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'''The Woodcraft Folk''' is a [[United Kingdom|UK]]-based educational movement for children and young people, considered the youth arm of the [[co-operative]] movement. The aims of this [[youth organisation]] are to develop self-confidence and activity in society, with the intention of working towards "a world based on equality, peace, social justice and co-operation".
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'''Philip Anthony "Phil" Jaques''' (born [[May 3]], [[1979]] in [[Wollongong]], [[New South Wales]]) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]], [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]], [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] and [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], as well as international cricket for [[Australia cricket team|Australia]]. He married the Australian women's soccer player [[Danielle Small]] in 2006.<ref name=cric>{{cricinfo|ref=australia/content/player/6060.html}} retrieved [[November 16]] [[2007]]</ref>
==History==
Whilst sharing many of the same historical roots as the [[Scouting]] movement, The Woodcraft Folk's direct antecedent was the [[Kibbo Kift|Kindred of the Kibbo Kift]], an organisation led by ex-Scout Commissioner for Woodcraft and Camping [[John Hargrave]], who had broken with what he considered to be the Scouts' [[militarism|militaristic]] approach in the years immediately after the [[World War I|First World War]]. The Woodcraft Folk was established by [[Leslie Paul]] in [[1925]] after the south [[London]] co-operative groups challenged Hargrave's [[authoritarian]] tendencies over his refusal to recognise a local group called "The Brockleything" and broke away from the Kindred. In its early days it was very similar to the Kibbo Kift, with a strong [[paganism|pagan]] and [[anti-capitalist]] emphasis, but gradually developed its own distinct ethos.

The name '[[Woodcraft]]' was used by the influential writer and naturalist [[Ernest Thompson Seton]] at the turn of the twentieth century when setting up the American proto-scouting organisation [[Woodcraft Indians]], and in this context meant the skill of living in the open air, close to nature.

In 2000 The Woodcraft Folk developed a birthday logo. There is much argument about which logo should be used on official publications, with the new square logo favoured by the Head Office.

The history within the labour movement can be seen in the book produced by the Woodcraft Folk called ''Fashioning a New World'' which was commissioned for its 75th birthday. Other historical references exist, ''Cooperative Banners'' a book available from the [[Rochdale Pioneers]] museum contains banners of the Woodcraft Folk. The Woodcraft Folk historical records are held at the [[London School of Economics]]

==Philosophy==
The official slogan of The Woodcraft Folk is ''Span the world with friendship''.

Woodcraft is not based upon any particular religious belief or national identity. The organisation welcomes all young people whether they have a religious background or none and much of its work emphasises the importance of international understanding and fellowship. The principles of [[peace]] and [[co-operation]] are therefore central to everything they do and they endeavour to develop members to have an understanding of some of the issues behind global poverty and conflict in the belief in fashioning a new, better world.

==Decision Making==
The Woodcraft Folk is a [[Democracy|democratic]] organisation. Policies are decided at annual conference (Annual Gathering), attended by delegates from groups and local districts. Between Annual Gathering responsibility for running the organisation falls on the members of the General Council. The organisation states that they "are proud of the fact that about half of our current General Council are young people under 25 years of age".

The [[District Fellows]] (DFs) also have an annual decision making meeting, known as "Althing". This is normally held in October. They have an elected committee where each post is held for two years. Any District Fellow is able to attend and vote on the motions. This is not to say that they are totally independent from the main body of the Woodcraft Folk. District Fellows still have representatives at Annual Gathering, and decisions made there still apply.

==Age Groups==
Woodcraft Folk groups operate in [[England]], [[Scotland]], [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Wales]]. In Wales the organisation is known as [[Gwerin y Coed]]. Groups generally meet weekly, their activities including [[co-operative games]], drama, camping trips, craftwork, singing and dancing, as well as following an educational programme based on the organisation's aims and principles. Group nights last between one and two hours, depending on the age of the children or young people. Groups are divided by age.

===Woodchips===
Under six. The most recently established age group in the Woodcraft folk the under sixes in the past have been unofficially called Wood pigeons. However with the creation of an official under six section Woodchips as a name was chosen.

===Elfins===
Six to nine years old

===Pioneers===
Ten to twelve years old

===Venturers===
Thirteen to fifteen years old

Venturer events are held nationally every 3 years as well as regional events happening more often such as midnight ice skating at in London or North London Venturer Camp. A National Venturer Camp is held every 3 years so every Venturer can go once. Each camp has an overarching theme and runs activities for the Venturers to attend. The last was held in 2005 at Drum Hill Scout Camp.

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! Year || Theme || Location
|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
| 2008 || Anti-Apathy || Benllech, [[Anglesey]]
|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
| 2005 || Peace / Hiroshima Remembrance || Drum Hill Scout Camp, [[Derby]]
|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
| 2002 || Sustainability / Friendship || Woodcraft Park Farm, [[West Sussex]]
|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
| 1999 || || Ulock, [[Lake District]]
|}

===District Fellows===
{{main|District Fellows}}
Sixteen to twenty years

District Fellows (DFs) operate both on a local group level and as a semi-autonomous movement within the Woodcraft Folk. The age group is largely run by the young people through the DF Committee which runs annually three events as well as the AGM - [[Althing]] and three open committee meetings called Forum.

DFs are also responsible for the maintenance of their website [http://www.spanthatworld.com Span That World] and their campaign which at the moment is combating Climate Change.

==Funding==
The Woodcraft Folk is paid for by weekly subscription from children and young people, adult memberships paid yearly and groups pay annual national registration fees. The Woodcraft Folk has also from its start received substantial support from the [[Cooperative]] Movement and is part of [[Cooperatives UK]]
{{wikinews|The Woodcraft Folk loses subsidy}}
The Woodcraft Folk used to receive a yearly subsidy from the [[Department for Education and Skills]]. In 2005, however, the Woodcraft folk lost this grant. The department said that the organisation's claim for a grant lacked detail and that they did not have “sufficiently robust outcome indicators”, meaning that it did not represent a “good value for money”. Although some members of Woodcraft Folk have said that the real reason the funding was stopped is the group's strong stance against the Iraq War. This was the first time in 40 years the organisation was denied funding by the department. The grant money provided a fifth of the funds that helped to pay for Woodcraft Folk's full-time staff and headquarters.

The Woodcraft Folk campaigned to get its funding back and before the May 2005 election was offered a seconded employee from the [[Department for Education and Skills]] starting in 2006 for a year and a return to limited funding the year after.

The Woodcraft Folk also receives sporadic funding from grant providers for project work it undertakes such as the London Training grant from the [[Bridge House Trust]]. Other recent grants include those for [[Global Village 2006]] from the [[Department for International Development]] and the [[Cooperative Group]] and for the 18 month Climate Challenge project, C-Change, from the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] (see http://www.switchonswitchoff.org/).

==Affiliations==
===International===
Although a British organisation, it has sister organisations throughout the world, by being a part of the [[Brussels]]-based federation of progressive youth organisations, the [[International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International]] (IFM-SEI).

The IFM-SEI links together like-minded progressive youth organisations in many parts of the world, though its strongest affiliates are in Western Europe. It has a small secretariat based in Brussels. The Woodcraft Folk's former General Secretary - Andy Piercy sat on the Control Commission of IFM-SEI until 2007.


== Early career and domestic success==
Tamsin Pearce, a former Woodcraft Folk Chair is the Secretary General elect and formally a Vice-President of IFM-SEI from the Woodcraft Folk.


Jaques commenced his cricketing career whilst a student at Nareena Hills Public School in Wollongong. A junior with the Wests team in Wollongong he moved onto the Sutherland club whilst still in high school to further his career. A last minute call up to the NSW team on 15 March 2001 for a match against Queensland saw him rush from Sydney to Brisbane where he arrived in time to debut at the unfamiliar number 10 position with the score at 70/8, up against a Queensland attack on a seaming green-top, he top scored with 40.
International camps where similar organisations can meet up and network are held every year in different countries. Internaional camps take place in England every 5 to 6 years or so.


After struggling to establish himself for [[New South Wales Blues|New South Wales]] thereafter, Jaques transformed his career by signing for the English [[County Championship]] side [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] in [[2003]]. He was prolific, hitting over 1200 runs including a triple century and returned to NSW an established member of the Pura Cup Champions. 2003/04 saw the consolidation of Jaques' English form in Australia as he built a reputation of being a player who could score quickly but also occupy the crease for many hours. After returning to England to play for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] [1118 runs in [[2004]] and 1359 in [[2004]]] and maintaining a consistent standard with New South Wales [1191 runs in 2004-05], many were calling for his promotion to the National team <ref name=cric/>. He went back to England to play for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, where he scored 1689 runs in 18 matches. Uniquely for the current Australian Test team, Jaques has played more first class games overseas than he has in Australia (62 overseas, mainly in England, 51 in Australia as of 25th November 2007). His batting average in the English County Championship is also quite a lot better than his average in the [[Pura Cup]] (59.31 compared to 47.46 as of November 25th 2007).
===Voluntary sector===
The Woodcraft Folk is affiliated to NCVO, [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]], and to the [[Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations]].


== Eligibility ==
In the development education field, Woodcraft is an affiliate of the [http://www.dea.org.uk Development Education Association] ([[Development Education Association|DEA]]).


Jaques was born to English parents, Stuart and Mary, and is a holder of a British passport. This made him eligible to play for both England and Australia. With [[Matthew Hayden]] and [[Justin Langer]] established at the top of the Australian batting line up, Jaques himself did not rule out qualifying to become an English player. However, his desire to play for Australia proved too strong and his record breaking form in 2004-05 led to his Australian international call up.
===Youth service===
The main youth ‘quango’ is the NYA, [[National Youth Agency]], to which Woodcraft works closely. The Woodcraft Folk plays an active part in the voluntary youth service, mainly through the [[NCVYS]] (pronounced‘nik-vis’), the [http://www.ncvys.org.uk/ National Council for Voluntary Youth Service], which also includes groups such as the [[The Scout Association|Scouts]] and [[Guides]].


== International Cricket ==
The Woodcraft Folk is affiliated to the [[British Youth Council]], at present two members of the Woodcraft Folk's members sit on the board of British Youth Council; [[Lloyd Russell-Moyle]] and [[Elle Dodd]].


In 2005-06 a timely century in the [[Pura Cup]] followed three consecutive centuries in the [[ING Cup]] for New South Wales, and Jaques was selected for the [[Australian cricket team|Australian ]] squad for the 2nd Test against [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] starting on [[Boxing Day]], 2005 in [[Melbourne]] after regular opener [[Justin Langer]] pulled a hamstring in the previous match. He was unable to capitalise however, making only 2 and 28. Jaques was given another chance making 66 in his second Test against [[Bangladeshi cricket team|Bangladesh]] in April 2006 after Langer was ruled out with concussion sustained in an earlier Test.<ref name=cric/>
===Co-operative movement===
The Woodcraft Folk has since its founding had close links with the co-operative movement, and currently receives considerable financial support from various co-op bodies.


Making his One-Day International debut for Australia against South Africa, Jaques made 94, falling six runs short of his maiden century. His innings broke a 23-year-old record of the highest score on debut for Australia in a One-Day International. In November 2006, Jaques scored successive centuries in three days against England, in the warm up to the 2006 Ashes series in Australia. His first, playing for a Prime Minister's XI, was an impressive 112. His second was 107, playing for New South Wales. However the selectors stuck with regular openers Hayden and Langer and Jaques was forced to bide his time with NSW. One year later, and following the retirement from international cricket of [[Justin Langer]], Jaques was called up to the Test squad for the home series against Sri Lanka ahead of his rival for the place, [[Western Warriors|Western Australia]]'s [[Chris Rogers (cricketer)|Chris Rogers]], in part due to a fluent second innings 167 in a Pura Cup match against Western Australia in which Rogers scored 9 and 17.
[[Co-operatives UK]] (formally the Co-operative Union) is the federation of all co-operatives in the UK. The Woodcraft Folk are members of Co-operatives UK and work closely with the Co-operatives UK's College.


Jacques took full advantage of his opportunity to cement a permanent opening slot in the Australian side by scoring his maiden test century in the first test at the Gabba. Jacques was dropped on 68 and 90 but made the most of his life to notch up his first hundred at international level with a boundary off the first ball after a drinks break <ref name=first100/>. His century came from 196 balls and included 14 fours, it having taken him 34 deliveries to get off the mark.<ref>[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/318857.html ''Phil Jaques justifies call-up''] Cric Info retrieved [[November 16]] [[2007]]</ref> He was dismissed without adding to his score just seven balls later, stumped by [[Prasanna Jayawardene]] off [[Muttiah Muralitharan]].<ref name=first100>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7082697.stm ''Aussies thrive on Jaques century''] [[BBC News]] retrieved [[November 16]] [[2007]]</ref> One week later, Jaques consolidated his test spot by scoring 150 and 68 in the second test at [[Bellerive]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7095929.stm ''Twin tons power Australia effort''] [[BBC News]] retrieved [[November 16]] [[2007]]</ref>
The Co-operative College is based in Manchester and is managed by the Board of Management on behalf of the Co-operatives UK, Woodcraft Folk's General Secretary - Andy Piercy currently sits on the board of the Cooperative College.


== Records and Achievements ==
===Peace movement===
The Woodcraft Folk are members of the [[Stop the War Coalition]] and affiliated to the [[National Peace Council]], the [[Campaign Against Arms Trade]] (CAAT) and work closely with many local [[CND]] branches.


* Jaques won the 05/06 Australian Domestic Cricketer of the Year, at the 2006 [[Allan Border Medal]] Ceremony.
===Outdoor/environmental movements===
* In February 2007, Jaques came within a few runs of beating Victor Trumper's Sydney Grade Cricket record score compiling 321 for Sutherland against North Sydney in less than 6 hours.
Affiliations are held with the [[Ramblers Association]] (RA), and Woodcraft Folk have a close relationship with [[Youth Hostels Association]] (YHA) attending the AGM and other statutory meetings. Woodcraft Folk is affiliated to the [http://www.cee.org.uk/ Council for Environmental Education] (CEE) and the [[The Central Council of Physical Recreation (UK)]] (CCPR).
*He has scored 8 first class double hundreds.
* Scored his maiden test century in his third test; the first test of the 2007/08 Australian summer against Sri Lanka.
* Jaques scored 150 in the following test at Bellerive, [[Hobart]].
* Became the first Australian cricketer born in Wollongong to score a test match hundred.


==Notes==
The [[Forest School Camps]] (FSC) organisation, which organises democratically-run camps for children and young people, has very similar objectives to the Woodcraft Folk with shared historical links which continue today.


{{reflist}}
==General Secretaries and Chairs==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! General Secretary
! Chair of General Council
|-
| 2007
| Kirsty Palmer / Andy Piercy (Retiring)
| Richard Lace
|-
| 2006
| Chris Pyke (Acting) / Andy Piercy
| Richard Lace
|-
| 2005
| Andy Piercy / Chris Pyke (Acting)
| Jess Cawley
|-
| 2004 - 2002
| Andy Piercy
| Tamsin Pearce
|-
| 2002 - 1999
| Andy Piercy
| Jess Cawley
|}


== External links ==
==Events==
* {{cricinfo|ref=australia/content/player/6060.html}}
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:GV block logo.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Global Village 2006 Logo]] -->As well as smaller events organised by local and regional groups, the Woodcraft Folk also organise several larger camps. These include a camp for Venturers (see above) held every three years and an International Camp, usually held every five to six years.


The last such event, the Global Village Youth Festival of 2006, was the first in over 60 years to be held as an official [[IFM-SEI]] camp.


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==Woodcraft World==
Woodcraft World is a seasonal members magazine that brings news from inside the Woodcraft Folk as well as worldwide news on events of interest to members of the Woodcraft Folk.
The [http://www.woodcraft.org.uk/news/4/ Woodcraft World Archives] can be found on the [http://www.woodcraft.org.uk/ Official Woodcraft Folk website].


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==See also==
*[[District Fellows]]
*[[Sust’n’Able]]
*[[International Falcon Movement|International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International]]
*[[Woodcraft]]
*[[Woodcraft Indians|Woodcraft League of America]]


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==External links==
[[Category:1979 births]]
*[http://www.woodcraft.org.uk Woodcraft Folk Official website]
[[Category:Living people]]
*[http://www.sustnable.org.uk Sust'n'Able - Woodcraft Folk Sustainability project]
[[Category:New South Wales cricketers]]
*[http://www.globalvillage2006.org Global Village 2006 IFM-SEI festival]
[[Category:Northamptonshire cricketers]]
*[http://www.spanthatworld.com District Fellows website]
[[Category:Yorkshire cricketers]]
* [http://archives.lse.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqServer=lib-4.lse.ac.uk&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo='yma') Catalogue of the Youth Movement Archive] at the [http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/Default.htm Archives Division] of the [[London School of Economics]].
[[Category:Worcestershire cricketers]]
[[Category:Australian Test cricketers]]
[[Category:Australian ODI cricketers]]
[[Category:People from Wollongong]]


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Phil Jaques
Personal information
Full name
Philip Anthony Jaques
NicknamePro[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingLeft-hand
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 395)26 December 2005 v South Africa
Last Test8 November 2007 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 158)20 January 2006 v South Africa
Last ODIFebruary 18 2007 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000 -New South Wales
Worcestershire
Northamptonshire
Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 4 6 112 120
Runs scored 414 125 10,809 4,689
Batting average 69.00 20.83 56.88 42.62
100s/50s 2/2 0/1 34/48 12/26
Top score 150 94 244 158*
Balls bowled - - 68 18
Wickets - - - -
Bowling average - - - -
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in match - - - -
Best bowling - - - -
Catches/stumpings 2/– 3/– 90/– 30/–
Source: cricinfo.com, 12 November 2007

Philip Anthony "Phil" Jaques (born May 3, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire, as well as international cricket for Australia. He married the Australian women's soccer player Danielle Small in 2006.[1]

Early career and domestic success

Jaques commenced his cricketing career whilst a student at Nareena Hills Public School in Wollongong. A junior with the Wests team in Wollongong he moved onto the Sutherland club whilst still in high school to further his career. A last minute call up to the NSW team on 15 March 2001 for a match against Queensland saw him rush from Sydney to Brisbane where he arrived in time to debut at the unfamiliar number 10 position with the score at 70/8, up against a Queensland attack on a seaming green-top, he top scored with 40.

After struggling to establish himself for New South Wales thereafter, Jaques transformed his career by signing for the English County Championship side Northamptonshire in 2003. He was prolific, hitting over 1200 runs including a triple century and returned to NSW an established member of the Pura Cup Champions. 2003/04 saw the consolidation of Jaques' English form in Australia as he built a reputation of being a player who could score quickly but also occupy the crease for many hours. After returning to England to play for Yorkshire [1118 runs in 2004 and 1359 in 2004] and maintaining a consistent standard with New South Wales [1191 runs in 2004-05], many were calling for his promotion to the National team [1]. He went back to England to play for Worcestershire for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, where he scored 1689 runs in 18 matches. Uniquely for the current Australian Test team, Jaques has played more first class games overseas than he has in Australia (62 overseas, mainly in England, 51 in Australia as of 25th November 2007). His batting average in the English County Championship is also quite a lot better than his average in the Pura Cup (59.31 compared to 47.46 as of November 25th 2007).

Eligibility

Jaques was born to English parents, Stuart and Mary, and is a holder of a British passport. This made him eligible to play for both England and Australia. With Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer established at the top of the Australian batting line up, Jaques himself did not rule out qualifying to become an English player. However, his desire to play for Australia proved too strong and his record breaking form in 2004-05 led to his Australian international call up.

International Cricket

In 2005-06 a timely century in the Pura Cup followed three consecutive centuries in the ING Cup for New South Wales, and Jaques was selected for the Australian squad for the 2nd Test against South Africa starting on Boxing Day, 2005 in Melbourne after regular opener Justin Langer pulled a hamstring in the previous match. He was unable to capitalise however, making only 2 and 28. Jaques was given another chance making 66 in his second Test against Bangladesh in April 2006 after Langer was ruled out with concussion sustained in an earlier Test.[1]

Making his One-Day International debut for Australia against South Africa, Jaques made 94, falling six runs short of his maiden century. His innings broke a 23-year-old record of the highest score on debut for Australia in a One-Day International. In November 2006, Jaques scored successive centuries in three days against England, in the warm up to the 2006 Ashes series in Australia. His first, playing for a Prime Minister's XI, was an impressive 112. His second was 107, playing for New South Wales. However the selectors stuck with regular openers Hayden and Langer and Jaques was forced to bide his time with NSW. One year later, and following the retirement from international cricket of Justin Langer, Jaques was called up to the Test squad for the home series against Sri Lanka ahead of his rival for the place, Western Australia's Chris Rogers, in part due to a fluent second innings 167 in a Pura Cup match against Western Australia in which Rogers scored 9 and 17.

Jacques took full advantage of his opportunity to cement a permanent opening slot in the Australian side by scoring his maiden test century in the first test at the Gabba. Jacques was dropped on 68 and 90 but made the most of his life to notch up his first hundred at international level with a boundary off the first ball after a drinks break [2]. His century came from 196 balls and included 14 fours, it having taken him 34 deliveries to get off the mark.[3] He was dismissed without adding to his score just seven balls later, stumped by Prasanna Jayawardene off Muttiah Muralitharan.[2] One week later, Jaques consolidated his test spot by scoring 150 and 68 in the second test at Bellerive.[4]

Records and Achievements

  • Jaques won the 05/06 Australian Domestic Cricketer of the Year, at the 2006 Allan Border Medal Ceremony.
  • In February 2007, Jaques came within a few runs of beating Victor Trumper's Sydney Grade Cricket record score compiling 321 for Sutherland against North Sydney in less than 6 hours.
  • He has scored 8 first class double hundreds.
  • Scored his maiden test century in his third test; the first test of the 2007/08 Australian summer against Sri Lanka.
  • Jaques scored 150 in the following test at Bellerive, Hobart.
  • Became the first Australian cricketer born in Wollongong to score a test match hundred.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Phil Jaques at ESPNcricinfo retrieved November 16 2007
  2. ^ a b Aussies thrive on Jaques century BBC News retrieved November 16 2007
  3. ^ Phil Jaques justifies call-up Cric Info retrieved November 16 2007
  4. ^ Twin tons power Australia effort BBC News retrieved November 16 2007


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