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<p><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/12/11/review-of-the-angelcare-sound-and-movement-baby-monitor.aspx\"><u><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Review of the Angelcare Sound and Movement baby monitor</span></span></span></strong></u></a></p>
<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19.383333206176758px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">This monitor is brilliant because it keeps an eye on sound and movement. This means that you can be sure that the alarm will let you know if your baby stops moving for 20 seconds. In the first few weeks when</span></span></span></p>
<p><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/12/11/review-of-the-angelcare-sound-and-movement-baby-monitor.aspx\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Read More</span></a></p>
<p><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/12/11/making-home-made-christmas-decorations-with-children.aspx\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Making home-made Christmas decorations with children</span></span></u></strong></span></a></p>
<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19.383333206176758px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">In austere times any money saving ideas are welcome but there are far greater and longer lasting benefits to making home-made decorations with your.....</span></span></span></p>
<p><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/12/11/making-home-made-christmas-decorations-with-children.aspx\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Read More</span></a></p>
<p><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/12/10/can-parental-involvement-raise-educational-achievement.aspx\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Can Parental Involvement Raise Educational Achievement?</span></span></u></span></a></p>
<p><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19.383333206176758px;\">It may seem obvious that children whose parents&rsquo; are involved in their education will do better than those who are less well supported, but this has recently&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/12/10/can-parental-involvement-raise-educational-achievement.aspx\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Read More&nbsp;</span></a></p>
<p><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/12/11/how-the-budget-affects-childcare.aspx\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">How the Budget affects childcare</span></span></strong></span></a></p>
<p><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19.383333206176758px;\">The, not so eagerly awaited, Autumn Statement brought the news of an increase in the personal allowance of &pound;235 from next April. This will give a total allowance of &pound;9,440 per annum which may go some way to appeasing the Liberal Democrats who see &pound;10,000 per annum as a&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/12/11/how-the-budget-affects-childcare.aspx\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Read More About How the Budget.......</span></a></p>
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<h3 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Babysitter CRB Checks</span></h3>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A CRB Check is where the Criminal Records Bureau&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">performs a check on an individual&rsquo;s criminal records history&nbsp;to</span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"> display details of any convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings. A CRB Check is a great way for an unknown babysitter to prove to parents that they can be trusted.</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Read More about&nbsp;Babysitter CRB Checks</span></span></p>
<h3 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/02/08/how-to-choose-a-babysitter-a-guide-from-sittersdirectcom.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">How to choose a babysitter</span></span></strong></a></h3>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You need to find someone who has the right amount of maturity, but who can still have fun with children. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the NSPCC, no-one under 16 should be left to care for an infant or young child. However, there&rsquo;s no current legislation in England, Scotland or Wales that gives a minimum age for babysitters, nor indeed what age children can be left at home alone.</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More about&nbsp;</span></span><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/02/08/how-to-choose-a-babysitter-a-guide-from-sittersdirectcom.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">How to choose a babysitter</span></span></span></a></p>
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<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" style=\"font-weight: normal; position: relative; margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/03/23/babysitters--parents-guides-for-children-through-the-tough-years-1--a-guide-from-wwwsittersdirectcom.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Babysitters &amp; Parents Guides for Children Through the Tough years [1] A Guide from www.sittersdirect.Com</span></a></h3>
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<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">WISDOM IS BETTER THAN MUSCLE</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Are you a parent, a babysitter/nanny? Are you raising a teenager or are into childcare? Wellcome to the tough years!Children develop faster this days and the door of puberty start opening up as early as age 10 and 12years.</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More about&nbsp;:&nbsp;</span></span><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/03/23/babysitters--parents-guides-for-children-through-the-tough-years-1--a-guide-from-wwwsittersdirectcom.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Parents Guides for Children Through the Tough years [1]</span></span></a></p>
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<h3 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><u><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/04/13/how-to-avoid-and-cope-with-tantrums----a-helpful-guide-by-sittersdirectcom.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">How to Avoid and Cope with Tantrums</span></strong></a></u></span></h3>
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<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Tantrums, every parent have been through it, nobody is spared by it. Those who think they never did must have just forgotten it.</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More about&nbsp;:&nbsp;</span></span><u><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/04/13/how-to-avoid-and-cope-with-tantrums----a-helpful-guide-by-sittersdirectcom.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">HOW TO AVOID AND COPE WITH TANTRUMS</span></span></a></u></p>
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<h3 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/04/21/guiding-your-kids-through-the-tough-years-2-a-guide-from-wwwsittersdirectcom.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">GUIDING YOUR KIDS THROUGH THE TOUGH YEARS [2]</span></span></strong></a></u></span></h3>
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Parent, you influence your child more than anyone else! You say , &rsquo; But they seem to pay little or no attention to me, and lots to their friends!&rsquo;</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More About :&nbsp;</span></span><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/04/21/guiding-your-kids-through-the-tough-years-2-a-guide-from-wwwsittersdirectcom.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Guiding Your Kids Through&nbsp;The&nbsp; Tough Years [2]&nbsp;</span></span></span></a></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<h2 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/05/11/dealing-with-children-winning-the-battles-with-your-children.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Dealing with Children: Winning the Battles with Your Children</span></span></strong></span></a></h2>
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<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Dealing with children is a daily challenge for parents.&nbsp; Parenting is not an easy task and even if you&rsquo;ve read all the books on how to parent, you&rsquo;ll still feel that you are not getting parenting right.<br />
Have you ever been in this situation?&nbsp;</span></span></h4>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More About :&nbsp;</span></span><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/05/11/dealing-with-children-winning-the-battles-with-your-children.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Dealing With Children : Winning the Battles with your&nbsp; Children</span></span></span></a></p>
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<h2 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/07/07/life-after-a-baby-keeping-your-relationship-alive.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Life After a Baby: Keeping Your Relationship Alive</span></strong></a></h2>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Having children is a fantastic experience. However, it&rsquo;s also a lot of hard work. If you think that it&rsquo;s just like being a babysitter to your friends&rsquo; children or looking after your nephews and nieces, then you can think again.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More About :&nbsp;</span></span><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/07/07/life-after-a-baby-keeping-your-relationship-alive.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;Life After&nbsp;a Baby&nbsp;: Keeping Your Relationship Alive</span></span></a></p>
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<h2 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/07/15/should-you-check-references-for-babysitters.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Should you check references for Babysitters?</span></span></strong></a></h2>
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<a href=\"http://www.sittersdirect.com/\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Babysitters</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;are god send to many parents who wants to reclaim a little bit of their social life now and again. However, finding one can sometime be a nightmare, especially on week-ends. You&rsquo;re lucky if you have a friend or a neighbour who&rsquo;s got children over 16 who are willing to help out for some pocket money.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More About : &nbsp;</span></span><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/07/15/should-you-check-references-for-babysitters.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Should you check references for Babysitters?</span></span></a></p>
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<h2 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/07/16/keeping-your-child-healthy-in-child-care.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Keeping your child healthy in child care</span></span></strong></a></h2>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is a fact of life that children in group care get sick. They have increased exposure to other children, and play closely with shared toys, in addition, children have lower resistance to germs than adults.<br />
Unless you are willing to hire a nanny or stay at home yourself you can\'t avoid illness entirely, however,</span></span></p>
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<h3 style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/09/14/working-with-your-childcare-provider-a-parents-guide.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Working with your childcare provider: A Parents&rsquo; Guide</span></a></span></strong></h3>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Having a trust worthy childminder or reliable babysitter is a god send to working parents and those who want to spend some quality time as couples. Therefore,&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More About :&nbsp;</span></span><u><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/09/14/working-with-your-childcare-provider-a-parents-guide.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Working with your childcare provider: A Parents&rsquo; Guide</span></span></a></u></p>
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<div style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Watching children shout or hit each other is unpleasant, whether you&rsquo;re a parent who&rsquo;s looking after the kids all day, or a babysitter who&rsquo;s only looking after them for a few hours. Unfortunately,....</span></span></div>
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<h2 style=\"font-weight: normal; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/10/20/how-to-make-potty-training-less-stressful.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">How to Make Potty Training Less Stressful</span></span></strong></a></h2>
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<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Potty training is probably one of the most daunting tasks that we have to do as parents........&nbsp;</span></span><u><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/10/20/how-to-make-potty-training-less-stressful.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More.</span></span></a></u></div>
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<h2><u><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/10/20/fun-ways-to-teach-numbers-to-under-5s.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fun Ways to Teach Numbers to Under 5&rsquo;s</span></span></a></span></strong></u></h2>
<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;\">Whether you&rsquo;re a parent who wants to develop a love for Maths in their children or a&nbsp;babysitter&nbsp;who has to help with Maths homework once in a while, I hope that.......&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/10/20/fun-ways-to-teach-numbers-to-under-5s.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More.</span></span></a></span></div>
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<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The current financial crisis isn&rsquo;t unusual. There was the Wall Street Crash in the late 1920&rsquo;s followed by the Great Depression. &nbsp;There was the collapse of the Japanese Asset Price bubble in 1990, the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997-98, and the burst of the Dot Com Bubble in 2001. Still, if you have only lived during the time of abundance, the current economic climate is worrying. Especially if you&rsquo;re a parent and has .........&nbsp;</span></span><font color=\"#ee3b27\"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/11/14/teaching-your-kids-the-value-of-money.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More</span></span></a></font></div>
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<div style=\"color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; \"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Parenting is full of challenges and one of them is ensuring that your children are healthy. With the current focus on healthy living and balanced diet, many parents are feeling the pressure of ensuring that their children aren&rsquo;t over weight. ......</span></span><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/11/14/is-my-child-fat.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More</span></span></a></div>
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<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Decision making is a normal part of daily living. We make decisions every day from mundane things like &ldquo;what to eat&rdquo;, &ldquo;what to wear&rdquo;, &ldquo;to go out or not to go out&rdquo;, to more life changing things like &ldquo;to marry or to remain single&rdquo;, &ldquo;to have kids or not to have kids.&rdquo; Although &nbsp;.........</span></span><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2011/12/14/how-to-teach-your-child-to-make-decisions.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Read More</span></span></a></div>
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<p><u><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; \"><a href=\"http://blog.sittersdirect.com/2012/02/03/helping-your-baby-develop-a-healthy-sleeping-habit.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Helping Your Baby Develop a Healthy Sleeping Habit</span></span></span></a></span></strong></u></p>
<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Once your baby is sleeping through the night, life as a new parent is easier. You will not feel like a walking zombie during the day and you feel much confident leaving your little one with a&nbsp;</span></span><strong><a href=\"http://www.sittersdirect.com/\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">babysitter</span></span></a></strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;knowing that he is not likely to wake up in the night screaming&nbsp; his head off because you&rsquo;re not there.</span></span></p>
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