Thank you to all those who entered the Blogging Competition. We enjoyed reading your writing! Below are links to all of the articles we published: please read them and share your thoughts and comments with the authors and with us.
Congratulations to the winners of the Blogging Prizes! These were announced on 10 December 2018 by our stellar Jury.
Entries in alphabetical order:
Young Writers Category (10–14)
- Abou Saleh, Melanie (Kuwait): The Unknown
- Adler, Nicole (USA): Home
- Agarwal, Manya (India): Condition of poor animals
- Aloke, Ananya (India): Born-Free
- Aloke, Aniruddha (India): Destiny
- Amson, Maria (UK): The survivors of the deep
- Angelie, Brigitta (Indonesia): Humans Vs The Earth
- Barrowcliff, Catrin (UK): Monster
- Baruah, Shaurya (USA): The mysterious boat
- Bexfield, Hilary (UK): Alone
- Carter, Holly (UK): Jonah
- Celestyn, Aurelia (Indonesia): Heartworm
- Celestyn, Aurelia (Indonesia): Indistinguishable --- Winner!
- Chan, Hoi Man (China): Is Education A Right or Privilege
- Cocevar, Alessandra (UK): Solitude
- Cunningham, Sophia (USA): A Walk in the Woods
- Dimov, Marie (UK): Cliffside Tale --- Shortlisted!
- Doran, Ava (USA): Stone In My Pocket --- Shortlisted!
- Downes, Kitty (Ireland): My Everyday Hero
- Ghidoli, Emanuele (Ireland): The Golden Tusks--- Shortlisted!
- Goh, Tiffanie (Singapore): Free
- Gunawan, Beata (Indonesia): Every Ship Needs a Sailor
- Graciela, Vania (Indonesia): A Piece of Freedom
- Hewitt, Grace (UK): Broken Boats
- Hughes, Caoimhe and Neary, Rebecca (Ireland): Elephants
- Laithwaite, Olivia (UK): Quicksand
- Leung, Michelle (USA): Solitary
- Lim, Jimmy (Singapore): A Day at the Beach (Part 1)
- Lim, Jimmy (Singapore): A Day at the Beach (Part 2)
- Mckenzie, Katherine (UK): The Deepest Thought
- Menon, Sanjay (Ireland): Inspiration
- Morris, Haley (USA): Shipwreck
- Moss, Chloë (UK): Lost at Sea
- Neary, Rebecca and Hughes, Caoimhe (Ireland): Elephants
- O’Brien, Aoibh (Ireland): Elephants
- Pair-Briggs, Shanyiah (USA): Cliff Girl
- Page, Jaden (USA): Shipwreck
- Peters, Amelie (UK): The Elephant Mother
- Peters, Amelie (UK): Truly Alone
- Quinn, Rosie (Australia): The Sunshine
- Raman, Neil (India): The Lost Boat
- Sanganee, Elina (UK): The Bridge Into The Mist…
- Schreuder, Claudia (UK): Lady on edge --- Shortlisted!
- Smith, Christian (USA): The Great Unknown
- Sison, Gabriel (USA): Devastation
- Srinivasa, Divya (USA): The Forest Light
- Tanjittasuan, Teeraset (Thailand): Gebo
- Theophilia, Amabel (Indonesia): A Glimmer of Hope
- Theophilia, Amabel (Indonesia): Alone
- Nieuwenhoff, Molly (Canada): The Edge
- Verzhbitskaya, Elizaveta (UK): Can you go on?
- Vetri Venthan, Ezhill Makizhavarthni (India): I'm Scared, Ma --- Second Place!
- Yeo, Ethan (Singapore): Elpis
- Young, Marisa (USA): The Cost of Cruelty
- Yung, Javier (Singapore): Endangered
- Wykowski, Maksym (Poland): Where Two are Fighting, The Third Wins
Youth Category (15-18)
- Abraham, Anandita (Malaysia): The Right To Life
- Ahmad, Faris (Norway): Epiphany
- Alagaratnam, Koushiki (UK): Loneliness in the youth of today in relation to social networking
- Angelie, Brigitta Pricillia and Graciela, Vania Audrey (Indonesia): Altered Images
- Atup, Alex Paul (Philippines): Education - It's a Right, Right?
- Ayu, Ida (Indonesia): Getting clothes is the same as getting an education
- Bagenal, Eira (UK): Drizzle Your Brain in Chocolate and Eat it: Lessons in Self-Love
- Bialek, Wiktoria (UK): Happy-Sad Alone
- Carver, Kelly (USA): Education: Right or Privilege?
- Chan, Hoi Man (China): Is Education A Right or Privilege
- Cheung, Torsten (China): Shaping of Technology with Bad or Good Human Influence
- Chiciu, Iarina (Romania): "If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company" --- Shortlisted!
- Culverhouse, Darcy (UK): Our technology, smartphones: Out of our ‘reach’ and damaging our society?
- D'Amico, Jenaya (Australia): Navigating a lonely road
- Damulo, Elizabeth (Hong Kong): Is education a right or a privilege?
- Emeka, Mmesoma (Nigeria): Is education a right or a privilege?
- Espinoza, Daniel (Paraguay): Critical thinking: The essential app
- Gaton, Jazlyn (USA): Astronomically Alone
- Graciela, Vania Audrey and Angelie, Brigitta Pricillia (Indonesia): Altered Images
- Howland, Lauren (UK): Is Education A Right Or Privilege?
- Irfan, Kashaf (Hong Kong): Education is a right, not a privilege
- Johnson, Anisha (USA): Past and Future
- Kahn, Sahib (Pakistan): Education at a Price in Pakistan
- Kurji, Sureya (UK): Technology: Salvation or destruction? --- Shortlisted!
- Lee, Nathan (Canada): Incremental Advantages
- Lei Casanding, Jeremie (Dubai): Solitary, Satisfied
- Lei Casanding, Jeremie (Dubai): A Right for the Rich, a Privilege for the Poor
- Linfoot, Jaya (Canada): Inside Voices
- Lung, Wing Yan (UK): Education – our most powerful weapon
- Magramo, Pia Samantha (China): Learning Isn’t Only a Right, But a Necessity
- Mansukhani, Riddhi (India): Education- a right not privilege
- Martins, Elijah (Australia): Technology is important through what we do
- Mulyangote, Lizza (Swaziland): Is Education a Right or a Privilege?
- North, Caitlin (UK): The Hurting, The Healing, The Loving --- Second Place!
- Onile-ere, Olamide (Nigeria): It's more than what you think
- Or, Wai Nam (China): The Right to Education
- Osoteo, Claire (Philippines): Child, This Is The Real World
- Palermo, Adelemarie (USA): Fulfilment from Within
- Partridge-McDougall, Jazmynn (Australia): For All The Lonely Ones
- Paxon, Michelle (USA): Born to be independent and free
- Pishchyk, Hanna (Belarus): The importance of using resources meaningfully
- Ro, Mika (Canada): The Equilibrium State of Solitude
- Rizwan, Shamaim (Qatar): Education: a Right or Privilege?
- Şahin, Zeynep Kevser (Turkey): The privilege of education
- Slattery, Kris (USA): The art of being lonely --- Shortlisted!
- Smolińska, Ewa (Poland): Education throughout history: The Excalibur or the Round Table?
- Somrod, Salman (Pakistan): Is technology good or bad?
- Subramanian, Trishika (India): Is Education a Right or a Privilege?
- Sztybel, Melanie (USA): Love yourself
- Tilve, Tarini (Singapore): The Torn Lotus --- Winner!
- Turner, Shona (UK): If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company
- Tutuncu, Isik (Turkey): The Burden of Reality
- Udoh, Mary (Nigeria): Technology and Education: What Have We Done With It?
- Verzhbitskaya, Elizaveta (UK): If you are lonely
- Walia, Jeenat (China): Technology and Us
- Yang, Mandy (USA): The Bitter Hypocrisy of Education
- Yinka-Banjo, Victory (Nigeria): Independence: It's a Personal Process --- Shortlisted!
- Yip, Penny (China): Is education a right or a privilege?
- Yung, Javier (Singapore): Priorities
Adult Category (19+)
- Abdul, Abdullateef (Nigeria): School develops and nurtures character
- Adbullateef, Basit (Nigeria): Words and wordsmiths
- Abraham Kuot, Mamer (Uganda): When The Tambourine Of Injustice Sounds, The Lyre Of Justice Wails
- Adelowo, Adedamola (Nigeria): Education: He who opens a school door closes a prison door - Victor Hugo
- Adewunmi, John (Nigeria): The Battle walks
- Ahmed, Rafi (India): School- The refuge from the annihilation of prison walls
- Ahrendt, Stine (Germany): The Unravelling Thread
- Akujobi, Princess (Nigeria): What has the opening of a school door got to do with the closing of a prison?
- Alibekit, Rahwa (Eritrea): A Haunting, Elusive Justice
- Amaha, Nebyu Daniel (Eritrea): Listening To Listening and Other Voices
- Aniebosi, Chukwubuikem (Nigeria): The Prison of Values and Character
- Are, Dominica (Papua New Guinea): With hope in their hearts
- Asmelash, Soliana (Eritrea): Does education prevent, or facilitate imprisonment?
- Auslender, Eli (UK): Fortunate Son
- Ayegba, Emmanuel (Nigeria): He Who Opens A School Door, Closes A Prison
- Ayegba, Emmanuel (Nigeria): Please, pay attention!
- Azra bin Azlira, Armand (UK): Practicality in Justice
- Baig, Masooma (USA): The ache --- Shortlisted!
- Balang, Enajuma (Nigeria): Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
- Banerjee, Somen (India): The Role of Education: To Remove Self-Ignorance
- Banjwa, Adventino (Uganda): Crime and the Logic of Social Organisation
- Barrows, Jaclyn R. (USA): How to fix society: Learning to listen and understand each other
- Baruah, Shantanu (USA): Impart education – Uplift societies, rejuvenate nations
- Bashum, Megan (USA): No One Wins in the Win-Lose Approach to Conversations
- Battaglia, Mike (New Zealand): Why Trees Roar
- Beard, Flisan (UK): Something Understood
- Bernhard, Lisa (USA): The World We Know
- Bertrand, Katie (USA): You're Never the Dumbest Person In The Room
- Bhattachar, Satadru (India): Speak Before Others Make You Dumb
- Bolaji, Othniell (Nigeria): For all the wrong reasons
- Bonu, Oana (Romania): Imagine where you would be if you couldn't read this
- Boudersa, Hemza (Algeria): A key towards opening a school to close a prison: education as a life skill
- Branco, Principe (Nigeria): I listen, therefore I am
- Brhane, Natnael (Eritrea): Alone
- Briggs, Sharonda (USA): With the right plan in place, we can’t go wrong
- Brown, Victoria (USA): The Power of Institutional Racism
- Burgess, James (UK): Home or the Sea
- Buthelezi, Mthobisi (South Africa): Two Birds, One Stone
- Burnham, Paul (USA): Listening Loudly
- Campbell, Christina (USA): The Wrong End Of The Ring: The Insidious Issue of Marital Status Discrimination
- Carson, Dominique (USA): Say Yes to Education, Say No to Incarceration
- Cavuquila, Magda (Angola): The art of understanding
- Chakraborty, Ratnarghya (India): An Egalitarian Society and Our Stand
- Cheeseman, Gina-Marie (USA): The Incredible Injustice of Turkey’s Continued Denial of the Armenian Genocide
- Chintaluri, Narsimha (USA): The Priceless Property of Engagement
- Chitta, Kalyanlakshmi (India): All For the Sake of Responding
- Ciufo-Farman, Alessia (UK): Making a Conversation Meaningless
- Cole, Evanek (USA): Dispelling the Self-absorption Myth: Purpose in Listening
- Cornel, Malika (Tanzania): Schools of Contemporary Interest
- Cornel, Malika (Tanzania): Imaginary Speaking Point Earner
- Cornel, Malika (Tanzania): Only a Single Night Shelter At your House
- Dadzie, Ebenezer (Ghana): Listening to Reply Syndrome
- Danton, Tracy (South Africa): Putting your child in a boat --- Shortlisted!
- Darwin-Welsby, Olivia (Germany): “Home is where the heart is”: The Worst of Heartbreaks
- David, Jacob (India): Schools Vs Prison = An Inversely Proportional Relationship?
- Dingashe, Remigio Angelo (South Africa): Is justice a fallacy?
- Dingashe, Remigio Angelo (South Africa): Sorry I was not listening but I heard
- DiPietro, Kathryn (USA): The Key-Board to Freedom
- Donetta, Julie (Australia): He who opens a school door, closes a prison
- Dunlop, Andrew (Canada): To Eternally Strive: The Search For Justice
- Dwivedi, Bhasha (India): The Change Begins With You
- Edwards, Heather: Listening with Compassion When You're Feeling Overwhelmed With Defensiveness
- Egbo, Emmanuel (Nigeria): Education: To Know Good Is To Do Good
- Egedegbe, Gracious (Nigeria): Silent Noise
- Egerton, Karl (UK): Being taught to be lesser: education, inequality, and society
- Eisert, Veronica (Canada): The Unification of Ideas
- Elkadi, Mostafa (Egypt): Listening and hearing
- Fasanya, Oluwadamilola (Nigeria): All Men Are Created Equal
- Ferreday, Tara (UK): Love for your own voice
- Fisher, Leslie (Canada): He Who Opens A School Door, Closes A Prison
- Fleury, Saphia (UK): The Ego Talks
- Fouillard, Ashley (Canada): Heart is the art of listening
- Frazer, Simone (USA): The unseen sacrifice of a childless mother
- Fried, David (Thailand): Present day slavery in the United States of America
- Gandura, Rumbidzai (Zimbabwe): Understanding Crime – He who opens a school door, closes a prison door
- Gault, Kristy (USA): The Importance of Listening
- Gebru, Elias (Ethiopia): Breakdown the wall, Build a bridge
- Geker, Willie (Ghana): Covey's Void
- Gemar, Barbara (USA): Education - The Open Door
- Ghahremanzadeh, Reza (Northern Ireland): Oblivion Is The Safest Place Of All
- Ghahremanzadeh, Reza (Northern Ireland): There has to be a better way
- Ghebremicael, Yekalo (Eritrea): The De Facto Injustice
- Gille-Theys, Clarice (Namibia): You have to understand
- Gillon, Pascal (UK): Integrity: a pillar of fortuity to build
- Goldman Sherman, Emma (USA): The Art Of Listening
- Golic, Jelena (Canada): Somebody else's children wash shore
- Grant, Rick (USA): Why We Don’t Listen in Free Societies
- Griffith, Carlene (USA): The Art of Listening
- Grochot dos Santos, Lucas (Brazil): Why are we afraid of those who just want to live?
- Habamenshi Cyusa, Christian (Rwanda): The massive exodus of Africans; A shame to our continent
- Hall, Faith (Bahamas): “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
- Harris, Sharon (UK): Listen/Hear
- Hawkins, Debby (UK): It’s A Two Way Thing
- Ho, Wing Ki (China): Martin Luther King’s Two Messages
- Holth, Jesse (Canada): I Am You
- Ibrahim, Abdulateef (Nigeria): Education: The Key Behind Morality
- Idialu, Doreen (Nigeria): The interview
- Idialu, Sol Cross de (Nigeria): Everyone deserves a shot at becoming a success
- Ilevbare, Emmanuel (Nigeria): The Erudite Community
- Irungu, Caroline (Kenya): The paradox of our time
- Iqbal, Shagufta (Pakistan): Present Day Requirements of School
- Isaacson, Elaine (USA): Speaking without listening
- Johnson, Aurette (South Africa): The fear of desperation
- Johnson, Tylyn K. (USA): How people listen to perspectives
- Johnson, Tylyn K. (USA): Our actions behind the technology
- Johnson, Tylyn K. (USA): Where justice is concerned
- Jose, Leena (India): Will Imparting Education Reduce Crime?
- Kandagonah, Simbarashe (Mozambique): Education: The Key Behind Morality
- Kapadia, Yaseera (Canada): Most people don't listen with an intent to understand, they listen with an intent to reply." Stephen Covey. Do you agree?
- Kausar, Javeria (India): To Truly Close Prisons Forever
- Keating, Danielle (USA): Why do we listen?
- Khandalikar, Ashish (India): “Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
- Kheraj, Al-Amin (Tanzania): We make the sacred profane
- Kibet, Peter (Kenya): Education: The Antidote to Contemporary Criminality
- Koffi-Koumi, Michel-Ange (USA): Hearing is not Listening
- Korgba, Ahemen (Nigeria): Education: the possible antidote for the scourge of crime
- Kpolugbo, Eseoghene (Nigeria): Listen, Understand, Reply
- Kwan, Jacklin (UK): You must understand more than just danger --- Shortlisted!
- Lambrigger, Brian (USA): Learning to Speak in the Digital Age
- Lau, Kenix (UK): The intent of listening is to understand, in its purest form
- Lau, Kenix (UK): The why behind schools
- Lemky, Shelley (USA): Listen with Your Mind, Darling
- Leo, Michelle (Indonesia): An Open Letter to You, Timeless
- Lim, James (Singapore): Justice in Modern Society
- Lim, James (Singapore): Refugees and Us
- Lim, James (Singapore): Understanding and Replying --- Shortlisted!
- Linton, Rochelle (Jamaica): Liberty or Bondage?
- Londono, Daniel (Columbia): Destiny's Door
- Maclean, Mirjam (New Zealand): When the Land is Safer Than the Water
- Mahapatra, Ananya (India): Listening in the 21st Century: With ears wide open, but the mind quite shut
- Mahapatra, Ananya (India): Trappings of survival
- Mandal, Ruchira (India): Towards a Better World, a Better Self
- Mangin, Holly (France): The Search for Validation
- Maarefi, Sara (Iran): Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
- Martin, Erica (USA): How to decrease misunderstandings and increase cooperation by listening to understand
- McAllister, Mary (USA): How Are You Listening?
- McConnell, Shanley (UK): Warshan Shire’s “Home” and the beautiful desperate: A welcome to refugees
- Merens, Michele (USA): Locked In Prisons Of Our Own Design?
- Mitevska, Viktorija (Macedonia): Education As A Way To Go Out Of The Darkness Into The Light
- Mirpuri, Mukesh (India): Does being educated make a person less prone to criminal activities?
- Mlay, Joel (USA): Listening with Empathy is the Key to Understanding
- Mlay, Joel (USA): Injustice and persecution have no respect for borders
- Moodley, Dhevalence (South Africa): The Rich Man and the Other Guy
- Moorjani, Priyanka (UK): Listening vs Responding, the intricacies of conversations
- Moses, Victor (Nigeria): Rush --- Shortlisted!
- Mulji, Afraaz (Tanzania): The Art of Listening
- Mukumbi, Geraldine (Zimbabwe): On Boats
- Munipalli, Haripriya (India): Conversing minds
- Muse, Daniel (Kenya): Conquering the prison of life --- Second Place!
- Muthee, Benard (Kenya): Open schools to reduce prisons
- Mwanzia, Kennedy (Kenya): Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
- Namani, Eva (Nigeria): Education is the focus road to a fulfilled life
- Naukkarinen, Paula (Cyprus): Does Education Lead to a Crime Free Society?
- Nazneen, Sumera (Pakistan): Defies for a Dependable Listener
- Nkouamen, Dimitri (Côte d'Ivoire): Is Education A Right Or A Privilege?
- Nunes, Christina (USA): Hope is Where the Heart is
- Nwokorie, Timothy (Nigeria): Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere
- Nyirongo, Fiske (Zambia): No one
- Obi, Amarachi (Nigeria): Justifying Guilt
- Obi, Christian (Nigeria): When Justice is Hung by a Thread
- Ochiagha, Mercy (Nigeria): Sacrifice
- Ogamodey, Emmanuel (Nigeria): My Mother’s Story
- Okutse, Amos (Kenya): Education: The way out of your mind's imprisonment
- Okutse, Amos (Kenya): The Human Network of Mutuality
- Olang'o, Doris (Kenya): The safer waters
- Oluwagbenga, Ayomide (Nigeria): Proper listening: a fosterable lifeline
- Omoh, Nicholas (Nigeria): Learning: A key that opens the door of Information and shuts the prison of Ignorance
- Onwumere, Odimegwu (Nigeria): The blind and the elephant
- Oriji, Chizoba (Nigeria): A Listening Ear
- Orton, Marisa (France): Shatter the Glass
- Owusua, Nsiah Sandra (Ghana): He who opens a school door closes a prison
- Oyedokun, Solomon (Nigeria): He Who Opens a School Door, Closes a Prison --- Shortlisted!
- Ozokwere, John (Nigeria): Education, the Best Security for Our Dignity! --- Shortlisted!
- Pagaduan, Francis Felipe (the Philippines): Listen to connect
- Patterson, Martha (USA): Learning French
- Pinkney, Tiffany (USA): Liberty in America
- Poller, Martha (Namibia): Unbroken Chains
- Powers, Gavriela (USA): Hearing vs listening and how replying is 2018’s deepest obsession --- Shortlisted!
- Ralston, Jodi (USA): Children of Our Soul
- Ratiu, Paula (Romania): Oh, I feel so free...
- Ratiu, Paula (Romania): There is chance after mistake
- Reed, Skye (USA): Educate The World
- Rezaianzadeh, Shayan: Busier than BBC!
- Rodriguez, Veronica (Philippines): Injustice: The Cyclical Plague of Modern Times
- Roth, Shayanne (UK): How Martin Luther King shaped our society
- Moses, Victor (Nigeria): Rush
- Saeed, Hanifa (Pakistan): Path of Success
- Saifullah, Lathifa (Indonesia): Mindset Correction
- Salami, Oluwatobi (Nigeria): Everyone Is A Prisoner! --- Winner!
- Saw, Quan Nen (Malaysia): Would you listen?
- Schulz, Vanessa (USA): Immigration: Searching for Relief
- Shaw Homer, Sandra (Costa Rica): Listening from the heart
- Shedul, Judith (Nigeria): “He who opens a school door, closes a prison”. – Victor Hugo
- Sheppard, Annie (USA): The Texas Rangers Bank Fraud Scam and the Dark Side of Listening
- Shihabi, Rana (Jordan): Parents or Gods?
- Shuaib, Tasleem (Nigeria): Global Migrant Crisis: A Rallying Call for a More Compassionate World
- Siliya, Hannah (Zambia): Untold stories of the uneducated
- Sinnott, Andrea (USA): If Only...
- Sixpene, Nário Samussone (Mozambique): He who opens a school door, closes a prison
- Smith, Evelyn (USA): A Sea of Troubles
- Smith, Evelyn (USA): The Value of Education --- Third Place!
- Solomun, Sirak (Eritrea): Captives of the Continent
- Street Rogers, Lisa (USA): It’s Awfully Crowded in the Middle
- Stohl, Katie (USA): Can You Hear Me?
- Stoney, Sheri (USA): Listening to Understand
- Tanghal, Febrina J. (Philippines): How to be instantly likable! --- Shortlisted!
- Tekele, Sami (Eritrea): Justice; universally or never
- Tekele, Sami (Eritrea): The path to freedom
- Tesfamichael, Haben (Canada): The lost art of listening
- Tianzon, Charina (Philippines): Avoid a Crime: Educate a Mind
- Topie Tamaa, Abdul Wahid (Ghana): The sociomata
- Topie Tamaa, Abdul Wahid (Ghana): Turn Prisons Into Schools
- Trower, Stephanie (UK): Are you really listening?
- Turner, Sandra (USA): Life Inside and Outside of the School Business
- Vance, Carter (Canada): On the Perils of Listening Like a Debater
- Vashishtha, Charu (India): Listen to Understand
- Vashishtha, Charu (India): The Love of Children
- Vasiliauskas, Arnas (Lithuania): Justice - the great flower in the garden of the world
- Vaz, Carla (Brazil): The talking that ain't heard, and my frustrations about it
- Walker, Donna (USA): Justice For All
- Wells, Robert (USA): The Case For Open Borders in the United States of America
- Westerberg, Maria (Sweden): Why we care about the library in Leipzig
- Wildhood, Megan (USA): I Want a Reply
- Wimer, Gabrielle (USA): Choose Bravery and Hope
- Woodard, Joshua K. (USA): To Set A Precedent
- Woodard, Stephanie (USA): Schools and Prisons: More Closely Linked Than We'd Like to Admit
- Yoon, Song Y (South Korea): To Understand is to Change
- Zehra, Sania (Pakistan): “Most people don't listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” –Stephen R. Covey
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