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  • There are two wars in Afghanistan.

    Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009 Summary Findings The bottom is starting to fall out of the Afghan opium market. For the second year in a row, cultivation, production, work-force, prices, revenues, exports and its GDP share are all down, while the number of poppy-free provinces and drug seizures continue to rise.  Yet, Afghan [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:24am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Afghanistan Obama’s War

    Number of comments: 4
    Well its official the war in Afghanistan “is” Obama’s war. Sadly Obama’s inexperience and Joe Biden lack of balls has given the enemy time to prepare the battle field. The general in the battle field called his commander and chief Obama and requested more troops.  Obama rather than sending in reinforcements had [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:16am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Rhee can’t man up and cries to Duncan

    D.C. Schools Chief Targets Tenure “Still, Mr. Duncan said he wants to see the D.C. spat end soon. “We generally don’t weigh in on local labor disputes, but this has gone on too long and they need to bring it to closure,” he said in an interview. “There are a lot [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:15pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • NCLB Vs R2TT who wins and who gets screwed

    Update 10:52 am, post has been completely revised. A response to Children and Education First: NCLB Worked ??? Long before Bush was the requirement that ESEA be reauthorized and as you know NCLB is just a Bush pet name. As always ESEA’s reauthorization was held over until the new administration was installed. Many [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:04am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Delaware’s charter school Dilemma

    Number of comments: 1
    The writing is on the wall, charter schools will increase in Delaware and will end up getting capital funding from the state. Is it a good thing that charter schools in Delaware are expanding and growing in numbers? I don’t oppose charters but do oppose them being authorized by anyone other than [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:10pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Bob returns to Red Clay

    Title IX: Section 9101 (32) Parent Involvement Definition- “the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication student academic learning and other school activities, including ensuring that: A. parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning; B. parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school; C. [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:12pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Von Duncan demands federal takeover

    http://celebrifi.com/gossip/Duncan-sees-chance-to-reform-education-system-PHOTO-1050238.html U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told educators at a conference Thursday in Indianapolis that too many adults — in classrooms, communities and state governments — are standing in the way of American children getting a good education. “We as adults have not put children’s interests ahead of our own [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:32am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Mount Pleasant went “Lock-down” 11/18/2009

    Number of comments: 1
    OK who wants to give us full details of a Lock-down at Mount Pleasant High School on Wednesday November 18, 2009. I am getting reports of a massive fight  causing the building administration to lock-down the building. [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:44pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • AG Beau Biden AWOL

    Beau Biden knows dam well how important the SROs  are to the safety of Delaware schools and how the SROs connection to the students and the street is an important link. Governor Markell is slicker than dog shit because he is making such a radical controversal move without communicating to state legislators. THE BIDEN RECORD: THREE [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:26pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Should Markell use rent-a-cop for personal protection

    Number of comments: 6
    If Jack Markell wants to put rent-a-cops in schools for replacement of State Troopers serving as SROs perhaps he should replace his person State Police security detail with rent-a-cops! “Since there is a shortage of police officers, maybe the governor should as well remove all officers who provide him with a safe [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:49pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Duncan’s ass crack extends to the base of his brain

    …”The New York Post patted its own back today, hard, for helping the state renew the mayor’s control of the public schools. The surprising thing is that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined in, thanking the newspaper, owned by the ambitious Rupert Murdoch, for its “leadership” and “thoughtfulness.” [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:06pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • America’s # 1 Teacher OMG

    “The great thing about Race to the Top is that it has jump-started reforms across the country before we’ve even spent a penny,” he said. (Arne Duncan) Wow Arne if we can do it without spending one penny why are you willing to piss away $4,500,000,000,00 billion dollars? [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:02pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Markell R2TT media blitz has begun

    The Delaware Secretary of Education budget announcement is part of  preplanned agenda to shake things up in order to gain support if applying for Race to The Top Funds. The Race to The Top Fund isn’t you everyday federal grant. It is an agreement that the state will conform to The United States [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:56pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Delaware DOE to sell Brooklyn Bridge

    Number of comments: 3
    Delaware Dept. of Education seeks leaner budget for 2011 “The Office of Management and Budget asked Cabinet departments and state agencies to prepare zero-growth budgets. For fiscal year 2011, Lowery requested $1.17 billion, which includes $27.5 million in federal stimulus stabilization funds.” DOE will not replace department 11 position saving  3.68 million [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:06am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Breaking ! Markell to pull SROs from Delaware’s High Schools

    Number of comments: 3
    Letters from DOE per the request of Governor Jack Markell  were sent to district school superintendents informing them,  due to budget constraints SROs aka School Resource Officers will be pulled from Delaware high schools and put in patrol positions. Governor Markell, this is unacceptable  as it puts our schools at risk for [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:34pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Free condoms to fight global warming

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    UN: Fight climate change with free condoms LONDON — The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday. [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:21pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • DELDOT cries poor mouth but !

    Here is you federal stimulus at work via DELDOT. You wouldn’t believe how much stimulus $$$$$$ is going to out of state contractors. FYI out of state contractors bring in most of their employees. TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF N438002   Department of Transportation Grants $932,672.49 $932,672.49 P TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF 2009009   Department of Transportation Grants $3,476,209.38 $3,476,209.38 P TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF 2009022   Department of Transportation Grants $1,425,640.62 $1,425,640.62 P TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:04pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • You don’t want to look

    Where is The Money Going Delaware ? OMG See for yourself Red Clay RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED BOARD OF EDUCATION S394A090053   Department of Education Grants   $7,068,331.00 S RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED BOARD OF EDUCATION S389A090008   Department of Education Grants   $4,114,298.83 S [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:01pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Duncan has use of Air Force 2 ????

    NYSUT President Tries To Influence Approach On Charters In early September, Richard Iannuzzi boarded Air Force 2 and took a seat next to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Iannuzzi, president of the powerful 600,000-member New York State United Teachers union (NYSUT), had been invited to the vice president’s plane to make the [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:40pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Delaware Taxpayers funding comedy club

    Here’s a big laugh for the Delaware taxpayers. DE School Climate and Discipline6.0 Reporting Specific Incidents of Misconduct 6.1 In addition to those school crimes required to be reported to law enforcement pursuant to 14 Del.C. §4112, the superintendent or head administrator of each school district, charter school, and Alternative Program, or [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:44am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Will Red Clay Board approve class size waiver ?

    Number of comments: 6
      Why have such an important law and allow waviers? It’s one of those feel good legislation that does noting to improve public education in Delaware.  I call the vote 6 yea and 1 nay. Unless a board member is a no show! [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:02pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Breaking ! Obama wasn’t bowing

    This is the orignal photo and as you can see Obama wasn’t bowing. He was just reading the teleprompter. [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:17pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Chicago school board president found dead in river

    Number of comments: 1
    Last Update Scott’s death ruled suicide, but cops continue to investigate November 16, 2009 4:35 PM Now the question is why? Update ! CHICAGO (CBS) ― “Recently, the Chicago School Board has been criticized about the death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert. Some parents lay part of the blame on Albert’s Sept. [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:34am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • When will the parents be told about these RTT provisions?

    Number of comments: 2
    Turning Around Struggling Schools The US Department of Education has prescribed four models for turning around struggling schools. Districts must choose from these models when developing their School Improvement Grant applications. These models include: “Turnarounds: Replace the principal and at least 50 percent of the staff and also adopt new or [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:50pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Kilroy’s Meet the Press Score Card

    Number of comments: 4
    Sharpton: A Duncan B Gingrich C+ Sharpton put great emphasis on parental involvement and community involvement advocating as parents. Sharpton is blunt and to the point. He also, recognizes if we’re going to chastise low performing teachers we must recognize high performing teacher within the same setting. Duncan fundamentally understands some of the underlining [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:58pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • How to fix U of D failing Ed program

    According to Arne Duncan Teach for America led by CEO Wendy Kopp can produce more successful teachers than most if not all universities and colleges. Teach for America claims: “Despite this stark reality, we know that educational inequity is a solvable problem. We see evidence at all levels —in classrooms, schools, districts, [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:53am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Consolidating Delaware’s Vo-techs saves millions

    CVT School District “Cost Savings Analysis. Positions were highlighted on the Excel file extracted from PHRST (as noted above) to correspond to the number and type of positions needed for the proposed CVT School District. In instances of duplicate positions found during this analysis, the positions retained reflect the middle or average [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:32pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Will Markell reward U of D for their failures

    Number of comments: 1
    University wants to spend money as it sees fit, instead of following legislature’s earmarks “University of Delaware administrators are asking the state to eliminate earmarked funds in the school’s operating budget appropriation, a move that would get rid of one of the only methods of financial oversight the Legislature has over [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:31am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • 6.12% Colorado Education cuts possible for 2010-11

    Colorado Governor Bill Ritter said: “Ritter also said he didn’t think his proposed $374 million cut in K-12 spending for 2010-11 would hurt Colorado’s R2T bid because the recession has forced virtually every state to cut school spending.” Full bite of K-12 cuts is 6.1%  Posted by Todd Engdahl on Nov 10th, [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:33pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Meet the F’ing Press ! OMG !

    Meet the Press guest list for November 15, 2009 Plus, Secretary of Education ARNE DUNCAN, Fmr. House Speaker NEWT GINGRICH (R-GA), and civil rights leader Rev. AL SHARPTON have been touring the country — visiting classrooms and talking with students — to highlight education issues and rally support for their proposed education reforms. [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:20pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • NY Times slams Arne Duncan

    The ‘Highly Qualified Teacher’ Dodge “But some school reform groups and some in Congress have reacted with dismay to the part of the stabilization fund that was supposed to require the states to end the longstanding and reprehensible practice of shunting unprepared and unqualified teachers into the schools serving the poorest [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:17pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Kilroy’s last song!

    Back in the day and I mean way back in the day this song used to be the one of last songs of the night at local dances. Sometimes looking back in life is better than looking forward. [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:38pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Charter School Ratings, school Profiles and more

    Charter Schools Academy of Dover 2003: Academic Progress (On Probation) Campus Community School 1998:  Academic Review East Side Charter 1997 : Academic Watch Family Foundation 2006: Commendable Kuumba Academy 2001: Commendable Maurice J. Moyer 2006:  Commendable MOT Charter 2002:  Academic Review Newark Charter 2001: Superior   Pencader Business & Finance 2006:  Academic Review Positive Outcomes 1996: [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:53pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Markell on the road to impeachment

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    Federal ‘Race to the Top’ aims to spur reform By JENNIFER PRICE • The News Journal • November 13, 2009 “Delaware could receive up to $75 million to drive education reform if it’s selected as a recipient of the federal Race to the Top Fund, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:29am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • The race has begun.

    (Rather than rant about the entire Race to the Top application requirements I’ll address various segments individually) Race to the Top Program Executive Summary (F)(2) Ensuring successful conditions for high-performing charter schools and other innovative schools (40 points) The extent to which— (i) The State has a charter school law that does not [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:10pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Maine passes on RTT round one

    State Opts Out of Applying for Coveted Education Grant “What has originally appeared on the federal register has criteria that Maine will struggle in some cases to be able to demonstrate,” state Education Commissioner Susan Gendron told members of the Legislature’s Education Committee. Gendron said that Maine will be sitting out the [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:04pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • School gives condoms to first grade students

    Race to the Top is nothing more than a modern-day California gold rush. Federal money is going to be handed out to states based on new unproven plans to raise student achievement. The winners of the pot of gold will be states who present the best ideas, conform to national assessment [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:27pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • NC Gov. Bev Perdue squeals for Arne Duncan

    Gov. Bev Perdue today launched racetothetop.nc.gov and called upon North Carolinians to participate in the federal “Race to the Top” initiative.  As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Race to the Top is a federal $4.5 billion competitive grant fund that rewards states for educational innovation and achieving [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:35pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Illisnois Gov. Quinn bends over for Arne Duncan

    Illinois moving ahead on Race to the Top, but governor has yet to name key oversight council Even among its emerging strengths, Illinois has loose ends to tie off before the US Department of Education closes the door on applications for incentive grants under the Race to the Top initiative. For one, [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:14pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Schwarzenegger bends over for Duncan

    Editorial: Assembly must work quickly to pass Race to the Top education reforms The California Senate last week passed a bill paving the way for the state to get its share of $4.35 billion in education grants from the Obama administration — the largest pool of money ever created for education [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:09pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Mass Gov. Patrick bends over for Duncan

    New charter schools bill moves to the Senate; Proposal allows state to step in But the governor’s bills have been rife with controversy over funding and the loss of local control, with resistance led by superintendents, school committees, and teachers unions. The governor, many legislators, and education groups believe that swift approval [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:56pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • A closer look at Delaware Ed $$$$$

    Delaware [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:13pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • USDOE withholding semiannual report to congress?

    Apparently only Kilroy takes time to read audit reports. However, as the United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and President Obama push the Race to The Top program and preparing to give states another round of stimulus money it appears the semiannual report to congress for April 1, 2009 through October [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:23pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Delaware allows legal drowing of children at birth

    Interpreting “Race to the Top” TNTP Summary & Analysis of USDE Draft Guidelines September 2009 Standards and assessments: Participation in national efforts to adopt common standards and assessments of student performance, and a plan for instituting them. DSTP failed in Delaware so how will it succeed on a national scale Data systems to support instruction: Statewide [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:30am EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Markell’s Stealth Government

    Lawmakers back to bickering over state deficit “Markell spokesman Joe Rogalsky refused to say whether Markell mentioned a $337 million deficit. “We can’t comment on the specifics of the discussions,” Rogalsky said.” So much for open government Jack ! Jack, I blocked all the IP addresses in the world except your’s so no one but you [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:24pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • The new Delaware student test vendor is

    Number of comments: 1
    Bids have been received from the following companies: 1. American Institutes for Research (AIR)  2. Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) 3. Pearson  (Pearson Assessment, formerly Harcourt Assessment) Jack Markell knows! Lillian Knows! So why doesn’t the public know ? [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:07pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Joe Biden gets dick stuck in zipper!

    Joe have you ever gotten you dick stuck in your zipper! That’s the pain I feel seeing Obama and Duncan piss away billions of taxpayers dollars on an agenda to privatize public education.  Yea Joe , you know what its like sitting at the kitchen table! What the hell ever happen to main street USA? [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:57pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • China printing money for U.S. Treasury

    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is ready to hand out more stimulus dollars for schools, but this time, strings are attached. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said another $11.5 billion is available to states, which have already received more than $67 billion. Now Duncan is making it tougher to get the rest of [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:28pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Why Is the Secretary of Education Lobbying on the Healthcare Bill?

    Why Is the Secretary of Education Lobbying on the Healthcare Bill? Posted using ShareThis [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:04pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware

  • Arne Duncan masturbates with $100.00 dollar bills

    United State Secretary of Education is on such a personal power trip using American tax dollars to stroke his ego. Every day the American taxpayer foots the bill for Arne Duncan to roam the country trying to manipulate state governors with his 4.5 billion dollar Race to the Top fund. 900,000,000.00 million [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:42pm EST
    by kilroysdelaware
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