[UAGCNews] SENG Early Bird Registration Ends May 31

Wed May 28 17:05:52 CDT 2008

Early Bird discount registration for the 25th Annual SENG
Conference July 18-20 in Salt Lake City, UT ends on May 31st .
Register at www.SENGifted.org <http://www.sengifted.org/>  .
Sessions available for grandparents, parents, teachers, children
7-14, teens 15-18, as well as and continuing education credits
for psychologists, counselors, and physicians.  

If you would like to volunteer and receive either a complimentary
Pre-Conference Session or $25 off your registration as a SENG
"Thank You", fill out form at
http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/GAGC/forms.cfm?myForm=7025
or contact Ranae Monsen, jrmonsen at yahoo.com, 446-0994

  Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted

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  May 2008

Issue #47  

In this Issue: 

Early <>  Registration Conference Discount

Children's <>  Program Session Selection

Teen <>  Program Sessions

Director's <>  Corner Article

End <>  of Year Gift for Educators

Special <>  Thanks from SENG

Send <>  Anniversary Greetings to SENG

SENG <>  Director Nominees Welcome

Spotting <>  SENG Team Members

Message <>  for SENG Model Parent Group Facilitators

 SENG Conference 2008  

SENG Summit 

The 25th Anniversary "SENG Conference: 
The SENG Summit: Reaching Attitudes & Altitudes"
July 18 -20, 2008
Salt Lake City, Utah 

Early Registration Discount Ends May 31!

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New! Children's Sessions and Teen Sessions

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Children's Program details and session selection now available!
Course selections can be made online beginning June 2! 
Teen
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sessions now available! 

An Opportunity to Feature Your Thoughts

Send your personalized greeting to SENG and support SENG's
efforts at the same time...with a donation of $25.00, your
greeting of up to 50 words will be included in a special printed
program supplement at the 25th Annual SENG Conference. Deadline
for your greeting has been extended to June 16! Use the online
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your personalized greeting. 

More Conference News 

Visit www.sengifted.org
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"Conference" drop-down menu for complete information about The
2008 SENG Summit! 

Helpful Conference links: 

*                     Conference
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NAL%20(2).pdf>  Session Schedule At-A-Glance 

*                     Conference
<http://www.sengifted.org/2008_SENG_Conference/2008%20SENG%20Conf
erence%20Breakout%20Sessions%20Final%205_8_2008.pdf>  Session
Descriptions 

*                     Silent
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Appreciated

Salt Lake City Family Fun

Arriving early? Conference guests who plan to be in Salt Lake
City on Thursday Evening, July 17, are invited to a rehearsal of
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. SENG Past President Arlene DeVries
and SENG Vice President Wenda Sheard will rehearse with the
choir! Details and signup's will be forthcoming on
www.sengifted.org
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office at sengifted.org for more information.

The newest issue of the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau
newsletter is now available:
http://www.visitsaltlake.com/email/0508.html
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trip!

 SENG Honor Roll  

Special End-of-Year Teacher Gift!

SENG Honor Roll

Honor your special educators with a place on The SENG Honor Roll,
a national recognition program for those who make a difference in
the life of a gifted child or young adult.  Your nominee will now
receive Josh Waitzkin's book, The Art of Learning, courtesy of
the JW Foundation and a 12-month subscription to the 2E
Twice-Exceptional Newsletter, courtesy of Glen Ellyn Media, plus
local and national recognition!  

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Read more...
Nominate
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Congratulations to the New SENG Honor Roll Recipients: 

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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> Heidi Johnson
Gateways School for the Gifted
Tucson, AZ

"Heidi has introduced my son to the world of movement.  He is now
much more comfortable in his body and knows that he is more than
just his intellect.  She has taught him honor, courage and
respect through the "Squires Challenge". 

John
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Gateways School for the Gifted
Tucson, AZ

"John has been able to provide the guidance and flexibility my
son needed to continue to advance in math, even though he is
ahead of the rest of the class."

<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=324&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> Kip Perkins
Gateways School for the Gifted
Tucson, AZ

"Kip has a wonderful relationship with the gifted children. He
provides for experiential learning that lets each child's
creativity soar.  He treats each child with respect and honors
his/her individual differences in an appreciative, non judgmental
way."

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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> Barbara Rosenberg
Gateways School for the Gifted
Tucson, AZ

"Barbara has been a mentor to my daughter. Barbara discovered my
daughter's synesthesia, and allowed her to explore it at her own
pace. She understands my daughter's issues and has supported her
and allowed her to grow.  Because of Barbara, my daughter is able
to see herself fitting in to the "real world" in spite of being
different."

Read
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  more about all the
honorees on our website. 

   Director's Corner 

Each month a different member of the SENG team describes a
personal passion in the realm of social and emotional needs of
the gifted. Former SENG Director Carolyn K. is the Director and
founder of Hoagies' Gifted Education Page (www.hoagiesgifted.org
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=123&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> ) and Hoagies' Kids and
Teens Page (www.hoagieskids.org
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=326&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> ). Carolyn K. will
present "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Gifted, In 90
Minutes or Less. Seriously!" at this summer's 25th Anniversary
SENG Conference. 

Gifted Education: What I Wished I Knew Sooner! 

By Carolyn K.

I started learning about gifted education by accident of birth:
my first daughter's birth. As with most things she's taught me, I
had no idea I was learning at first. Over the years, I've learned
a great deal about gifted education; and there are a few things
that I wished I'd learned much earlier. 

1.Giftedness comes in different levels.

Not all gifted kids are the same. My first learning experience in
education was with our elementary school principal, as my
daughter was enrolled for first grade. The principal explained
that "Gifted is like a light switch - it's either on or off." I
can't put it any other way: she was wrong.

Some children are moderately gifted, and need a little more depth
and breadth than the regular curriculum offers. These are the
kids who usually thrive in the typical gifted pull-out program,
spending a few hours a week with their same-age gifted peers
doing fun extension work.

Other gifted kids are more than "just plain gifted." These
children used to be identified as highly, exceptionally, or
profoundly gifted; but the latest versions of IQ tests aren't
designed to differentiate levels of giftedness. The high ability
of these kids may be obvious - reading Charlotte's Web in
Kindergarten with understanding and delight, or doing algebra in
elementary school. It may also be less obvious. These kids might
sit quietly, never learning in the "age-grade" classroom, but not
making a fuss about it. Or worse, they may not sit quietly,
making a fuss, and becoming a discipline or behavior problem
without anyone noticing their gifts. These more highly gifted
children are far rarer than moderately gifted children, and a
teacher may never encounter one in 30 years of teaching.

Even among the most highly gifted children, there are
differences. One child might be a prodigious writer or artist;
another might excel in mathematics, mastering calculus before he
enters puberty; while a third might prefer to learn all she can
about the sciences and search for the cure for cancer. Gifted
children may not find a social fit among their age-peers, and not
all gifted children will get along with each other. It's
important that we allow them to spend time among their academic
peers, and help them to find those true friends they seek. 

Resources from Carolyn K.

Here are some recommendations on the Hoagies' Gifted Education
Page and elsewhere:

- Professional development courses in giftedness:
www.hoagiesgifted.org/
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 
professional_development.htm 

- On-line support groups that focus on gifted and twice
exceptional for teachers, parents, and kids:
www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_support.htm
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=329&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 

- An introduction to twice-exceptional children for parents and
educators: The Spotlight on 2e series of booklets:
www.2enewsletter.com
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=330&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> . 

- A guide to enriching the gifted child's education in the
classroom: Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom:
Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the
Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented, by Susan Winebrenner

- Free full curriculum units for grades K-12:
www.hoagiesgifted.org/
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 
investigations.htm

- Free high school and college-level curriculum options in all
subjects: www.hoagiesgifted.org/online_hs.htm
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  

Along with different levels of giftedness, there are different
educational options for gifted children. A Nation Deceived
(http://www.nationdeceived.org/
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> ), a report detailing
years of research, shows that our gifted children need an
appropriate education, and that there are many different ways to
provide the accelerated education that can meet their needs.

2. Most teachers and administrators are not experts in gifted
education.

It's not their fault, but it's true. Most teachers and
administrators (as well as counselors, psychologists, and
doctors) have no formal education in giftedness. If they're
lucky, in four years of pre-service education there might have
been a single chapter in a special education course that
mentioned gifted children. More likely, according to an informal
survey by Jim Delisle, Professor of Education at Kent State
University in Ohio, teachers' pre-service education in the U.S.
didn't include even a mention of gifted children.  

What does this mean for teachers who encounter a gifted or
exceptionally gifted child? It means they must do their own
research and reading to learn how to serve the child
appropriately. Thanks to the Internet, that's not as hard as it
sounds. There are support groups for teachers of the gifted, and
plenty of research and resources on gifted education. The
Internet even offers professional development programs for
teachers.

What does this mean for parents who encounter a teacher who just
"doesn't get" their gifted child? It means that we parents have
the opportunity to work together with the teacher to both grow
and learn along the way - keeping in mind that it's a fine line
to walk between "helpful partner" and "pushy parent." It's a path
we can, and must, learn to walk, with practice and with help from
the Internet. There we can find support groups for parents of the
gifted as well as research and other resources.

3. Gifted children can also be learning disabled.

Many people assume that gifted and learning disabled are opposite
ends of the same scale. Teachers may assume that a child,
identified as gifted but struggling in school, is simply lazy or
unmotivated. At the same time, they may assume that a child
identified as learning disabled cannot possibly be gifted. I wish
I'd known sooner that neither of these assumptions is true. A
child can be both gifted and learning disabled, a combination
also known as "dually identified," "twice exceptional," or "2e."

Some estimates put the number of gifted and learning disabled
children at up to 10 percent of all gifted children, similar to
the percentage of learning disabled children in the general
population. Once a child is identified with a single learning
disability (LD), the odds that she has additional LDs are much
greater. 

Imagine being a gifted child with amazing strengths in some
areas, while at the same time struggling with basic learning
skills that everyone assumes should come easily to a bright
child. It can't be easy to live in that body. To some parents'
surprise, they discover, as they investigate their child's dual
exceptionality, that they too were gifted/LD children.

Common disabilities that effect learning among gifted children
include Asperger Syndrome and AD/HD. Gifted children can also
have disabilities affecting visual or auditory processing,
dyslexia affecting their reading and spelling skills, sensory
processing disorder, and nonverbal learning disorder, among other
LDs.

Disabilities are often overlooked at first because of gifted
children's ability to compensate for their own weaknesses. Many
gifted dyslexics aren't discovered until third or fourth  grade,
when the reading requirements of school surpass the child's
ability to memorize and work around reading difficulties. AD/HD
and other executive function disabilities might not show up until
middle or high school, when the organizational demands of school
surpass the gifted child's ability to hide her difficulties. 

Conversely, if the disability is severe enough to be noticed in
the lower grades, it's the child's giftedness that might be
overlooked. The fact that a child with AD/HD cannot sit still
will be noticed long before his ability to learn much
higher-level material may be discovered. The gifted and
Asperger's child may look out of place socially from the earliest
grades, overshadowing his advanced academic abilities.

4. Gifted education doesn't have to be elitist or expensive.

In our egalitarian society, we want all children to have an equal
opportunity to a good education, but that doesn't mean that all
kids learn at the same pace and at the same academic level. Many
people believe that identifying certain children as gifted is a
bad thing, that it creates a class structure between the "haves"
and the "have-nots." Further, they feel that if the gifted
education program is something that all children can benefit
from, but is offered only to those identified as gifted, then the
program is, indeed, elitist.

Gifted children come from all income levels, and all ethnic
backgrounds. If we believe that gifted education divides children
along socio-economic boundaries, then we're doing gifted
identification wrong.

Many of our gifted children today find themselves in public
schools stretched to the breaking point, especially in the time
of No Child Left Behind. How can these schools ethically allocate
money to the education of gifted children, who are already able
to pass the annual high-stakes achievement tests? When we ask
this, we are asking the wrong question. Instead, we should ask:
How can we ethically ignore the appropriate education of an
entire subset of the student population, the gifted children?

Gifted education that consists of museum visits, robotic
equipment, puzzles, and games is not truly gifted education. It
may entertain the gifted kids to the point where the promise of
the "fun" gifted program for a few hours each week can get them
to sit quietly the rest of the week. But that "fun" enrichment
program isn't necessarily appropriate. It's not meeting the
educational needs of most gifted children. They need to learn at
their own level, and their own pace and depth, just like all
other children.

This can happen in the regular classroom. Some subjects lend
themselves to more in-depth study; and many kids, not just the
gifted child, would benefit from greater depth and enrichment.
Social studies is an example. With this subject it's likely that
a few kids, including the gifted child, would love to do their
own research and present their findings to the class. 

Other subjects don't lend themselves as easily to enrichment,
like spelling. Once a child has mastered spelling of most three
letter words, it's time to advance. Adding c-a-t, r-a-t, and
b-a-t when the child can already spell d-i-f-f-i-c-u-l-t and
t-a-s-k doesn't help - it's time to accelerate the curriculum.
Basic arithmetic, too, is difficult to enrich. Once a child can
add numbers without carrying, it's time to learn about carrying.
Once she can multiply 3-digit numbers, it's time to move forward
- learning to multiply 4-digit and 5-digit numbers is a trivial
enrichment.

While there are classes elsewhere in the building at the gifted
child's current education level, there is always a no-cost option
for that child. It might take a little coordination on the part
of the teachers, but isn't a child's education worth a little
scheduling effort?  Once a child passes the level of courses in
her school or district, there are free or nearly free distance
education options available, with just a little teacher
supervision. 

These are four things I wish I understood back when I first
journeyed into gifted education. I share them with you in the
hopes that you do not have to reinvent the journey that has taken
me 10 years to travel! 

   Message for SENG Parent Group Facilitators 

Dear SENG Model Parent Group Facilitator,

The SENG Model Parenting Group (SMPG) program serves as a
cornerstone of the SENG mission. SENG appreciates all the
parents, teachers, and others who have volunteered as SMPG
facilitators over the years.  Thank you!

All trained SMPG facilitators are cordially invited to
participate in a meeting of SMPG facilitators on July 18, 2008 at
8:00 p.m. during the 25th Anniversary SENG conference in Salt
Lake City, Utah. At the meeting, we'll talk about future
directions for the SMPG program. 

Due to recent increased demand for SMPG's around the country, we
ask that you update your contact information by filling out and
returning the Facilitator
<http://www.sengifted.org/resources/SENG%20Facilitator%20Contact%
20Information%20Form.doc>  Contact Information Form to the SENG
office at office at sengifted.org as an email attachment.  Please
also let us know if we can continue to share your email with
parents who wish to participate in a SMPG.

In appreciation for your work with the SMPG program over the
years, in August SENG will send a complimentary copy of chess
champion Josh Waitzkin's new book, The
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  Art of Learning, to the
home address you list on the update form.  The books are courtesy
of the J.W. Foundation. We're excited that Josh Waitzkin will
speak at the SENG conference this summer.  His book has received
great reviews from a variety of experts.

If you are unable to attend the July 18th meeting but wish to be
involved in planning to future directions of the SMPG program,
please email Shari Hill at shari.hill at sengifted.org.

Sincerely,
Shari Hill   
SENG President

   Spotting SENG Team Members 

Each month we list upcoming speaking engagements of SENG team
members. Please contact the location for additional 
information.

Alberta, Canada

Date/Time

Speaker

Location

Additional Information

August 7 - 9

James Webb, Ph.D. 

Canmore, Alberta, Canada

For
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  more information...

Dabrowski and Gifted Education: Beyond Overexcitabilities

For questions, contact the Centre for Gifted Education at the
University of Calgary at:

http://gifted.ucalgary.ca
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  

Florida

Date/Time

Speaker

Location

Additional Information

**Revised**

June 21

Shari Hill (Hosted by Elizabeth Shaunessy)

University of South Florida

SENG Model Parent Group Facilitator Training.
contact: office at sengifted.org

Illinois 

Date/Time

Speaker

Location

Additional Information

June 11

9:50 - 11:20 AM & 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Rosina Gallagher

Lake County Educational Services: a Division of Lake County
Regional Office of Education www.differentiationconference.org
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 

"Differentiation:Building Partnerships to Empower Global
Communities"

Contact Julie Retzlaff, EdD
email: jretzlaff at lake.k12.il.us
<mailto:jretzlaff at lake.k12.il.us> 

June 11 & 12

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Rosina Gallagher

Lake County Educational Services: a Division of Lake County
Regional Office of Education, www.differentiationconference.org
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 

"Building Rigor, Relevance & Relationships in the Curriculum to
Empower CLD Learners" 
Contact Julie Retzlaff, EdD 
email: jretzlaff at lake.k12.il.us
<mailto:jretzlaff at lake.k12.il.us> 

June 12

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Rosina Gallagher

Lake County Educational Services: a Division of Lake County
Regional Office of Education www.differentiationconference.org
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=308&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 

"Differentiation is Key to Talent Development for English
Learners" 
Contact Julie Retzlaff, EdD
email: jretzlaff at lake.k12.il.us
<mailto:jretzlaff at lake.k12.il.us> 

June 12
9:50 AM - 11:20 AM 

Rosina Gallagher

Lake County Educational Services: a Division of Lake County
Regional Office of Education www.differentiationconference.org
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=308&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 

"Differentiation:Building Partnerships to Empower Global
Communities"

Contact Julie Retzlaff, EdD
email: jretzlaff at lake.k12.il.us
<mailto:jretzlaff at lake.k12.il.us> 

Utah

July 18 - 20

Join SENG Directors, national and international guest speakers

Little
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mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  America Hotel, Salt Lake
City, Utah 

The 25th "Silver Anniversary" SENG Conference

The SENG Summit:  Reaching Attitudes & Altitudes

For questions email: office at sengifted.org

www.sengifted.org
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aign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 

   More News and Information 

Seeking Board of Directors Nominees

Applications for SENG Board of Directors election candidates are
now being accepted. If you value the emotional needs of the
gifted and feel you can contribute to our growing organization,
review application
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=155&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  guidelines and submit an
application letter by July 1, 2008 for the 2009-2011 term. 

   Special Thanks 

Our thanks to Lorel Shea, Gifted Education Editor at BellaOnline,
for featuring the SENG Conference in a recent issue of The Gifted
Education Newsletter. See the BellaOnline
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=336&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  Article. 

Sincere appreciation goes to SENG's Conference Sponsors:

<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=337&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> Free Spirit Press
Congratulations on 25 years of Publishing!

<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=142&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> Great Potential Press

<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=260&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> 

<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=347&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net> JW Foundation

Jerald Grobman, MD & 
Madelon Sann, LCSW 
PsychotherapyServicesForTheGifted.com
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=236&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  

Usborne
<http://www.maildogmanager.com/link.html?url=349&client=gifted&ca
mpaign=130&email=4Lanetloo at comcast.net>  Books

About Usborne Books: Discovering Internet-Linked Fun! 

Usborne Books line of award-winning children's' books includes
Usborne's internet-linked books - these books serve as a gateway
to knowledge for fact-hungry children.  Simply enter the name of
the book and the page number at a Usborne-maintained website to
instantly receive a list of safe, content-appropriate websites to
research a subject in a fun and informative way.  Children can
design their own fish, go on a virtual treasure hunt in Africa,
observe open-heart surgery, hear radio broadcasts from WWII, go
on a virtual deep-sea dive and see what creatures live at each
level of the ocean, tour a castle and dress a knight - and
endless other learning adventures!  Downloadable quizzes, word
searches and activity sheets make learning a challenge.
Photographs, illustrations and diagrams are especially helpful
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