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Joseph Niemantsverdriet, Principal May/June 2019 Harding Herald

As we enter our final month of school for the 2018-2019 school year, I feel it is important to take a moment to reflect on many

of the events of the school year.

Great Things That Happened At Harding Middle School This Year!

Clubs and Activities

Ski and Snowboard Club

Minecraft Club

Chess Club

Coding Club

Mock Trial

Kiwanis Builders Club

Free-to-Be Club

Lego Club

Say Something Club

Harding Ambassadors

Drama Club – Alice in Wonderland

Drama Club – Annie Junior

Yearbook

H2O

Harding News

Jazz Band

Dodge Ball Service Project

Fantasy Football Club

Board Game Club

Harding Singers

Harding Singers Too

Strolling Strings

Student Council

Walking Club

The Gathering Club

Harding Book Club

Margaret Warner Volunteers

Italian Club

HMS Athletics for Grade 7

HMS Athletics for Grade 8

Community Service

Spring Blood Drive – May 13th

Fall Blood Drive

Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit local

families

December Food Drive for to benefit families

8th Grade Sock Drive

Builders Club Projects

H2O Cemetery Decorating for Memorial Day

Dodge Ball Service Project

Outreach to families in need during the

holidays

Dances – Sponsored by the Harding PTSA

Fall Dance

Winter Dance

Spring Dance

8th Grade Dance

Conduct and Climate Programs

Say Something Club Outreach

Harding Ambassadors

Golden Ticket PBIS

Classroom PBIS

Best Buy vs. Staff Dodge Ball and Kickball games

Kiwanis Builder’s Club

Free-to-Be Club

Culture Club

Quarterly Student Spotlight Breakfasts

Participated in 2 Youth Risk Assessments

A.L.I.C.E. Training

Jim “Basketball” Jones Assemblies – All Grades

Field Trips and Guest Presenters

Maltz Museum

Youth Sing Out – Stop the Hate

Jim “Basketball” Jones

Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame

6th Grade – Mysteries of Ancient Egypt at Stocker Center

7th Grade – Mama Mia! at LHS

8th Grade – The Crucible at Stocker Center

Washington, D.C. Trip

Physics Day – Cedar Point

Cedar Point – Music Before the Parks

Ranger Day Tour of LHS for the 8th Grade Students

Summer Reading Authors

Start with Hello – Sandy Hook Promise

Live Google Hang-outs with Iditarod participant

Mock Trial State Competition in Columbus

Court of Common Pleas Court in the Classroom

Band – Composer visits

Students Showing Their Talents

PTA Reflections Contest

6th Grade Math Fair

Play “4AM”

Into the Woods Junior (Musical)

Student Art throughout the building

STEM Project Creations

Jazz Band

Jazz Band Tri-C Jazz Festival

Harding Singers

Harding Singers Too

Strolling Strings

Winter Concerts

Spring Concerts

Harding Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Track, Softball and

Wrestling

Mock Trial

Regards,

Joe Niemantsverdriet

Principal

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MESSAGE THE SUPERINTENDENT:

It is unbelievable how quickly my first school year with Lakewood City Schools has gone by! It has been an

amazing journey that I have been so grateful to take together with our students, staff, and families! As we look

forward to planning for next year, so many exciting projects are percolating that have me eager to come to work

each day. From expanded preschool and post-secondary partnerships to a new strategic vision (stay tuned for this),

Lakewood City Schools is ramping up its 21st Century learning model! Thank you for helping make year one such

an interesting and memorable one.

It wouldn’t be an end-of-year message without wishing our seniors congratulations on their coming graduation and

offering our best wishes as they move on to the next chapter of their lives. Those who are continuing on with their

education are heading to higher learning institutions as diverse as our students: Cleveland State, Cuyahoga

Community College, The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, Heidelberg College, University of

Southern California, Indiana University, Penn State University, Oberlin College, Lehigh University, and Rhodes

College to name a few. We are proud of each of you and we hope you leave Lakewood High with fond memories

of your days with the Lakewood City Schools.

Michael J. Barnes, Ed.D

Superintendent

#OneHeartbeatOneLkwd

Board of Education

Linda Beebe, President

Emma Petrie Barcelona, Vice President

Tom Einhouse

Edward Favre

Betsy Bergen Shaughnessy

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All middle school students (those entering into grade 6, 7, and 8 this fall) will have a required summer reading assign-ment for their language arts class. Students will need to read one book from the list provided and complete a required assignment. The assignment will be posted on the school’s website in June. This assignment will be part of a special event in the fall during language arts class as a culmination to reading this summer. Check back on the website for all the details this summer. Thanks! Christine Christine A. Foote, M. Ed. Coordinator of Teaching and Learning

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The 6th Grade Team: Mr. Avila-John Mrs. Emily Baker Mrs. Leslie Barnes Mrs. Mindy Bruening Mr. Ken Budic Mrs. Geraldine Hauer Mrs. Mary Lynn Janas Mr. Stephen Kerney Mrs. Amanda Kennedy Mr. Dan O’Brien Mrs. Teresa Rhinehalt Mr. Kevin Spooner Mrs. Pam Thompson Mrs. Donna Tomlin

6th Grade Sixth grade ELA classes have covered the standards and concepts in order to be successful on the recent ELA AIR test. We are now finishing the final month of school by applying these concepts and reading a variety of great books in our classrooms. In science, students will be finishing the year studying rocks and the rock cycle. The students will also compete in small groups by designing and building a spaghetti tower that can support a ping pong ball with limited materials and time.

Students in Mrs. Thompson's Reading Edge class will travel back in time with an Ellis Island simula-tion, a culminating activity after completing the unit on immigration. Students will assume the identity of an immigrant that did actually travel through Ellis Island in the 1900s and will simulate their experi-ences. 6th grade students in ESL classes, along with the 7th and 8th graders in ESL, will be "blasting off" into summer by building and launching their own model rockets as part of a culminating science vocabulary activity.

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7th Grade

Ms. Pollner - Language Arts

The AIR tests are behind us! The students worked very hard each day on these.

We have moved on to a study of Greek mythology. We are reading and discussing

numerous myths, and students are working in groups to bring a myth to life for

their classmates. Self-Legacy Projects are due 5/15 (rubric is on Google Classroom).

We will end the year with some mystery stories and logic activities.

All students should be reading for at least 20 minutes every night. Please check

progress book every night for information about the material covered in class and

any homework due dates. Please email or call me whenever you have any

questions or concerns. Thank you for all of your support this year. This was truly a

wonderful group of students!

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Eighth Grade News

Social studies students are looking at the growing sectional divisions between the North and South that were emerging in our nation. These differences included views on economy and slavery. We will look at compromises created as an attempt to settle some of the differences before giving way to violence and the Civil War. Students will end the year studying the difficult task of slowly trying to unite our nation during the Reconstruction period and the remaining challenges from this period in history.

In Algebra, students applied their experiences from previously taught lessons as they transformed quadratic functions from standard form to vertex form, f(x)=a(x-h)^2+k. The strategy of completing the square is used to solve quadratic equations when the quadratic expression cannot be easily factored. Some solutions were irrational. Students drew conclusions about the properties of irrational numbers, including irrational number system under various operations. Next week, students use the quadratic formula to solve quadratic equations that cannot be easily factored. Students understand that the discriminant, b^2-4ac, can be used to determine whether a quadratic equation has one, two, or no real solutions.

Standardized math tests will be given on May 7 & 8, 2019. Encourage good study habits and challenge critical thinking skills. Your child has been equipped with practice problems. Be sure to provide time for practice tests so she/he is not surprised by any content on the test.

In Math 8, students were introduced to bivariate data. Students distinguished linear patterns from nonlinear patterns based on scatter plots. Students described positive and negative trends in scatter plots. Next, students identify and describe unusual features in scatter plots, such as clusters and outliers. Then, students informally fit a line to data displayed in the scatter plot. Students make predictions based on the graph of the line that has been fit to data.

Standardized math tests will be given on May 7 & 8, 2019. Encourage good study habits and challenge critical thinking skills. Your child has been equipped with practice problems. Be sure to provide time for practice tests so she/he is not surprised by any content on the test.

The science department will wrap up the year with a few interesting activities in life sciences

and genetics. They will also have the opportunity to participate in outdoor activities including

paper rocket launching and the traditional egg drop competition! Please remember to look for

upcoming information if your child will be attending Cedar Point/Science Day on 5/22.

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Español 1 May 2019

Hola amigos, marzo- March has flown by quickly and here we await the daffodils and tulips. Espero

que no haya mas nieve. ( I hope there is no more snow.)

We are in the final quarter of the year and Spanish students have just finished presenting a weather

presentation and a city diorama presentation they wrote, edited, practiced and presented before their

classmates- and with no notes, no scripts, nor written clues. The student generated the language of

date, high and low temperatures, what events are common during the seasons, present and past

events (past tense verbs). For the city diorama, each had to cut and paste a small model town and tell

about a variety of the 15 places they included. It all came from memory and their previously learned

banks of knowledge.

One of the 21st Century skills that the State of Ohio and many other states have incorporated into

policy is presentational skill development for students at all grade levels. By assigning an authentic

language task such as a restaurant scene in a foreign language, students not only develop mastery of

vocabulary and language acquisition, but they also develop a secondary highly value added skill of

presenting before an audience. I commend these 8th graders who are facing stage fright in a second

language. They will grow stronger in their abilities in Spanish as well as in speaking before others.

This final 4th quarter will include sports, weather, professions, household and other vocabulary,

direct/indirect objects and respective pronouns, comparisons and diminutives and more. A 3 day final

exam the last weeks of May, will encompass all that we have studied, practiced and learned this year

since August. Please speak seriously with your son/daughter about the rigor and intensity of final

exam as this may be their first of many that will be a part of their academic future. We will undergo a

review of much of the material but independent study of vocabulary and verb meanings must be

undertaken by students outside of class. The websites provided to students and parents at

conferences and Open House are quite valuable for students to use to hone their language and

vocabulary skills and I strongly recommend weekly visits for all students. They are: quia.com;

spanish.spanish.com; studyspanish.com; classzone.com; conjuguemos.com. Each website offers a

variety of options to help develop various language skills.

I have given students study guides by which they can practice and study. Please chat with your

son/daughter about the intensity of a comprehensive final exam. It may be the first time s/he has had

one.

Thank you!

Mr. Corrigan

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2018-19 Quarter 3 Distinguished Distinguished

Honor Roll

6th Grade

Emma Ash Owen Bees Robert ogdan-Chindea Beckett Broadwater Carter Candow Peter Checkett Madison Comer Ava Cuffari Anna Daso Charieon Doxley Natalie Dyke Naya Fayad Helen Fraunfelder Natalie Goncalves Gwen Hunter Clara Jones Shannon Katzenberger Josie Kavc Sophia Lipowski Ella Munn Daniel O'Brien Fayez Othman Anneliese Parker Jana Peterson Stella Rosen Dawson Rossen Sophia Schelgunov Zoey Serna Quinn Sutliff Isabella Wacker Jane Wagle Ava Watts Timothy (Reed) Winbigler Eva Wischhusen Iris Wright Georgia Young Stella Ziegler

7th Grade Meredith Barcelona Grace Bratko Rowan Brown Christopher Byrne Leah Campbell Olivia Diemert Yasmine Elhachdani Jana Evans Delaney Garcia Leonardo Garman Mateo Guajardo Lucy Henrikson Edward Horton Mckenna Hunt Andrew Jablonowski Michael Klasa Maggie Lane Jackson Lodge Mia LoPiccolo Amalija Marich Isabella Marzicola Alexa Masten Evan Miller Isadora Nieves Margaret Rearden Jonathan Reighard Parker Toms Sara Viserta Andrew Winters

8th Grade Lauren Barber Ava Bruening Sophie Craciun Eliza Dreger Ryanne Eisnaugle Savanna Hepp Grace Hildebrandt Alexandra Hodson James Holland Alexandra Horton Benjamin Jablonowski Madeline Kratz Lydia Kress Grace Lamparyk Atreyu Leonard Rose Lipka Fiona Loudermilk Aaron Markham Clare Morrissey Jenna Muhieddine Michael Muzychenko Alexander Peterson Olivia Pickens Jackson Provost Aniko Raffai Jaxon Riley Helen Roche Madalynne Sorge Sullivan Stois Cole Strand Scarlette Sullivan Luke Sweeney Lydia Watkins Megan Winters Lila Wright Graci Yost

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6th Grade

Nathaniel Aquino David Awkar Olivia Brown Ethan Candow Charlize Carver John Chambers Lana Collins William Cosgriff Isaac Craciun Anajda Dajlanaj Luella Darr Audrey DeLuca Olivia Demery Nathan Donaldson Camden Fegely Bryce Fulmer Madelaine Gabella Liam Gannon Jude Hammer Callum Holland Ronan Johnson Edy Keeper John Kirby Nathan Kopko Shane Lindsay Devin Lubas Lucas Marvin Titus McAlvey Jack McNeeley Kelci Neumarker Azaia Novak Milena Osborne Lay Ler Paw Elaina Purcell Frank Revy Aven Riffle Selah Rush Luke Safranek Nazeeh Salem Julian Sayre Sebastian Schelgunov Ava Schmoldt Kelan Sheppard Haneen Suleiman Kiana Tousley Joseph Trzaska Thomas Walkosak

7th Grade

Aseel Albadarin Taqwa Ata Caroline Baas Olivia Baker Aidan Bangert Ronan Barley Adam Benhaddou Kaitlyn Bitterman Alesandra Bookman Reagan Bratko Cicely Campen Avelyn Cleary Tanner Constantine Elma Coralic Carolina DeJesus Kaydence Doxley Cameron Fisher Eleanor Hartranft Timothy Heckel Emily Jarecke Olivia Jaskulski Naysa McGregor Rita Moran Maher Musleh Cameron Nails Charles Quinn Hutch Reed Grace Rowell Emily Sever Anthony Severino Dalton Sindyla Haya Snobar Cheyenne Stelma Gia Stewart Alexandra Taylor Ethan Thomas Hayden Trnavsky Tyler Valentino Hannah Watkins Lillian Winters Savannah Zaleski

8th Grade

Mohammed Alodat Gabriella Aquino Cassandra Auck Eric Barber Jonah Bees Michael Bianco Rocco Crino Mishela Dajlanaj Sophie D'Apollo Maximus DeLuca Sarah Dorn Brandon Erway Nolan Geyer Syeda Afrah Haque Ava Hitter Helen Hylton Lucas Jablonowski Ava Jaskulski Colin McCrone Clare McKay Lilly Metzger Sophia Monteiro Felix Piotrowski Gabriel Reichel Rhiannon Riker John Rodgers Daniah Shean Donia Shean Elliott Snyder Marlena Stepp Lydianna Trudel Scarlett Wankowski Kegan Weber Mallory Zavatchen

18.19 Quarter 3 Honor Roll

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6th Grade

Mohammed Ahmad Beatrice Allen Malachi Ang Charlotte Auck Oprah Baeni Josette Ballou James Baron Eamon Chanter Gabriel Cosgriff Noah Csora Alexa Delarosa Sophia Doren Sophia Dussault Jeremy Frolo Brooke Gardner Evan Gardner Noah Hash Lucas Irwin Aiden Jimenez Henry Kaletta Phoebe Klasa Liam Melnick Anthony Metri Charles Scott Aidan Smith Joel Tamunday Michael Varnes Liam Wallace Joanna Wright Kylee Zingale

7th Grade

Evilisse Abderrazza Edward Andrews Paul Balazy Olivia Behun Laci Boucher Emmett Burens Cameron Crouch William Detmar Michael Fallon Lincoln Fisher Courtney Ford Poppy Fordu Logan Foster Lukas George Michael Gourley Arlinda Ismaili Lillian Kovach Ariana Marich Savannah Mason Aidan Maxwell Samuel McCarter Kassidy Nagaj Maya Nieves Bucey Hannah O'Toole Lukas Quick Madison Rich Ashley Van Gunten Cameron Wereb Sophia Worthington 18.19 Quarter 3 Merit Roll

8th Grade

Muhammed Alhanash Grant Bliss Ava Carroll Coreen Chambers James Cisco Gabriel Constantine Victor Cottrell Isabela Csora Colin Cunningham Maxamillian D'Apollo Emery DiBartolomeo Erin Dippel Kaylin (Alex) Ehase Renollie Emig Jonas Evans Rebecca Frolo Hannah Hernandez Justin Kieres Julia Kompier Jackson Koster Daniel Lavelle Matthew Mannion Tyler Marvin Sophia Masek Conner Millsaps Shelby Montrose Rama Nayef Rory O'Brien Isabel Orlando Danashia Perry Miguel Rosa Jordan Rossen Madeleine Rybak Marshall Vargas Emilie Walkush Nolan Wickmark

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HMS After School

Program

*Need help with Homework?

*Want a quiet place to work on

assignments after school?

We have the place for you!

Every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30pm, drop in

the LRC to work with Mrs. Hoffman and Miss Baker!

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Attention, Parents of 8

th Graders!

The 8

th Grade Formal is coming up and the PTSA can use your help to make their last

dance at Harding a memorable one! The theme is “A Night of Mystery: A Masquerade Ball” and the dance will be held at Har-ding Friday, May 31, 7 pm - 9:30 pm. Tickets are $10 and will be sold at lunch the weeks of May 20 and May 28. Sign up to volunteer or donate food items at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e4dabae2baaf49-anight Short on time? Try a “painless” donation. Make a secure donation via PayPal to HardingPTSA@gmail.com, or send in cash ora check made out to Harding PTSA. No amount is too small! Send questions, baby pictures and group grade school pics (for the slide show to) Harding8thGradeFormal@gmail.com Invitations will soon be handed out to the 8

th graders in class!

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Lakewood Athletic Boosters

Come out for the monthly Athletic Booster meetings! Learn what’s happening with the Ranger sports programs.

All teams are supported by Athletic Boosters! You earn Booster Bucks for attending the meeting!

Athletic Booster meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:00 Room E 184 in the Athletic Wing at Lakewood High

Upcoming Meeting Dates: 11/12, 12/10, 1/14, 2/11, 3/11, 4/8, 5/13

Mark your calendars!

Please contact lhsathleticboosters@gmail.com for further details.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

May

2019

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Washington DC Leave 6:30am AIR Math 7th Gr. 4:30 Girls Soft-B @ Burneson MS

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AIR Math 6th Gr.

4:30 Girls Soft-B @

Westlake

Track & Field SWC

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Home 11:30pm

AIR Math 6th Gr.

Book Fair set up

7th Gr to LHS to

See “Mama Mia”

12-2pm

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7th Grade Spring

Concert 7:30pm

CIVIC

Book Fair Rm

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AIR Math 8th Gr.

8th Grade Spring

Concert 7:30pm

CIVIC

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AIR Math 8th Gr.

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6th Grade Spring

Concert 7:30pm

CIVIC

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Mock Trials State

Showcase Ohio

Judicial Center

Columbus

6am-5:3pm

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8th Gr. Band

OMEA Large

Group Adjudica-

tor Event

Strongsville MS

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Book Fair Tear

Down

Blood Drive 1:30-

7pm GYM

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Annie JR Spring

Play Café 6:30-

8:30 pm

6th Gr walks to LHS

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Annie JR Spring

Play Café 6:30-

8:30pm

Battle of the Books 9am-noon Lake-wood Pub Library

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Memorial Day

Celebration

Assembly

7:30-9:30 Gym &

Harding Field

3:45 Girl Scouts

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Geom/Alg Finals

7pm Celebration of

Excellence Civic

PTSA Meeting 7pm

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8th Grade Cedar Point

Trip

Spooner Passion

Period Set Up Gym

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Spooner Passion

Period Celebration

6,7,8th Periods for

6th Gr ADV LA

Class

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Geom/Alg Finals

French Final

Chinese Final

Music Before the

Parks Set Up

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Harding Music

Before the Parks

Café

9:30-10:30 then

to Cedar Point

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NO SCHOOL

Memorial Day

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French Final

Chinese Final

Spanish Final

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French Final

Best Buy

Kickball

Assembly 2pm

Harding FIeld

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Music Groups Tour

Elementary Schools

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8th Grade Semi

Formal Dance

6-10pm Café

4th Quarter 6th

Grade Reward

6,7,8th Periods

6th Gr Locker Clean

Out 4th per.

7th Gr Locker Clean

Out 9th per.

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June

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6th Gr Awards

Gym 8:30-9:30

6th Gr Field Day

6,7,8th Periods

7th Gr Awards

Gym 1:45-2:45

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Last Day of School

8th Gr Awards

Gym 8:30-9:30

7th Gr Field Day

Gym or Field 7-9th

Periods

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Office closes at 3pm

for the summer, will

reopen July 29th.

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