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LR/RI produces a bulletin roughly every two weeks in order to inform area practitioners of news, events, and calls for participation and also as a forum for posing questions, issues and discussion topics. The current bulletin is posted below. To read previous bulletins, go to Bulletin Archives.January 23, 1998 Bulletin #33 Dear Colleagues, This notice has come fromTom Brillat, Washington County Adult Learning Center: We are sorry to learn of the death of Ebba Spector, the retired Director of the Washington County Adult Learning Center (WCALC). Ebba grew up in Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from UCONN and the University of Hartford. In the 1970s Ebba brought her long-time love for teaching the English language to Rhode Island. She worked at the Warwick Adult Learning Center and then began her tenure at WCALC in 1978. She retired in 1994 to spend more time with her husband, Ben, and her Westerly friends, spruce up her garden, go traveling, and increase her activity within Temple Emanu-el of Waterfrod, Connecticut, where she was was a long-time member. Recently she had returned to do part-time ESL teaching for WCALC and Citizenship classes for LVA. The Rhode Island adult education community has lost one of its most dedicated members. Our sympathies go to her entire family. Ebba's husband, Ben, is at 83 Wagner Road Westerly, RI 02891. Donations can be made in Ebba's name to: The Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut, 28 Channing Street New London, CT 06320.
Janet Isserlis ____________________________________________________________ NOTICES
ESOL Sharing/discussion group will be held on Thursday, January 29 from 4 to 6 PM, at the Genesis Center, 620 Potters Avenue, Providence. Practitioners and program directors are welcome to bring ideas, questions and concerns around ESOL practice. What's been working well? Where are you challenged? Please join the discussion group and share your thoughts and ideas. Sharing/discussion group for educators with an interest in learning disabilities Friday, February 6 at 3 PM, at IIRI, Providence. Many of us not working specifically with LD learners can benefit greatly by learning more about strategies, methods and approaches developed for LD students, particularly multi-sensory structured phonic reading instruction. Learning how such instruction can be applied to our teaching contexts can only strengthen our abilities overall. Given the continued interest in the topic, Sandy Jacobi has agreed to again share her experience of working with LD learners in both one to one and classroom contexts. Sandy will facilitate a discussion of the Wilson method, sharing with us a typical Wilson lesson, and the rationale behind the methodology.
¥ EMPLOYMENT SOUGHT: M. Ed. with a specialization in Learning Disabilities seeking a part time (ten to fifteen hours per week) teaching/tutoring opportunity working with young adults or adults in a GED/Adult Literacy Program. I am an effective communicator with a passion for education. Please call Robin Silva at (401) 433-4772. REMINDER: WORLD WIDE WEB INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF DEVELOPERS New York's Literacy Assistance Center will conduct a two-day institute, consisting of 2 day-long hands-on sessions, bringing together 24 practitioners (adult basic education teachers and staff developers) from programs in New York and New England. The same institute will be held in NY and in Boston, addressing the use of the internet in adult literacy and ESOL instruction through hands-on workshops to be held in computers labs at the LAC and at UMass, Boston. Emily Hacker will facilitate the NY sessions and David Rosen will facilitate the Boston institute. Participants will: explore and evaluate literacy and ESOL world wide web resources; learn effective web search strategies; create a web-based lesson, design a web page and participate in a listserv. The NY Institute will be held on Fridays 2/27 and 3/20; Boston's on Saturdays 2/28 and 3/21. A small stipend will be awarded to participants upon completion of the institute. Requirements: Teachers of ABE/ESOL currently working in the field; commitment to attend the full two days of the institute; an email account; access to the internet at applicant*s worksite; completed application form and letter for support from program director. Applications must arrive at the LAC no later than February 2, and may be mailed, faxed or emailed. For an application form, please contact LR/RI; for further information, please call Emily Hacker at (212) 803-3348.
¥ WORD FOR WINDOWS International Institute of RI's introductory course to Microsoft Word6 for Windows is still accepting registration for the Saturday morning class (9:00am-12:00pm), which runs for 8 weeks; tuition is $100 (includes Registration and Lab fees. If a textbook is required by the teacher, there will be an extra charge); limit 15 people. The IIRI is located at 645 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907. For more information, please call: (401)461-5940 (receptionist) or (401)784-4610 (morning teacher). The session will begin on Feb. 14; Registration: Jan. 26 - Jan. 30, 1998.
NOMINATIONS DUE FOR ADULT LEARNER ORGANIZATION PLANNING MEETING On March 27- 29,1998, adult learners and literacy professionals will gather at the Highlander Center near Knoxville, Tennessee. Learners will prepare a plan for a new national adult learner organization. Nomination forms are due by the end of the month; a nomination form appeared in bulletin #30 for interested learners to fill out and return to the planning committee] by 1/31/98 at the latest. If you need a copy of the form, or more information about the meeting itself, please contact LR/RI. Nominees will be notified of the committee's decision by mid-February.] Eastern LINCS (formerly Hub1) has updated its website (http://Hub1.WorldEd.org/), and is looking for links to local programs in Region 1 (northern states and islands). A few programs in the state have websites now linked to LR/RIÕs program listing page. If you have a website, and would like the site to be linked to Eastern LINCS (one of four regional websites from NIFL), please send your URL to me at janet_isserlis@brown.edu so that I can be sure that LR/RI is linking to you, and also so that I can send it along to Eastern LINCS for them to include within their Local Program area. MINIGRANTS: Hands-on English: Application forms for Hands-on English Minigrants can be requested by sending your postal address to Anna Silliman, Editor, P.O. Box 256, Crete, NE 68333. Hands-on English awards about 5 small grants (of up to $200) each year for ESL classroom teaching projects, to help support innovative teaching for adult ESL classes, and to give teachers recognition for their work. For information about these grants, and a description of the 1997 award-winning projects, visit their web site: http://www.4w.com/hoe [Email: hoe@navix.net, 1-800-ESL-HAND (1-800-375-4263), Fax: 402-826-3997.]
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Providence Housing Authority is seeking an adult education instructor with particular strength in teaching mathematics at the GED level. For more information, please contact Marcia Sullivan, Director of Special Projects, at 751-6400, ext. 204 Teacher for Citizenship Preparation Two 20-week sessions include 6 hours of teaching plus three hours of preparation time weekly. Once a month staff meeting; begins early February, 1998. Syllabus provided for one-year grant. Must have excellent organizational skills, teacher training provided. $13 per hour. Send resume to: Ellen Steingold, Jewish Family Service, 229 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02906; call 331-1244 for appointment.
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy TRAINER World Education, a non-profit organization based in Boston, is seeking a trainer to facilitate three 18-hour trainings for adult basic education practitioners, one in each of the three states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine, on the topic of learner motivation and persistence. The training activities will begin in July 1998 and will all be completed by February 1999. The actual planning of this staff development will take place in Massachusetts in March and May 1998. The training activities are part of a national study on the effectiveness of staff development approaches in adult basic education. The study is conducted under the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), a collaboration between Harvard Graduate School of Education, World Education, Rutgers University, the University of Tennessee, and Portland State University. The Trainer will work closely with NCSALL's staff to design and facilitate the same training across the three states. Responsibilities 1. Work with staff to design and conduct high-quality training on the topic of learner motivation and persistence. 2. Facilitate three 18-hour trainings, one in each of the three states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine. Each training will be facilitated over the course of 4 - 10 weeks. All three trainings will be conducted between July 1998 and February 1999. 3. Participate in two all-day orientation and design meetings in March and May 1998 with other staff development facilitators and NCSALL staff, as well as periodic face-to-face and/or phone meetings with project staff. 4. Work with local staff development assistants to document activities. Qualifications 1. Extensive experience in training with emphasis on participatory, experiential learning. 2. Experience in the field of adult basic education. 3.Knowledge of the topic (learner motivation and persistence). 4. Interest in working as part of a team. 5.Interest in research and willingness to meet the needs of the research study. This is a part-time consultant position, based out of applicant's own home or office. Applicant must be able to travel to each participating state on 2 - 6 occasions, depending on the needs of the state, to conduct the trainings and participate in meetings. Total stipend is $4350, which is based on 15 days of work and includes $600 for travel. To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter by February 6, 1998 to Judy Hofer, World Education, 48 No. Pleasant St., Suite 303, Amherst, MA 01002. No phone calls or visits please. World Education is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Voluntary information in this regard is welcomed. PRACTITIONER RESEARCH FACILITATORS World Education, a non-profit organization based in Boston, is seeking 3 practitioner research facilitators, one to work in each of the three states of Maine, Connecticut, and Massachusetts (specifically in the Boston and Northeast regions). Each facilitator will lead two practitioner research groups of seven adult basic education practitioners each, focusing on the topic of learner motivation and persistence. The practitioner research groups in Maine will be held from July 1998 through April 1999. The groups in Connecticut and Massachusetts will begin in Fall 1998 and end by June 1999. The actual planning of the group activities will take place in Massachusetts in March and May 1998. The practitioner research groups are part of a national study on the effectiveness of staff development approaches in adult basic education. The study is conducted under the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), a collaboration between Harvard Graduate School of Education, World Education, Rutgers University, the University of Tennessee, and Portland State University. The practitioner research facilitators will work closely with NCSALL's staff to design and facilitate staff development that is relatively standardized across the three states. Responsibilities 1. Work with staff to design and facilitate practitioner research groups of adult basic education practitioners on the topic of learner motivation and persistence. 2. Facilitate two practitioner research groups in either Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Maine, which involves six 3-hour meetings per group over the course of nine months and providing advice to individual practitioners on their research. 3. Participate in two all-day orientation and design meetings in March and May 1998 with other staff development facilitators and NCSALL staff, as well as periodic face-to-face and/or phone meetings with project staff. 4. Work with local staff development assistants to document activities. Qualifications 1. Experience facilitating practitioner research groups or experience doing practitioner research coupled with leading staff development. 2. Experience in the field of adult basic education. 3. Knowledge of the topic (learner motivation and persistence). 4.Interest in working as part of a team. 5. Interest in research and willingness to meet the needs of the research study. This is a part-time consultant position, based out of applicant's own home or office. Applicant must be able to travel to (or within) the particular state to facilitate the two practitioner research groups as well as attend two meetings in Massachusetts. Total stipend is $3150, which is based on the equivalent of 11 days of work from March 1998 to June 1999 and includes $400 for travel. Additional travel costs incurred by facilitators who must travel out-of-state will be reimbursed. To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter indicating in which state(s) you would be willing to work by February 6, 1998 to Judy Hofer, World Education, 48 No. Pleasant St., Suite 303, Amherst, MA 01002. No phone calls or visits please. World Education is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Voluntary information in this regard is welcomed.
ASSISTANCE NEEDED: FEINSTEIN CITIZENSHIP CENTER helps legal immigrants in their efforts to become US citizens. In order to help as many people as possible, the center is asking for assistance for people completing their immigration application on Saturday, January 31, from 9 AM to 1 PM. No prior experience is necessary; the Center will train you on how to complete an application. For more information, contact Olga Calheta at 784-4648. The FEINSTEIN CENTER is also announcing opportunities for citizenship studies and community service. Courses run at the International Institute of Rhode Island from 9 to 11 AM (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), 6 to 8 PM (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), and 9AM to 12 PM (Saturday). Eligibility requirements: Permanent resident for 5 yrs (3 yrs if married to a US citizen), some English is required for enrollment. NO FEE. Classes run for 36 weeks. Bring your alien registration card to register - this ongoing registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Participate in community service and good citizenship projects. For information, please call 784-4611.
from the MAYOR'S ADULT LITERACY TASK FORCE: A forum will be held on Thursday, January 29th 3 - 5:30 PM, at the John Hazen White Center for Arts and Sciences, Room 306, Johnson and Wales University, 30 Chestnut Street (at Pine and Chestnut). Mayor Cianci appointed the task force to empower its members to develop a comprehensive plan addressing problems generated by illiteracy or low levels of literacy. The Task Force developed a vision statement and is inviting you to help identify best practices and programs to achieve this vision. The Forum is a chance for the larger Rhode Island community to join hands in commitment to eradicate illiteracy and to share valuable insight in helping shape an urban policy for adult literacy. The task force hopes you can participate in this effort to learn and promote the value of literacy as the means of building a stronger urban community. Please RSVP to the Angela Renaud, Ed.D, task force co-chair, at 598-1400. For directions to Johnson and Wales, please contact LR/RI. The proposed Vision Statement to which participants are asked to respond: All adults will have literacy skills empowering them to achieve their fullest potential as community members, workers, parents and active citizens.
The 11th Annual National Adult Learning and Technology Conference will be held at Michigan State UniversityÕs Kellogg Center, from July 28-31, 1998. Proposals for presentations are due on 2/13/98; registration materials will be available in hard copy after 3/15, or on-line now. For more information, please contact LR/RI or check the conference website at http://slrc.ehhs.cmich.edu/altconference/
Conference: SITE 98 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/aace/conf/site/ March 10-14, 1998 Bethesda,MD. The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) presents "the ninth annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), an international association of individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education." The conference will feature over 500 presentations in 24 major topic areas. Pre registration before 1/29 is $215 for members of SITE, and $260 for non-members. After 1/29, rates are $260 and $295. K-12 teachers have a $115 rate, (and I wonder if adult educators could try for a reduced rate with a letter from a supervisory?). For more information see the website, or contact LR/RI.
NTIA 1998 Application Process for Information Infrastructure Grants The US Department of Commerce is now accepting applications for the 1998 round of the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program. The deadline for submitting applications is March 12, 1998, no later than 9:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time. TIIAP "provides matching grants to non-profit organizations such as schools, libraries, hospitals, public safety entities, and state and local governments. Grants are used to fund projects that improve the quality of, and the public's access to, education, health care, public safety, and other community-based services. The grants are used to purchase equipment for connection to networks, including computers, video conferencing systems, network routers, and telephones; to buy software for organizing and processing all kinds of information, including computer graphics and databases; to train staff, users, and others in the use of equipment and software; to purchase communications services, such as Internet access; to evaluate the projects; and to disseminate the project's findings." For more information about TIIAP, send email to: tiiap@ntia.doc.gov [JS] (A longer announcement appeared in the last bulletin; for more information see that announcement or send email to: tiiap@ntia.doc.gov, and/or see their website at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/tiiap/.
REMINDERS:
LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE - Ensuring the right to learn, dream, work, succeed: March 11-14 in Washington, DC. LDA, (formerly ACLD) is the only national organization devoted to defining and finding solutions for the broad spectrum of learning disabilities. For information call (412) 341-1515.(Literacy Assistance Center newsletter 1/98)
AMERICA READS FUNDING From the NIFL-Family listserv (Please note, applications for these funds must be made on paper using the application kit. E-mails and FAX submissions will not be accepted). Below is a portion of the text from the AmeriCorps*VISTA America Reads NOFA published in the Federal Register, 12/18/97. The entire text will be provided in the application kit, or can be accessed from the website of the Government Printing Office at http://www.access.gpo.gov. Availability of Funds for Ameri-Corps*VISTA America Reads Projects-Nationwide. SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service announces the availability of funds for fiscal year 1998 for new AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program grants focusing on the America Reads initiative in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Program grants are authorized under Title I, Part A of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended (Pub. L. 93-113). Project applications will be written to cover a 24-month period although grants will be awarded for a 12-month period with a renewal option. As part of this effort, the Corporation is soliciting applicants which are public or private non-profit organizations, including cur rent AmeriCorps*VISTA project sponsors. Approximately 35-40 grants are expected to be awarded in April 1998 with AmeriCorps*VISTA members beginning service prior to the start of the 1998-99 school year. DATES: Applications must be received by 5:00 P.M. EST, 1/28/98. Application in structions and kits are available from AmeriCorps*VISTA, Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20525, (202) 606-5000, ext. 249, TDD (202) 565-2799, or TTY via the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Applications should be submitted to the Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Mailstop 9207, Washington, DC 20525, Attn: Kathleen Dennis. The Corporation will not accept applications that are submitted via facsimile or e-mail transmission.
HEALTH AND LITERACY: From the NIFL-FAMILY listserv, for agencies working in collaboration with health care agencies: Pfizer Inc. is inviting applications for two $50,000 grants. One will support research and the other will support programs to improve health literacy. Any individual or organization involved in health care delivery is eligible to apply, and the grants may be used to fund existing projects or programs. The application deadline is April 30, 1998. Information: contact Charlene Landis, Pfizer Inc. 235 E. 42nd St. New York, NY 10017; 1- 888-457-3033.
from previous bulletins:
Information exchanges: Is your program taking on a new project or direction? Do you want to ask other practitioners/programs about their work? The bulletin is a vehicle for disseminating information, asking questions, sharing resources. Please utilize it . Call, write, fax or email to send information, questionnaires, calls for resources, whatever.
Practitioner, Administrator, Learner Participation Sought for NCSALL Research The Natitional Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy seeks practitioner, learner and ad ministrator assistance in four of its current research projects. All projects offer financial compensation and the opportunity to learn about and help improve practice through research. Following is a brief de scription of each of the four projects, their needs and compensation offered. Additional information on the projects, including time requirements , timeframes and contact information is available through the Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network. Contact David Hayes at (401) 331-9261 or PDRNRI@aol.com.
LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION ON-LINE (from Fran Keenan at the Center for Applied Linguistics): http://www.StateServ.hpts.org provides current and exclusive state legislative information on welfare reform & immigrants. The 1996 welfare law rewrote the rules for immigrants, originally cutting $24 billion in cash, medical, and food stamp benefits. Although $12 billion in SSI benefits were restored in 1997, states are still challenged by the cost shifts from federal to state and local safety net programs, and are determining whether and how to serve particularly vulnerable immigrant populations. State legislation is summarized by cash assistance, medical assistance, nutritional assistance, and naturalization. Also available on-line are the Project's popular new series of issue briefs "Welfare Reform & Immigrants." Currently posted are briefs on: State Trends, Nutritional Assistance, and TANF. The website was launched by the Health Policy Tracking Service at NCSL. StateServ also provides information on state policies and legislation in the areas of adolescent health, HIV/AIDS, and youth access to alcohol. The website is supported with grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Ford Foundation. For more information on StateServ, call The Health Policy Tracking Service at 202-624-3567 or e-mail them at: info@hpts.org. For more information on Welfare Reform & Immigrants, contact Ann Morse, Immigrant Policy Project, (ann.morse@ncsl.org) or Jeremy Meadows (jeremy.meadows@ncsl.org). We welcome your comments. (The IMMIGRANT-NEWS-L distribution list is a service of NCSLnet, the Electronic Information Network for State Legislatures. National Conference of State Legislatures. For information on NCSLnet services send a blank e-mail message to: NCSLnet-Info@ncsl.org).
AIDS RESOURCES ONLINE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1s national AIDS clearinghouse is located at http://www.cdcnac.org. It's Up to Us: An AIDS Education Curriculum for ESL Students and Other English Language Learners, by Henry Lesnick, is available on line at http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/homepages/lesnick/AIDS. AVERT, AIDS Education and Research Trust, a British site, is at http://www.avert.org/ World AIDS Day is observed on December 1st, but the need to work on appropriate educational strategies around HIV and AIDS prevention education persists year round.
PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND ACCESS TO THE INTERNET How is the internet being used in adult education? What are some helpful uses, and how do we sort through the huge amount of material available on line? Susan Gaer is interested in helping programs link to one another, and has been doing so through an email project homepage on-line, at http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm. If you have or know of similar learner work on line, please contact Susan at SusanG2@aol.com. As well, David Rosen (who in addition to advocacy work, has done a great deal of work on and research into using the internet) has asked that we have a look at the inquiry maps on the Adult Literacy Resource Institute1s home page. As he explains, "[a]n Inquiry Map is a group participatory research process on a topic of high interest to the group. Participants (in this case, adult learners) make their own questions, and then set about finding answers to them. The Inquiry map is a process which is never finished. Many of the questions go unanswered, are only partially answered, or have only one answer given where other points of view are possible. So, there is room for other participants to join in the process at any time, to add their answers, their comments on the answers already given, and questions which they might also choose to research." Questions, answers and comments can be posted to David Rosen <DJRosen@world.std.com>, and he'll add them to the inquiry map. So, it keeps on being an inquiry process with each new person who reads and adds to it. He welcomes additions of questions and answers; as you may know, many internet sites run threaded conversations on a variety of topics. The ALRI sites are: http://www2.wgbh.org/MBCWEIS/LTC/ALRI/I.M.html and http://www2.wgbh.org/MBCWEIS/LTC/ALRI/IM3.html (How to make inquiry maps). The LR/RI website has added a page about technology and learning as well. The page consists of the beginning of a discussion about the ways in which technology can be used interactively -- is the screen just a big flashy workbook, or is there more to it? Your comments can be sent by email, fax or regular mail, and will be added to the page to continue the conversation.
NCSALL Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network Now Scheduling On -Site Introductions The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy's Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network / Rhode Island is now scheduling on-site introductory meetings with practitioners and administrators as part of its ongoing effort to facilitate the development and strengthening of ties between researchers and practitioners. The sessions will highlight current NCSALL research and its connection to Rhode Island adult ed practice, introduce Focus On Basics - an adult ed pulication aimed at addressing practitioners' needs - and encourage discussion on practitioners' roles in research, ways in which research results can be applied to practice, and the utility of the PDRN to the Rhode Island adult ed community. Meetings will be tailored to suit a group or program's time restrictions and can be made to run anywhere between 30 and 60 minutes. Adminstrators and practitioners interested in learning more about or scheduling an on -site meeting should contact David Hayes, PDRN / RI Practitioner Leader, at (401) 331 - 9261 or by email to PDRN RI@aol.com.
and also from previous issues:
Workshops available - During the past few years I've worked with a team of women from around Canada, through the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, on Making Connections: Literacy and EAL Curriculum from a Feminist Perspective. The curriculum was developed for learners in basic education and English language programs. A series of workshops have been developed and are available to anyone in the area with an interest in learning more about incorporating the curriculum and its approaches into their own work. Please contact me (Janet) at LR/RI for more information and/or to schedule a workshop. Information about the curriculum is also available online at http://www.nald.ca/canorg/cclow/EAL.HTM. While the cost of the curriculum document itself is $20, there is no charge for the workshops.
For the teacher sharing session on Thursday, July 10, these brief articles were reviewed: Cross-Cultural Issues in Adult ESL Literacy Classrooms, (http://www.cal.org/ncle/digests/CROSS_CULTURAL.HTML) Race and Gender in Adult Education, http://coe.ohio-state.edu/cete/ericacve/docs/race-gen.htm and Adult Eduction: Social Change or Status Quo? http://coe.ohio-state.edu/cete/ericacve/docs/dig176.htm You can link to the articles at the URLs above, or contact LR/RI for hardcopies.
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