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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Nite Cap 1-22-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2


James Baldwin said it best: 

"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."


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Governor's State of the State Address - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)
Governor's State of the State Address - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education): State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Responds toGovernor's State of the State AddressSACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today issued the following statement regarding Governor Jerry Brown's State of the State Address:"As Governor Brown made clear, California is poised for a tremendous leap
by mike simpson / 0min 
A Teacher’s Many Hats | EdCentrist
A Teacher’s Many Hats | EdCentrist: A Teacher’s Many HatsLeave a commentIt’s often said, teachers wear many hats throughout the school day. As a teacher, I can certainly attest to this statement. In fact, I believe a teacher wears more hats than any other professional. To prove my point, I’ve decided to compile a list of frequently used “teacher hats” to help support my claim.The Instructor’s HatB
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The facts about the Common Core Standards | Seattle Education
The facts about the Common Core Standards | Seattle Education: The facts about the Common Core StandardsThe State of Washington signed on to administer the Common Core Standards in our schools. That means that there will be new textbooks, lesson plans, worksheets with correlating homework and tests to make sure that our students are all on the same page at the same time no matter the location of t
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Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? - The Wire
Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live? - The Wire: Why Don't Republicans Want School Vouchers in Places Republicans Actually Live?A woman at a rally in Indianapolis. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Republicans are once again passionate about their long-time love school vouchers, believing that the idea of "school choice" is a key to winning over minority voters
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Renewing the Fight to Stop Common Core | Truth in American Education
Renewing the Fight to Stop Common Core | Truth in American Education: Renewing the Fight to Stop Common CoreFiled in Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level by Shane Vander Hart on January 22, 2014• 0 Comments161As state legislatures across the country are starting new sessions I thought it would be a good time to highlight how the fight to stop the Common Core State Standards is bei
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My Limited Understanding of Rubrics | My Island View
My Limited Understanding of Rubrics | My Island View: My Limited Understanding of RubricsJanuary 22, 2014 by tomwhitbyMy career as a teacher began way before the introduction of Rubrics to education. As an English teacher I was required to assess students’ writing and convert that assessment into a grade for the student. Back in the 70’s the most progressive grading method I was exposed to was giv
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1-22-14 With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs: Ten Demands of the BATS Teachers March on Washington on July 28, 2014
With A Brooklyn Accent: Ten Demands of the BATS Teachers March on Washington on July 28, 2014: Ten Demands of the BATS Teachers March on Washington on July 28, 20141. End all federal support for Common Core Standards.2. End all federal grants that require teacher and school ratings based on student scores; end high stakes testing.3. End federal incentives to close and privatize community schools a
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1-22-14 THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG - Early Childhood Education: Implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practices into Literacy Instruction — Whole Child Education
Early Childhood Education: Implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practices into Literacy Instruction — Whole Child Education: THE WHOLE CHILD BLOGEarly Childhood Education: Implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practices into Literacy InstructionJanuary 22, 2014 by Tisha ShipleyA top priority for early childhood educators is to teach children to read. Using developmentally appropriate practi
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1/22/2014 – Let Teachers Lead Common Core - National Opportunity to Learn Campaign
1/22/2014 – Let Teachers Lead Common Core: 1/22/2014 – Let Teachers Lead Common CoreJanuary 22, 2014 Subscribe THIS WEEK: School Funding Fights … End Of A Civil Rights Era … Online Schools Take Funds … Schools Teaching Creationism … Free Public College For All TOP STORY Why Common Core Advocates Should Let Teachers Lead It By Jeff Bryant “Perhaps the most tumultuous issue for the year ahead is the
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1-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Trove” Is A New Personalized Newsreader With PromiseTrove has just been launched by the previous owners of The Washington Post. I’m not sure that it’s radically different from the other sites on The Best Sites For Creating Personalized “Newspapers” Online list, but it seems like it’s worth trying out — especially since my
by mike simpson / 5h 
My Take on Duncan and Murnane's New Book: "Restoring Opportunity" :: Frederick M. Hess
My Take on Duncan and Murnane's New Book: "Restoring Opportunity" :: Frederick M. Hess: My Take on Duncan and Murnane's New Book: "Restoring Opportunity"by Frederick M. Hess  •  Jan 22, 2014 at 12:05 pmCross-posted from Education Week Print Send RSS ShareThree years ago, UC-Irvine's Greg Duncan and Harvard's Dick Murnane published a terrific edited volume titledWhither Opportun
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Dream school? | Deborah Meier on Education
Dream school? | Deborah Meier on Education: Dream school?Posted on January 22, 2014 by debmeierI just finished reading “Banding Together,” by David Kirp in the latest issue of the American Educator. It’s all about how schools improve their test scores when labor and management work together, rather than battling each other. Facing, as we are, a “catastrophe”—that “puts United States’ future econom
by mike simpson / 5h 
Parent Poll Informs Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)'s Implementation or Does it?
Parent Poll Informs Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)'s Implementation or Does it?Real Parent Engagement or Just Another Sash and Scepter Parent involvement showFor far too long Sacramento City Unified School District has "talked" about Parent Involvement in the education of their children with little results. We have set up parent committees that represent District Advisory Council,
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FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Wednesday, January 22, 2014
FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team: The charter school tipping pointEducation HeadlinesWednesday, January 22, 2014FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.Positive behavior support pays offPositive behavior and character reinforcing programs are gai
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1-22-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: School Bus Seat Belt Fund: A prime example of Connecticut’s budget gimmickryAccording to Governor Malloy and his administration, the State of Connecticut is on target to end this Fiscal Year (FY14) with a $506.1 million surplus. Malloy administration officials are so excited about the notion of a budget surplus that they are talking about proposing a targeted election year tax cut to w
by mike simpson / 7h 
1-22-14 Jersey Jazzman
Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools Are NOT Public Schools: Snow Day EditionI've brought it up many times here: charter schools are not public schools. They do not operate the same way; they aren't subject to the same laws and regulations about transparency; and students, parents, and teachers don't have the same rights when affiliated with them.Here's an admittedly somewhat trivial but still instruct
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Should Schools Teach About Healthy, Romantic Relationships? | NEA Today
Should Schools Teach About Healthy, Romantic Relationships? | NEA Today: Should Schools Teach About Healthy, Romantic Relationships?January 22, 2014 by twalker  Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentBy Tim WalkerVery few school boards, superintendents, and principals welcome the prospect of dealing with issues around sex education, often an invitation to controversy and a divided co
by mike simpson / 7h 
Stop Special Needs Vouchers Wisconsin Coalition Fights Re-introduced Voucher Bill | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!
Stop Special Needs Vouchers Wisconsin Coalition Fights Re-introduced Voucher Bill | Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!: Stop Special Needs Vouchers Wisconsin Coalition Fights Re-introduced Voucher BillFiled under: Special Education,Vouchers — millerlf @ 10:16 am Families of Students with Disabilities Oppose Re-Introduced Special Needs Vouchers Billhttps://www.facebook.com/StopSpecialNeedsV
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New Orleans: Appeals Court Affirms that Teachers from Mass Firing Deserve Damages | janresseger
New Orleans: Appeals Court Affirms that Teachers from Mass Firing Deserve Damages | janresseger: New Orleans: Appeals Court Affirms that Teachers from Mass Firing Deserve DamagesPosted on January 22, 2014 by janresseger“Before and After.  New Orleans has a new timeline.  A new zero point.  However, a natural event is by no means the sole cause for our new era.  To understand post-Katrina, you have
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Morning Wink 1-22-14 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTSShanker Blog » Extended School Time Proposals And Charter SchoolsShanker Blog » Extended School Time Proposals And Charter Schools: Extended School Time Proposals And Charter SchoolsPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on January 22, 2014One of the (many) education reform proposals that has received national attention over the past few years is “extended learning ti
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Shanker Blog » Extended School Time Proposals And Charter Schools
Shanker Blog » Extended School Time Proposals And Charter Schools: Extended School Time Proposals And Charter SchoolsPosted by Matthew Di Carlo on January 22, 2014One of the (many) education reform proposals that has received national attention over the past few years is “extended learning time” – that is, expanding the day and/or year to give students more time in school.Although how schools use
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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 1-22-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Author of NC Proposal RespondsLodge McKammon, author of the 60-30-10 plan for teachers in North Carolina, which would encourage larger class sizes, sent this comment: “For the record, this article in NC Policy Watch was published before I had a chance to speak with the author. These are, in a sense, some of the ideas that I have be
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-22-14 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Gov. Cuomo seeks changes to ‘flawed’ Common Core implementationNew York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D), who just a few months ago was defending the state Board of Regents’ implementation of the Common Core State Standards, now says it has been “flawed” and that he is creating a panel of education experts and legislators to review the problems and take speedy “corrective action.” He […]
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-22-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Something's Rotten at the Center of the Common CoreStan Karp, at Rehinking Schools, knows how to get to the heart of the matter and has a way with words. Thanks for providing us teachers with some good reading on a snow day."Something's Rotten at the Center of the Common Core"Something's Rotten at the Center of the Common Core  January 22, 2014  |  This is a revised versi
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-22-14 Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida
Scathing Purple Musings | Color me purple in Florida, red in Washington, dark sky-blue in Israel and public school in Education: Revisiting Florida Tea Party Influence on Common CoreFrom Peter Schorsch’s ever useful Sunburn morning mail comes this William March story in the Tampa Tribune which revealed that Florida leads the nation in Tea Party membership: A study by a liberal advocacy group says
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-22-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Internal President's Letters Expose NYSUT Rift and Support for Iannuzzi?The inaction of the legislative office has forced Dick's hand to move the discussion in our favor. He has twice sued the state (APPR and Tax Cap) and pushed the June 8 rally (despite Andy's opposition).... The leader, as I see it, of this insurrection is E. V. P. Andy Pallotta. ... President, Westchester union
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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 1-22-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: North Carolina Gives Compensation for Forced Sterilization“A moron is a person whose mind never develops beyond that of a ten year old child.”In a yellowing 1950s pamphlet, being a moron seems to be the only apparent requirement for subjugation to North Carolina’s old sterilization program. Eerily, it entails the benefits and reasoning behind Eugenics, and its necessity
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1-22-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Fighting Rahm and The Hawk to stop Chicago charters.  Sue Sadlowski Garza, Kristine Mayle, Sarah Chambers and Nathan Goldbaum pull an all-nighter outside CPS HQ. The Polar Vortex is rolling through Chicago again and the temperature dropped to minus four degrees last night. But that didn’t keep parents
by mike simpson / 8h 
1-22-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Vergara V. California Would Turn Teachers into Second Class CitizensDavid Cohen’s “Education Policy vs Litigation” at InterACT provides a balanced analysis of Vergara vs California, a corporate reform effort to kill five California laws because they supposedly violate the rights of poor children of color. Students Matter, a nonprofit founded by entrepreneur David Welch, sponsors
by mike simpson / 9h 
1-22-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): The Place of English in General Education (1940)The Place of English in General Education (1940).1 by plthomasedd / 32min hide  //  saveStudents Should Be Tested Less, Then Not at AllStudents Should Be Tested More, Not Less by Jessica Lahey is not a compelling case to te
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1-22-14 Perdido Street Schoo
Perdido Street School: Stop Saying Cuomo Has "Joined The Fight" Against Common CoreFrom the Daily News: ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo has joined the fight to change the state’s new Common Core curriculum. Cuomo, as part of his budget presentation Tuesday, announced plans for a special advisory panel that will recommend “corrective action” in the way the state implements the curriculum — which is p
by mike simpson / 9h 
We Party Patriots » With Strike Imminent, Portland Teachers Wear Black to Mourn the Death of Bargaining
We Party Patriots » With Strike Imminent, Portland Teachers Wear Black to Mourn the Death of Bargaining: With Strike Imminent, Portland Teachers Wear Black to Mourn the Death of Bargaining   Teachers in Portland remain on the verge of striking as their attempts to negotiate a new contract are stuck at a crossroads.  On Tuesday, Teachers wore black to “mourn the district’s refusal to continue barga
by mike simpson / 9h 
Gay-straight alliances in schools cut suicide risk for all students, researchers say | The Raw Story
Gay-straight alliances in schools cut suicide risk for all students, researchers say | The Raw Story: Gay-straight alliances in schools cut suicide risk for all students, researchers sayTopics: suicidal thoughts Schools that set up programs to fight homophobia helpreduce the suicide risk for all students, a recent study showed.Canadian researchers said all students at schools that set up gay-strai
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More time in school, with a drain on Chicago’s teachers | Hechinger Report
More time in school, with a drain on Chicago’s teachers | Hechinger Report: More time in school, with a drain on Chicago’s teachersBy Sara NeufeldThis story also appeared at:Part two of twoCHICAGO –– Two years ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and public school officials faced a difficult predicament. They wanted to rectify the fact that Chicago had one of the shortest school days in the nation. But they di
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Daily Kos: important op ed on food by Mark Bittman
Daily Kos: important op ed on food by Mark Bittman: important op ed on food by Mark BittmanbyteacherkenFollow    Email  8 Comments / 8 Newin today's New York Times, titled Abundance Doesn't Mean Health.Consider the following information, derived from Oxfam's "Good Enough to Eat" index rating of 125 nations:The results for the United States make a fine case for American exceptionalism, th
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Does Freedom of Speech end at the Principal’s Office? | EdCentrist
Does Freedom of Speech end at the Principal’s Office? | EdCentrist: Does Freedom of Speech end at the Principal’s Office?Leave a commentI’ve watched this video a few times, trying desperately to find any justifiable reason Newark officials suspended these school leaders. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to see anything that would call for such a serious disciplinary action. In fact, it’s quite scary to thi
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empathyeducates – The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility
empathyeducates – The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility: The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social MobilityPhotograph; Matt Rourke/AP ImagesHigher education should be promoted to all students as an opportunity to experience an intellectual awakening, not just increase their earning power.By Andrew Simmons | Originally Published at The At
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Braving sub-zero temps to stop the charter invasion
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Braving sub-zero temps to stop the charter invasion: Braving sub-zero temps to stop the charter invasionAt last night's vigilA SmallTalk Salute goes out to the dozens of protesters who demonstrated their commitment last night byholding an all-night vigil and sleeping out in sub-zero temps, outside CPS headquarters. They, along with hundreds of others, will pack today
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Early education narrows the gap between the haves and have-nots | EdSource Today
Early education narrows the gap between the haves and have-nots | EdSource Today: Early education narrows the gap between the haves and have-notsJanuary 21st, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Micah Ali / commentaryMicah AliCompton, Watts and other South Los Angeles communities are filled with families struggling with the growing income disparity that grips the country.During the last 30 years the so-call
by mike simpson / 18h 
Cuomo’s Pre-K Plans Set Up Tax Conflict With de Blasio - NYTimes.com
Cuomo’s Pre-K Plans Set Up Tax Conflict With de Blasio - NYTimes.com: Cuomo’s Pre-K Plans Set Up Tax Conflict With de BlasioBy MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and THOMAS KAPLANJAN. 21, 2014Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo delivered his budget address on Tuesday in Albany. Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday unveiled abudget plan containing a glittering prize for Mayor Bill de Blasio: m
by mike simpson / 18h 
Humanities majors don’t fare as badly as portrayed, new earnings report says | Hechinger Report
Humanities majors don’t fare as badly as portrayed, new earnings report says | Hechinger Report: Humanities majors don’t fare as badly as portrayed, new earnings report saysBy Jon MarcusPeople who major in the humanities and social sciences don’t earn as much as their classmates in the physical and natural sciences, math, or engineering, but the gap is not as wide as has been portrayed.That’s the
by mike simpson / 18h 
Immense Unease Over Advertisers Nabbing Student Data: Poll
Immense Unease Over Advertisers Nabbing Student Data: Poll: Immense Unease Over Advertisers Nabbing Student Data: PollA server build technician stands at a work bench while monitoring a clients data and performing maintenance inside pod two of International Business Machines Corp.'s Softlayer data center in Dallas. Most U.S. school districts rely on cloud computing services, but an overwhelming nu
by mike simpson / 18h 
No Really, Stay In Class - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson
No Really, Stay In Class - The Jose Vilson | The Jose Vilson: No Really, Stay In Classby JOSE VILSON on JANUARY 21, 2014in MR. VILSONAfter lunch, students drag their feet to class, chatting it up with friends in the hallway, taking elongated sips of fountain water, peeking into their former teachers’ classes, and generally finding any excuse to not go to their next class. Even as passionate, delib
by mike simpson / 18h 
Forget the war on public education. Georgia Senate tackles the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com
Forget the war on public education. Georgia Senate tackles the... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Forget the war on public education. Georgia Senate tackles the war on Christmas instead.  COMMENT(3) 0 0 0 1RelatedView Larger How many parents are fretting because their children's school lacked a Christmas tree? (AJC Photo)Previous PostsDeKalb school chief: 'Stain of probation has been eradicated.'Jan
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Competition begins for $250M ‘career pathways’ grants | EdSource Today
Competition begins for $250M ‘career pathways’ grants | EdSource Today: Competition begins for $250M ‘career pathways’ grantsJanuary 21st, 2014 | Add a Comment | By Karla Scoon Reid/EdSource correspondentThe California Department of Education officially opened the grant application process Tuesday for a $250 million state fund for career and college readiness programs, signaling the start of a fie
by mike simpson / 23h 
empathyeducates – Education on the Move
empathyeducates – Education on the Move: Education on the MoveThe perpetual question is when is progress progressive. When is a following a trend to an earnest desire to bend? Intellectually we know that nothing happens in an instant. Change, while constant, is incremental. There is a need for constant vigilance. So we ask, who can we trust and when. Does our heart leap when a Governor tweets a pr
by mike simpson / 23h 
IL AFL-CIO endorses governor who cut union employee pensions – for teachers, etc. Why? | Reclaim Reform
IL AFL-CIO endorses governor who cut union employee pensions – for teachers, etc. Why? | Reclaim Reform: IL AFL-CIO endorses governor who cut union employee pensions – for teachers, etc. Why?Posted on January 21, 2014by Ken PrevitiIL AFL-CIO Pres. Mike Carrigan and the Executive Board made union history by endorsing Gov. Pat Quinn (D) for re-election. Quinn and other Democratic super-majority memb
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Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 1-21-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Former Virginia Governor and Wife Indicted     Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and wife have been indicted by a federal grand jury for accepting an estimated $140,000 in loans and gifts in exchange for the ex-governor to promote dietary supplements. McDonnell is accused of lying on loan applications by failing to report money donated by Jonnie Williams Sr., the c
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Nite Cap 1-21-14 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2
James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAPSocial Equality Educators (SEE) introduces its “Respect” slate of candidates for the SEA elections | Seattle EducationSocial Equality Educators (SEE) introduces its “Respect” slate of candidates for the SEA elections | Seattle Education: Social E
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