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Stuttering Analogies (318)

StutterTalk — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:27:30 GMT

Robert Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss analogies used to describe stuttering and stuttering treatment.

Today Bob and Peter discuss analogies that people use to describe the nature and treatment of stuttering. In many cases, we have no way of knowing the exact origin of each analogy discussed because many are widely used and often similar in meaning. Bob and Peter begin by discussing the famous stuttering iceberg analogy and proceed to discuss many, many more analogies listed below.

Thanks to all the StutterTalk listeners and friends who shared their analogies with StutterTalk! We regret not being able to discuss all of the interesting analogies sent to us.

ROBERT W. QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a board recognized fluency specialist and a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Bob is also a much valued member of the StutterTalk advisory Council.

Listed below are links to articles, books or web pages which discuss some of the analogies mentioned in today's episode. Please note that StutterTalk is not making a determination of where each analogy originated - we are simply providing some links to read about the analogies.

Joseph Sheehan (1970) –the stuttering iceberg
Wendell Johnson (1950s)– the analogy of the six blind men
Eugene B. Cooper (1974; 1977) - stuttering and alcoholism and A nderson & Felsenfeld (2003)
Larry Molt - pimple analogy
Nan Bernstein Ratner (2005) - "the familiar analogy of the drunk seeking his keys only under the lamppost"
Yaruss, Coleman & Hammer (2006) - bucket analogy
Woody Starkweather (1998) - "the cure is worse than the disease"
Walter Manning (1999) - Navy SEAL analogy
Kristin Pelczarski (2008) - grapefruit and covert stuttering

We discussed analogies posted at the StutterTalk Facebook group including:

Lisette Wesseling - the chocolate teapot and strict fluency shaping analogy
Mark Bulger - the man with a switch and stuttering analogy
Simon Richardson - "luency is as slippery as a dog in wet tile"
Ari Gershonovitch - stuttering and the broken transmission analogy
Steve Marchant - stuttering and the tangled extension cord
Elliot Olds - the "chinese finger trap, walking across a beam high above the ground (when it'd be trivial to walk across the same beam if it were on the ground), floating in the water on your back (once you start thinking you're sinking, you start thrashing around which keeps you from floating)"
Voon Pang's student - slowing down and the band aid analogy
Ruth Mead - stuttering, speech and the windmill analogy

We also discussed:

stuttering and taking an inventory in a burning house analogy (Quesal)
stuttering and being poked while writing analogy (Yaruss)
choosing a stuttering treatment similar to choosing a Mexican restaurant (Reitzes)
stuttering being like an onion (sent to StutterTalk by Rozie Matthews)
stuttering and pornography analogy
stuttering and weight loss analogy
pull outs as an emergency break

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Stuttering: It Gets Better (317)

StutterTalk — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:42:00 GMT

Jordon Smith, StutterTalk's volunteer graphic designer, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his life with stuttering.

Jordon Smith is 31 years old, is a person who stutters, and lives and works in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Jordon has a degree from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and has been working as a graphic designer for over 6 years. Jordan has designed the StutterTalk logo and the StutterTalk B Team logo. Jordon discusses his childhood, speech therapy over the years, using the SpeechEasy device and much more. For more information on the device, check out StutterTalk's three part series and video on the SpeechEasy.

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Self-Advertising with the B Team (316)

StutterTalk — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:13:08 GMT

The StutterTalk B Team discuss self-advertising and stuttering.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the "Stuttertalk "B Team") do an "old school" B Team episode and get caught up on each others' lives. Joel talks about going to a trade show for work next week where he will be talking (and stuttering) for a lengthy amount of time. Roisin talks about some uncertainties regarding going back to graduate school which evolves into a conversation about self advertising, and Caryn discusses the latest happenings with her job. Lastly, they talk about their New Year's resolutions.

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Stuttering: Tips from the Pros (the Freezing Edition - ep. 315)

StutterTalk — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:31:04 GMT

Robert Quesal joins Peter Reitzes for this Tips from the Pros edition on freezing and stuttering.

Tips from the Pros is not speech therapy, is not instruction and is not coaching. General comments about stuttering may not apply to any particular person who stutters. If you are looking for a professional to help you work on stuttering, two well respected referral lists are:

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Fluency Shaping and Stuttering with the B Team (314)

StutterTalk — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:46:07 GMT

The StutterTalk B Team bring in the New Year by discussing stuttering and fluency shaping.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the "Stuttertalk "B Team") do a spin-off of episode 309 and give their take on Fluency Shaping therapy. They discuss their experiences receiving fluency shaping therapy and what they believe was helpful and not helpful about this type of therapy. In addition, Joel analyzes the type of speech typically associated with this type of therapy, and if that can truly be considered "fluency." Lastly, they discuss the reality of trying to use a speaking strategy all of the time.

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FRIENDS Stuttering Conference - North Carolina: March 3, 2012

StutterTalk — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:17:00 GMT

Friends: The National Association for Young People Who Stutter,
The Stuttering Foundation of America and
the Wake County Public School Speech and Language Department
Present:

CHILDREN, TEENS AND ADULTS
WHO STUTTER:
Families, Professionals and Friends
Working Together

click here for information and brochure

Saturday March 3, 2012

9:30am – 4:00 pm
Cary, North Carolina

Predictions for 2012 with the Stuttering Brain (311)

StutterTalk — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:19:53 GMT

Dr. Tom Weidig, the brain behind the Stuttering Brain blog, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his five stuttering predictions for 2012. Dr. Weidig predicts that:

1. A Dutch study (or the findings) due out soon will show no difference between Lidcombe treatment for preschoolers and a Demands and Capacities treatment approach.

2. More input from mainstream scientists on stuttering research relating to genes and biochemistry.

3. More trials on drugs but nothing much happening.

4. Discussions on blogs and podcasts might switch more to social media, especially Facebook.

5. The results from the large long-term Phase IIb trial on Pagoclone will be released. They will show that the control group (who took a placebo pill) show significant improvements. The study of this effect will force us to reconsider all outcome studies ever done and compare them to the control groups' improvements.

Dr. Weidig also reviews the predictions he made at the very end of 2010 for 2011.

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For more information on Lidcombe stuttering treatment, listeners may wish to listen to these StutterTalk podcasts:

An Evidence Based Discussion of the Lidcombe Treatment Program for Preschoolers Who Stutter with Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner (Episode 246)

A Mother's Experience with Lidcombe Treatment for Stuttering (282)

The Lidcombe Program for Preschool Children Who Stutter with Dr. Rosalee Shenker

Stuttering: Tips from the Pros (Parents Edition; ep. 313)

StutterTalk — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:31:52 GMT

Phil Schneider, Ed.D. CCC-SLP joins Peter Reitzes to discuss tips for parents to build confidence in children who stutter.

Today Dr. Schneider discusses two principles for building confidence and self esteem in children who stutter. The two principles are:

Principle # 1 - Good Listening = Good Loving - How can we be great listeners, and

Principle # 2 - Honor the essence of the child’s message

PHIL SCHNEIDER is a Board Recognized Fluency Specialist, an Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication Disorders at Queens College and has been in private practice for more than 35 years. Phil is responsible for creating perhaps the two finest documentaries on stuttering available today:

Also check out some recently posted extra footage from Dr. Schneider's films here.

Tips from the Pros is not speech therapy and is not counseling or coaching. General comments about stuttering may not apply to any particular person who stutters or family member. If you are looking for a professional to help you work on stuttering, two well respected referral lists are:

The Stuttering Foundation's referral list, and

Board Recognized Fluency Specialists' referral list

Dating a Stutterer (310)

StutterTalk — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:19:44 GMT

The StutterTalk B Team talk about stuttering and dating.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the "Stuttertalk "B Team") talk with Joel's girlfriend, Kelly, in today's episode. They discuss a variety of issues in regards to dating a person who stutters, as well as Kelly's experience going to the National Stuttering Association annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas this past summer.

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Fluency Shaping and Stuttering with Dr. Joseph Klein (309)

StutterTalk — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:14:22 GMT

Joseph Klein joins Peter Reitzes to discuss fluency shaping and stuttering.

JOSEPH F KLEIN, Ph.D, CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and an assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

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These articles were mentioned during today's show:

Franken, C. F., Boves, L., Peter, H. F. M., & Webster, R. L. (1992). Perceptual evaluation of the speech before and after fluency shaping therapy. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 17, 223–241.

Kalinowski, J., Noble, S., Armson, J., & Stuart, A. (1994). Naturalness ratings of the pretreatment and posttreatment speech of adults with mild and severe stuttering. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 3, 65-70.

Onslow, M., Costa, L., Andrews, C., Harrison, E. & Packman, A. (1996). Speech outcomes of a Prolonged-Speech Treatment for stuttering. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39, 734-749.

Perkins, W. H. (2000, April). Article published in Letting Go, a publication of the National Stuttering Association. (scroll to the bottom of the page for the article)

Starkweather, W. (1998, October 1). Relapse: A misnomer? Paper presented at the 1998 International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference.

Stuttering: Should We Accommodate Silence? (308)

StutterTalk — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:27:36 GMT

The StutterTalk B Team weighs in on accommodating students who stutter.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the "Stuttertalk "B Team") do a follow up to episode 307 (Stuttering: Accommodating College Students). The B Team give their take on accommodations and stuttering by taking a student-orientated approach. They talk about accommodations for younger children who stutter by creating a stutter-friendly environment and the dangers of "accommodating silence." Lastly, they talk about college students and potential accommodations that might be appropriate for them.

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Stuttering: Tips from the Pros (Thanksgiving Edition; ep. 312)

StutterTalk — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:17:18 GMT

Robert Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss general tips for thinking about stuttering during the Thanksgiving holiday. Tips include talking openly about stuttering with family and friends, putting the listener at ease, sharing recent stuttering experiences, facing family dynamics, not beating yourself up, voluntary stuttering and much more.

Tips from the Pros is a new StutterTalk series. These will be short episodes focused on sharing stuttering tips that have helped many. Tips from the Pros is not speech therapy, is not instruction and is not coaching. General comments about stuttering may not apply to any particular person who stutters. If you are looking for a professional to help you work on stuttering, two well respected referral lists are:

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Stuttering: Accommodating College Students (307)

StutterTalk — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:40:11 GMT

Robert Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and different ways to accommodate students who stutter.

During today's episode Dr. Quesal and Mr. Reitzes discuss ideas from these two thoughtful documents on accommodating people who stutter:

Employment: Examples of Reasonable Adjustments

Working with Students Who Stammer

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Successful Stuttering with Reuben Schuff (306)

StutterTalk — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:13:21 GMT

Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his stuttering journey.

		REUBEN SCHUFF discusses effective communication, stuttering and fluency, speech therapy, gauging success without counting moments of stuttering, valuing listener feedback, the feeling of "this year I am going to beat stuttering" and much more. Reuben graduated in 2007 from Purdue University with a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering and works in the Aerospace and Defense industry. Reuben just founded (with Rita Thurman) a new Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Over the past decade Reuben has made lasting improvements in his communication through speech therapy, individual work and the support of the NSA and people who stutter.

Reuben has written several wonderful papers for the annual International Stuttering Awareness Day Online conferences, listed below:

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Parents and Stuttering (305)

StutterTalk — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:44:45 GMT

The StutterTalk B Team arrives with this fine piece of stuttering craftsmanship.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the Stuttertalk "B Team") begin a possible series on the topic of "Parents and Stuttering." They discuss their relationship with their parents growing up and how that has changed as they have matured into adults. Lastly, they discuss the challenges parents face when children are reluctant to work on or discuss their stuttering.

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Stutterers Need to Be Empathetic Too (soapbox #2)

StutterTalk — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:59:50 GMT

Peter Reitzes presents a StutterTalk soapbox today on stuttering, empathy and patience.

		Today's soapbox is titled Stutterers Need to Be Empathetic Too. Mr. Reitzes discusses the importance of having empathy and patience with people who do not stutter. This StutterTalk soapbox is based on reporting Mr. Reitzes did last week for these two episodes: A Stuttering Student and His Professor with Richard Pérez-Peña of the New York Times (303) Stuttering and Accommodations with Philip Garber Jr. (304)

Today's soapbox is titled Stutterers Need to Be Empathetic Too. Mr. Reitzes discusses the importance of having empathy and patience with people who do not stutter. This StutterTalk soapbox is based on reporting Mr. Reitzes did last week for these two episodes:

A Stuttering Student and His Professor with Richard Pérez-Peña of the New York Times (303)

Stuttering and Accommodations with Philip Garber Jr. (304)

Richard Pérez-Peña was featured on StutterTalk episode 303 and broke the Philip Garber Jr. story with the two articles below:

Stutterer Speaks Up in Class; His Professor Says Keep Quiet

Professor Defends Treatment of Stutterer

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Stuttering and Accommodations with Philip Garber Jr. (304)

StutterTalk — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:04:43 GMT

Philip Garber Jr., a 16 year old who stutters, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recent experience concerning his stuttering and treatment by a college professor.

		Philip discusses his views on what happened between him and his professor, speaking to the media, what he would say to his professor if she was listening and much more. Mr. Garber discusses possible accommodations a person who stutters may receive in college such as having specific times in class for students to ask questions. Mr. Garber suggests that one possible accommodation is asking a student who stutters to give a presentation on stuttering to the entire class. Philip demonstrates the use of speech tools such as pausing and a soft voice to manage stuttering and explains why such tools are not always easy to use. Towards the end of the episode, Mr. Garber mentions that he cannot support the way the media has demonized his former professor.

Richard Pérez-Peña broke this story (see the two articles below) for the New York Times and was featured on StutterTalk episode 303 to discuss his reporting.

Stutterer Speaks Up in Class; His Professor Says Keep Quiet

Professor Defends Treatment of Stutterer

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A Stuttering Student and His Professor with Richard Pérez-Peña of the New York Times (303)

StutterTalk — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:45:48 GMT

New York Times reporter Richard Pérez-Peña joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the story he has been covering regarding Philip Garber Jr., a 16 year old student who stutters, and his professor, Elizabeth Snyder. Ms. Snyder is reported to have asked Mr. Garber to bring up questions before class and after class "so we do not infringe on other students' time."

Mr. Pérez-Peña wrote the two articles below which have received an unprecedented amount of national and international attention.

Stutterer Speaks Up in Class; His Professor Says Keep Quiet

Professor Defends Treatment of Stutterer

During today's episode Mr. Reitzes mentions this editorial from the Star-Ledger.

Mr. Garber and Professor Snyder were invited to appear on StutterTalk but did not respond.

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Stuttering Across the Globe: New Zealand (302)

StutterTalk — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:25:42 GMT

Bruce Whitfield, Lisette Wesseling and Voon Pang join Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering, self help and treatment in New Zealand. This is StutterTalk's second episode in our Stuttering Across the Globe series.

Bruce Whitfield is past president of The New Zealand Speak Easy Association and past editor of their newsletter Air Flow. Mr. Whitfiled is a Course Instructor of the McGuire Program. Bruce is now 64 and happily and busily retired from 27 years as a chemistry technician. Bruce met his wife Nina at a fluency course 13 years ago.

Lisette Wesseling lives in Wellington, New Zealand with her husband Neil. She is a professional classical soprano, and teaches voice to children and adults. For part of the week, she works as a braille awareness consultant at the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, where she tries to promote the importance of braille to blind and sighted people. Lisette is herself blind and is a person who stutters.

Voon Pang is a Speech Language Pathologist who works at the Stuttering Treatment And Research Trust (START) in Auckland, New Zealand. Since graduating in 2006, he has traveled within Australia as well as internationally (US and UK) to attend workshops and internships to be better equipped at helping those who stutter. During today's episode Voon discussed Tools for Success: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy Taster published by the Stuttering Foundation.

Can I Really Choose How to Stutter? (soapbox #1)

StutterTalk — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:49:31 GMT

Joel Korte, of the StutterTalk B Team, shares some of his current thoughts on the view that people who stutter can choose how to stutter.

Every Sunday StutterTalk publishes our weekly episode. In addition to these Sunday episodes, StutterTalk is now publishing StutterTalk soapboxes which are much shorter episodes, or rants, or opinions, or streams of consciousness about stuttering.

Today, for the first StutterTalk soapbox, Joel Korte discusses the well known topic stated by Frederick P. Murphy in the second edition of Advice to Those Who Stutter -"Even though you may have no choice as to whether or not you will stutter, you do have the choice of how you stutter" (p. 38). Variations of this topic have also been attributed to Charles Van Riper and possibly Joseph Sheehan and Wendell Johnson as well.

Approaching Others Who Stutter & Roisin's Speech Therapy (301)

StutterTalk — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:01:04 GMT

The StutterTalk B Team has published some more stuttering goodness.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the Stuttertalk "B Team") kick off the show by discussing an listener email from Mike Bauer that asks about the appropriateness of approaching other people who stutter in everyday contexts. Later, Roisin talks about her recent restart of speech therapy, and Caryn and Joel discuss the recent happenings of their lives. Last, they discuss the cyclical nature of stuttering and the challenges of staying disciplined when trying to make changes.

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Changing How You View Stammering and Stuttering with David Mitchell (300)

StutterTalk — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:51:45 GMT

Author David Mitchell joins Peter Reitzes for this very special 300th episode of StutterTalk.

		Mitchell and Reitzes discuss his wonderful novel Black Swan Green, his life coping with stammering (stuttering), the King's Speech, educating the public about stuttering and much more. StutterTalk sent out this newsletter to coincide with the publication of this 300th episode. If you would like to receive newsletters and updates from StutterTalk, sign up here. Join the conversation at the StutterTalk Facebook page. DAVID MITCHELL is a widely respected, award winning novelist from England. His novels include Ghostwritten, Number9Dream, Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green and the Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. David Mitchell is a person who stutters and a patron of the British Stammering Association.

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Sharing Stories - Changing Perceptions

StutterTalk — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:30:30 GMT

		The Annual 2011 International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference is here! This year's conference, Sharing Stories - Changing Perceptions, is live from October 1-22. Be sure and check it out. StutterTalk Host Peter Reitzes and regular guest Robert "the Expert" Quesal have written a paper for this year's conference titled The Anatomy and Physiology of Costal Breathing and How it Relates to Stuttering. Thanks go to Judy Kuster, webweaver of the Stuttering Homepage, for bringing stuttering wisdom to the internet year after year.

Stuttering in the Military with Captain Jody Fuller (299)

StutterTalk — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:58:50 GMT

Welcome to another fantastic StutterTalk B Team episode.

		CARYN HERRING and JOEL KORTE of the "Stuttertalk "B Team" interview the very inspirational JODY FULLER who they were able to meet at this past year's National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference. They talk about stuttering in the military, humor in stuttering, the wonderful experience of the NSA annual conference, and much more. B Team co-host ROISIN MCMANUS is away today. Jody Fuller currently serves as a Captain in the Alabama National Guard, is a public speaker, and comedian. He has served three tour of duties in Iraq. Jody was born and raised in Alabama and is a person who stutters.

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Black Swan Green and Stuttering (298)

StutterTalk — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:44:05 GMT

Andy Fenwick and Joel Korte join Peter Reitzes to discuss Black Swan Green by the British writer David Mitchell.

Black Swan Green takes place in early 1980s England and is narrated by Jason Taylor, a 13 year old boy who stammers (stutters). One reviewer has referred to Black Swan Green as “Britain’s Catcher in the Rye." Prominent themes are bullying, being different, divorce and family relationships and underlying all of this is Jason’s stammering.

The author, David Mitchell, is a person who stammers (in Britain, stammering means stuttering). Using the voice of Jason Taylor, Mr. Mitchell has created perhaps the finest fictional account of stuttering , or more to the point, of avoiding stuttering.

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Check out this really great blog post titled the Black Swan Green Soundtrack which discusses the music and songs mentioned in the novel.

Andy Fenwick has an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, has published poems & fiction-reviews in numerous literary journals, and is a current contributor of author profiles and novel reviews to Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, 5th edition (Harper Collins).

Joel Korte is a "B Team" co-host, a person who stutters and attends a masters program for Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Minnesota on a part-time basis. He attained his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN in 2007. He currently works as a design engineer for ZVEX Effects, a highly regarded guitar effects pedal company, and is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West.

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