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420 miles in seven days
On Sunday 13 February, IT Services staff member Janine Eagling (pictured)
will be setting off on a sponsored bike ride in India.
She will be cycling 420 miles, in a group of six, from Kolkata to Kalimpong
in the state of West Bengal. The challenge is estimated to take seven days,
concluding with a climb of at least 3,000 feet in 10 miles, into the
foothills of the Himalayas. Five nights will also be spent under canvas.
Janine is raising money for Dr Graham’s Homes, a school in Kalimpong, attended by her grandmother in the 1930s.
It was set up in
1900 by Dr Graham, a Church of Scotland moderator, to provide a home and
education for Anglo Indian children. It now takes children from deprived
backgrounds, mainly from North East India and Nepal. It costs £1,200 annually to look
after a child at the school, which includes education, accommodation, and
nurture.
Janine is aiming to raise at least £2,000 for the cause. If you would like to sponsor
her, please
visit
www.justgiving.com/Janine-Eagling.
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• LSE
professor to chair Mutuals Taskforce
Francis Maude, minister for the Cabinet Office, announced yesterday
(Wednesday 2 February) that Professor Julian Le Grand (pictured), Richard
Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at LSE, will lead a new Mutuals Taskforce
to drive reform at the centre of government with the prime minister's
backing.
The announcement was made during a visit to Swindon with Charlie
Mayfield, chairman of John Lewis Partnership, to meet the nurses,
physiotherapists, doctors, and other professionals planning to form a Big
Society mutual to join up adult and social care services in Swindon.
Professor Julian Le Grand said: 'I am very pleased that the minister for
the Cabinet Office, with the full support of the prime minister and deputy
prime minister, has asked me to chair the new Mutuals Taskforce. I have long
advocated the development of employee-owned mutuals and professional
partnerships as a way of improving public services, and am delighted to be
part of the process of driving these exciting ideas further across Whitehall
and beyond.'
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• 0.4 per cent pay rise for staff
School Director
Howard Davies (pictured) emailed all staff on 1 February to
announce that LSE is now in a position to implement the 0.4 per cent pay
rise for 2010-11. The increase will be backdated to 1 August 2010 and
will appear in your February payment.
The settlement has been accepted by Unison, Unite and GMB but not by UCU
or EIS. However, the School and other higher education institutions do not
wish to delay payment to staff who have waited patiently for six months for
this rise.
The 0.4 per cent settlement is the maximum affordable by the sector and
the offer has been kept in place in spite of the worsening funding
environment.
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• Go
Green Week 2011
LSE Go Green Week is being held from 7-14 February, during which there will
be a number of green events which are open to both staff and students.
This is a great opportunity to see what sustainability projects are
happening at LSE and attend some exciting events, including a cycle powered
film screening, a ReLove fair, a roof garden workshop, and carbon speed
dating.
Every day has a different theme, with more information available on the
Go Green Week calendar
and on the
Sustainable LSE pages.
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• LSE Chill - first session great success
On Friday 28 January, LSE Arts held its first ever open mic night for
staff and students in the 4th Floor Café bar.
Our thanks goes to the three acts, who were the Funktionalists
(Anthropology), David Lewis (Social Policy) and Chris O'Brien (3rd year law
student) (pictured), who all gave amazing performances, and to everyone who turned up to
the event.
LSE Arts are still looking for acts to perform at further sessions. If you are
interested in performing, email
arts@lse.ac.uk with your name and details of your act.
LSE Chill sessions will be held on the last Friday of every month. Our
next sessions are on Friday 25 February and Friday 25 March, so make sure
you save the date. You can find details of the next session’s acts
here.
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• Are you a part-time carnivore?
The LSE Students’ Union has launched a campaign to turn meat loving
staff and students into part-time carnivores.
It is well known that reducing meat consumption is one of the most
effective personal changes we can make to reduce both our carbon footprints
and our demand on the Earth’s resources. However, most of us are meat lovers
and get into the habit of eating a lot of cheap meat, which is
neither good for ourselves nor the rest of the world.
So, the LSESU is challenging the meat loving majority to become part-time
carnivores. There are five options to choose from, depending on how far
you’re prepared to go: Meat-Free Mondays, Vegging-Out, Meat-On/Meat-Off,
Meating-Out or Meaty Sundays (and if you’re not a meat lover, look out for
option six).
Go to Part-Time Carnivore
to find out more and sign up to your favourite option. We will be keeping
track of how much CO2 and land we all save. The more of us that sign up, the
more difference we will make. For more information about sustainability at
LSE, please visit
www.lse.ac.uk/sustainablelse or
contact Helen Craig at
h.e.craig@lse.ac.uk.
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• Leading universities disclose sustainability performance
In 2010 LSE signed up to the
ISCN-GULF Sustainable Campus Charter which commits members to take a
sustainable approach to every part of their operation, including buildings,
research and teaching.
At the 2011 World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, some universities in
the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) plus other charter members,
shared draft reports disclosing their sustainability performance.
All charter members are expected to publicly disclose sustainability
performance over the coming months. LSE has done so on an annual basis since
2005 when it established its Environmental Management System and will
publish the charter report in February.
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• Academic abroad
Professor Iain Begg (pictured), LSE, joined
the prime ministers of Hungary, Poland, and Lithuania, the president of
the European Commission, and ministers from across Europe, at a conference
to discuss investing in Europe's future.
The Fifth Cohesion
Forum 'Investing in Europe's Future: the contribution of cohesion policy to
Europe 2020' took place in Brussels on Monday 31 January.
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 Notices
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• Photo competition to show your love for the climate
With Go Green Week being all about loving your planet,
Degrees Cooler,
Do The Green Thing and
People & Planet have all teamed up
for Go Green Week’s first ever
national photo
competition, which is open to all staff and students at LSE.
Helen Craig, LSE’s greener living assistant, said: ‘To take part, all you
have to do is take a fun photo of yourself or your friends hugging or loving
something in keeping with the 4 Degrees Cooler behaviours - reducing waste,
saving energy, sustainable transport and sustainable local food. It could be
a photo of you kissing some locally grown produce, or of your friend looking
great in their favourite “new”
Re-Love top or of your flat mate hugging their bike.’
Submit your photos
here by
Monday 14 February and be in with the chance to win prizes. You can submit
as many entries as you’d like, so get snapping. Photos that have already
been submitted can be viewed
here.
There will also be an opportunity to take part during the LSE Go Green
Week - come to the stall on Houghton Street on Tuesday 8 February to get
your picture taken.
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• LSE
Teaching Day 2011 - last chance to submit proposals
The deadline for staff to submit proposals for LSE Teaching Day 2011 is
now here.
The third LSE Teaching Day will take place on Tuesday 24 May. Staff are
invited to submit proposals for presentations, workshops, demonstrations,
and panel discussions. Themes for the day include:
- Feedback and assessment
- Innovation in teaching
- Research led teaching
- Student skills development in HE
The deadline for submissions is Friday 4 February. All submissions
will be reviewed by the Programme Committee, chaired by Professor Janet
Hartley, pro-director for teaching and learning. Proposals should be
submitted using the online submission form at
www.lse.ac.uk/teachingday.
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• LSE
travel
With effect from Tuesday 1 February, the School now has two official
suppliers for travel. These are Key Travel Ltd and the Co-Op Travel
Management. Details may be found on the
Finance Division’s intranet site.
Both companies offer a full range of travel services. Bookings made through
either company will be invoiced directly to the School. This avoids the need
to reclaim costs through an expense claim.
The Co-Op Travel Management is additionally able to offer video
conferencing facilities at over 3,000 locations worldwide. Meetings can be
carried out effectively using the School’s video conferencing facility with
the benefits of a reduced need for travel, achieving savings in time,
expenditure, and carbon emissions.
Key Travel offers special academic fares for certain flights for Higher
Education establishments. These are fully flexible and refundable and do
apply to economy class.
Please contact Alan Langley on extension 5346 if you have any queries.
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• Centre
for Learning Technology open house
Interested in using voting systems in your teaching? Want to learn more
about lecture capture? Are Twitter or Blogs useful for your teaching and
research? How can you make your own videos for use in teaching? Does your
Moodle course need a makeover? Do you have an idea for an innovative
teaching approach that you would like advice, support or funding for?
For answers to these and any other questions you may have, come along to
the Centre for Learning Technology open house on
Tuesday 8 February. You can drop in at anytime from
12.15-1.45pm, in room STC169, St Clements Building.
Drinks and sandwiches will be available as well as friendly advice and
support from the CLT team. Book your place via the
training and development
system.
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• Disabled
staff network
Wednesday 9 February, 5.45-7pm, room
H705, Connaught House
This is the first meeting to discuss the role and direction of the
disabled staff network within LSE.
The network is open to disabled staff members, parents, carers or
partners of disabled people, and allies who have an interest in progressing
disability equality at LSE.
Refreshments will be provided.
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• TLC Event - Major review and promotions briefing
Monday 28 February, 4-5pm
Presenter: Professor David Stevenson, vice chair appointments
committee
This workshop aims to outline the procedures to be followed by academic
staff scheduled for interim or major review, or wishing to be considered for
promotion to senior lecturer, reader and professor.
To book your place, visit the
training and development system.
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• AUA branch coordinators needed
Helen Broad, current AUA (Association of University Administrators)
branch coordinator at LSE, is looking for one or more coordinators to work
with her on AUA events at LSE and the 2011 AUA Golden Jubilee.
The position would be voluntary. If you are interested in applying or
would like to get more involved with AUA activities at LSE, please email
Helen at aua@lse.ac.uk.
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• LSE Perspectives
The LSE Perspectives February 2011 gallery is now online. You can view
this month's selection of photos
here.
LSE Perspectives is an online gallery featuring photos taken by LSE
students and staff, each image reflecting a unique perspective on a
particular scene.
If you have taken any artistic images on your travels, from your home
town, or even here in London, why not submit them for LSE Perspectives
so that they can be shared with the rest of the School?
Every month, the Arts team selects 12 images and publishes them online.
For more information and to submit your images, visit
LSE Perspectives submissions. Previous galleries can be found
here.
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• Half price tickets to
Comedy Central Live
Comedy Central Live is offering all LSE staff half price tickets to
its show this Friday (4 February) at
The
Highlight Comedy Club, Camden.
The show features four world class comedians and an after-show party
until 2am. There are fifty tickets available, with first ten people to book
receiving theirs free.
For more information and to book, please call Lauren or Ed on 0207 428
5929 or email
highlight.camden@intertainuk.com, quoting UNI241CAM. Offer is subject to
availability.
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 Research
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• Child
protection must focus on the child, not on rules and targets
LSE professor Eileen Munro (pictured) has signalled a new approach on child
protection with an interim report for the government which focuses on
helping children, rather than on the regulations, inspections and procedures
that have thrown the system out of balance.
The report for the Department for Education examines the areas of the
child protection system where reform needs to take place. Currently the
amount of prescription and bureaucracy in the system has meant that social
workers are not able to do the jobs they came into the profession to do.
The report highlights the importance of having multi-agency services
based in the community to help keep children safe and support their
wellbeing, identify the children and families most in need and give them
help as early as possible.
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• Measures to promote the socioeconomic situation of Roma EU Citizens
Dr William Bartlett and Dr Claire Gordon (pictured) of the European Institute, LSE,
have published a new research report for the European Parliament.
The report, which is co-authored with
Dr Roberta Benini of the Nomisma Institute of Economic Research,
Bologna, presents a critical assessment of the national action plans,
measures and instruments designed to promote the situation of Roma EU
citizens in the EU, focusing on six new and six old member states.
It identifies the legal instruments and policies which can be used and put
in place at the EU level, outlines the elements of a European Strategy for
Roma Inclusion, and presents practical policy recommendations for the
facilitation of Roma integration in the EU.
To download a copy of the report, click
here.
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• Research opportunities
Candidates interested in applying for any research opportunities should
contact Michael Oliver in the
Research Division at
m.oliver@lse.ac.uk or call ext 7962.
The Research Division maintains a regularly updated list of
research funding opportunities for academic colleagues on their website.
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• Research e-Briefing
Click
here to read the January edition of the Research Division
newsletter.
To sign up for
research news, recent research funding opportunities, research awards that
are about to start, and examples of research outcomes, click
here. The next issue is out
at the end of February 2011.
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• Latest opportunities from LSE Enterprise
LSE Enterprise offers you the opportunity to undertake private teaching
and consultancy work under the LSE brand. We help with bidding, contracts
and other project administration, enabling you to focus on the work itself.
To see the latest opportunities click
here or visit
http://twitter.com/lseenterprise.
If you would like us to look out for consulting opportunities in your
field, email your CV and summary of interests to
lseenterprise.consulting@lse.ac.uk
Email exec.ed@lse.ac.uk to be
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 Events
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• LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2011: crossing borders
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 February 2011
Tickets for the Literary Festival 2011 are now available online,
including the opening night event - a celebration of the Nobel prize
winning author Rabindranath Tagore's 150th anniversary, with readings,
live music, dance, and film clips, plus a series of creative writing
workshops.
All events are free to attend and open to all. For ticket information,
visit
Literary Festival 2011.
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• Upcoming events include....
Growing the Aid Budget at a Time of Deficit Reduction: moral imperative
and political challenge
On: Thursday 3 February at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,
Clement House
Speaker: Harriet Harman MP (pictured)
The Haves and Have Nots
On: Tuesday 8 February at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Branko Milanovic
Uprising: will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy
On: Wednesday 9 February at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: George Magnus
READ LSE Book Swap Event
On: Thursday 10 February at 6pm in the Fourth Floor Café, Old
Building
Speakers: Matt Beaumont, Scott Pack, Marie Phillips,
and Sarah Salway
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• Spanish in motion
Tuesday 8 February, 6.30-8.30pm, D502,
Clement House
The Language Centre invites you to the first Spanish in Motion session of
2011. On Tuesday 8 February, the centre will be screening
Walkers (Caminantes, 60”, 2002, in Spanish), by Spanish award-winning
screenwriter and film director, Fernando León de Aranoa.
It’s the winter of 2001 and the life of a small indigenous village in the
heart of the Purepeche plateau is disturbed when news arrives that the march
called by the Zapatista Liberation Army is going to cross its dirt paved
streets on the way to Mexico City.
After the screening, there will be a Q&A session with Luz Muñoz, curator
and researcher on the Zapatista movement.
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• Kapuscinski lecture - How to Respond to Global Threats in the
Decade Ahead
Wednesday 16 February, 5.30-7.30pm, The Box, Floor Five, Tower Three
Speaker: Jan Pronk, professor emeritus at the International Institute
of Social Studies of the Erasmus University, The Hague
Professor Pronk will speak about challenges such as climate change and
economic dualism, and those who are most affected by them.
This lecture honours the name of Kapuscinski, a Polish journalist and writer
known as the 'voice of the poor', who died in 2007. The project is a joint
initiative of the European Commission and the United Nations Development
Programme.
Places are limited, please email Niccolo Durazzi at
n.durazzi@lse.ac.uk to book.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
China’s Stimulus: path to sustainable growth or bubble machine?
Speaker: Professor Nicholas Lardy
Recorded: Monday 24 January, approx 83 minutes
Click here to listen
America’s Wars in the Muslim World
Speakers: Dr Alia Brahimi, Professor Fawaz Gerges, Nir
Rosen
Recorded: Wednesday 26 January, approx 81 minutes
Click here to listen
Big Society and Social Policy in Britain: a panel discussion
Speakers: Frances Crook, Professor David Lewis, Rory
Stewart MP, Karl Wilding
Recorded: Thursday 27 January, approx 92 minutes
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Second Interview
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• with.....
Deborah James and Thomas Grisaffi
Deborah James and Thomas Grisaffi are half of the band, The Funktionalists, and are based in the
Anthropology Department at LSE.
Deborah: I'm a professor
of anthropology at LSE. I arrived at
LSE 12 years back, from South
Africa. The most important fact
about me for the purposes of this
interview is that I play electric
bass in the band, having previously played
bass in - among other things - a
steel band.
Tom: I'm an LSE fellow in
the Anthropology Department. I moved
to London two years ago - before
that I lived in Manchester for ten
years, where I did my PhD. I play
drums in the band, having previously
drummed in a number of other groups.
As half of the Funktionalists,
you performed on Friday 28 January
at the first session of LSE Chill.
Tell us a little about your music,
who has influenced you and how your
band started.
The lead singer, guitarist, and
chief musical inspiration is George
StClair, a PhD student in the
Anthropology Department. He has
played in bands in Mexico and Peru.
As a result of this, and of other
musical influences, we play a lot of
Latin music - including Cumbia (from
Colombia) and Son (from Cuba). The
sax player, Max Bolt, formerly a PhD
student in our department, now works
at the British Museum. He is an
excellent jazz player so we have a
few standards in our repertoire.
We were inspired to form a band
when a third year student asked us
to provide some entertainment for
the end of term party last year. We
did it as a joke at first, thinking
students needed to be able to laugh
at their lecturers (it's called
'ritual humiliation' in
anthropology). But it turned out to
be a lot of fun so we carried on
playing.
Our influences are - among other
things - Buena Vista Social Club,
The Band, The Grateful Dead, Herbie
Hancock.
What is the first record you
ever bought/track you ever
downloaded?
Deborah: Joni Mitchell
'Ladies of the Canyon', at the age
of 16. My parents were hip and
bought Beatles records - which was
good, but it made me lazy about
pursuing my own independent music
collection.
Tom: Michael Jackson's
album 'Bad' when I was nine years
old.
Where in the world have you
always wanted to go but never quite
made it.... yet?
Deborah: One or more of
the Spanish speaking countries in
Latin America. Especially Cuba. I
have fascinating conversations about
the place with Orlando, who works in
the Catering Department. I don't
know what he thinks of our
interpretation of the music of his
homeland.
Tom: I have always wanted
to visit Sicily - I like pizza. I
might go this summer.
What roles did you have in
your school plays?
Deborah: One of the three
fiddlers in a rendition of 'Old King
Cole.'
Tom: I was a wise man in
the school nativity play.
With which famous person would
you like to have dinner and why?
Deborah: Philip Roth. His
novels are perfection itself, I hope
he'd make a good dinner companion.
Tom: Julian Assange. He
seems to be a pretty interesting
character.
What type of clothing do you
most like wearing?
Deborah: Levis.
Tom: Warm clothing, it has
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• Training
for staff at LSE
Staff courses scheduled for next week include:
- Dealing with difficult situations
- Going Beyond Google: advanced use of the Internet
- Moodle basics training
- Facebook: myths and facts
- One-to-one IT training
- IT training office hours
- CLT open house
For a full schedule and further details, including booking information,
please see www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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• HR
organisational lifelong learning courses
Flying start induction
Tuesday 22 February, 9.30am-4.30pm
Do you have a new member of staff? Get their LSE career off to a flying
start with our central induction briefing. These one day sessions provide
new staff with the opportunity to find out more about the School and
training and development opportunities available. Staff will also receive a
tour of the School campus as well as the opportunity to network with other
new starters.
Equality and diversity training for non-managers
Wednesday 23 February, 2-5.30pm
This workshop provides an overview of the key issues so you can recognise
discriminatory practices within the workplace and are better equipped to
promote good practice within the School. You will be able to identify your
own values and prejudices more clearly and work in diverse teams with
greater awareness of the behavioural issues that may arise.
Time Management: make the most of your day
Friday 25 February, 9.30am-4.30pm
A workshop to transform your time and self-management skills. The course
introduces you to a holistic approach to time/self management and will give
you the understanding and tools to make the most effective and efficient use
of your time and energy.
Using creativity when solving problems
Thursday 3 March, 9.30am-5pm
This workshop is for anyone who wishes to balance logical and creative
thinking by helping to identify the barriers to creativity. You will learn
to identify where a problem is and generate ideas to solve it.
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 Media
bites
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• ITN (3 February 2011)
Young
women to head entrepreneurs 'explosion'
The UK is set to see an 'explosion' of female entrepreneurs, led by a
new generation of spirited young women, a new report has predicted.
Dr Alexandra Beauregard, of LSE, commented: 'In the harsh light of
today's economic realities, Avon's research reveals young women are well
aware of the challenges that face them, and are prepared to meet those
challenges head-on.'
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• Guardian
- Comment is Free (2 February 2011)
Crime maps, policing and fear
Daniel Bear, a PhD candidate at LSE studying street level policing in
London, discusses the pros and cons of the Home Office's new crime
mapping website - 'Sometimes a crime map is just a crime map.'
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• BBC (1 February 2011)
Egypt
unrest: Day seven as it happened
Professor Fawaz Gerges from LSE tells the BBC that the crisis is having
a major impact on regional and world economy - and the domestic economy,
of which tourism is a major component. He says markets prefer dictators
and stability - but that if stability returns things will probably
recover very quickly. A prolonged crisis could have a devastating impact
on both the middle class and the poor - but on the plus side, the crisis
could end up reinvigorating Egypt's economy and society.
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