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We are looking to appoint Teaching and Care Support Assistants to our vibrant team of professionals who provide therapy, care and education to children and young people with autism and complex learning needs.
Purbeck View School Northbrook Road, Swanage, BH19 1PR
Night and day shifts opportunities available
Purbeck View School is on an exciting journey towards outstanding, with many opportunities for training and professional career development.
GCSE Maths and English essential Level 3 Diploma in care desirable £8.30 up to £10.05 per hour / £18,127.20 up to £21,949.20 per annum (dependent on experience and qualifications)
Come and work with us to secure a future of opportunity and fulfilment for our very special young people! Purbeck View is committed to Safeguarding and Child protection. All applicants will be subject to full safeguarding and referencing checks prior to appointment.
To apply for this vacancy please visit https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/cambian/ and complete the online application form. If you wish to speak with someone regarding this vacancy please call the school on 01929 422760, and ask for Rosie Gillam Jones, Office Administrator.
The successful candidates will meet the person specification in order to be offered this post. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.
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Happy Valentines Day to all our wonderful readers! This is the time of year we sit and think about the sunshine, warmer times and the ability to get out more again. Stephen, myself and Hayden, (with Nellie the campervan of course) have started to do more walking, even on cold days, so long as it is dry. It is a great way to lift the spirits, get away from the TV and blow the cobwebs away. We had a wonderful walk to Moors Valley last week and even met friends on the way. What a success. So, if you are able to get out I do think it helps. Nellie also took us on a “Murder Mystery Walk” around Wimborne… in the dark! What fun that was. I do hope you have time for a read and better still try a “Treasure Trail” for yourselves. You can even win £100 if you enter their competition!
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Talbot Village Trust aids local ‘ecotherapy’ project Talbot Village Trust has provided Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) with more than £2,000 to purchase essential tools and materials for DWT’s Greengage ‘ecotherapy’ project in Swanage. The Greengage project is a wellbeing ‘hub’ designed to help people with mental health issues in the local community, through ‘ecotherapy’ and therapeutic horticulture. DWT runs the project at a former commercial plant nursery owned by Swanage Town Council, and volunteers are currently restoring the site to create a space suitable for the growth of wildlife friendly plants, fruit and vegetables. Through the project, participants are supported in undertaking practical tasks, gain informal training, and develop team working and communication skills. This donation has helped DWT progress the project by enabling people to undertake horticultural activities using the tools and materials purchased and building structures for horticultural purposes.
Katie Wilkinson, community conservation officer for Dorset Wildlife Trust, said: “Carrying out activities in a natural environment provides benefits for our health and wellbeing. The funding received from Talbot Village Trust has enabled us to improve the Greengage site which is used for our ‘ecotherapy’ project, which allows us to continue to support everyone involved through the shared love of horticulture.” Russell Lucas-Rowe, Trustee of Talbot Village Trust, added: “Talbot Village Trust fully supports any project which promotes mental health awareness and support within the local community. DWT should be proud of the fact it has created and continues to run this project, and in return help so many people.” Talbot Village Trust meets biannually, and will be accepting applications for funding from both previous and new applicants in the area before the Trustees meet in the spring. Please go to www.talbotvillagetrust.org for more information..
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Celebrity Interview
Celebrity Interview:
Kiri te Kanawa By Tim Saunders
Celebrated opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has announced that she will not sing in public again. Her last public performance was in Melbourne, Australia in October 2016. “Before I’d gone on, I said, right, this it. And that was the end,” the soprano recently revealed on the BBC’s Today programme. “I don’t want to hear my voice. It is in the past. When I’m teaching young singers, and hearing beautiful young fresh voices, I don’t want to put my voice next to theirs.” Perhaps the greatest success for the New Zealand opera star was singing at the wedding of Lady Diana and Prince Charles at St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1981. A worldwide audience of 600m tuned in to watch this memorable occasion. In 2013 she appeared in ITV’s Downton Abbey playing the Australian operatic soprano Dame Nellie Melba. Te Kanawa has received accolades in many countries, singing a wide array of works in multiple languages from the 17th to the 20th centuries. She is particularly associated with the works of Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Handel and Puccini, and has found particular success in portraying princesses, nobility, and other similar characters on stage. Born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron in Gisborne, New Zealand she has Maori and European ancestry, but little is known about her birth parents. She was adopted by Thomas Te Kanawa, a Maori, and his wife, Nell. She had never made any attempt to contact her natural parents, but around this time, her half-brother Jim Rawstron contacted her. Initially, she was not willing to meet him, but later agreed. This episode ended in bitterness, and she has since reaffirmed her decision to have nothing to do with her birth family. Educated at St Mary’s College, Auckland, she formally trained in operatic singing by Dame Sister Mary Leo. Beginning her singing career as a mezzo-soprano, she later developed into a soprano. Her recording of the “Nuns’ Chorus” from the Strauss operetta Casanova was New Zealand’s first gold record.
She met Desmond Park on a blind date in London in August 1967, and they married six weeks later at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland adopting two children, Antonia and Thomas. The couple divorced in 1997. In her teens and early 20s, Te Kanawa was a pop star and popular entertainer at clubs in New Zealand and regularly appeared in newspapers and magazines. In 1963, she was runner-up to Malvina Major in the Mobil Song Quest with her performance of “Vissi d’arte” from Puccini’s Tosca, and in 1965 she won the same competition. As winner, she received a grant to study in London. In 1966, she then won the prestigious Australian Melbourne Sun-Aria contest, which Major had also won the previous year. Both students had been taught by Sister Mary Leo. Later that year, without an audition, she enrolled at the London Opera Centre to study under Vera Rózsa and James Robertson, who reputedly said Te Kanawa lacked a singing technique when she arrived at the school but did have a gift for captivating audiences. She first appeared on stage as the Second Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, as well as in performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in December 1968 at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre. She also sang the title role in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. In 1969, she sang Elena in Rossini’s La donna del lago at the Camden Festival; and was offered the role of the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro after an audition of which the conductor, Colin Davis, said, “I couldn’t believe my ears. I’ve taken thousands of auditions, but it was such a fantastically beautiful voice.” Tim Saunders is an author, journalist and businessman. He meets celebrities, goes on holiday and road tests cars.
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Wildlife News
Talking about Wildlife...
Birds of a feather... At about 4pm on a cold winter’s day, the sky may come alive with the shape of birds flocking together, with the sudden deafening sound of chitter chatter filling the air. One of wildlife’s most spectacular sights is approaching – a swooping and swirling murmuration of starlings. It may surprise you to know that starlings are actually becoming a less common sight in the UK, so seeing a flock of them is a wonderful thing. Other winter visitors flocking include birds from Eastern Europe and even species from the far northern regions, such as redwings and fieldfares from Scandinavia. So, why do birds flock? Well, why not! Birds can move easily and quickly, so they make the most of an annual trip to the UK, with an abundance of food, and a warmer climate to enjoy. Flocks of birds are also essential for their survival this time of year, as
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their main advantage is literally their safety in numbers and they can distract predators with the sheer size of the group, making it hard for them to focus on just one bird when there’s so many, so close together. Large groups of birds can also stay warm, and hunt together, increasing their chances of survival. Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserves are an excellent place to witness these special wildlife sights this winter, but you are also likely to see some activity in your own garden, by leaving out water and food for birds. Winter is a hard time of year to find food, so they need all the help they can get! Find out more about DWT reserves at: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/ reserves and share your photos and videos with us at: www.facebook.com/ dorsetwildlife or www.twitter.com/ dorsetwildlife. By Sally Welbourn
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Expanded programme of garden-based events adds to Knoll Gardens’ naturalistic appeal An expanded programme of more than 50 events is planned by Dorest-based Knoll Gardens in 2018. Well known for its popular grass masterclasses, this year sees the addition of guided walks, wildlife events and art, craft and photography workshops, as well as Knoll’s first musical afternoon. All events are very much garden-based and run right through to December 2018. Knoll’s event programme starts on Saturday March 17 with a mini-masterclass on preparing grasses for stunning summer effect, followed by a willow weaving workshop on March 24. In April, events include a guided walk looking at the differences and many similarities between Knoll’s garden environment and the adjoining heathland on Tuesday 24; a bat walk on April 26 and a rather special ‘concert’ on April 28, with the sound created by amplifying the noises of plant materials including rattling seed pods and cacti needles plucked by toothpicks. Part of the Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe festival, musical ensemble Gerauschheller will provide headphones for this unusual sound performance, to create a new meditative experience in the garden. Knoll Gardens’ owner Neil Lucas said, “Alongside our horticultural programme this year will see Knoll running arts and craft sessions, outdoor yoga, and our popular monthly toddler group ‘Bugs and Buds’. We are also hosting some rather special wildlife days later in the year bringing together national experts, our own volunteers and members of the public. We hope to encourage more people to visit us, spend some time in our relaxed environment and find out about the many benefits of our naturalistic gardening style.”
Knoll Gardens is planted with thousands of grasses and flowering perennials alongside an impressive collection of rare and unusual trees and shrubs. An enjoyable visit simply as a place of rest and relaxation, it also offers a working example of a beautiful year-round garden, providing a flourishing environment for plants and a welcoming habitat for wildlife. The garden and its award-winning nursery open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm (4pm November – March). For more information and details of the full event programme go to www.knollgardens.co.uk or call 01202 873931.
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Actor Nigel Havers becomes Patron of Julia’s House Nigel Havers has become a Patron of Julia’s House, the Dorset and Wiltshire children’s hospice charity.
The actor pledged to support the work of the Julia’s House after visiting its new children’s hospice in Wiltshire. Nigel said: “I am delighted to be supporting Julia’s House as a Patron. Having seen the Devizes hospice for myself, I have been bowled over by the wonderful facilities and the warm, welcoming atmosphere. How lovely for Wiltshire families to be able to access so many marvellous things – like the amazing bath and the sensory room – which they don’t have at home. “What impresses me most is how Julia’s House staff really get to know every member of the families and support them is so many ways. I look forward to being part of this very special charity.” To celebrate his new role he invited
a group of Julia’s House siblings – brothers and sisters of children with life-limiting conditions – to join him for a VIP visit to the London Palladium where they had the chance to see him in an entirely different role, starring in the panto Dick Whittington. Afterwards the delighted youngsters were greeted by Nigel and whisked off for a backstage tour where they also met fellow cast members Julian Clary and Ashley Banjo of Diversity fame. Nigel Havers joins a line-up of Patrons that includes Martin Clunes, Eddie Howe, Guy and Jacqui Ritchie, Jasper Conran, Trudie Styler and Rupert Everett.
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Clinical (Medical) Negligence – What It Is and What It Is Not. Legal claims for clinical negligence are often far from simple affairs. Despite our blame/claim culture, a mistake or a bad outcome from a procedure does not necessarily mean there is a clinical negligence claim. Hence, the title of this article. This type of phrasing was used by Florence Nightingale in the title of her book when she penned ‘Notes to Nursing’ in 1859, and explained the fundamentals of nursing – stating ‘What it is and What it is not’. (When you’re next in London, take a trip to her museum at St Thomas’ Hospital for an interesting insight into the nursing profession in its early years.) Clinical negligence is a branch of personal injury litigation. It encompasses claims against Hospital Trusts (both NHS and private) and also includes any issues with healthcare provided in another care setting such as GPs, dentists, cosmetic surgery clinics, pharmacists and care homes. What Makes a Claim? The principles of negligence will tell you if there is a claim. Breaking it down simply, there are three elements. Firstly, the care or treatment must be given in a professional capacity. Secondly, that professional care must fall below the standard of a reasonably competent professional. Thirdly, the illness or injury must only have happened because of the error, or that the error
must have been at least a material cause. Types of Claim Claims take many different forms depending on the circumstances. However, certain factors are common, such as delay in diagnosis, failure in communication and failure to follow set procedures. Blame Culture v Our Reliance on the NHS Hospitals and healthcare providers are central in our society and we rely on the NHS and other healthcare providers to enable us to enjoy life. At Battens, we absolutely recognise that much good work is done by excellent individuals and we in no way wish to undermine the good treatment which is provided. However, sadly errors do sometimes happen. We all trust our healthcare providers to do their best, but it is also important that you also trust your own instincts. Seeking repeated medical advice if you have continued concerns can avoid undue delay. Asking for explanations can resolve communication issues. It is much better to get the medical help when you need it. If you have any questions about this article please contact Victoria Knight, Clinical and Medical Negligence Solicitor on 01935 846131 or victoria. knight@battens.co.uk
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You’ve worked hard for what you have. Make sure you keep it. Protect your home from funding future care fees which currently run at an average £1000 per week. Do you want your home and wealth to go to your children and other loved ones? Have you ever considered what the effect might be on your savings and investments, or even your home, if you ever needed residential care later in life. The Problem Currently anyone with assets in excess of £23,250 will not receive any assistance with care fees. Typically, when a couple owns a house together and one partner dies, their share passes to the surviving spouse. Whilst at first glance this would appear practical it is this sole and absolute ownership that enables a whole property to be taken into consideration as an asset by the local authority and puts the property on danger of needing to be sold to fund care.
The Solution A Property Protection Trust Will is a will drafted to help protect your property from an assessment by the local authority to fund long term care fees. The half share of the family home belonging to the first person to die, passes into trust. This type of trust is also known as a Life Interest Trust in favour of the survivor which means that they can benefit from the share of the house in the trust during his/her lifetime and on their death the trust fund passes to others, usually the children. What’s Included Severance of tenancy on your property. This changes the legal ownership on the land registry from joint tenants to tenants in common. Meaning you both own it 50/50. Full details can be seen below.
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Artsreach is springing up all across Dorset
Hot off the press, the brand new Artsreach Spring Programme features events from over 28 exciting companies and performers. With the support of the Arts Council, Dorset County Council, and North, West, East and Purbeck District Councils, plus local solicitors Blanchards Bailey, rural communities across the County will host over 65 high quality performances of live music, theatre, dance and family shows from Artsreach, Dorset’s touring arts charity. For music lovers, a real medley of styles and genres is on offer this spring. BBC Radio 2 Folk award winners Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman make a welcome return following the release of their new album. Considered the UK’s leading Balkan band, the electrifying Paprika fuse together Eastern European, Balkan, Gypsy and Classical music in a whirlwind performance of frenzied virtuosity. The partnership between Artsreach and The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra continues, with a Spring Fanfare by the BSO Brass and two performances by a Trio of Flute, Viola and Harp. Celebrating the First World War Centenary, award-winning singer-songwriter Louise Jordan tells the stories of inspirational women of the Great War who challenged expectations in ‘No Petticoats Here’. Emily Burridge on cello and Felix Gibbons on Latin percussion and Bossa guitar present Incandescendo, arrangements of Brazilian classical and popular music, samba and choros in a memorable musical evening. Harbour Voices offer a heart-warming celebration of the sea with traditional shanties and original songs recounting tales of the Dorset coast. Finally The Grahams, a dynamic Americana Folk duo from Tennessee, arrive in the UK for four nights of powerful roots music and beautiful harmonies. There will be several onstage highlights this season too, with much-loved Artsreach performers returning to the circuit amongst several new companies. Tangram Theatre present their comic ode to death and friendship in ‘Team Viking’, a hilarious, heartlifting and outlandish story which was a runaway hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Join Anonymous is a Woman for an unforgettable tea dance, a rousing
song, and a real-life wartime scandal in ‘Think of England’. With comedy and thrills galore Gonzo Moose present ‘The Thing that Came from Over There’ fast-paced rollicking ride, mixing paranoia, suspense and hilariously gruesome deaths. Exeter’s Le Navet Bete are back with a theatrical and comical retelling of Bram Stoker’s classic novel in ‘Dracula: Dead and Loving It’. Fluff Productions present ‘Agent of Influence’, the story of fashion columnist Lady Pamela More who was recruited by MI5 to keep notes on Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, suspected to be colluding with the German Embassy. Rhodri Miles presents a dramatic portrait of the chaotic, frequently hilarious, and all too brief life of poet Dylan Thomas in ‘Clown in the Moon’. Expect a deliciously alternative evening in ‘The Chef Show’ by Ragged Edge, as Father and son Abdul and Kamal are having a busy night in their restaurant. Each show will also feature a guest local chef! French-English duo Spitz & Co are back with ‘Gloriator’, a riotously funny show revealing just what happens when a glamorous French actress and her hapless assistant stage their version of Hollywood blockbuster ‘Gladiator’. This is just a taster of everything happening around Dorset with Artsreach this spring. Full details and tickets are available from www.artsreach.co.uk and outlets where you can pick up a copy of the programme include libraries, arts centres and tourist information centres. You can also find Artsreach on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with the latest news.
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The Adventures of Nellie The Purbeck Publications Camper Van It was a chilling dark winter’s night. We arrived at Walford Mill Craft Centre all wrapped up with scarves, gloves and torches, ready for our “Murder Mystery” walk. Who did it? What with? These were the allimportant questions and we had just 2 hours to follow the clues and discover the culprit. Would we solve the Mystery in the Vestry? Ivana Cramp had been a keen member of the Minster Choir for years. She had recently come into a large inheritance when her body was found. Was this a deed of greed… or because Ivana had an overpowering,
The atmospheric minster at night
OK, so who dunnit? And with what?
flat voice? We were about to find out. This is all fiction of course but we really got into the ‘spirit’ of things. Nellie had inadvertently come across “Treasure Trails” while surfing the internet one evening. She is getting very clever as you can see! These trails are described as ‘the fun way to explore’ and can be purchased online at www.treasuretrails.co.uk or often in tourist information offices. There are a series of clues which take you all around a particular area, giving you facts and some history about local sites, whilst you find the answers to each piece of evidence and finally eliminate all but one name and the weapon used. At that point you have the guilty party! There are many places to explore and it is a great way to get to know somewhere. Not all are murder mystery trails, so have a look and
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see if there is one where you live or are visiting. It really is a fun way to get around! There were twelve of us taking the challenge that night, wanting to solve the mystery. We tried to guess from the list of people we were given, who ‘did it’ before we started. Julie got it right! How did she know I wonder… Was she really an accomplice? Now Nellie’s imagination was running riot and she was just taking this too far. I have had words with her. It was so much fun. Some of the clues do need some deciphering, others are more straight forward, but each step takes you further and further around the town. Wimborne is a fabulous place to shop and visit. The Minster looming up to the sky right in the town centre, the Jubilee Gardens, the old grandiose school house now housing flats for local residents, the River meandering through, the Quarterjack on the West Tower, with his brightly uniformed grenadier, who still strikes the quarters every
All that investigating made us hungry!
We searched high... and low!
hour, day and night, the more modern statue of a skateboarder. What a wealth of interest to see. Even in the dark! You do not have to do this walk in the dark of course, but Nellie likes to be different and it all added to the ambience of our quest. The bright torches were useful to say the least. We solved the mystery! After all that investigating we were quite exhausted. Like Nellie we are getting on a bit now… Time for something to eat and drink. We had actually booked a carvery at the Bridge House Hotel in Longham. Delicious and great value, Nellie highly recommends it in fact. Probably because you can pile up your plate and go back for seconds. You don’t get thighs like that on lettuce leaves… Well we can safely say that Ivana from the Choir can rest in peace. Nellie isn’t giving you the answer as you could find out for yourself who did it… Where will Nellie take us next? By Debbie Corney
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Food & Drink
Tastes so good... Steak and Sweet Potato Chips
February is the month of love. And a beautifully cooked steak is a wonderful way to have a romantic meal a deux, simply and easily. It’s not that hard to dish up a fabulous supper that is sure to please if you follow the simple instructions.
Ingredients 2 x 200g sirloin steaks 350g sweet potatoes 1 tbsp rapeseed oil 50g bag mixed spinach, watercress and rocket Handful of cherry tomatoes 1/3 cucumber, sliced 2 spring onions Coarse ground black pepper. For the dressing 1 tsp balsamic vinegar 2 tbsp rapeseed oil ½ small garlic clove, crushed
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Preheat oven to 200c. Half fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Add in the potatoes once chopped and cook for 4 minutes. Drain and return to the saucepan. Pour the oil over and season with a little black pepper. Toss until the potatoes are all lightly coated with the oil and seasoning. Tip the potatoes onto a baking tray and cook for 15 minutes. Turn them all then cook for a further 10 minutes or until crisp and golden. Whilst the chips are cooking, prepare your steak. Trim off any hard fat and then rub all over with the remaining oil. Season with 1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper. Using a griddle or non-stick frying pan, put over a high heat and then add the steaks. Cook for about 2 minutes each side or done until your liking. Set aside and mix the salad leaves, cucumber, chopped spring onions into a bowl. Whisk the vinegar, oil and garlic together. Lovingly lay out the chips and steak onto your plates and add the salad to one side. Drizzle with the dressing just before serving.
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GUIDE Kids
It's never too soon to get children interested in gardening and where their food comes from. Even the fussiest child should be prepared to try a warm, sweet strawberry or raspberry straight from the plant or a handful of peas out of the pod (my Dad often wondered why half of his pea crop had suddenly disappeared although I'm sure he had his suspicions!) At any time of the year, children can start to understand the concept of things growing from seed if you give them a packet of cress seeds and, although they can be grown in a shallow tray, make it even more fun by saving the shells from
their breakfast boiled eggs that have had their tops cut off. Draw a face on the eggshell and fill with peat free compost or even moist kitchen roll and sprinkle with seeds. When it grows the little egg man will have a mop of green hair that they can snip and eat. In the spring, let them have a competition growing the tallest sunflower by learning how to feed and water them. They can keep some dried out seeds for next year and feed the rest to the birds in winter. Although they might shy away from anything green on their plates, they might find plenty of chopped chives, basil, marjoram/oregano and/or thyme only improves their favourite pizza or Bolognese sauce.
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Wishing all our sponsors, readers & music lovers a Happy New Year from the trustees of the Michael James Music Trust. Supporting musicians through The Michael James Music Trust Established in 1981 in memory of the young organist and conductor Michael James BA, FRCO, to discover, promote, educate and support gifted young musicians. Based in Wimborne Minster, the charity has its local representative as Brian Barker, proprietor of quaint and attractive Georgian Gems in Swanage High Street. Since the Trust was established in 1981, over 550 students have been helped to reach their goals in the field of music, goals which they may not otherwise achieve. The Trust is funded by annual concerts, by donations and personal covenants or capital gifts. If you would like to support the Trust or find out more please contact Brian at: Georgian Gems, 28 High Street, Swanage, BH19 2NU Tel: 01929 424697 Website: www.georgiangems.co.uk
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