. AWARD INFORMATION, please correct the second sentence to read, ‘‘Of this amount, OPA intends to make available approximately $81.9 million for competing Title X family planning services grant awards in 23 states, populations, and/or areas.’’ Application due date Approx. grant funding date $4,209,000 8,586,000 03/01/08 09/01/07 07/01/08 01/01/08 3,957,000 4,889,000 2,169,000 12/01/07 03/01/08 12/01/07 04/01/08 07/01/08 04/01/08 5,442,500 5,767,000 544,000 03/01/08 03/01/08 06/01/08 07/01/08 07/01/08 09/30/08 205,000 709,500 2,632,500 06/01/08 11/01/07 09/01/07 09/30/08 03/01/08 01/01/08 3,341,000 4,370,000 2,835,000 11/01/07 03/01/08 09/01/07 03/01/08 07/01/08 01/01/08 2,531,500 1,061,500 03/01/08 06/01/08 07/01/08 09/30/08 1,970,000 03/01/08 07/01/08 4,080,500 658,900 20,451,500 472,000 190,500 09/01/07 03/01/08 09/01/07 09/01/07 03/01/08 01/01/08 07/01/08 01/01/08 01/01/08 07/01/08 873,000 03/01/08 07/01/08 Dated: October 2, 2007. Evelyn M. Kappeler, Acting Director, Office of Population Affairs. [FR Doc. E7–19738 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BILLING CODE 4150–34–P Findings of Scientific Misconduct Office of the Secretary AGENCY: ACTION: Office of the Secretary, HHS. Notice. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:07 Oct 05, 2007 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09OCN1.SGM 09OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57335-57337]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Notice of a Cooperative Agreement with Meharry Medical College

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Minority 
Health.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Minority Health (OMH), Office of Public Health 
and Science, announces that it will enter into a cooperative agreement 
with Meharry Medical College (MMC). This cooperative agreement is an 
umbrella cooperative agreement and will establish the programmatic 
framework in which specific projects can be supported by various 
agencies during the project period.
    The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to strengthen the 
nation's capacity to prepare health professionals from disadvantaged 
backgrounds to serve minority populations and to develop a national 
model for improving health care delivery to indigent and underserved 
citizens. The ultimate goal is to improve the health status of 
minorities and disadvantaged people and increase the diversity of the 
health-related workforce.

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DATES: Persons requesting additional information about this notice 
should contact the OPHS Office of Grants Management. This cooperative 
agreement will be effective September 28, 2007.

    Authority: This cooperative agreement is authorized under 42 
U.S.C. 300u-6, section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended.

The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you are interested in obtaining 
additional information regarding this project, contact Ms. Sonsiere 
Cobb-Souza, Director, Division of Program Operations, Office of 
Minority Health, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland 
20852 or telephone (240) 453-8444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Funding Opportunity Description

Background

    The health status of African Americans is dependent on the 
availability of a substantial pool of black physicians because these 
doctors are much more likely than their white colleagues to locate 
their practices in areas with large minority populations.\1\ According 
to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, these areas are 
usually medically underserved as well.
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    \1\ Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Focus 
Magazine, Can Black Doctors Survive?, October 1997, retrieved 
November 30, 2005 from the Joint Center for Political and Economic 
Studies Web Site: https://www.jointcenter.org/publications1/focus/
focusPDFs/1997/oct97.pdf.
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    Furthermore, 46 percent of the patients of black doctors are black, 
and nearly six times as many black patients are cared for by black 
physicians as by non-black physicians.\2\ Studies also show that 
minority patients have higher levels of satisfaction in race/ethnicity 
concordant settings. Patients tend to rate their physicians' 
communication style, which is correlated with patient satisfaction, 
higher in race/ethnicity-concordant relationships.\3\
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    \2\ Ibid.
    \3\ Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions, A 
Report of the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Health Care 
Workforce, retrieved February 10, 2006 from the Sullivan Commission 
Web site: https://admissions.duhs.duke.edu/sullivancommission/
index.cfm.
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    Throughout the twenty-first century, the number of racial and 
ethnic minorities is expected to steadily increase and, by mid-century, 
they will constitute a new U.S. majority. The African American 
population is expected to almost double from 36 million to 61 
million.\4\ MMC has graduated more black physicians than any other 
medical school. In order to continue this educational trend and flow of 
black physicians into medically underserved areas, OMH will enter into 
an umbrella cooperative agreement with MMC. Assistance will be provided 
only to MMC to accomplish the objectives of this cooperative agreement 
because it has the following combination of factors:
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    \4\ Ibid.
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    1. The majority of MMC's graduates practice in medically 
underserved rural and inner city areas. Of its almost 4,000 living 
alumni throughout the United States, 78 percent serve lower 
socioeconomic and disadvantaged urban and rural communities.
    2. MMC has historically trained a significant number of African 
American physicians and dentists in the United States. More than 15 
percent of African Americans who receive doctoral degrees in medicine, 
dentistry, and the biomedical sciences each year are Meharry graduates.
    3. In each of the past five years, MMC has graduated the largest 
number of African American Ph.D.s in the biomedical sciences of any 
academic institution in the nation.
    4. MMC is the largest private, independent, historically minority 
institution in the United States exclusively dedicated to health 
professions education and training.

Award Information

    This cooperative agreement will be awarded in FY 2007 for a 12-
month budget period within a project period of five years. Depending 
upon the types of projects and availability of funds, it is anticipated 
that this cooperative agreement will initially receive approximately 
$1,200,000. Continuation awards within the project period will be made 
on the basis of satisfactory progress, development of an approved 
application, and the availability of funds.

Eligibility Information

    Assistance will be provided only to the Meharry Medical College.
    Under this cooperative agreement, OMH will:
    1. Serve as the HHS lead in collaboration with partner agencies to 
provide financial assistance and programmatic guidance to MMC;
    2. Meet with MMC representatives to discuss and approve work plans, 
including objectives, data integrity and confidentiality, evaluation 
techniques and budget items;
    3. Provide technical assistance relative to project design and 
implementation, monitor progress of project activities, and evaluate 
progress and reports; and
    4. Review and approve the implementation and dissemination of 
relevant project findings, final reports and project products prior to 
dissemination to public and private parties.
    MMC will:
    1. Continue to develop racial and ethnic minority health care 
professionals that are well-educated about health disparities, prepared 
to address diseases that adversely impact minority populations, and 
committed to practicing and delivering community-oriented health care 
services in medically underserved areas;
    2. Work toward increasing the number of residents of other area 
health professions institutions into the in-patient and ambulatory care 
services of Nashville General Hospital at the Meharry campus for the 
purpose of providing those residents experience in working with and 
increasing available services to minority and disadvantaged 
populations;
    3. Continue its collaborative relationship with Vanderbilt 
University Medical Center (the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance) to further 
expand collaborative research and research training initiatives at MMC 
(particularly addressing health disparities) through collaborative 
research projects, increase the number of shared clerkships, and expand 
primary care experiences for students from both institutions through 
the joint residency program;
    4. Implement an Office of Educational Development and Support 
designed to support students identified as being at-risk by providing 
workshops to improve test-taking and time/stress management skills, 
application and interview skills workshops, primary care exposure and 
United States Medical Licensure Examination review;
    5. Establish a program to track students' progress and ultimate 
process of the program in improving the number of physicians practicing 
in minority and medically underserved areas;
    6. Expand the MMC Clinical Skills Assessment Center and provide 
enhanced training in cultural competency so that students will 
demonstrate improvement in their cultural awareness, attitude, 
knowledge and skills;
    7. Expand health disparity research and research training 
activities through the development and implementation of a library 
modernization plan that will expand library resources to community-

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based providers, enhance biomedical informatics services, and increase 
behavioral and population-based research resources; and
    8. Provide a report of the initial practice locations of MMC 
medical and dental graduates for each of the past 10 years and the 
number of students completing their education during the project period 
that were assisted by this program.

    Dated: October 2, 2007.
Mirtha R. Beadle,
Deputy Director, Office of Minority Health.
 [FR Doc. E7-19737 Filed 10-5-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4150-29-P
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