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College Career Readness
COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
The “Ramp up to Readiness” curriculum is a resource used in this course which explores academics, admission, career, financial, and personal and social readiness goals in preparation for High School, College and Careers. Students explore the correlation between learning styles and careers, examine how careers have transformed over time, discover college and explore postsecondary education incorporating the use of Naviance. Naviance is a comprehensive college and career readiness program for middle and high school students that helps align students strengths and interests to their postsecondary goals.
Unit 1: The Why of CCR / Habits of Success
"All About Me" slide presentation
The 5 Pillars Of Readiness
My Personality test: https://www.truity.com/page/16-personality-types-myers-briggs
Find out more about your personality type. Scroll down to find your 4 letter type personality listed on this website and click into it and read about your personality. There are sixteen different personality types.
2 short videos about this test called the Myers Briggs personality test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJGI1sTJ_QE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZn6pWbSG4
Finish Google doc named "My Personality Type.
Unit 2: Thinking Forward, Acting Now(Academic, SocialEmotional)
My Successful Habits
PREP –Where Are You This Year?
High School Program of Studies Booklet
Today the topic is "Skills" and the difference between Hard Skills and Soft Skills.
Hard Skills are: (Actual Measurable Skills) Example: Good at Multiplication
Soft Skills are: (Behavioral and more difficult to measure) Example: Dependability
Today's Tasks (1-4)
First, take notes in your CCR section of your binder on these 2 slides titled, Soft and Hard Skills.
Next, watch this You Tube Video. "Oprah's Top 10 Rules for Success".
Lastly for today, read the following article, 10 Qualities of Successful People.
Open this document and let's review Hard and Soft Skills.
Watch this video about skills. Watch this video about soft skills.
Watch the Ed Puzzle below and answer the 11 questions embedded thoughout the video.
Create your poster with 10 skills for Success in the assignment below. You can include hard and/or soft skills, all soft skills, all hard skills or a mix of both. Submit your completed poster in Schoology. Be sure to read all directions and look at the 2 sample posters in the directions.
Keys for Success Poster Directions: Sample 1 and Sample 2
You are going to create a 1 page poster titled Keys for Success in Google Docs. Your title needs to be Keys for Success.
You need to come up with the 10 skills (soft skills or hard skills) that help people to be successful in school, career, and life. You may use numbers or bullets for your list.
Decorate it with images, page color, creative font and design. You must have at least 2 images. Make it look well done and spell and grammar check. Be Creative!
REMINDER:
Hard Skills (IQ- Intelligence Quotient) – actual knowledge based skills…For example: (can solve algebraic equations, can speak and write Spanish fluently). These skills can be tested and graded.
Soft Skills (EQ-Emotional Quotient) - habits and personality traits…For example: (hard-working, persistent, patient, kind). These skills are harder to measure but equally as important.
Successful people usually possess both hard and soft skills!
Open this slide presentations titled "Motivation and My Future Self"
and take notes in your CCR section on the presentation. Be sure to watch the video that is embedded in it and take the matching quiz.
Read all of the directions below in which I explain today's assignment. You will be completing the assignment on a Google slide provided in Schoology. The assignment is titled, Lifeline. It is a blueprint of your past, present and your imagined future self.
Here are the directions along with a link to a finished assignment example that you can click on below.
I had you answer 4 questions on the last slide in the presentation about your future which will help you in this assignment.
1. You are going to reflect on your past and also imagine your dreams and goals for your life 20 years into the future ... yes all the way till 2040!! You'll be 33 or 34 or maybe a few of you may be turning 35!! They'll be no more global pandemic and who knows where you will live and what you'll be doing...only you can create your future. I have attached an example of one of my past student's lifelines.
2. Start with the day you were born and list important events and milestones from your past and present. List all of these things on the left side of the Lifeline because they are your past and present.
3. Next (from age 15 and on up) you are going to imagine your future and all of its possibilities.
You are the architect of your future so no one else can tell you that it is not possible if you believe that it is and work hard toward a goal.
4. List all of your imagined future events and milestones (these things have not happened yet) but you would like them to become reality in your future. So, on the right side of your Lifeline in the text box start with where you will attend high school and go from there listing things that you would like to accomplish.
To see a good example of a past student's Lifeline assignment click here.
5. When you have completed your Lifeline submit it to me in Schoology.
If you missed our live virtual class this morning in Google meetings, you can watch
this video with the directions from Mrs. Ehrlich.
Watch the following videos about some famous people.
4. Read this article about 16 famous people who met with adversity and overcame it in their lives.
5. After watching the videos and reading the article above, go to the assignment titled "Famous Person Report" below and select a person for your report and read ALL directions for this project. Look at the sample report at the bottom of the directions to see what an excellent report looks like.
6. Submit your completed report to me in Schoology. The assignment is due Friday and is worth 20 summative points. video link to watch with the instructions for today's assignment.
Above is a list of many famous people of the 20th and 21st centuries. Some were politicians, entrepreneurs, scientists, inventors, entertainers, athletes and humanitarians. All have left or are leaving their mark on society in some way. All have also met with adversity (difficult times in their life that they overcame) at some point along their journey. Select a person from the list or come up with your own individual selection (but make sure they have contributed positively in some way to society.You are going to create a one page report of at least 300 words (use word count).You need to include:
Information about their childhood….where and when they were born, their family, where they grew up/live
Their educational background
Their career
How they have overcome difficulties in their life
What they have done to help the world
Create a one page report on that person in your own words. You must have at least 3 paragraphs in your report an intro paragraph, a middle and a closing paragraph. You are going to type your report on a Google Doc and the title of your report should be the name of the person and the sub-title is Your Name.
Make sure that you do not plagiarize (copy and paste from the internet….put everything in your own words). When you are done put a small picture of the person at the top of your report, and submit your finished report to me in Schoology. This is worth 20 summative points.
Click here to see the Sample Report to understand what a good job looks like. You can't choose Oprah since that is the sample.
A short excerpt from a commencement address
delivered at a college graduation ceremony by Denzel Washington. This was given at Dillard University (a HBCU) in New Orleans, LA.
We are going to be taking our last Naviance assessment today, and it is called the "Career Cluster Finder". I'm going to have you take this during our virtual class time today. If you were absent from our virtual class today, you need to watch this video for the directions on how to complete this assessment in Naviance.
Unit 3: Goal Setting
Growthmindset_and_GRIT. Google Slides: https://learn.sowashco.org/course/3158053812/materials/link/view/3381807102. Here is the link to the GRIT Assessment: "Grit Assessment". Take the GRIT Assessment and record your Grit Score in your notebook.
Read the following article from the NY Times about GRIT and when you are finished reading the article open your notebook and number 1-4 and list "4" things that you learned from reading the article.
Create your own Acrostic for "GRIT" in the assignment below and incorporate a picture or pictures on your slide to go with it. Submit it to me in Schoology. Example: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SztrdR8lgfJ0nFBKfXjz1gfYWhEWISPaoD_C-WILcj4/edit#slide=id.p
Created an acrostic with the word GRIT, and you took a GRIT assessment to see how much "GRIT" you had. Watch this TED Talk about Grit given by Angela Duckworth who was a Middle School math teacher and the creator of the GRIT assessment.
A true story that happened at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Derek Redmond was an Olympian who was supposed to be considered a contender for a medal but whose dreams were dashed after an injury during the race. He persisted to finish his competition and certainly displayed "perseverence and grit". The stands gave him a standing ovation, not because he won a medal but because he showed such GRIT! GRIT is an admirable quality to possess.
World Cloud Assignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9PpBRlvt-k
WORD CLOUD INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Open a Google doc and name it “Words” and type your first name 3 times (the more you type a word the bigger it will appear) and then key 25 more words that describe you. A word only counts once if it’s the same word.
2. If you want to use a 2 word phrase type a “~” between the words like big~sister, best~friend. You can find this
symbol called the “tilde” to the left of the #1 key at the top left of your keyboard.
3. Next go to www.wordart.com at click on the Green button “Create Now”
4. Under the Words bar click on “Import” on the left. Next go to your Google doc and copy all of your words and paste all of your words in the text box that appears.
5. Next click on the Red tab at the top that says “Visualize”. It will show you your words in a word cloud. You can customize yours by clicking on the words to the left “Shapes” “Fonts” “Layout” and “Style” to create your masterpiece. Every time that you make a change to your Word Cloud you must click the red button "Visualize" to see the change!
When you get it the way you like it….take a screenshot of it. To take a screenshot see the image below.
Unit 4: College Knowledge / Vocabulary / Post secondary Options
Unemployment rates and wages related to post-secondary education.
There are 2 documents below that you need to copy the notes into your binder in your CCR section. The first one is titled "Post-Secondary Notes" and the 2nd one is titled "Ivy League Notes" (you don't need to copy the chart on the Ivy League notes but include what the chart is showing in your own words). This video explaining what you need to do for today's assignment.
Begin working on today's assignment titled, "College Investigation". When you are done researching your 2 colleges and entering the information on the Google doc worksheet, submit it to me in Schoology. This is worth 20 formative points.
Watch these videos below:
The University of Minnesota-Duluth video tour (Public University)
The University of Notre Dame video tour (Private University)
Complete the assignment titled, "College Snapshot" below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlPDm-dbX0 and submit the Google slide to me in Schoology.
College Snapshot Assignment (Click here to see example)
Pick a college of your choice and research the following information. Go to https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges and look up your chosen college and find the information. You are going to do this using google slides. Use any colors, fonts and images to make your slide represent the college that you chose.
You must include the following:
· Name of college or university at the top
· College Logo Picture
· College Mascot Picture
· College Location(Show the map with an arrow, star, or some marker showing where the school is located) Use this website for the map http://townmapsusa.com/
· College Stats (Go to https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges)
Include this information:
ü Student Enrollment
ü Yearly Tuition (If it’s a state university or college, you need in-state and out-of-state tuition.)
ü Graduation rate: (in % format)
ü Public or Private
Click on the 2 links below and try the 2 college logo quizzes (Quiz #1 and Quiz #2) trying to name as many of the college logos as you can correctly before the 3 minute timer runs out. You may want to try this several times. You can name the colleges in any order you want....just type the name of the college and hit enter and it will put it in the correct slot. You need to spell correctly or it will not accept the name. The college logo quizzes are not graded....it is just for fun to see how many college logos you know.
We are going to visit this website as a class: College Scorecard and enter the names of 3 different colleges. It will give you 3 very important statistics about the schools. This is a good website to bookmark so that you can revisit it in the future.
It will tell you the Graduation Rate of that school (which is important to know).
It will tell you the average salary range that people who graduate from that school make in the years after graduation.
It will tell you what the average cost is to attend that school after financial aid.
We are going to watch this video to learn a little bit about college costs and how to pay for college.
Your Tasks: (Tasks 1- 3)
1. To get instructions on how to log in to Naviance, you need to watch my youtube video at this link titled: "Directions for Strengths Explorer Assessment". This will explain what you need to do to take the Strengths Explorer Assessment in Naviance.
2. Now, click here: Naviance and log in to take the Strengths Explorer Assessment. It will automatically save all of your work in Naviance. The Strengths Explorer is for Middle School/High School students to learn more about their skills and talents and it looks at 10 areas of strengths. Look at this CHART and read about each area after you take the assessment. It will give you your 3 strongest areas as your results. Read what each area tells you about yourself and write down your 3 words that were your 3 strongest areas.
3. Watch the EdPuzzzle below titled, "Cost of College" and answer all questions in it. When you are completely done and have answered all 6 questions and watched the entire video you will be done and your score will be recorded. It is a formative assessment worth 6 points.
College Presentation:
Go to Naviance and take the Career Key assessment. When you are done read through the Career Key Guide explanation to see what your results mean about you.
5. Begin working on your College Presentation assignment attached below which will be due at the end of the day on Wednesday, November 4. Remember you may do this on any college in the U.S. EXCEPT the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities because that is my sample for you to see what a good job looks like. (See Sample College Presentation Here) Be sure to read all directions and spell check before submitting in Schoology.
In about 4 ½ years, many of you will be starting college. To start thinking about this, you will be doing a Google slides presentation on a college of your choice. You may select a public or private university in the United States. You will be researching information about the college at:
http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search and any other website that is a reliable resource such as the actual website of the college you choose. You will be creating 10 slides with transitions. Your opening slide should have the name of the school and Your Name. Follow the 10 bullets below for the titles of each slide. This will be worth 40 SUMMATIVE POINTS so take your time and do a good job! You have 2 class periods to work on this. It will be due at the end of the day Wednesday, September 23. You can customize your slide designs using the colors of your school.
Slide 1. Name of school/ your name
2. Location -show a map of the state with an arrow pointing to the city where the school is located (use www.townmapsusa.com )
3. History of the school
4.Academics—What high school GPA and ACT scores are needed to get in to that school
5.Tuition (In state / out of state ) if you are doing a public university/college
6. Student Enrollment – the number of undergraduate and graduate students that attend that school
7. Athletics –what team sports they offer
8. School spirit- mascot, logo, and the school colors
9. Student Life-what activities students can take part in on campus (clubs and organizations)
10. Photo Gallery with at least 4 images with labels telling us what it is
You may use Google images for your slides. Be sure to include information in a concise and clear manner. It is good to use bullets to list facts. Be Creative!! Remember to pay attention to details such as: colors, format, readability, content quality, grammar and spelling accuracy. This project is worth 40 summative points. Submit in Schoology when you are done.
Terms to understand before you begin:
For Public universities there are 2 different tuitions.....
In state tuition-the amount charged for state residents
Out of state tuition-the amount charged people from other states
Private colleges only have one tuition for all
Under-graduate students- all students at a college that are in their first 4 years going for a bachelor's degree
Graduate students-Students that got their bachelors degree and are going for their master's or doctorate degree
Enrollment-the number of students attending a college
Unit 5: Career Exploration / Career Cruising
We're going to listen to some college students who are trying to figure out what they want to do with their future.
We are going on some road trips with some college students.
UCLA Road Trip with Road Trip Nation
Loyola Marymount University Road Trip
Old Dominion University Road Trip
Go to Academic and Career Guide. This was created by the CCR department for all 8th graders in our Middle Schools to learn about high school courses and scheduling and to explore careers that interest them. Turn to page 6 in the booklet and take notes on the "Academic Options in High School" in your CCR section of your binder. Then turn to page 10 and look at the "green section" which is planning for a 9th grade schedule. This booklet contains an overview of 7 Career Clusters and what jobs are in those areas. It also lists salaries for the careers and what courses to consider taking in high school if you think that you are interested in that particular career area.
Watch the documentary titled "One Step Closer" (click https://www.pbs.org/video/one-step-closer-xcaooj/). It's about 3 students who are attending community college and go on a road trip across the US to interview people doing all types of jobs. They are traveling in a big green RV sponsored by the organization "Road trip Nation". It's an all expenses paid trip for the 3 people taking it as they travel and discover a lot about what other people do in their careers.
After watching the video, complete the assignment which is a summary of what you learned and what they talked about in the video. You summary should be at least 100 words and is worth 10 formative points.Write a 100 word paragraph about what you learned from watching the video. Share some of the things they talked about.
Mentimeter - What word would you use to describe success?
1. "What traits bring success?" Ted Talk
2. Three short videos that discuss "success"
3. Success Infographic
4. Introduce Career Presentation.
CAREER PRESENTATION
See a good Example of Career Presentation about Veterinarians Here
DIRECTIONS: Read the following directions before beginning the Google slide assignment below to begin creating your career slides. You will need to create your slides in Google slides and upload it to schoology.
In about 4 years, many of you will be thinking about post-secondary education and deciding what career is right for you. To gain knowledge about this, you will be creating a presentation on a career of your choice. You will be researching information about this career. Three good websites to use are: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ and https://careerwise.minnstate.edu/ and Naviance.
You will be creating the presentation in Google slides, and I have titled each slide for you. You can customize the slides with color and font that you prefer. When you are ready to begin click into the Google slide assignment below. Follow the directions below for each slide.
1. Opening slide (Name of career/ By your name)
2. Description of Work Duties (What They Do)
3. Working Environment (What is their working environment like...describe it)
4. Training/Education Required for this career (How to become one)
5. Salary (Range….beginning-average-high end list all 3 salary ranges)
6. Job Outlook (Is this career going to be growing in demand or losing jobs)
7. Personal Characteristics and skills needed to do this
8. Advantages of this career/Disadvantages of this career
9. Is this career right for you? Why or why not?
10. Picture Gallery (must have at least 4 images pertaining to this career)
You may use clip art and images from google for your slides. It is a good idea to have images on about 6 of your 10 slides including the photo gallery. Be sure to include information in a concise and clear manner. It is good to use bullets to list facts. Have enough information on each slide to inform the audience about the career. Remember to use your "own" words....no plagiarism! This is a "Summative" assignment and will be worth 40 points. When you are done submit it to me in Schoology.
1. Share some of the Career Presentations with the class.
2. Jamboard (Differences between Debit and Credit cards).
3. Watch the short You Tube video below about the dangers of credit card debt. It shows how a $10,000 credit card debt could take 36 years to pay off if you can only afford to pay the minimum amount each month. Only use credit cards if you can pay the entire bill at the end of the month!
4. Complete the 2 page Google doc assignment called "Debt Assignment". When finished, submit it to me in Schoology.
Unit 6: Letter Writing / College Letter / Naviance
watch the EdPuzzle below about credit card debt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PJsa_WpsuA&t=31s
Go to teachbanzai.com If you haven't signed into Banzai yet follow the instructions in this video.
Go to teachbanzai.com If you haven't signed into Banzai yet follow the instructions in this video.
Today you are ready to start the 2nd section of Banzai which is called "Life Scenarios". If you were not in our Google meet this morning, you need to watch the video before you start so that you understand what you need to do and how this works. Watch this video titled, "Life Scenario Directions in Banzai". After watching the video about "Life Scenarios" you will begin and complete this section today. You will receive 10 points for completion of the 32 "Life Scenarios".
Unit 7: Budgeting for Teenagers(Financial, Social,Emotional)
Creating a Budget
1. Read this article about credit cards and watch the video too.
2. We are starting a financial unit today called Banzai which will help us learn how to budget and make good personal money choices.
3. Go to teachbanzai.com and I will give you instruction how to sign in. Video for instructions on signing into Banzai.
4. After you are logged in, you will click the "Start" and it will take you to a screen with four sections. Today we will take the Pre-test only. Click into the pre-test section and answer the 25 questions to the best of your ability. The pre-test will not count as a grade, but you must take it today. Review the vocabulary sheet below with financial terms before taking the pretest.
Vocabulary: https://learn.sowashco.org/course/3158053812/materials?f=375881919
Setting Up My Budget
1. We're going to start today with a short video about "Budgeting".
2. Jamboard
3. Log in to teachbanzai.com
4. You should have completed the "Pretest" and "Life Scenarios". Today we will be working in the "Game".
5. If you need to watch the video for how to play the Game, here is the link.
Also, here is the video link for the "Life Scenarios" in case you have fallen behind.
Points for completing:
Pretest - 5 points
Life Scenarios - 10 points
Game - 10 points
Total - 25 Points (Formative)
All of this will be done in the teachbanzai.com https://learn.sowashco.org/assignment/4564113241/info website. You don't need to submit anything through Schoology for this.
Banzai Financial Lessons
Completion of the following activities in teachbanzai.com
Pretest - 5 points Formative
Life Scenarios - 10 points Formative
Game - 10 points Formative
Banzai Post Test
Take the Post-Test. Take your time and answer each question carefully. You cannot go back once you have clicked an answer. Look at the vocabulary sheet if you need to review a word's meaning. This is very similar to the pretest that you took. This will count as 25 summative points.
Two Year and Four Year Colleges/Private and Public Schools
1. Video #1 Tech and Careers of the Future: ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvyTEx1wyOY&t=2s
Video #2 Jobs in Computer Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmF3Xl2YtSg&t=2s
2. If you were not in our class meeting today you need to watch the video below to hear Mrs. Ehrlich's directions for the " 3 Road Trip Interviews" assignment. https://drive.google.com/file/d/172xwPnLPvjG1v9-5kU_ut77bV3XlSIEB/view.
3. Log into Naviance and Click on "Career" tab at the top and then click on "Road Trip Nation". Then click on the pink button "Find Your Road" and answer the questions choosing your areas of interest. Select 3 people to listen to and answer the 5 questions for each interview that you select.
4. Submit the finished assignment to me in Schoology by the end of the day Friday, January 15.
Copy the following 2 definitions in your CCR notes in your binder. We are going to be doing our final project on the topic of "Entrepreneurship".
Entrepreneur- Someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. Someone who starts their own business. Example: Elon Musk and the people that go on Shark Tank to pitch their new ideas.
Venture Capitalist-Someone who lends money to an entrepreneur with the hopes of making more money. They are sometimes called VC’s. Example: The Sharks on "Shark Tank"
4. Read the following two-page article about Entrepreneurs here.
5. Open this Entrepreneur Worksheet and think of a new idea for a product, app, or service that you think is needed in the world. Think of a name for it and either draw or create a digital image of what it might look like. If it’s an app or service you can create a logo for your new app or company. Describe the new product, app, or service and tell us why people would want to buy it. You can draw the product on paper and take a picture of it if you are doing a product or you can modify an image from Google and customize it.
This worksheet does not need to be handed in….it is a brainstorming worksheet for you and it will be used to help you complete your work tomorrow for your final assignment.
So that you have the document in your Google docs for tomorrow, you can make a copy of this document. Just (Click on the word File at the top left and then select "Make a Copy" in the dropdown menu. This will create a copy for you to work on and keep your copy in your Google docs.
Example of an idea for a new Product: a new toothpaste named “White Out”
Example of an idea for a new App: A new app that can contact trace for Covid-19 named “Tracer-Vid”
Example of an idea for a new Service: Virtual home tutors for Virtual Learners named “At Your Service!”
Watch this 15 year old pitch his idea for a new product to the "Sharks" on Shark Tank.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0etimvtD74&t=1s
Locker Board from Shark Tank
Yesterday we wrote the definitions for these 2 terms in our notebooks. Review what these 2 terms mean.
Entrepreneur- Someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. Someone who starts their own business. Example: Elon Musk and the people that go on Shark Tank to pitch their new ideas.
Venture Capitalist-Someone who lends money to an entrepreneur with the hopes of making more money. They are sometimes called VC’s. Example: The Sharks on "Shark Tank.
1. Read all the instructions for the final assignment below which will be a google slide presentation for a "A New Idea" for a product, service or app. It will be worth 20 Summative Points.
2. Complete your Google slide presentation and submit in Schoology by tomorrow. It is a summative assignment worth 20 points.
Due: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 11:59 pm
Marketing your Idea
You need to create a short presentation (5 slides and the template is below in Google slides) about your PRODUCT or SERVICE or APP .
Click here to see a finished example of this assignment.
Slide #1 Introduction (Name of your Product, Service, or App and Your Name
Slide #2 Put an image of your New Product with a description about it. If you did a new Service or App, you need to show your Logo and the Name of your Company and tell us what your New Service or App does.
Slide #3 Why People Would Want to Buy This Product or Service?
Slide #4 The price of your "New Product, Service or App" and where or how people can purchase it.
Slide #5 Come up with a catchy slogan or jingle for your product or service and put it on your 5th slide! J Make it something that people will remember when they think about your new product, service or app.
1. Review from yesterday: Entrepreneurs & Venture Capitalists.
2.. Present final project "New Ideas" (Volunteers)
3. Let's look at this article together to wrap up our Entrepreneur unit.
4. Let's watch these best pitches from the tank. Now let's watch the great products that the sharks missed out on.
Last Day of CCR Class-All "late work" is due by 3pm today.
Tasks for today:
1. Answer Attendance Question
2. Go to meet.google.com and enter code: Ehrlich
3. "New Idea" presentations
4. Word Cloud
5.
6. Log into Naviance and go to Careers and select "Road Trip Nation".
7. Go into your future in high school and beyond with self-confidence.
8. Jamboard (Exit questions)
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