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A2 • September/October 2022 • Kids Konnect Main Street Dental Clinics are locally owned and operated It’s Main Street Dental Relax. We want you and your f amily to see what comf or table, neighborly dental care is all about. Mankato 287 St. Andrews Dr ive 507-720-0250 Blooming Prair ie 405 East Main Street 507-583-2141 Owatonna 1170 E. Frontage Road 507-455-1000 Rochester 3110 Wellner Dr NE 507-536-7700 New Richland 132 N Broadway 507-463-0502 mainstreetdentalclinics.comwww.owatonnautilities.com This Halloween, help us hunt Vampire Power! Vampire Power are appliances that suck energy even when they are shut off. Some Vampire Power appliances include TVs, video game consoles, desktop computers, printers, cable and satellite TV boxes, DVD players, stereos, and device chargers. Vampire Power can account for as much as 20% of your monthly electricity bill!
Volume 3, Issue September/October4 2022 PUBLISHER Randy Rickman CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Sarah KatherineMelanieBrooksBuschClubb, M.D. Brenda Donahe-Stevens Mary ThomasDarlaJeanKellenHawkinsHinrichsenKrauseK.LagerMeagher, PhD Sarah Reichert Mary KesiahUrchWinters COVER/PAGE DESIGN Kate McGillen ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Tom Kelling ADVERTISING SALES Amber Casterton Crystal Hobart Tim Mart For editorial or advertising inquiries, contact us at 507-444-2390 Kids Konnect is published by Southern Minnesota LLC Southern Minn Media 135 West Pearl Street Owatonna, MN 55060 K K i i konnect konnect d d s s GR O W PLAY • L E A R N GR O W • PLAY • L E A R N 20.Contents4.6.8. AutumnScavenger hunt Peanut Chicken Wraps, Pumpkin stick craft puzzles and more! How Curious are you? When can trick-or-treatkidswithoutanadult? S T E A M Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics + + + + +9. Kids Konnect • September/October 2022 • A3
If you’re interested in learning more about the history of schools in our area, come out to the Steele County Historical Society’s History Center where we currently have two exhibits on local schools on display through the end of 2021. Country Schools: Beating Heart of
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It’s that time of year again. The time when we gather our school supplies, buy some new clothes, and maybe even get excited for what is to come. That’s right: it’s back-to-school time! Each year, as the summer months come to an end, children around the country get prepared to head back to the classrooms of their local school.
a Rural Community delves into the history of rural schools in and around Steele County, and Parochial Schools: A Fulfilling Educational Experience focuses on the religious schools that have been a part of local education for more than a century. Come out and learn about the institutions and educators that have shaped young minds in Steele County for decades and learn what life was like for students and teachers alike in the past.
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Have you ever wondered what going to school was like in the past? I’m sure we’ve all heard the stories of our grandparents who had to walk to school “uphill, both ways!” But what was school really like back then? What kinds of lessons were taught? What was expected of students? What did schools even look like?
For much of the past, education was very different from what we experience today. Rural areas around our county did not have large, consolidated schools, relying more on one-room school buildings until the middle of the 20th century.These are exactly what they sound like: schoolhouses that consisted of a single room (and an outhouse!). One-room schools were typically built on a small corner of a farmer’s land, who graciously donated it for the school’s use. Upwards of 15-20 or more students of all ages would come from the surrounding areas to study in these schools, and were all taught by a single teacher. Teachers in these
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days had the difficult task of instructing multiple age groups simultaneously, all in what we would now consider to be nearly impossible circumstances.
How do these experiences sound to you? Would you have liked to have gone to a one-room school in the past? Think about what differences you can imagine between schools now and in the past. There are a lot of similarities but also many differences!
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The daily routines in these schools also differed greatly from today’s schedules, with students and teachers both being given chores throughout the day. These chores would range from getting water from the nearby river or well, cleaning the floors, wiping down the chalkboard, or even stoking the stove to keep the schoolhouse warm on cold winter days. These schools not only taught students the fundamentals that we learn today, but also learned a number of valuable life skills that were pertinent to their lives. This could even be something as simple as some rural schools teaching children to identify animal tracks and information related to the flora and fauna of their area.
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5. Ask open-ended questions.
If you want to be more curi ous, here are six things you can do:
Explore, get outdoors and learn about the world around you. Curiosity will always open doors and lead you down new and exciting paths full of adven ture and learning.
Melanie Busch is a nurse practitioner in Family Medicine in Owatonna, Minnesota.
1. See the world. That can be everything from going to a new park or museum, signing up for camp or taking a road trip with your family. But you don’t need to leave your town to see the world. You can learn about another culture — how people live in other places, the languages they speak, the food they eat, their clothes, their music and what they do for fun — by visiting the library or researching on the internet.
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new fact about an animal. About those cookies, do you wonder what some of the ingredients like baking soda are or where choco late chips come from?
6. Be a kid!
How about volunteer ing at a local food shelf or organizing a scavenger hunt? You’ll remember the excitement of planning and the happiness and satisfac tion afterward.
2. Spend time with your family.
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“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
Use words like who, what, when, where, why and how.
Make up a game, build a fort out of couch cushions, make a sandcastle or snow creature, lie on the grass and imagine what clouds look like — an elephant, a row of baby ducks, moun tains or a river.
How curious are you?
—Dr. Seuss
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Go for a walk, bake cookies from scratch, or go to the park or zoo. Practice being curious by looking closely at the bark on a tree, watching birds fly overhead or learning a
Do you think up different thinks? If you do, you’re a typical kid!
3. Plan an experience with your friends.
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help you feel better, retain information, stay involved in school and improve your grades.
4. Wonder aloud. Say out loud: “I wonder why the leaves turn color,” “I wonder why some birds fly south” and “I wonder why some eggs are brown and some are white?”
• Find out who is going trick-or-treating. Parents may feel more comfortable letting their
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children wander if they are reassured a group of friends is going en masse rather than the child going solo. There is safety in numbers, so trick-or treating in large groups is a good sign.
Jack-o’-lanterns on front porches and crisp air are signs that Halloween is right around the corner. Costumes have likely been chosen and bags of candy are undoubtedly hidden in the back of pantries ready to delight trick-ordayventures.trick-or-treatingorbyareChildrenandbestdoorventurescoresHalloween,ofcomponentsmostisTrick-or-treatingtreaters.oneoftheanticipatedcelebratingandofkidsdoor-to-seekingthechocolatebarsothercandies.typicallychaperonedtheirparentsotheradultsonButsomekidswillinevitably
Even if floss picks are disposed of properly, they’re still prime examples of single use plastics. We need to do better for our one-and-only planet.
• 1984: Freddy Krueger: This ‘“Nightmare on Elm Street” icon caused many nightmares in real life, and his blade-tipped glove and familiar striped shirt could be seen on kids across the nation.
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• How responsible is the child? Some kids mature faster than others. Parents need to factor in their children’s dispositions when they consider if kids should be allowed out to trick-or-treat without adults.
ask if they can go out alone with their friends. How can parents know when kids are mature enough to go it alone on Halloween?
It’s no small task coming up with a memorable holiday costume. Certain costumes tie into popular culture, while others are classics that will never go out of style. Here’s a look at pop culture costumes that were trendy in years •past.
• Check in about the game plan. When children get older, trick-or-treating may be less about grabbing candy and more about spending time with friends, potentially causing mischief. Parents should recognize that kids left to their own devices may be more inclined to act foolishly. It helps to have an idea of what the group of kids will be doing when they go trickor-treating and how long they plan to be out.
When can kids trick-ortreat without an adult?
1976: Charlie’s Angels: These empowered women crime fighters blew up on television and many girls wanted to be them in real life, and especially on
There are no firm rules regarding when a child can go out trick-or-treating unsupervised. Each child is different, so there’s no uniform answer as to when kids can trick-or-treat without mom and dad in tow. But parents on the fence can consider the following guidance as they try to determine when it’s alright for kids to trick-ortreat alone.
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• 1982: Elliott and E.T.: Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece of a young boy and his alien friend made this a popular year for anything that had to do with the film. This included riding bicycles while wearing red hoodies.
• Judge the neighborhood critically. Neighborhoods also can be a factor to consider. What may be a safe environment during the day may no longer be so safe when darkness descends and children are unchaperoned. If parents recognize the neighborhood tows the line between being safe and dangerous, they may want to push off trick-or-treating alone until their children are older. But even the neighborhoods parents would characterize as ‘safe’ are not invulnerable to safety issues. It pays to check where registered child predators live nearby, and that information is available to the public in most areas.
• 1981: Indiana Jones: Harrison Ford made the archaeologist/adventurer so exciting in “Raiders of the Lost Arc” (and subsequent films) that it’s easy to see why donning a fedora and brandishing a whip became so popular.
PLASTIC FLOSS PICKS are no w found in sidewalk cracks, gutters, and even on playgrounds. The use-em-and-lose-em dental tools ha ve become common sightings all over. People seem to feel they can floss while they walk, and then drop their plastic flossers on the ground.
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There’s no magic age or situation that tells parents when their children are ready to trickor-treat without supervision. It’s an individual decision best made after careful consideration.
• 1986: Care Bears and California Raisins: If you were young in 1986, you might have dressed up as a cuddly Care Bear or a suave, singing California Raisin.
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The Wee Exception Newbie flossers especially those 10 and under might not yet ha ve the fine motors skills to floss their teeth with string floss, adults can use floss picks to help them floss their teeth.
• 1978: Michael Myers: The familiar white (William Shatner-inspired) mask became well known this year and still makes its mark on Halloween festivities more than 40 years later.
• 1983: Princess Leia: “Return of the Jedi” introduced audiences to different sides of Princess Leia, helping to solidify her popularity as a Halloween icon.
• 1977: Star Wars characters: From Luke to Obi Wan to Darth Vader, this hit movie permanently changed popular culture and inspired Halloween costumes for decades to come.
1976: Rocky Balboa: The Italian Stallion burst onto the scene this year in the movie “Rocky,” and who could resist lacing up their boxing gloves and emulating the long-shot prize fighter?
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• 1985: Hulk Hogan: Were you dressed as Hulk Hogan, brother? It’s likely if you were a warm-blooded boy in the mid-80s, when Hulkamania was at its peak.
S T E A M Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics + + + + + Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics STEAM’in WITH “Dr. M”
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Meagher, PhD (known to Owatonna students as “Dr. M”) is the STEAM Coordinator for the Owatonna Public School District. Watch videos featuring Dr. M on his vimeo channel:https://vimeo.com/user14319854Fallisatime for transitions, every day is something different! As we start school this year let’s STEAM into Fall and explore how the world around us changes as we move from summer, through fall and into winter. Kids Konnect • September/October 2022 • A9
12 hours daylight/12 hours night
There are four different points in the Earth’s orbit that Astronomers have observed over thousands of years: Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice. It looks like this:
12 hours daylight/12 hours night
Day of the year
Summer
September 21st Solstice
Winter
March 21st Solstice
Spring Equinox
Astronomical Fall follows the path of the Earth as it orbits the sun and occurs at the fall equinox, when there is 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night. This happens usually around September 21st each year.
Longest night of the year
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Astronomical event
June 21st
Longest daylight of the year
December 21st.
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• Etc, etc. etc.
Modern smartphones are really handheld computers that carry out many of the functions that we did by hand, in person, or with others. Let’s think about all the different functions that our phone do now:
In order to do any of these actions before we had to use separate tools and have very different experiences, especially in how we had to work, or communicate or play with other people. The most important tools we needed before phones were pen or pencil and paper. We wrote notes, checks, messages, kept records, recorded our observations, thoughts or ideas and shared them through publication of books, newspapers or magazines.
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• Audio & video call someone else
• Holds money, pays, money, receives money,
If we wanted to talk to someone we needed to visit with them in person, call them a single telephone that was connected by a
• Text/message someone
• Record audio, video & photographs
• Has stored maps,
• Create documents, data tables, records of personal information
What did we do before using modern Technology?
• Holds books, audio recordings, videos
• Record events on a calendar
This year many schools are having the policy of “Away for the Day” or “No Tech Time” during the day. So what did people do before they had a “smart cell phone”?
• Games
• Record notes for to do lists, grocery lists, ideas, etc
• Has a calculator, both simple and scientific
• FInds our Global Positioning System location and tracks our movement
These devices have become the main tool by which we interact with the world, others in our lives, and how we communicate, entertain ourselves, and are essential for our economics.
• Has a compass
Finding your way around required the use of maps and compasses to find direction. When a person was “lost” you often had to stop and ask directions, write them down or draw a newer version of a map for the person to
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was also written on paper, either paper money in dollar bills or when we had to “write a check”. This was a specific piece of paper created by a bank that had your bank account information and when you wrote
the amount of money you wanted to give to someone, you had to write the amount in both printed numbers and cursive words describing the amount! This was for security so they couldn’t cash the check for more than what you wrote.
Audio recording was done by either using magnetic plastic take, that you could record over and over on a single tape or a permanent record that created a “vinyl record”. This was a plastic disc that had grooves carved into it to, when spun at speeds of 33 revolutions per minute, would play back the music that people played when the record was made.
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You better be a good calculator too, so you know how much money h you had and how much you were spending because figuring out all that arithmetic was up to you. Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing was done by long hand, writing out numbers on a sheet of paper. Accountants used black pens for money they had and red pens for money they paid out or owed. That’s where the term for being in financial trouble came from of “being in the red”.
wire to the phone lines that were all over the world. Photos and videos were also recorded on paper that had to be treated chemically to create either the still photo or “moving photos” which we still call “movies” today.
inside your house attic. Bats feed on flying insects so when the temperature drops below 50F and the bugs stop flying, bats look for a winter den to sleep until spring.
Find a few boxes that can fit inside each other. Stack the boxes with sticks, toilet paper tubes, straw, moss and leaves. Make each box a separate type of shelter. Cover the box with a rain proof or snow proof material like plastic or board and set it in the yard near bushes or a garden. As fall gets colder the bugs will find shelter here instead of your house.
During fall many animals are looking for a warm place to spend the winter. How can we build something to keep animals out of our homes?
One of the best ways to keep animals from coming into our houses and garages is to provide them with houses that are nearby. We can build animal winter shelters!
Bats usually look for holes in trees, however a pipe or opening in your roof can be the next best thing. They will crawl inside and hibernate for the winter until spring warm temperatures wake up the insects again. The problem with them coming into our house is that they don’t sleep since our
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Bat boxes can help keep small brown bats from hibernating
To build a bat box, you’ll need to make a wooden box that opens on the bottom so the bats climb inside and hang upside down. The box can be slim and hung on a tree near the back of the yard & away from the house.
houses are much warmer inside than outside. When the bats wake up inside our house they are hungry and then search our house looking for food! This can be a big problem for us since they might be carrying diseases.
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S T E A M Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics + + + + + ART A16 • September/October 2022 • Kids Konnect During differentalltheirdeciduousautumntrees(treethatdropsleaves)turndifferentcolors.Eachspeciesoftreeleaveschangetoadifferentcolorwhenthedaysbecomecoolerandthere’slesssunlighteachday.Sincetreeleavescancomeinmanycolorswecanusenaturesinkstocreateacolorwheel: Arts are the way we use our creativity and imagination! How does the nature create art with trees?
Once you’ve made your color wheel with leaves and fall flowers, use the identification chart to label the species on the leaves or around the outside!
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Try this using a handout found from PBS https://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-and-experiments/fall-color-wheelkIds:
the winter solstice. With a little math we can figure out how much light we lose after a week or a month.
If a week is 7 days, and we lose 3 minutes each day how much light do we lose over the entire week?
During fall you might notice that one day you wake up to go to school and it’s still dark outside. Then when you leave it’s cold too, how did that happen so fast?
How can we tell that the days are getting shorter?
As the Earth orbits the sun and it reaches the point when there’s less daylight, we lose the energy needed to help plants grow and the weather to stay warm. We can measure when this happens by keeping a record of how much daylight happens each day and the daily temperature changes.
7 days x 3 minutes = 21 minutes per week.
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After the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, we lose about 3 minutes of daylight every day until December 21st,
We can also use negative numbers since we’re losing light it would look like this:
7 days x -3 minutes = - 21 minutes per week. If there are 4 weeks per month, let’s figure out how much light we lose each month.
That means if we wake up to sunrise in September and come home when it’s still daylight, by the time the holidays arrive in December we are waking up in the dark and coming home from school at sunset!
-84 minutes per month x 3 months = -252 minutes of lost daylight. So how many hours is this?
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-21 minutes per week x 4 weeks per month = -84 minutes per month!
We need to divide -252 minutes by 60 minutes per whichhour:isa
little over -4 hours of lost daylight during the fall.
This means we lose almost an hour and half of light each month. If fall lasts for three months how much daylight do we lose during the fall?
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tsp. red pepper flakes 1 Tbsp. grated ginger 1 garlic cloves, minced DIRECTIONS 1. Whisk together peanut sauce ingredients. Add coleslaw mix, peanuts and cilantro. Stir to combine. 2. Divide chicken and coleslaw mix among tortillas. Roll tightly, securing with a toothpick or searing shut, if desired. Total time 15 mins Servings 6 Busy Parent tip: Save time cooking the chicken by using picking and shredding a rotisserie chicken from your local deli. Great way to use the leftovers too! NUTRITION 567 calories; 26 g fat; 4.9 g saturated fat; 58 mg cholesterol; 1128 mg sodium; 54 g carbohydrate; 3.6 g fiber; 16 g sugar; 30 g protein Source: https://www.fareway.com/recipes/peanut-chicken-wrap
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Kids Konnect • September/October 2022 • A23 “Yum!” “Thanks, Mom!” “So good!” Mom packed my lunch from FAREWAY! NOT. TRADING. ANYTHING! 831 Oak Avenue South, Owatonna, MN • Store (507) 451-1550 • Market (507) 451-0071 • Mon - Sat 8:00AM to 9:00PM Shake up the lunch box with this tasty wrap! Peanut Chicken Wrap Ingredients
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Objective
9-10 craft sticks (medium or large size) craft markers, orange, black, brown, etc google eyes
3 Glue the stem of your pumpkin onto the back and let dry. When dry curl one of the pip cleaners around the stem. Use another pipe cleaner to be the mouth and shape it as desired. Glue the rest of the pieces on to create a face for your jack o’ lantern. Let dry thoroughly.
Source: https://makinglifeblissful.com/2019/10/easy-halloween-crafts-for-kids.html
Supplies needed:
How To:
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pipe cleaners, cut into small 2-3 inch pieces per craft–one is for for the stem and one for the mouth. 1 pom pom fuzz ball for the nose craft glue!)
1 Color your craft sticks with the markers. Kids will love this part. You can also use craft paint, but markers are better for a cleaner work space if that’s what you want. Be sure to break a piece of one stick and color it to be the stem of the pumpkin.
How to play
Each player takes a turn connecting one dot to another adjacent dot horizontally or vertically, one move at a time. After a while, the board begins to fill with a series of horizontal and vertical lines, some connected, some not. When a player draws a line that forms a square, that player fills the square with his first initial. The player, who drew the closing line on the square, gets another turn.
DOTS & BOXES
2 Glue the colored sticks onto 2 support sticks that are placed in the opposite direction of the other sticks as shown above. Use glue to attach them.
The game is played until all the dots become boxes, and the player with the most boxes completed at the end becomes the winner.
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Use a gray crayon to color all the shapes that have a V in them to reveal the hidden picture.
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REMINDERSIMPORTANT RemindersImportantfromHealthServices
• If the student is ill at home, please call the school attendance line daily to report the reason for the absence. It is helpful to report specific symptoms and/or diagnoses.
Nutrition Services has enjoyed serving breakfast and lunch at no cost the last two years, but USDA regulations for the 2022-2023 school year require that meals return to full pay. Meals are only provided to students at no cost if the student is approved for Educational Benefits.
• If the student has a fever of 100 degrees or more, the student should stay home for 24 hours after the temperature returns to normal (without fever reducing medicine).
• If the student has vomited or had diarrhea, the student should stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
Here are some guidelines to help you make that decision:
Attendance Lines if your student will be absent
Your children may qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. Visit isd761.org/district-services/nutrition-services and click the “Application for Educational Bene ts” tab on the left. Paper copies are available at the District Office. Applications may be submitted anytime throughout the school year. Qualifying students approved for free or reduced-price meals not only receive breakfast and lunch meals at no cost, but may also be entitled to additional benefits such as reduced fees for high school sports and activities. The application also helps determine state education funding for your children’s schools.
• If the student has any rash that may be disease-related or the cause is unknown, check with the family physician before sending the student to school.
Breakfast and Lunch
To enable the school to give your child proper health care, the school nurse’s office welcomes any health communications or questions related to the health of your child. A licensed practical nurse is in the office from 7:45am until 2:45pm each school day.
Apply for Educational Benefits
Should your child stay home from school?
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Nutrition Services strives to offer students a variety of healthy, tasty, and high-quality foods to fuel their growing bodies. Students are encouraged to actively participate in our meal program by eating breakfast and/or lunch and providing feedback about the meals. Each school meal offers milk, fruits, vegetables, protein, and grains, making each meal a great value and convenience for families.
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