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Speech Trainer 3D is a great app to use with students with articulation issues. The app is made by Smarty Ears . They also have a litany of apps for SLP's.
Speech Trainer 3D comes with three options- side view, front view, and examples of words that contain the particular sound. The user or the therapist would select the sound and tap the play button to listen to the sound.
In the side view, there is forward button. Tap this button to activate the tutorial on how to produce a particular sound. These tutorials go step -by- step and are quite helpful.
The controls are easy to use. However, the 3D animations can be a little disconcerting if using the app with younger children, in which case a nice substitution would be to use an app such as Artik Pix.
When I showed Speech Trainer 3D to one of our SLP's as a potential tool to use in therapy, the feedback was extremely positive. Furthermore, the SLP was encouraged by this app to use it with a particular student in that moment.
A great feature is the use of the built-in camera on the iPad. Students can instantly see their articulation errors. The immediate visual and auditory feedback is an essential component for students that are struggling with articulation issues.
Speech Trainer -3D app with camera support for iPad from GeekSLP on Vimeo.
While I am not an SLP, I can easily see the benefits of an app such as Speech Trainer 3D. This is why it's my app of the week!


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Daily English Vocabulary Practice Words For SBI,IBPS Exams
1. Implement (v& n): a tool or instrument
Ex: The management implements some changes in the company to enforce displine.
Implementation of various policies requires rigorous discipline at all levels.
2. Adequate: sufficient, Equal
Ex: Raw material is not adequate to meet the needs of the industry.
Adequate security arrangemaents are made to avoid any untoward incident.
3. Accountability: a liability, responsible
Ex: Politicians have ultimate accountability for the people.
Every financial company should stand for its accountability.
4. Likely: probable
Ex: He is likely to come at any moment.
It is likely to rain.
5. promulgate : publish,make known
Ex: The organisation did not promulgate the terms of the contract to the employees.
Finanicial emergency has never been promulgated in india sofar.
6. Intention: wanton
Ex: It was not my intention to hurt your feelings.
People judge you by your actions, not by your intentions.
7. Deplete: pour out
Ex: Ozone layer is depleting fast due to excessive pollution.
Destructive thoughts deplete your energies.
8. Regularisation: make regular
Ex: The regularisation of pay scale was appreciated by all.
Regularisation of the unauthorised colonies was a problem to the municipality.
9. Entrust: put into the care
Ex: They entrusted their childern her care for the day.
He was entrusted with some urgnt confidential work.
10. Irrevocable: unchangeable,unalterable
Ex: Our fate is queite irrevocable.
The past is irrevocable and the future is unpredictable.
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Thomas A. Merrill | 4/30/2005 2:22:46 AM
Four listening sessions will be conducted at various locations in the state to give Louisiana citizens a chance to comment on the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
Known as EQIP, for short, the program is aimed at providing a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible national goals. EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land.
The Louisiana sessions, which are sponsored by the Louisiana Farm Bureau and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), in conjunction with Louisiana's 44 Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the LSU Ag Center, will be held March 14, March 16 and March 23.
The listening sessions will focus primarily on asking for input concerning whether there are emerging natural resource issues in Louisiana that are not being addressed by current EQIP priorities and practices – as well as what modifications in existing priorities might need to be made to address such issues.
The current national priorities for the program are reduction in nonpoint source pollution, reduction of groundwater contamination, conservation of ground and surface water, reduction of emissions (air quality), reduction of soil erosion promotion of "at-risk" species habitat conservation (wildlife).
The Louisiana listening session dates, times and locations are:
–March 14, 10 a.m., at the Louisiana Farm Bureau State Office, 9516 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge, La.
–March 14, 3 p.m., LSU AgCenter's Acadia Parish Office, 157 Cherokee Drive, Crowley, La. (next to the Acadia Rice Arena).
–March 16, 10 a.m., Holiday Inn Holidome, 1051 US Highway 165, Monroe, La.
–March 23, 10 a.m., Best Western Inn and Suites, 2720 North MacArthur Drive, Alexandria, La.
Written comments not submitted during a listening session also may be sent to Donald W. Gohmert, NRCS State Conservationist, 3737 Government St., Alexandria, La., 71302, or firstname.lastname@example.com. All comments must be received by March 24, 2005.
For more information regarding any of the listening sessions, or if you have any questions, please call (318) 473-7751.
Writer: Tom Merrill at (225) 578-2263 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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I've been making different types of corn and bean salad for years (usually my own concoctions). I came across this particular recipe recently and thought I'd give it a try. It's quick, easy and very tasty. Based on what I had on hand, I substituted 1 chopped canned chipotle pepper for the jalapeno and used pinto beans instead of Great Northern beans. Kidney beans would work well, too, or you can just use all black beans. I think the recipe makes closer to 6 servings than 8. This salad would also make a good "dip" for tortilla chips (choose a sturdy chip that won't crumble on contact).
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Two-Bean and Corn Salad
-recipe from epicurious.com
Yield: Makes 8 servings
1/3 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 15 1/2-ounce can Great Northern beans, rinsed, drained
1 15 1/2-ounce can black beans, rinsed, drained
3 celery stalks, chopped
2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed
1 medium-size red bell pepper, chopped
1 cup chopped red onion
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 small jalapeño chilies, seeded, chopped
Whisk oil, vinegar, and cumin in large bowl to blend. Add remaining ingredients and toss to coat. Season salad with salt and pepper. Let stand at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours, tossing occasionally.
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The journal Oceanography just published a special issue focusing on the coastal LTER sites. The issue includes several papers from the GCE LTER, including one using remote sensing to estimate plant composition and biomass and invertebrate densities. Alana Lynes and Steve were among the authors.
Schalles, J. F., C. M. Hladik, A. A. Lynes and S. C. Pennings. 2013. Landscape estimates of habitat types, plant biomass, and invertebrate densities in a Georgia salt marsh. Oceanography 26:88-97.


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Late last week, we released our operating and financial results for our first half of fiscal year 2016—ending March 31. We publicly present our operating and financial results twice a year—a process I look forward to as it offers us—and every stakeholder, partner, grantor, vendor, consumer, and contractor—a clear picture of our performance. Over 130 people listened to our release last week.
I believe that the process of providing operating and fiscal results yields much more than just a dashboard of our work for our constituents to see. The process also yields trust, which is paramount to our ability to create and innovate relevant, sustainable solutions for people with barriers. By openly sharing our financial and operating performance, we create a platform of trust that enables us to expand our collective efforts.
Here are some highlights of the first half of 2016 (October 2015-March 2016):
We served 43,272 individuals through our four practice areas: Economic Development, Workforce Development, Education Services, and Occupational Health—nearly double as the same time last year. Our revenue grew by 44%, driven both by organic and acquisition initiatives. We maintained our program expenses at 88% of our operating expenses, and we expanded our footprint throughout New Hampshire and Maine, Maryland, and Delaware through new contract awards and mergers and acquisitions.
Economic Development accounted for 45.4% of our total first year's revenues. This practice area includes business service operations that directly employ the populations we serve, the majority of whom have disabilities or other barriers. In the first half of the year, we employed 1500 people in our Total Facilities Management, Manufacturing, Business Solutions, Catering, Security, Home Health Care and Staffing Solutions.
Workforce Development accounted for 34.6% of our revenues and is the practice area where we serve the largest number of individuals. In this area, we placed over 3,700 people in jobs, including 155 ReServists—retired professionals aged 55+ whom we place within organizations to create social impact in the areas of education, health care, and poverty fighting.
Education Services and Occupational Health accounts for 16.5% of our revenue. In these areas, we achieved close to three times the prior year's revenues due to our combination with Easter Seals New York and our expanded work in the area of substance use disorders and recovery. Our Education and Occupational Health practice areas includes work in behavioral health, assistance for youth transitioning from foster care and vocational rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities. I'm proud to say that over 400 people advanced grade level, graduated from high school, matriculated into college, graduated from college or received a vocational rehabilitation certification through our Career Design School.
I invite you to take a look at our full release on our home page at www.fedcap.org. The metrics matter—they tell the story of our day-to-day work making a difference in thousands of lives and to the power of possible—the mantra we strive to live by every day. I also invite you to evaluate and analyze what you see in our presentation, and I welcome your suggestions, ideas, feedback, and recommendations for any other information you would like to see in the future.
We aim to be on the edge of best practices, to contribute to the highest standard of transparency, and to continually reflect our principles and practices. We count on you as partners to help us achieve the power of possible.


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HONG KONG — Edward J. Snowden, the 29-year-old government contractor who blew the whistle on the American government's vast data-collection efforts, was last seen checking out of a boutique hotel here on Monday. The previous day, he released a video defending his decision to leak sensitive secrets and explaining that he'd sought refuge in Hong Kong because it "has a strong tradition of free speech" and "a long tradition of protesting in the streets."
This news stunned many local residents, especially those of us who advocate for human rights. Since 1997, when the British government returned Hong Kong to China after getting assurances that this former colony's traditions of rule of law and individual freedom would be respected, the political, legal and human rights landscape here has become ever less conducive to the protection of civil liberties. Mr. Snowden — if he is still in town — has stepped into an unknown future in which the concept of "one nation, two systems," promised us by Beijing, has become a fading memory.
Whether it was youthful naïveté or just ignorance, Mr. Snowden's positive view of Hong Kong no longer matches the reality. Shortly before his arrival, the international organization Freedom House ranked Hong Kong 71st in the world in protection of political rights and civil liberties. Reporters Without Borders has dropped Hong Kong on its ranking of press freedom to No. 58, from No. 18 in 2002.
Mr. Snowden's initial choice of Hong Kong as a place of refuge may not have been entirely illogical. Here, he met with two journalists from The Guardian and a documentary filmmaker. Hong Kong remains a hub of the global media, not least because of its proximity to the economic boom in southern China and the ease of access to many other Asian cities. The publicity could complicate efforts by the United States to charge Mr. Snowden and have him deported.
But the local coverage of Mr. Snowden's case, which has largely ranged from bemused to unsympathetic, helps underscore the erosion of press freedom since 1997. A poll conducted last month by the Public Opinion Program of the University of Hong Kong found that nearly half (48 percent) of respondents believed that the local news media practiced self-censorship. These readers are on to something. More than one-third (36 percent) of media employees responding to a survey by the Hong Kong Journalists Association in April and May 2012 said that they or their supervisors had practiced self-censorship in the past 12 months.
This should be no surprise, since many local media owners have business interests in mainland China that they need to protect. Many of them have even accepted various honorary political titles in the People's Republic of China, even though doing so poses an obvious conflict of interest, in perception if not reality.
If Mr. Snowden is still here, he needs to know that he is now on a special piece of "autonomous" Chinese soil — a legal limbo where police officers had not long ago restrained and detained a journalist who posed questions to visiting Chinese leaders related to the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4, 1989, effectively blocking him from covering his story. The government has denied journalists access to important events and increased the flow of state-sanctioned news reports to media entities staffed by "official reporters."
In 1984, when Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping negotiated the gradual, peaceful transfer of Hong Kong from Britain to China, the Beijing government promised a high degree of political autonomy and maintenance of the rule of law — one of the best legacies of 155 years of colonial rule. The gradual erosion of that legacy, and the uphill battle that civil liberties advocates have had to fight each year, has been one of the most dispiriting developments since the transfer and means that Mr. Snowden's position, if he is still here, is tenuous.
Hong Kong has autonomy in its immigration policy, but foreign affairs and national defense are the responsibilities of the central government in Beijing.
Although China is a party to the Refugee Convention of 1951, its protections were never extended to Hong Kong, and so there is no legal right, per se, for foreign nationals seeking asylum here. The United States and Hong Kong have a bilateral extradition treaty, and American federal prosecutors are reported to be preparing charges against Mr. Snowden.
However, foreigners may still approach the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees here and seek asylum and resettlement elsewhere. (Mr. Snowden mentioned Iceland as one possible destination.) Mr. Snowden, if he faced imminent arrest, could also apply to the Hong Kong government against any orders to remove him to a place where he might face cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. (Given the treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the WikiLeaks whistle-blower, Mr. Snowden would have at least a plausible case.)
Contrary to media reports, these protections offer a possibility, however slender, that the local judiciary — whose members were largely trained under the British system and have shown admirable independence — might protect him. It's not clear if any crimes Mr. Snowden might have committed would have been crimes under Hong Kong law — a prerequisite for extradition. The United States might also have to promise not to impose capital punishment on Mr. Snowden — which could be a major sticking point. Finally, our judges would have to make sure that any removal proceedings would be consistent with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which our judges (unlike their American counterparts) take seriously.
All that said, Beijing holds the cards. In 2004, a Libyan dissident, Sami al-Saadi, and his family were reportedly detained by the Hong Kong authorities and forced back to Libya, without due process of law. Mr. Saadi complained that American and British intelligence officers took part in his forcible repatriation. He was subsequently subjected to torture and inhumane treatment. He has sued both the British and Hong Kong governments.
Our judiciary, however vital, has its limits. The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal is our highest court. But if a court case is understood to involve the Basic Law — the quasi-constitution of Hong Kong — the court can request from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, a political organ in Beijing, a reinterpretation of the Basic Law. China may also initiate its own request for interpretation — bypassing the judiciary entirely, though such pre-emptive action, in this case, could be bad for Beijing's image, as it could be seen as caving in to American demands, especially so soon after last week's summit meeting between President Obama and China's president, Xi Jinping.
These legal distinctions may seem confusing — and they confuse even Hong Kongers. They also explain why the United Nations Human Rights Committee has expressed concerns that such a "mechanism of binding constitutional interpretation by a nonjudicial body may weaken and undermine the rule of law and the independence of judiciary" in Hong Kong.
Mr. Snowden may have left Hong Kong, or be on his way out. Nevertheless, because he has shared, even briefly, in the legal uncertainties Hong Kongers have experienced since 1997, his case might at least draw greater international attention to the precarious state of individual freedoms here.


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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia would accept a Yemen-style power transition in Syria if it were decided by the people, Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday, the latest statement seemingly aimed at distancing the Kremlin from President Bashar al-Assad.
The United States is seeking Russia's support in getting Assad to step aside but Mikhail Bogdanov said the president's fate was "not a question for us" but for the Syrian people.
"Application of the so-called Yemen scenario to resolve the conflict in Syria is possible only if the Syrians themselves agree to it," Bogdanov said, according to the Interfax news agency.
"The Yemen scenario was discussed by the Yemenis themselves. If this scenario is discussed by Syrians themselves and is adopted by them, we are not against it."
Street protests against Assad that began 15 months ago have evolved largely into armed insurgency as he stepped up efforts to crush dissent. Two reported massacres of civilians by pro-Assad forces since May 25 have heightened Western calls for Assad to make way for a democratic transition.
Moscow has used its U.N. Security Council veto and other tools to protect Assad, who has given Russia a firm foothold in the Middle East and is a buyer of Russian weapons. The Kremlin position has shielded him from condemnation by the council and parried Western and Arab efforts to push him from power.
U.S. President Barack Obama told G8 nations including Russia last month that Assad must leave power and pointed to Yemen as a model for a potential transition.
Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh ceded power in February to a transitional administration led by his vice president after a year of mass protests against his autocratic rule and increasing armed anarchy.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Western and Arab nations meeting in Istanbul on Wednesday that a transition strategy in Syria must include Assad's full transfer of power, a senior State Department official said.
Clinton is sending Fred Hof, a senior State Department official who works on Syria, to Moscow. Hof will meet Russian Foreign Ministry officials on Friday, ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
The senior U.S. official suggested Clinton was trying to lay down minimum benchmarks for how a Syrian transition could unfold with the hope that Russia might back it.
Lukashevich told a weekly briefing Russia was "conducting very active dialogue with the (U.S.) administration" on Syria and said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in "constant contact not only with ... Annan but also with Hillary Clinton."
"This is a normal process in terms of searching for optimal variants for strengthening the international coalition in support of Kofi Annan's plan," Lukashevich said. The central plank of Annan's plan was a ceasefire that never took hold.
Lukashevich avoided a direct answer when asked whether Russia had offered Assad asylum.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and other officials have maintained that Moscow is not out to protect Assad and is open to his exit from power if this arises from a Syrian political dialogue without foreign interference.
Bogdanov said Assad's fate was not Russia's to decide. "This is not a question for us, it is a question for the Syrian political forces and society," he said.
In a statement during a visit to Beijing by Putin, a regional security alliance led by Russia and China said it opposes military interference, forced power handovers and unilateral sanctions in dealings with Middle East states.
Editing by Robert Woodward


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Bowing to intense domestic and international pressure, the Israeli government decided Tuesday to appoint a judicial commission of inquiry into the Beirut massacre of Palestinian refugees, an official statement said.
The statement, issued after a cabinet meeting, said the investigation would be conducted under the terms of 1968 legislation that gives a commission wide powers to subpoena witnesses and order them to testify under oath.
Meanwhile, French and Italian troops began patrolling Beirut's Palestinian refugee camps, and Israeli forces still held key positions in the airport and harbor. The military high command said Israeli troops were expected to complete their pullback by today (Sept. 29).


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All good Scots appreciate that a Seer is someone who could foretell the future. Today we are inundated with seers foretelling either the problems to be faced if we leave the EU or those who extoll the problems of staying in.
These all seem to be Seers regaling us with the future problems of going either way, but they do not seem to be able to extol the potential benefits of staying in or leaving the EU. An optimistic view is surely more cheery than always foretelling doom and gloom.
However in the past up in Ross and Cromarty in the 17th century lived Kevin Mackenzie a labourer on the Earl of Seaforth's Brahan Estate who could fairly accurately forecast the future.
He was known as the Brahan Seer and foretold the Battle of Culloden; 'Oh! Drumossie, thy bleak moor shall, ere many generations have passed away, be stained with the best blood of the Highlands.
'Glad am I that I will not see the day.'
He also predicted North Sea oil 'Black rain that will bring riches to Aberdeen'.
He forecasted that well in the future 'Men could walk dry shod from England to France' and Scotland would have its own Parliament again. Well both these came to fruition with firstly the channel tunnel and secondly the Scots Parliament being reformed in 1999.
All these were predictions well into the future and could not have been disputed at the time the Brahan Seer made them, but you can be too clever at this ploy as he found out when the Countess of Seaforth asked him why her husband had not returned from a business trip to Paris.
The Seer prevaricated for a while but when the Countess insisted he informed her that her husband was dallying with a very attractive young lady in Paris and it could be some time before he returned.
Furious at this she had The Seer, Kevin Mackenzie, put to death as if he was to blame, but she had to take it out on someone and he was the one who told her.
It only goes to show that at times ladies are often better off not knowing the truth.
However the Seer seeing what fate had in store for him predicted the end of the Seaforth line when the last Earl would die after outliving his four sons.
This happened in 1815 when the title became extinct and estates passed into the hands of his sister, the widow of Admiral Sir Samuel Hood.
Brahan Castle is now a ruin, but at Chanory Point there is a memorial to Kevin Mackenzie, the Brahan Seer at the spot where he was put to death. Well I hope you found it a tale worth telling, see you next week.


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Art therapy for children can provide kids with an easier way to express themselves since children are more naturally artistic and creative. A young child is likely to be more comfortable initially expressing him/herself with some crayons and markers, for example, than he/she is going to be at expressing emotions and feelings through words.
A question and answer type of format can be daunting and intimidating for a child, especially when they have to try and explain themselves with their already limited vocabulary.
If a child experiences something tragic, that event usually gets buried in their subconscious where it affects them in the future. These types of things are not easy for kids to talk about, especially when there are deep-rooted emotional issues in play. Through art therapy children can help bring these suppressed emotions to the surface so the art therapist can then focus on healing the child's issue(s).
Does Art Therapy Work For Children?
Art therapy can improve behaviour, school attendance and support children to get the most out of lessons and school life.
Art therapy for children can help in a variety of ways, children who might benefit are those
- at risk of exclusion
- who are refugees or asylum seekers.
- who are experienced a death of a mum, dad, or sibling
- who are bereaved
- who have learning disabilities or communication difficulties
- living with parental conflict or domestic abuse
- who have experienced abuse, helping them communicate about physical or sexual abuse
- who are withdrawn
- who have experienced bullying
Those are just a few aspects in which art therapy can help children. Art therapy can also aid a child in achieving better self-awareness, relief from stress or anxiety, learning disorders, autism, and other traumatic experiences.


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I have lost you,the pain is hard to bear. Do I have to go through life knowing you're not here? Please,some-one explain to me why she had to go. Are there any reasons, I really need to know. I'm told the pain will ease in time and I will think of you without a tear, but that will be impossible, as I need to have you near. So just kiss me softly on the cheek and tell me where you are. Love from Purdy and Brian.
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There's an eerie period between finishing one project and starting on the next. I know what work I need to cross off my list this week, but haven't needed to cross it off until today. Friday morning, I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast, and was then enveloped in the horrifying feeling I'd forgotten to do something big. After going over my "to do" list, I realized the terror was just my natural reaction to having space between work time. "Is this...relaxing? Am I on a break?" My cat meowed in response and demanded more food. I took that as a "yes."
I don't run around as constantly as I used to, and I see no glamour in having no down time. Yet, every time I force myself to sit quietly and enjoy my time off, I get queasy. Maybe it's a hangover from working in the service industry since I was 15. I may have taken "If you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean" a little too much to heart. Maybe it's because I spend too much time scrolling through other artists' posts on social media, and so feel like everyone works harder than I do, is better at their craft than I am, and somehow has a better handle on life than I can hope to achieve in the next 10 years. Maybe I just need to eat more leafy greens. I should do that, regardless.
In other news, someone asked to buy one of my pieces at the Afrofuturism opening at Atomic City, and I immediately realized I'd never handled such a transaction and should learn how to do so. I don't think anyone has ever offered to buy one of my pieces outright; while my anxiety says that's because I make crappy art, my brain knows it's because I don't hang my work anywhere it would make money (i.e. my living room). "Finding more places to exhibit" is going on this year's "goals" list.
Making a "goals" list is going on the "to do" list.


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The mobilised learner: Heutagogy and mobile social media
The study as part a PhD degree set out to investigate how mobile and social media affordances could be used to design and facilitate a learning experience that was learner-driven and determined—student-centred learning. In collaboration with a group of lecturers, a course was designed and facilitated, and data were collected from students over two years in two iterative cycles of implementation. This report outlines the findings from the research that this data informed, which helped understand how a learner-centred and determined learning could be designed in a formal university course.
Before presenting the findings, I would like to thank all the students and lecturers who took part in the study—thanks for your time and for sharing your view and opinion in the research. Your contribution played a vital role in the process, in fact without your cooperation, support and generosity this study would not have been possible. Thank you!
A special thanks to Dr Verica Rupar for allowing me to undertake this study in collaboration with her and the team—thanks for your support and kindness in the journey. This study certainly would not have eventuated if it had not been for your cooperation, guidance and leadership.
The figure below provides an overview of the learning environment created using the draft design principles which were derived from key frameworks, such as authentic learning, Pedagogy 2.0, heutagogy and mobile learning.
(Adapted from Narayan, Herrington & Cochrane, In review)
Summary of the findings
The data collected over two iterations from students allowed the researcher to investigate and understand the role mobile and social media tools could play in student-drive and determined learning (heutagogic learning) and teaching process. The findings from the study are summarised below.
The use of mobile and social media tools in the course was found to have enabled participation, personalised and productivity—helping the students achieve ownership and autonomy in their learning. The findings suggest that the students were able to participate with the teacher, peers, experts, members of the public and people from around the world to inform their learning and create knowledge. The tools allowed the students to engage with existing communities online, while also allowing the students to create their own communities for learning purpose. The tools also allowed the students to have a personal or self-determined path to learning—meaning the students were able to direct and determine the resources and support that they thought were useful for their learning. The student's ability to participate and personalise learning helped them engage in creating content as part of the learning process. Typically, students in classrooms and in learning and teaching are stationed as receivers of content and knowledge from the teacher. The findings suggest that the student's ability to participate and personalise allowed them to flip this process where they became active participants and creator of content in the course—creating increased opportunity for the students to apply the knowledge they were learning as a professional they were learning to become—a journalist.
The tools and the design of the course also allowed students increased access to information and people—allowing students to build and create genuine connections and network for use in their learning and for the future. A particular finding in the research was how the mobility of student-owned mobile devices informed their learning. The findings suggest that the mobile devices and the social media tools that were incorporated in the course helped students create and learn in meaningful contexts (surrounding). This had a positive impact on their learning, as it allowed the students to apply their knowledge and skills in new and meaningful surrounding—helping them build new knowledge and added to their ability to learn to become a journalist. The mobility of student-owned phones, in particular, allowed students to learn from unforeseen or unplanned events and scenarios—for example, an accident on the road, fire, protest, etc. It also allowed the students to learn in genuine social contexts—which provided a challenge and demanded that the students step out of their comfort zone. The findings suggest that this played a critical role in student's learning, as it questioned their ethical and personal values and also allowed them to form an understanding of their own self—further helping them learn to become a journalist. Student-owned mobile devices and social media tools that were integrated into the course helped the students learn by allowing them to conduct and explore with their ideas and concepts in new and meaningful contexts—for example, taking a picture, video or creating multimedia content. This helped the students understand and build on their current knowledge and provided opportunities for reflection on their learning—helping build competency and capability. The social surroundings the students worked in to create their story accompanied by your mobile and social media tools also acted as a teacher in the learning process. The findings of the study suggest that because students were creating multimedia content in authentic contexts they were able to immerse themselves in the story they were writing—this enabled reflection either on the spot or at a later stage. This helped them identify issues or elements that needed further investigation or suggested that they needed more information to clarify their own understanding. The mobile devices and social media tools allowed the students to go back to the surrounding or context to manipulate it either by engaging with entities (people or other artefacts) or creating more content in order to fill the gap or improve their understanding.
The data also helped us form an understanding of the role the teachers play in a heutagogic learning process. In order to help the students learn in the course, the findings suggest that the teachers played an important and critical role. In particular, the data suggest that the teachers assumed or played several roles in the learning process to scaffold student learning. The teachers acted as a:
- guide and sharer of content
- collaborator and motivator
- promoter, modeller and enabler
- critical learning partner, who provided feedback on your learning
- boundary broker
- change agent.
These roles were identified from the data that were collected from students over two years. In summary, the findings suggest that the teachers had to be versatile in facilitating the learning. This meant the teachers needed to be aware of what the students were doing, assess their learning needs and, support and adopt a role to facilitate meaningful learning by collaborating with the students and by providing critical feedback on their performance. The mobile and social media tools in the course provided the teachers with a platform and mechanism to be involved in students' learning as a guide and collaborator and provided them with the affordances to be able to collaborate, provide feedback and validate their work in real time.
Along with this, the study also identified that some students were not similar with or had no prior experience of self-driven and determined learning using their mobile devices and social media. In particular, a number of students failed to conceptualise the use of technology and their role in the course for learning. To help remedy these issues, the teachers again acted as 'change agents', who utilised several techniques to help students learn, understand and effectively apply the affordances of the tools to inform student learning. An important element according to the findings in the research that played a critical role in helping bridge these gaps was collaboration. The teachers collaborated with the students as a co-learner through social media tools, the course website that was created and face-to-face time in tutorials to help the students form an understanding and build self-driven and determined learning skills. In particular, the course website (or the ecology of resources) that was assembled acted as a platform that encouraged and supported collaboration between the students and the teacher. An important element of the ecology of resources was the creation of students community using a Twitter hashtag. The findings suggest that the community provided the students with an environment where they could practice and learn new skills (learning and technological) in collaboration with peers and teachers—helping build confidence and autonomous learning skills and knowledge.
The findings in the study also helped the researcher add to the understanding of heutagogy (learner-driven and determined learning) and the role of mobile and social media tools could play in the process. The findings and the new understanding on the subject also enabled the researcher to create a heutagogical framework in the form of design principles that has the potential to help other teachers in designing and facilitating a learner-driven and determined learning experience. In the study, six draft design principles were formulated from literature and consultations with the lecturers and implemented and refined—informed by the analysis of the data and researcher reflections on the process. At the end of this process five design principles identified as key elements to designing student-driven and determined learning:
- Design learning activities, tasks and a learning environment that encourage elements of learner participation, personalisation and productivity underpinned by the affordances of mobile and social media tools.
- Facilitate learning using tools that are open, platform independent and learner-owned.
- Situate learning in authentic contexts chosen by the learner to enable exploration and experimentation.
- Design formative assessment events that encourage learner participation and reflection in authentic contexts to inform the process of learning to be.
- Provide support and pedagogical modelling of the use of the mobile and social media tools.
The findings from the research are discussed here in summary. If you want to find out more about the study, how data was collected and analysed, and a detailed discussion of the findings refer to the thesis document available here .
I would again like to sincerely thank all the participants who took part in this study either directly or indirectly—you all made a difference and added to the findings in the study.


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It's a fun infotainment walk with a colourful Kiwi local. Our groups are small requiring a minimum of two and maximum of 10 people as we like to provide a personal encounter. The two-hour Hello Auckland Tour will help your clients find their feet fast and allow time for other activities. We meet your clients at a central downtown spot.
Who would enjoy this experience most?
- First trip to Auckland
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- Groups of women, singles, couples, teams and conference delegates
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- English speakers with a sense of humour
- Light history buffs
Our Hello Auckland tour is NZD$49 per head and NZD$25 for children (5 - 14 years). This includes all taxes and a bus fare. Private tours can be booked for families with younger children below school age or people with disabilities. Please contact us for details.
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About the Company:
Our client is a $150 million Heavy Industrial and Power Contractor that focuses on projects in the Southeast and East Coat that are a mixture of maintenance and capital.
About the Position:
The Project Engineer will work with the Project Manager to oversee the day to day operations of a specific project and will be heavily involved with project scheduling, budgeting, developing RFIs, and contract negotiations. The position will be based in Birmingham and will include significant travel.
Must have 2+ years' experience on self-performed Industrial Projects with values of $10 million plus.
Must be willing to travel 50%+.
Must have field experience.
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And have a super weekend. We are invited to a lasagna dinner on Saturday night so looking forward to it and seeing our little grandchildren.
After losing her young husband and baby son fifteen years ago, Dr. Jennifer Hunter is determined never to marry again. Losing loved ones is just too painful.
A friend introduces Jennifer to Alex Brunsman and suggests she hire him to renovate her old farmhouse. Instantly attracted to the widowed contractor, Jennifer refuses Alex's help. But after she gets injured working on a fireplace, she gives in.
Alex clearly wants more than a business relationship, and Jennifer guards her heart. His kisses make her yearn for a future once denied her. Alex falls in love with her but finds tearing down the walls in Jennifer's house is easier than breaking through her protective shell. Alex and Jennifer must overcome the shadows of the past and find the courage to love again.
Jennifer and her uncle, Father Ryan, have a radio show called Hour of Healing. Dr. Hunter gives advice in a beautiful and sensitive way to difficult questions from callers. But their show causes a vengeful arsonist to want the doctor to feel pain. After his cruel act occurs, God brings good out of the tragedy for several hurting people.


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Abilene, Texas, is located in west Texas and has a charm all its own. Not only is it home to Frontier Texas but Abilene is also the Children's Storybook Capital of Texas as designated by the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas. This west Texas town is off I-20 and is definitely worth visiting!
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Museum: National Mining Hall of Fame
The National Mining Hall of Fame which is located in Leadville, Colorado, is a museum that educates the public about mining and the history of mining. It commemorates miners and those that work with natural resources. This is a great museum for kids with lots of hands-on exhibits along with lots of interesting history lessons.
We visited this museum while on vacation, and I was surprised how much we enjoyed it. It takes a minimum of an hour to go through it, and I'm sure we spent much longer than that. You get to walk through several old mining replicas that are realistic and fun for kids of all ages. They have a huge rock collection, and those who collect rocks would enjoy this section. The museum is located in an old mining town in an absolutely beautiful part of Colorado and is well worth the drive to get there!
For those who are interested, you can take a quick online tour of the museum. You can also read a biography of each of the inductees to the Mining Hall of Fame.
Free Unit on Texas Weather
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Here is an excellent free resource for teachers. This is written to go with exhibits at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, however, it can be modified to use in the classroom without visiting the museum. If you live close enough to Austin, Texas, to take a field trip then I highly recommend this excellent museum.
The "Wild Texas Weather" Educator Guide (from the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum) includes free printable worksheets for students covering weather in Texas:
- Weather changes (temperatures & precipitation)
- Air masses
- How weather impacts people
- Droughts
- Floods
- Tornadoes
- Hurricanes
- Forecasting weather
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Minneapolis rapper Drelli delivered a new song called "Chiquita," produced by St. Paul producer Blanda. It's another standalone track – like the rest of Drelli's available work, for now – and brings the familiar energy and bounce the rapper exudes so naturally. The new track, boasting a heavy Latin influence, is the second from Drelli and Blanda, following their song this summer, "Für Ever." Drelli has also collaborated with Midwest names like Allan Kingdom, Warol.ss, and su na, and has recently been all over the Twin Cities music scene.
The artist also took to Instagram to preview the song's forthcoming video:
Check out the full song below, and keep an eye out for Blanda's new EP, Blue Flannels, dropping January 20.


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Pastor challenges SC megachurch preacher who bought Lamborghini to give up possessions
Former pastor, Hope Carpenter threatened Greenville News
On Easter Sunday, a pastor from Washington, D.C., took to social media to issue a challenge: give up one possession each week or each month.
"We want to detach from all the materialism that kind of takes our focus away from Jesus and begin to give more liberally," he tweeted.
Pastor Jomo Johnson's first nomination for what he's calling #TheJesusChallenge is John Gray, the pastor of Relentless Church in Greenville, South Carolina, who has been criticized in recent months for buying his wife a Lamborghini and his expensive taste in sneakers.
"On this Easter Day, I am calling @RealJohnGray and other Church pastors to take #TheJesusChallenge : Live one year minimally. You choose. Starting May 1st, give up one possession per day or week, or per month...until next Easter," Johnson tweeted Sunday, sharing a video message posted to YouTube.
Johnson, with the Church for Black Men and Families in Washington, D.C., said, "I wanted to share something, but I wanted to share it in the form of a challenge."
"Jesus told the rich young ruler, sell all you have, give it to the poor, then you'll have riches in heaven," he said in the video. "We want to be able to follow Jesus in this lifestyle of minimalism."
"The first person that I want to challenge is the pastor of Relentless Church in South Carolina, John Gray. I challenge you to be willing to give up one of your possessions, one possession each week, or one possession each month, or if you want to go to the extreme, one possession each day."
Gray drew criticism last year when he bought his wife a $200,000 Lamborghini, The State newspaper reports. He defended the anniversary gift to his wife in December, saying he bought the car with money from his book and television deals, not his income from the church.
More recently, Gray was included in a New York Times story headlined, "Let He Who Is Without Yeezys Cast the First Stone" about an Instagram account that looked at preachers' expensive sneakers.
"John Gray, a pastor from South Carolina, was shown in blood-red Air Yeezy 2s, the sneakers made in collaboration with Kanye West, that were going for upward of $5,000," The Times said.


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Balance trainers know their stuff. At Balance Gym, personal training has always been the focus. Home to D.C.'s best personal trainers several years in a row, Balance Gym has built a reputation around its top notch training staff. All of Balance's trainers are highly educated and certified with years of experience in the health and fitness field. So no matter what your goals are in the gym — getting started in fitness, maintaining your fitness, improving your game, making a personal record or if you just want to look good in that little black dress — our trainers will help you reach that goal. At each of our Balance Gym locations we have trainers that specialize in:
- Weight Loss
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Here at Balance Gym we believe in training your body the way it was designed to move. Preparing you for the real activities performed in your daily life, we will help you build strength and shed fat by integrating high intensity cardio with functional strength training — all while focusing on total body movements uniquely tailored to each client.


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Go on a holiday and you get everything all set? You can't be sure until you have this kit to help you to take care of your plants or garden. We have designed a package for you to eliminate the problems of watering plants while you away from home. Let the system do the plants watering job for you.
The package is created to cater for frequent travellers and those ready to go on a holiday. The intention of this package is to have the easiest way to install your system without any special tool used by the expert of renovator or plumber. All you need is a pair of scissors and you can start right away for the installation. We have prepared for you all the parts you need without you having to dig a hole on the ground yet you still enjoy the benefit of automated watering for your garden.
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Dave Wilton, Saturday, December 27, 2008
The word belfry, believe it or not, originally had nothing to do with bells. Belfry is from the Old French berfroi, meaning a wooden siege tower. The word first appears in English c.1300 in the romance Kyng Alisaunder found in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 622:
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Alisaunder and his folk…Fast assaileden her walle Wiþ berefrei.
(Alexander and his army…fast assailed her wall with a belfry.)
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Total Corporate Funding in Solar Sector Comes in at $9.1 Billion in 2016, Reports Mercom Capital Group
$4.9 Billion Raised by Residential and Commercial Solar Funds, VC Funding Reaches $1.3 Billion
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2016.
Total global corporate funding in the solar sector, including venture capital/private equity (VC), debt financing, and public market financing, raised by public companies came to $9.1 billion, compared to $25.3 billion in 2015, a 64 percent drop.
To learn more about the report, visit: http://bit.ly/MercomSolarQ42016
"It was a challenging year for solar companies in terms of fundraising even as demand is expected to reach an all-time high," commented Raj Prabhu, CEO and Co-founder of Mercom Capital Group. "However, 2017 looks better than expected as lower module prices are expected to boost installation levels," he added.
Global VC investments came to $1.25 billion in 77 deals in 2016, compared to $1.1 billion in 83 deals in 2015.
Solar downstream companies accounted for 80 percent of the VC funding in 2016, with $985 million of the $1.3 billion raised. Investments in PV technology companies came to $97 million and thin-film companies brought in $95 million. Balance of Systems (BoS) companies raised $37 million. Service providers raised $24 million. In one deal each, the CPV category raised $10 million and the CSP category raised $2.3 million.
Among the Top VC deals in 2016, the largest was the $300 million raised by Sunnova Energy, followed by the $220 million raised by Solar Mosaic. Origis Energy and Silicon Ranch each raised $100 million.
There were 100 investors that participated in funding rounds in 2016, with five involved in multiple rounds: Energy Access Ventures, ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies, International Finance Corporation (IFC), KawiSafi Ventures, and Neo Solar Power.
Public market financing was lower this year with $1.8 billion in 27 deals, compared to the 2015 record of $6 billion in 38 deals. There were three IPOs which brought in $230 million – they were BCPG (a subsidiary of Bangchak Petroleum), Azure Power, and Ripasso Energy. Four yieldcos raised public market financing. There was no IPO activity by yieldcos in 2016.
Debt financing in 2016 totaled $6 billion compared to the $18.3 billion in 2015. There were three securitization deals in 2016 totaling $387 million. SolarCity raised a total of $234.6 million in two securitization deals and Shenzhen Energy had one securitization deal for $152 million.
Announced large-scale project funding in 2016 came to $9.4 billion in 133 deals this year, compared to 2015 with $11.6 billion in 124 deals. A total of 153 investors funded about 5.9 GW of large-scale solar projects this year.
The top investors for large-scale project funding were Santander, which invested in eight projects, followed by Bpifrance, Natixis and NORD/LB which invested in five projects each.
There was a total of $4.9 billion raised in 30 residential and commercial solar project funds in 2016 compared to $5.7 billion raised in 24 funds in 2015. SolarCity, Sunrun, Solar Mosaic, Spruce Finance, and Tabuchi Electric were the top fundraisers in 2016. Since 2009, solar residential and commercial firms offering lease, PPA and loans have raised more than $22.5 billion. In the last three quarters of 2016, loans made up almost 47 percent of residential/commercial funds announced.
There were 68 corporate M&A transactions in the solar sector in 2016 compared to 81 transactions in 2015. Solar downstream companies were involved in 38 of these transactions. BayWa r.e., DNV GL, Golden Concord Holdings, and Voltalia acquired two companies each. The largest and the most notable transaction in 2016 was the $2.1 billion acquisition of SolarCity by Tesla Motors.
There were a record 218 large-scale solar project acquisitions for more than 12.2 GW, compared to 2015 when 12.7 GW changed hands in 204 transactions.
Mercom also tracked 133 large-scale project announcements worldwide in Q4 2016 totaling 5.8 GW and 826 project announcements totaling 40.4 GW for all of 2016.
To learn more about the report, visit: http://bit.ly/MercomSolarQ42016
About Mercom Capital Group
Mercom Capital Group, llc, is a global research and communications firm focused on clean energy and financial communications. Mercom's consulting division advises cleantech companies on new market entry, custom market intelligence and overall strategic decision making. Mercom's consulting division also delivers highly respected industry market intelligence reports covering Solar Energy, and Smart Grid. Our reports provide timely industry happenings and ahead-of-the-curve analysis specifically for C-level decision making. Mercom's communications division helps clean energy companies and financial institutions build powerful relationships with media, analysts, government decision makers, local communities and strategic partners. For more information about Mercom Capital Group, visit: http://www.mercomcapital.com. To get a copy of Mercom's popular market intelligence reports, visit: http://mercomcapital.com/market_intelligence.php.
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One of Providence's best-loved holiday traditions has gotten even better. What used to be the RISD Holiday Sale, cancelled by the school this year in lieu of more global initiatives, has been replaced by the Art Providence Holiday Show. This juried art, craft and design show differs from its predecessor in two primary ways: (a) Applications were open to all artists rather than solely RISD alumni and (b) the show will run for two days — Dec. 9 and 10 — rather than just one.
The show will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center, and tickets are $8 for one day or $10 for two days; kids under 16 get in free. The VIP Preview event is Friday, Dec. 8, 5:30–7 p.m., and offers first dibs on the artists' work. Tickets for the VIP event are $100.
"The RISD alumni show has been a strong show for me for 22 years," said Elise Moran, a RISD graduate who hand forges delicate necklaces, bracelets and rings out of silver. "I'm very happy the Art Providence Show is continuing the tradition. It has the potential to be an even bigger and better show."
More than 200 artists from Providence, greater New England and beyond will be showcased, and roughly half are RISD alumni.
This show will have something for everyone, from the holiday shopper to the art collector or interior designer, with a wide range of styles and price points across 15 categories, such as glass, wearable fiber, furniture and more.
You'll see some of the time-tested favorites with artists such as Andrea Valentini ("architextural" bags and accessories), Dahlia Kanner (stunning jewelry) and P&W Glass (gorgeous pieces for your home); as well as be introduced to artists whose work may be new to you, including Mark Perry (contemporary folk sculpture), Christina Osheim (richly hued ceramics), Ian Buchbinder (Space panda mugs? Yes!) and Phyllis Dobbyn Adams ("abstractly realistic" painting), to name but a few.
For tickets and details, go to artprovidenceshow.com.


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Was 2011 a Good Year for Coffee Holding?
Investors' memories of 2011 will probably involve things like the debt ceiling, the Eurocrisis, and the fall of MF Global. For investors in the coffee wholesaler Coffee Holding (NAS: JVA) , though, it might also involve the heart palpitations that come with watching a stock rise to over 600% return, only to crash back down to earth. Let's take a look at this company's tumultuous year.
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Sources: S&P Capital IQ, Yahoo! Finance, and Motley Fool CAPS.
A caffeine buzz for the books
The last 12 months were a crazy year for coffee prices, and this had a heavy impact on reliant businesses. The price of coffee hit 34-year historic highs early on, due to lower-than-normal supply and rising demand. Cooler temperatures in coffee producing countries were partially to blame for the low supply.
Along for the ride were coffee companies like Coffee Holding, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NAS: GMCR) , Starbucks (NAS: SBUX) , Caribou Coffee (NAS: CBOU) , and Dunkin' Brands (NAS: DNKN) , all of which were faced with the decision to pass on the price changes to customers or absorb them themselves.
A match made in java-dise?
Coffee Holding had an especially volatile year, currently up 118% after an initial 733% rise. The company is closely linked to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, with the Vermont-based coffee brewer accounting for nearly 53% of Coffee Holding's revenue.
The company's relationship with Green Mountain is likely what helped spur Coffee Holding's spike beyond what coffee itself was doing. As Wall Street talked up Green Mountain, investors bought up Coffee Holding. And so it went until the stock price imploded with multiples twice what they are now, dropping nearly 62% in the last few weeks of September.
The stock price crept back up a little bit, but the final blow came in November, when David Einhorn called accounting shenanigans on Green Mountain. As you might expect at this point, Coffee Holding's stock fell another 28% that month. Ouch.
The volatility of this stock is only amplified by the large percentage of shares held short. This contrasts to a huge percentage of shares held by insiders. This appears to have a ying-yang effect for shareholders, with prices swinging wildly up or down.
For investors with the right timing and a stomach for high volatility, 2011 was a great year for Coffee Holding. For a great stock in 2012, you should click here to read our special free report: "The Motley Fool's Top Stock for 2012."
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