Dear Parent & Staff

Please mark your calendar, May 6th, as this is the first Friday for the month of May. We are asking parents/guardians/staff to "brown bag it" on the first Friday of each month and donate the money (what they would have used to purchase their lunch) to our school.

You may send in your donation ($10) in the form of cash/check on the first Friday of each month during the school year or you may pay in advance for the entire school year ($90). Donation envelopes, clearly marked with your child's name and university, may be turned in at the front desk during homeroom.

We appreciate any donations!

CMIT North PTO

Congratulations to Tigers! CMIT-North Middle School Science Olympiad Team did another great job in the Science Olympiad State Tournaments on Saturday.
CMIT-North participated in Science Olympiad in both Middle School Category on Saturday Apr 23rd, 2016 at University of Johns Hopkins. The CMIT-N Middle School Tigers won 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze medals, 5 4th places , two 5th places and took the 3rd place in overall score as a team in Science Olympiad State Tournament.
Here is the complete list of the winners:
GOLD MEDAL WINNERS
Event – Category Names Students
Crave the Wave Physical Science & Chemistry - John Ikegwu, Joshua Ikegwu
Bottle Rocket Technology & Engineering - Ekundayo Omokanwaye , Oladipo Omokanwaye
Bio-Process Lab Life, Personal & Social Science - Arya Pawar, Joshua Ikegwu
Write It Do It Inquiry & Nature of Science - Arya Pawar, Kevin Le
SILVER MEDAL WINNERS
Dynamic Planet Earth & Space Science - Matthew Miller, Kevin Le
Food Science Physical Science & Chemistry - Jeffrey Greer, Brian Ndofor
Air Trajectory Physical Science & Chemistry - Reina Finch, Alexander Dulce
BRONZ MEDAL WINNERS
Road Scholar Earth & Space Science - Jeffrey Greer, Brian Ndofor
Fossils Earth & Space Science - Ekundayo Omokanwaye, Oladipo Omokanwaye
Wind Power Physical Science & Chemistry - Haris Chaudry, Kevin Le
4TH PLACE WINNERS
Disease Detectives Life, Personal & Social Science - Haris Chaudry-Jeremy Meija
Crime Busters Physical Science & Chemistry - Haris Chaudry-Jeremy Meija
Green Generation Life, Personal & Social Science - Pamela Ikegwu, Reina Finch
Bridge Building Technology & Engineering - John Ikegwu, Joshua Ikegwu
Picture This Inquiry & Nature of Science - Arya Pawar, Haris Chaudry
5TH PLACE WINNERS
Meteorology Earth & Space Science - Haris Chaudry, Matthew Miller
Invasive Species Life, Personal & Social Science - Joshua Ikegwu, Alexander Dulce
Experimental Design Inquiry & Nature of Science - Arya Pawar, Matthew Miller, Haris Chaudry

Follow the link for more pictures
https://drive.google.com/a/cmitacademy.org/folderview?id=0BxQtcxJbpqOMN0xwaTR0aVZnMWM&usp=sharing

Many thanks to all staff, students and parents for making the Science Olympiad another great success.
Go Tigers...

Nuri Bayram

6th Grade Earth Science Classes had a water rocket competition last week on Earth day.
Follow the link for more photos and videos..
https://drive.google.com/a/cmitacademy.org/folderview?id=0BxQtcxJbpqOMbF9fcHRDWEI2Ukk&usp=sharing

Nuri Bayram

The CMIT-Academy Tigers won 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze medals, four 4th places and three 5th places. We took 3rd place as a team in Science Olympiad State Tournament...

Please exempt or provide additional time to MS Science Olympiad Team students for their homework assignments, students and parents have spent the entire day at JHU on Saturday. Today is a casual day for the team too.

Thank you all for everything you have done to prepare our students for the competition day. Special thanks to the Science Team, our parents and Mr. Bayram.

Go Tigers!

Thank you,



Results :

Gold Medals
Water Rocket , Write it Do It , Bio-Process Lab , Crave the Waves ,

Silver Medals
Dynamic Planet, Food Science,Air Trajectory

3rd Places
Road Scholar,Fossils,Wind Power

4th Places
Crime Busters,Green Generation,Bridge Building,Picture This

5th Places
Disease detectives , Meteorology,Invasive Species,

Editor

On Saturday April 23, 2016, seven CMIT students competed in the first ever U.S. Capitol Kuk Sool Won Tournament which took place at Bowie State University in Bowie Maryland. The tournament attracted Kuk Sool Won Schools from as far away as Sault Saint Marie Michigan, St. Paul Minnesota, and Florence South Carolina. Kuk Sool Won of Laurel placed 5th out of 17 schools.

In the Teen Black-Brown Belt Division:
Julian Adams took second place in Sparring, Forms and Staff Weapon.

In the "Teen Brown Belt" Division:
Heath Wright won 1st place in Sparring, and 2nd place in Forms, Staff Weapon, and Self- Defense.

Isaiah Yancy won 2nd place in Sparring, 3rd place in Self-Defense, and 4th place in Weapons and Forms.

In the Teen 15-17 Red Belt Division:
Robert Joseph won second in Sparring, and third in Forms and Self-Defense.

In the Teen 13-14 Red Belt Division:
Diarra Brown took first place in Sparring and Forms.

In the 11-12 Belt Yellow Belt Division
Ebrima Sise placed in Self Defense

Nygeal Wood placed 4th in Sparring

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Kuk Sool Won™ is a system of Traditional Korean Martial Arts that incorporates all styles of martial arts historically taught in Korea into one systematic method of learning. Kuk Sool Won™’s foundation is built on proper etiquette and discipline. Students will learn how to effectively avoid conflict and only as a last resort how to properly defend themselves.

We practice every Tuesday throughout the school year, working to develop a complete, Martial Artist. Members will be taken through the World Kuk Sool Won™ curriculum and attention will also be placed on academic achievement.

Ky Sa Nim Darren Fulmore
Instructor/Owner
Kuk Sool Won of Laurel Maryland, MD
301-509-2030
https://squareup.com/market/kuk-sool-won-of-laurel-llc

CLP ( College-Awareness and Leadership Program ) students visited the USA Science and Engineering Festival Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on April 17. The event was a fun and also great learning experience for studentsCongratulations to CMIT Student Presenters at the 2016- USA Science and Engineering Festival Expo

CMIT-Academy Students in the STEM/Rocket Program greeted and shared information about their rocket competitions and science research project displays at the 2016 USA Science and Engineering Festival EXPO. The USA Science and Engineering Festival Expo was held from April 15-17, 2016 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D. C. The CMIT-North STEM/Rocket Booth at the 2016 Festival was well decorated with beautiful murals, rockets and research projects created by students. The CMIT-North STEM/Rocket Team Faculty under the direction of program sponsor Ms. Gloria Graham, did an excellent job of training and preparing CMIT students to display and describe information about the rocket program.

Congratulation to the students and faculty members
of the CMIT-North STEM/Rocketry Team

Suat Canli CLP
Alma Smith and Gloria Graham
CMIT-North Faculty
2016-USA Science and Engineering Festival Volunteers

The 4th quarter is upon us which means all students will be back to physical education. A few important reminders from Ms. Lawrence and Mr. Snyder:

All students must come to physical education dressed in appropriate uniform. Failure to do so will result in a deduction of classwork participation points and/or deduction of PRS points.

Students must wear SOLID black or navy blue sweatpants or shorts. Please, NO INSIGNIAS OR LOGOS (ie: brand names such as adidas pants). CMIT sweatpants or shorts are acceptable.

Students may wear sneakers with laces of any color. No slip-ons, flats, or boots.

Students must wear their CMIT PE t-shirt. If a student does not have a PE shirt they may wear any CMIT related shirt (ie: uniform polo, CLF STEM fair shirt, earth day shirt).

Ms. Bailey Lawrence
Physical Education & Health

The Internet Safety program titled “Innocence Stolen: Protecting Our Children Online” is coming to CMIT on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 6:30 pm. You do not want to miss this informative, multimedia 90 minute presentation carried out by Mr. Vincent DeVivo a Community Outreach Specialist at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. This presentation informs adults about how best to protect young people from negative and criminal influences online. Topics include social networking, cyber bullying, sexting, and internet predators. The program provides prevention and intervention strategies and internet safety resources. Please plan to partner with the United States Attorney’s Office in promoting a safe and healthy learning environment in our school.

Joining online will be available, link will be sent out prior to meeting.

Please RSVP @ http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050e4fa4a822ab9-innocence

CMIT North PTO Cyber Committee

April 29 was the Official College Signing Day in Prince George’s County Public Schools. The goal of College Signing Day was to encourage ALL PGCPS schools, community leaders, community-based organizations to celebrate students and their commitment to complete their education beyond high school.

All staff, school-based and central office, were encouraged to wear t-shirts or other paraphernalia from their alma mater or any college/university.

We invited students to wear a college Shirt to represent the college going culture.

Dont forget to post pictures to social networks by using a common twitter handles #PGCPSCollegeSigningDay and @Cmitacademy.

CMIT

What an awesome turn out. Thank you to all of our participants, who took time to work with our Middle School students.. The students were very excited and grateful for all of your knowledge and experience that you shared with them.

CMIT

More pictures of Career Day Presenters.

Editor

Thank you to Rita's H Street for helping us to celebrate our Scholars and most improved students. Also thank you to Thomas Skeeter the owner for participating in our Career Day. Entrepreneurship was a big point of interest.

Please make sure we follow them on Twitter so we can continue to see our students highlighted @ritashst

CMIT

The CMIT Girls Soccer team defeated Benajmin Tasker this past Wednesday by a score of 1-0. The girls communicated well and had more control of the ball. Evelyn Stills broke the 0-0 tie with a beautiful chip over the goalie's head for the only goal of the game. The lady Tigers take on Hyattsville on May 4th at 5:30pm.

Ms. Bailey Lawrence, Athletic Director

Here are the best investors of the week:
1) Ferhat Avsar
2) jordan harris
3) trabian williams
http://clfportal.org/fig/

Future Investors Game

May 21, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

www.cityofbowie.org/weedwarriors

Volunteers are needed to help remove English ivy from Whitemarsh Park. As an invasive, non-native plant, English ivy spreads quickly and easily, and is very destructive to native ecosystems. This is an outdoor activity that requires cutting the ivy vines at eye-level and foot-level then pulling them back about two feet from the base of the tree to bag them.

To participate, please register by contacting Kristin Larson (klarson@cityofbowie.org, 301-809-3044). Tiffany Wright (Watershed Manager for the City of Bowie) or Kristin Larson (Sustainability Planner for the City of Bowie) will sign off on service learning hours for students at the event.

Brenden Gegwich
School Counselor

M-NCPPC (Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission) - The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation has tons of opportunities to volunteer. They are accepting student applications until May 1st for Summer Camps and Summer Playground volunteers.

http://www.pgparks.com/Things_To_Do/Volunteer_Opportunities.htm

Prince George's County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) - To find out more about the availability of any volunteer opportunities, contact the branch at which you would like to volunteer. Applications for temporary and regular volunteer service are available at the branches. Check out the site below for a list of volunteer opportunities.

http://www.pgcmls.info/volunteer

Brenden Gegwich
School Counselor

JUNIORS -

Most high school students take the SAT & ACT during the spring of junior year or fall of senior year. Many take it twice — and most improve their score the second time around.

Upcoming SAT & ACT test dates

SAT
Test date - June 4
Registration Deadline - May 11
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/dates-deadlines

ACT
Test date - June 11
Registration deadline - May 6
http://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/ACT-NatlTestDates-2015.pdf

"Top Tier" Test Optional Colleges
http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Optional-Schools-in-U.S.News-Top-Tiers.pdf

Brenden Gegwich
School Counselor

Thank you for Joy, Ashley, Madison, and Jordan for visiting Ms. Westerfield's class to inform students about Howard University and other HBCUs, scholarships, time management in college, and college life!! All students were excited to meet these wonderful college students and learned so much from their experiences.

Casandra Westerfield

The Navy League STEM Institute is proud to host the second Naval STEM Expo on Sunday, May 15, 2016 1:00pm – 5:00pm at the Gaylord Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland.

The Naval STEM Exposition provides a fun and educational way to connect students with our nation's top military and civilian organizations who can inspire students to pursue a STEM-related career. By fostering more transparency between industry representatives and students before college, the STEM Exposition offers early insight for students about the value of a STEM skill-set in today's world. This will help ensure companies and the military have a pipeline of potential employees with the right skills for our nation's security.

Attendance is FREE. To register, click on the link below.


http://navyleague.org/stem/expo.html

Natiqua Riley

The Prince George’s County Department of the Environment will be hosting Clean Sweep Spring 2016 with several communities. Student Service learning hours are available to students that register with Tiaa Rutherford, Litter Reduction Program Manager, 301-883-6226 or trutherford@co.pg.md.us.
Radiant Valley Clean Sweep Spring 2016 on Saturday, May 7th, 2016, 9am-12pm, meet at Cooper Lane Elementary School, 3817 Cooper Lane, Hyattsville, MD 20784.

Palmer Park Clean Sweep Spring 2016 on Saturday, May 14th, 2016, 9am-1pm, meet at dead end of Allendale Circle, Landover, MD.

Chillum Ray Clean Sweep Spring 2016 on Saturday, May 21st, 2016, 8am-2pm, meet at Ridge Crest Elementary School, 6120 Riggs Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20783.

CMIT

PARCC assessments are fast approaching. Middle School students will be taking assessments in math and reading between the dates of May 9 through May 17.

There will be three days of testing for each subject. Each day will consist of approximately 2.5 hours of assessment each morning.

Please ensure your scholar's attendance on these dates, that they receive a good nights sleep the evening before testing, and that they get a healthy breakfast the morning of.

PARCC Schedule
5/9, 10, 12: PARCC Math (All Grades)
5/13, 16, 17th: PARCC Reading Language Arts (All Grades)

If make-up testing is needed those sessions will be held in the afternoons of scheduled testing days and the morning and afternoon of May 18th.

Please be aware that students may be withheld from field trips if they have a test to make-up. Please ensure their attendance and punctuality on test days.

If you have any questions please contact Mr. Brauer at abrauer@cmitacademy.org

Mr. Andrew Brauer
Program Coordinator
School Testing Coordinator

We so appreciate the opportunity to share some of our service learning programming with your students and parents. Most of our projects are not student-specific, although appropriate for high school students – but we run a week-long community service camp JUST for teens that I did want to share with you in case it’s of interest. It does cost money unfortunately, due to the expenses we incur for transportation and materials, but it’s an awesome experience and way for teens to complete their SSL hours all at once. Although we are based in DC, we have a large number of teens coming from Maryland every year.

I’m attaching the post card for you to share with you– but am happy to answer absolutely any questions anyone might have.

Sonya Weisburd, MSW | Social Justice and Service Project Manager
Edlavitch JCC of Washington DC | 1529 16th Street, NW | Washington, DC 20036
P: 202.777.3269 | F: 202.518.9420

Thanks again for the opportunity to share our programs!

Attachment(s)

Natiqua Riley

This will run Weekly with updates. Thank you for all that you do to Help us be a GREAT School By Choice.


Trip, Date and point of contact.
8th Grade College Trip: 5/19/16 (Ms. Justsen and Mr. Brauer)
7th Grade Medieval times Field trip: 5/20/16 (Ms. Lash)
Art Show: 5/21 and 5/22/16 (Ms. Talcott)
Aquarium: 5/25 (Science Teachers)
MS Dance: 6/3/16 Ms. Wake
Family Fun Day: 06/05/16 (PTO)
Finals Week: 6/6/16 Content teacher
End of Year trip: Hershey Park 6/15/16 (Ms. Lash)
8th Grade Promotion: 06/16/16 UMD (Mr. Johnson PGC and Mr. Johnson PTO)

MS Soccer Games -See School calendar for game times and locations
Mr. Snyder (Boys) and Mr. Penarrieta (Girls) and Ms. Lawrence are the points of contact.
Grades 6-8 are participating.
See School Calendar for game times and places.


8th Grade College tour - (Final Payments are due in MYSCHOOLBUCKS)$260
When May 19-May 20
Point of Contact: Mrs. Justsen and Mr. Brauer




MS Dance
When: June 3, 2016
Where: Cafe
Cost:$10 payable in Cash during lunches beginning May 18th
Parent volunteers need for food services.
Pictures and food will be available for purchase.
No outside guest.
Point of Contact: Ms. Wake.

Middle school Final exams - June 6th-10th. Students will be provided with a schedule.

8th Grade Promotion - June 16, 2016
Point of Contact Mr. Boris Johnson (PTO) and Mr. Y. Johnson (Middle school Guidance Counselor)
UMD 6-8pm

Administration

Biology students will complete for homework this week MDK12.org Biology's Interdependence of Organisms 2009. It is due on Friday, May 6. Please take the test and a screen print/photo of your scorecard at the end of the test, and email it to me by Friday.

Remember students, passing the HSA is REQUIRED for graduation from High School as is passing the Biology Course. The MDK12 site allows you to practice HSA questions from 2004 to 2009 in all subject areas for which the HSA is given.

The HSA is scheduled for May 24.

Suzanne Coholic
High School Science Teacher

Hi Students and Parents,

Here is a list of the Science Class finals for June:

Physics: Monday, June 13, final exam

AP Biology: Monday, June 13, project and Tuesday, June 14, project

Environmental Science: Monday, June 13, exam

Chemistry: Monday, June 13, exam

Biology: Tuesday, June 14, exam


This list does not include AP or HSA exams.

Suzanne Coholic and Alma Smith
High School Science Teachers

Hello Parents and Students,

We are missing the following text books from the #166 Lab:

1 Biology text (green and purple with a dragonfly on cover)

2 Conceptual Physics texts (blue text)

2 Physics texts (red and black)

Some students have taken texts for home study. Please check around the home and lockers and return to #166 if these texts are found.

Thanks much!

Suzanne Coholic
High School Science Teacher

Hi Students and Parents,

By Friday, May 6, students are to complete the MDK12.org practice HSA "Interdependence of Organisms 2009".

Again students, simply complete the practice test and screen print or take a photo of your completed test showing your answers and the correct answers and submit for a homework grade.

Remember, the HSA is May 24.

Suzanne Coholic
High School Science Teacher

7th Grade

This week students will have a test on Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Study guides have been given out in class and extra copies are posted online. Test dates are as follows:

Tuesday 5/2- Northwestern & Harvard
Wednesday 5/3- Duke

8th Grade

Students will be writing a document-based essay about the Mexican-American War. Essays will be written in class this week. Students will then begin investigating the events that directly led to the Civil War.

Please feel free to contact Ms. Cracovaner with any questions, comments, or concerns at acracovaner@cmitacademy.org.

Ms. Cracovaner
Middle School Social Studies Teacher and Department Chair

The middle schoolers who attended the trip to Washington DC on Thursday had a great time. We began at the Spy Museum where we were greeted as agents and got to explore different things from Russian Spies to James Bond. We continued our adventure as we navigated through DC where the students got to walk in front of the White House! We ended at Constitution Hall at the Festival of Culture and Language where we got to see kids from all around the world performing songs/dances from their native country. We saw acts from Romania, Germany, Brazil, the United States, and many more. We would like to thank all of the parents for their support and give a special shout out to our amazing parent chaperones and our amazing staff members, Ms. Walde and Ms. Rooney, who were on hand to supervise the whole time. We couldn't have pulled it off without them!

Ms. Jessica Lash

We have moved on to our next chapter - Angles of Parallel Lines and Triangles. This is chapter 3 in the Big Ideas Blue Book.
The IXL skills that go with this chapter are N.1, N.2, N.3, N.6, N.7. They can and should also practice N.10, N.11, N.12.

All middle schoolers will be taking the PARCC during the week of May 9th, and two days of the week of May 16th. We in Math 8 will be doing some PARCC practice the week before to make sure that students are fully prepared and ready for the test as a whole.

The Math 8 Final will take place on Thursday June 9th. It will be a cumulative final.

If you have any questions for me up to the end of school, please feel free to contact me at any time.

Ms. Rooney
Math Teacher
Grade 8

6th grade: We will be finishing up the history of South America this week in our classes and students will have a test. Study guides will be uploaded to Edmodo and reviewed in class.

Thursday 5/5: FAMU and Morgan State
Friday 5/6: Loyola, George Washington, UMBC, and Morehouse

7th Grade: We are wrapping up learning about Greece and Rome this week. Students will have a test this week, study guides will be uploaded to Edmodo and reviewed in class.

Tuesday 5/3: Xavier and William and Mary
Wednesday 5/4: Vanderbilt

Ms. Jessica Lash

This week, the high school will hold an honor roll ceremony for students with academic and extracurricular achievements during the 3rd quarter. All high school students are invited to share in the successes of their peers. With limited space, however, we are unable to comfortably accommodate parents attending at this time. We will report back on the event in a future newsletter.

Respectfully,
Ms. Colandrea

Smith Summer Business Programs - University of Maryland - http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/admissions/high-school-programs/summer-programs (Grades 9-12)

Prince George’s County Youth @ Work Summer Youth Enrichment Program - http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/summeryouth/Pages/default.aspx - (Grades 9-12)

2016 Summer Youth Programs @PRINCE GEORGE’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE www.pgcc.edu/go/summeryouth (All grade levels)

Maryland Summer Camp/Kids Camps

www.kidscamps.com/summer_camps/maryland-summer-camps.html (All grade levels)

www.pgparks.com/Things_To_Do/Day_Camps_and_Playgrounds.htm (All grade levels)

Maryland Summer Camps/ID Tech Computer Camps in Maryland https://www.idtech.com/locations/maryland-summer-camps/college-park/id-tech-university-of-maryland/ (All grade levels)

Brenden Gegwich
School Counselor

Our AP Exams will be given during the first two weeks of May. The students have been working hard all year and are now reviewing and preparing for their upcoming exams.

Check Edmodo and Google Classroom for updates from AP instructors regarding review activities that the students should be completing.

Like other high stakes exams, students should get a good night's sleep the night before, arrive on time, have a good breakfast, and bring pens and pencils to use during the exam.

CELL PHONES AND OTHER PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES SHOULD BE LEFT AT HOME OR IN STUDENT LOCKERS.

We want our hardworking students to reap the benefits of all their hard work and get college credit by attaining high scores on these upcoming exams.

Our 2016 AP Exam schedule:

Thurs. May 5; Calculus AB/BC 8-11 am
Friday May 6; US History 8-11 am
Monday May 9; Biology 8-11 am
Tuesday May 10; US Gov 8-11 am
Wednesday May 11, English Language and Composition 8-11 am
Friday May 13; Human Geography 8-11 am

Andrew Vernor
AP Program Liaison

YOU WILL NOW HAVE MORE TIME TO -- Clean Out Your Closets!!
VALUE VILLAGE / CMIT HIGH SCHOOL CLOTHES FUND DRIVE

Collection dates Monday, April 18 through Friday, May 20th. Value Village will pick up our items on Monday, May 23rd!!

Soft Goods: including clothing, shoes, hats, scarves, undergarments, jewelry, accessories, bags, wallets, bedding, towels, curtains,
tablecloths or other cloth materials;

Hard Goods: toys, small appliances (i.e., toasters, irons), books, CDs, DVDs

Not Accepted: hazardous materials, flammable products, automobile parts, food, cash, large appliances.


Thank you for your support!!

Please contact: Adrianne Robinson - omeir@comcast.net
Angela Thornton - thornta@live.com

Good news! The high school has successfully made it through PARCC testing. Students and staff worked hard over the last few weeks to ensure testing ran smoothly. We are now in the process of resuming classes as normal. Parents, thank you for your efforts to send your students to school well-rested and on time.

We are not finished with testing yet, however. Students who missed PARCC testing are needed in school so they can make up their assessments. AP exams are approaching. Additionally, finals testing is coming in June.

Please be sure your student remains diligent about attendance and arriving to school on time so we can end the year with great results!

Ms. Colandrea
HS Program Coordinator

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