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"The DfE’s own report finds that school leaders & teachers are shouldering unsustainable workloads, so it is a mystery why there is so little government action to address this problem."
Our full comment on 'Working lives of teachers and leaders' report:
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"We are calling for a short period of remote education in order to protect all concerned and allow time for the government to work with the profession on a joint plan for safe opening." Our full press release after today's emergency Exec Committee:
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"I have been privileged to serve you as leader of ASCL for the past seven years. I couldn't have been prouder to have been there with you."
@RealGeoffBarton
brings his final keynote as General Secretary to an end.
#ASCL2024
#ASCL150
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After seven years speaking on behalf of members and acting on behalf of children and young people, we pay tribute to outgoing ASCL General Secretary
@RealGeoffBarton
for his compassionate, wise, and inspirational leadership.
Thank you from us all at ASCL.
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"I have never seen such a car-crash set of results' - one of many examples showing this is a line-in-the-sand moment for our education system, writes
@RealGeoffBarton
in
@tes
#AlevelResults
#Exams2020
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Press release: Geoff Barton wins election for ASCL General Secretary
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"The education system cannot continue to limp on without its single most important resource – enough teachers. The government must act for the good of staff and children.”
#ASCLmembers
overwhelmingly reject government's pay offer:
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We are delighted to confirm that Pepe Di’Iasio (
@pepediiasio
) will be the Association’s next General Secretary when
@RealGeoffBarton
steps down in April 2024:
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"This action is taken as a last resort and with a heavy heart, but we cannot accept the continued damage to education caused by government neglect and complacency.”
ASCL to hold formal strike ballot - full comment here:
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'Why it's time for teachers to start saying 'no' - with last-minute plans for a staggered term start and mass testing, the government has gone too far' says
@RealGeoffBarton
in his
@tes
blog:
#education
#MassTesting
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"On behalf of the young people you are responsible for, thank you for your extraordinary, exceptional, tough, resilient leadership over the past year, we couldn't be prouder to represent you," Today's video briefing from
@RealGeoffBarton
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"A failure to properly fund schools and colleges is short-sighted, short-term and short changes our pupils and students."
Our joint letter to the Prime Minister and Education Secretary warning of a looming funding crisis:
@unitetheunion
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Bringing the
#whatwouldyoucut
campaignlaunch to an end on a high note - now No1 trending hashtag in UK. Thanks for all your support tonight
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RS : Schools should be rewarded for working with the most vulnerable pupils, not penalised and stigmatised because the
#Progress8
scores of these pupils is below that of their more advantaged peers
#ascl2019
#connectedleadership
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"If we – public servants who came into a once great profession on behalf of children and young people - aren’t standing up and fighting for
#education
, who is?"
Why a national strike is the only option left, writes
@RealGeoffBarton
in his blog here:
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"As leaders of schools and colleges, of any organisation, we step into the slipstream of history, and then we step out. It's not about us. It's about the institutions we are privileged to serve."
@RealGeoffBarton
#ASCL2024
#ASCL150
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ASCL is deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty The Queen after a lifetime of devoted service. She touched the lives of many people, and many generations, and her loss will be deeply felt. Our sincere condolences to her family.
Our tribute:
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When it comes to asking schools to solve society's ills, teachers already go above and beyond their remit. It's time for a society-wide effort, writes
@RealGeoffBarton
in his latest
@tes
blog
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ASCL expresses its sympathies to Ruth Perry's family and friends, and we echo
@NAHTnews
call for a review of the inspection system.
NAHT is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Ruth Perry. Ruth was clearly a well-respected and much loved headteacher. Our thoughts are with Ruth’s family, friends and all those in the school community she served with such passion and dedication.
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Thanks again to
@Nigelrefowens
for such a powerful and inspiring keynote and discussion at
#ASCL2022
- your words are a great way to bring Day 1 to an end "Don't try to be a perfect person, be a good person"
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‘It is doubtful that any part of the education sector has ever been asked to do so much in so little time’. Our press release on this afternoon’s announcement by the Prime Minister on the wider opening of schools and colleges.
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"We will be writing to Michael Fabricant MP to formally complain about his comment in an interview on the BBC... Mr Fabricant's remark is both factually incorrect and insulting."
Our full response to comments by
@Mike_Fabricant
:
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"We have made every effort to resolve this matter through negotiations... Unfortunately, the government’s offer has failed to sufficiently address pay and conditions, and, critically, did not provide enough funding for even the meagre proposal it put forward."
@RealGeoffBarton
@ASCL_UK
is to hold historic formal national strike ballot for the first time in its history in an escalation of the dispute over teachers' pay, conditions & school funding. If members vote yes, any walk-outs would likely be in the autumn:
#TeacherStrike
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Sue Campbell on leadership: "Grow those around you and empower them, give them the space to create and to grow in their own right."
#ASCL2023
#EmpoweringLeadership
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"Under Labour, the days of the one-word inspection judgement will come to an end."
Applause for
@bphillipsonMP
at
#ASCL2024
#Ofsted
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#ascl2020
- departing from his scripted speech,
@RealGeoffBarton
calls on
#Ofsted
, in this time of national emergency, to call a halt to all routine inspections. We will raise this directly with Sean Harford this afternoon and
@GavinWilliamson
on Monday
#CoronavirusPandemic
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“It is right that keeping schools open should be the priority in the new national lockdown announced in England”
@RealGeoffBarton
on this evening’s announcement by the Prime Minister.
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"ASCL has no party political affiliation. We are interested only in how the policies and ideas of political parties will benefit you and the communities you serve. We came into this business to improve the life chances of all young people. Please can we now do that?"
#ASCL2023
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"Pepe is an exceptional leader with an optimistic and ambitious vision for the future of the Association."
Pepe Di'lasio nominated for ASCL General Secretary:
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"You raise me up to more than I can be" - we are currently enjoying the wonderful choir of
@WalesHigh
on stage at
#ASCL2022
with a beautiful performance of 'You Raise Me Up'
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Tomorrow, the first national ballot on industrial action in ASCL’s 150-year history will go live.
Ballot papers for eligible
#ASCLmembers
will arrive in the post from w/c 19 June – please send your message to government and post your
#VoteForEducation
.
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ASCL members: an email briefing has been issued today to update you on the concerns raised about the arrangements set out by the government for the return of pupils, and its plans for the roll-out of compulsory mass testing.
#schoolsreopeninguk
#COVID19
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"This pay award is wholly inadequate and represents the worst of all worlds – a substantial real-terms pay cut for the majority of teachers which will worsen teacher shortages...." Our full response to teachers’ pay award
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Delighted to launch the final report from our
#EthicalLeadership
Commission today at
@IOE_London
, including pathfinder programme with
@NGAMedia
and ethics forum with
@CharteredColl
Many thanks to the Commission and all involved - more info here
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‘A school that is rich in the arts enhances the life chances of a child’. Proud to launch this new briefing paper with
@CultureLearning
- read more here
#ArtsforSchools
#ArtsEd
#ImagineNation
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'GCSEs: 'Schools have been well and truly dumped on.
Schools are doing the heavy lifting for GCSE and A level - so it's galling they face exam board fees,' says
@RealGeoffBarton
in his
@tes
blog here:
#exams2021
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Joint union lobby at Parliament calling on govt to properly fund
#education
-
@RealGeoffBarton
&
@annamcole
with
@AngelaRayner
#schoolcuts
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Via
@educationgovuk
: Schools, trusts and local authorities can request mobile data increases for children and young people who do not have fixed broadband at home and can't afford additional data for their devices. Participating networks and more info here
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A fantastic turnout today for the headteachers' march to Downing Street, showing the strength of feeling against cuts in
#education
#funding
#SchoolCuts
@WorthLessWS
#StillNotListening
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“The Prime Minister is right to praise our brilliant teachers, but he needs to match this rhetoric with a decent, fully funded pay award which improves recruitment and retention and protects education standards.”
Our comment on England's success in PIRLS:
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"I feel incredibly proud to be in a position where I can lead such a highly regarded and hugely respected organisation."
We welcome new ASCL General Secretary
@pepediiasio
- read about his plans for the organisation here:
#ASCL150
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Delighted to welcome
@ShropshireSBM
Hayley Dunn as ASCL's Business Leadership Specialist - look out for her first member newsletter in early October
#SBM
#SBLtwitter
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Stunning performance by the choirs of
@StBirinusSchool
and
@DidcotGirls
of the Ridgeway Education Trust - such a powerful sound and a great start to our second session earlier today. Thank you!
#ascl2020
#DiverseLeadership
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Our press release on our concerns on the government's arrangements for the start of term, and today's emergency meeting of ASCL Executive Committee
#schoolsreopeninguk
#COVID19
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“We welcome Gillian Keegan to the role of Ed Sec, but it is a farcical situation that she is the fifth incumbent in 4 months. This revolving door shows a disregard for the importance of what should be a key government post & it must stop.”
@RealGeoffBarton
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"I discovered creativity out of school. Now I am passionate and obsessed with the arts and creativity in schools and education."
@BZephaniah
#ASCL2023
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"We're actually providing an unofficial network of welfare support that goes largely unseen by the public. We step into the breach because we have a moral purpose to look after children."
#ASCL2023
@asclpresident
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"...scrapping BTECs without any real idea of how this will impact on young people feels risky and reckless...and we urge ministers to reconsider before it is too late."
Our call for a rethink on cull of
#BTECs
#ProtectStudentChoice
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“This cannot go on and, regretfully, we now have no option other than to ballot for industrial action in order to bring the government back to the negotiating table and to secure a meaningful settlement which provides a better deal for education.” says
@RealGeoffBarton
🪧 The first national ballot on industrial action in
@ASCL_UK
's 150-year history will run from June 19 to July 31
All four education unions have now announced dates for votes on strikes as the teacher pay dispute with government continues
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"Becoming ASCL President is an absolute honour. I'll be the first President from the
#primary
sector and will be able to give voice to the more marginalised aspects of the education system."
See ASCL President 2023-24
@JohnCam72037614
's full
video here:
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In his final blog as ASCL General Secretary,
@RealGeoffBarton
reflects on how potholes are a visible symbol of decay but how – with respect to long-suffering motorists – the less-visible fractures in the education system are much more important.
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"What's happening in our schools right now is literally unforgivable."
@asclpresident
Evelyn Forde spoke at the
#SaveOurSchools
lobby this week.
#ASCLmembers
- send a message to government and post your
#VoteForEducation
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A warm welcome to Richard Sheriff, ASCL President 2018-19, who has today received the chain of office from Carl Ward, now Immediate Past President (pictured with Vice President Rachael Warwick and
@RealGeoffBarton
)
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A very warm welcome to our ASCL Presidential Trio 2021-22:
(l to r)
@asclvicepres
Evelyn Forde MBE,
@asclpresident
Pepe Di'lasio, and
@asclpastpres
Rachael Warwick.
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It's cold outside but our welcome is warm - great to be back
@ICC_Birmingham
and we're really looking forward to seeing many of you at
#ASCL2023
today.
Thank you for all that you do on behalf of children and young people.
Have a great conference.
#EmpoweringLeadership
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ASCL members: We have sent a briefing to you ahead of tomorrow morning. Thanks for all you are doing. We’re proud to represent you.
#coronavirus
#covid19UK
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Thanks to our
#LabourConference22
panel for a lively discussion on the Schools Bill. Shadow Schools Minister
@StephenMorganMP
; Sarah Rostron, St Bede MAT; Jonathan Jones, Liverpool council; Mary Bousted, NEU; Natalie Perera
@EduPolicyInst
; & our very own
@RealGeoffBarton
.
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"Blithely increasing teaching hours for
#GCSE
resits in maths and English amid a recruitment and retention crisis shows either an unwillingness to face reality or an alarming lack of understanding of the current teacher shortage," says ASCL's Kevin Gilmartin
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The infectiously enthusiastic
@lemnsissay
shares his thoughts on diversity: as humans, it is impossible for us not to be diverse, each one of us is unique
#ascl2020
#DiverseLeadership
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If the Government is genuinely committed to social equity, it must extend the provision of free school meals to continue during the summer holidays. ASCL supports
@MarcusRashford
’s vital campaign to
#maketheUturn
for
#freeschoolmeals
this summer.
An Open Letter to all MPs in Parliament...
#maketheUturn
Please retweet and tag your local MPs
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"Headteachers really deserve better than the robotically facile responses they’ve had over the past week" - read
@RealGeoffBarton
latest blog in
@tes
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In his address at the
#SaveOurSchools
lobby today,
@RealGeoffBarton
had three requests for the Secretary of State for
#education
1. start talking again to the profession
2. publish the STRB
3. fund education properly
#VoteForEducation
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Education unions warn mass
#COVID
tests are undeliverable by start of spring term - our joint press release and advice with
@NAHTnews
@NEUnion
@AoC_info
@NASUWT
@NGAMedia
@SFCA_info
@CofE_Education
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"We need reform of the qualification system so that the
#forgottenthird
- those children who leave secondary education without the gateway qualifications of at lease a grade 4 in English and maths - are rewarded with the dignity of achievement."
@RealGeoffBarton
#ASCL2024
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What a way to bring Day 1 of
#ascl2020
to a close, with the wise words of
@lemnsissay
: diversity is about caring, compassion and empathy - we should embrace it, Cheers of approval
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Today we fill Twitter with the voices of children and young people and celebrate their creativity at
#EduArtsFest
Thank you to all the schools, colleges, trusts, and organisations around the country for your support and enthusiasm - it's sure to be an emotional day
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A warm welcome to Rachael Warwick,
@asclpresident
2019-20, taking on the role from Richard Sheriff (on the right of the image), now Immediate Past President
@asclpastpres
. Welcome too to David Waugh, our new Vice President
@asclvicepres
(on the left of the image)
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Rising costs,
#flatcash
-
#education
funding is at breaking point. Join our campaign
#WhatWouldYouCut
@hmtreasury
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"If the government wanted to change the system it should have spent at least a few days discussing the options rather than rushing out a panicked and chaotic response." Our full response to use of mock exams in the grading system
#AlevelResults
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A very warm welcome to our
@ASCLPresTrio
2023-24, pictured at our official handover in Leicester today.
(l to r Vice President Manny Botwe, President
@JohnCam72037614
, Immediate Past President
@Evelynforde1
with General Secretary
@RealGeoffBarton
).
#InterconnectedLeadership
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"It isn’t
#Ofsted
inspections that will help children to catch-up with lost learning caused by the pandemic but ensuring that schools and colleges have sufficient funding from the government to deliver recovery programmes at the scale required." says
@juliecmcculloch
“Unhelpful. Strange. Stuck in the past. Tone-deaf.” The education profession has reacted with bewildered frustration this week after the announcement of plans by
@Ofstednews
to inspect every school at least once by 2025:
@ASCL_UK
@NAHTnews
@NEUnion
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Delighted to welcome Ofsted’s Sir Martyn Oliver and Lee Owston to ASCL Council for a great discussion with school and college leaders on the future of inspection.
@Ofstednews
. Pictured with ASCL Vice President
@MannyBotwe
.
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ASCL, NEU, and NAHT working together to support school leaders and teachers in this time of crisis. See our joint guidance here
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The education sector is facing an unprecedented crisis: underfunding, staff shortages and a punitive accountability system.
We're joining
#ASCLmembers
,
@NAHTnews
@NGAMedia
@NEUnion
@unisontheunion
at today's mass lobby of parliament to
#SaveOurSchools
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"Students, parents, and teachers will breathe a sigh of relief after days of confusion and dithering by ministers." Our full press release following
#Ofqual
decision to revert to teacher-assessed grades
#ALevelsResults
#GCSE2020
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Well-deserved cheers for
@CompassSchools
choir and more fantastic performances. We've been treated to three great songs: 'Something Inside So Strong', 'Together in Electric Dreams' and "The Power In Me"
And now ... the workshops!
#ASCL2024
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"Becoming ASCL President is an absolute honour. I'll be the first President from the
#primary
sector and will be able to give voice to the more marginalised aspects of the education system."
See ASCL President
@JohnCam72037614
's full video here:
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Pupil Premium –
@johndunford
sets out a ten-point plan to help heads to identify spending
http://t.co/wGSGojvzE1
http://t.co/MHVPNazeOt
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What is 'progress'? ASCL's
@steverollett
considers what this means in terms of the
#curriculum
in his latest blog 'Curriculum Change: A new paradigm of progress'
#KS3
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“Wider opening must be safe and sustainable.” Nine education organisations join in calling for a phased return to the classroom. See our statement here:
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Please, have courage, be authentic & be the leader you can be
#ascl2017
- Baroness Sue Campbell
@YouthSportTrust
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Headteachers from across the country march to Whitehall to protest against the level of cuts to
#education
#Schoolcuts
#worthless
@WorthLessWS
#StillNotListening
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ASCL President Pepe Di'lasio brings
#ASCL2022
to a close. Many thanks to all involved this year, and for making Annual Conference such a memorable event - it's been so good to see you all again. Have a safe journey home - and hope to see you next year!
#AmbitiousLeadership
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