SEKOLAH MENENGAH SAYYIDINA HASAN NEWSLETTTER

A Secondary school with Excellent Active, Balance, Caring Education “Responsible, Teamwork & Positive Attitude” Vol. 1 Issue 1 First Term (January - March 2012)

OPENING SPEECH BY OUR PRINCIPAL: CIKGU HAJI METUSIN BIN HAJI JAIS

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah hiwabarakatuh,

This year, we saw 38.65% of our students obtaining 5 credits and above in the 2011 ‘O’ Level Examination. Though this

only represents a 1% increase from the 2010 results, it unquestionably shows the unwavering commitment by all

teachers, parents and students in the past year. Congratulations to all. This year in our efforts to improve on this, we will

continue to implement our target setting programme, fostering programme as well as the motivational talk programme

such as seminar bijak belajar and seminar skill to score. With the unrelentless efforts shown by all concerned, we hope

to achieve better results this year.

A conducive learning and teaching environment is one of the prerequisite of academic excellence. To this effort, the school plans to allocate a

special space for the students within the school compound. It is hoped that this space will be fully utilized by the students to their advantage. To

achieve this target, we plan to embark on a PLANTATON which aims to collect enough funds for this project and at the same time beautify the

school. This is also in line with the ‘School In The Garden’ project as envisioned by the MOE.

With the beautification of the school premises, we also plan to equip each classroom with modern facilities and technologies. This is aimed at

providing students as well as teachers with varieties in their teaching and learning strategies.

The rapid development in the global scene has demanded for future human capital to be more adaptable and competitive. Students being the

future human capital of the country needed to be equipped with these skills. We at Sayyidina Hasan hope to provide our students with such

skills by encouraging them to participate actively in co-curricular activities, community services as well as educational visits while still empha-

sizing on their core objective of achieving academic excellence.

The pride of being named as one of the eco-schools in Brunei in 2011 will see us putting into practice the 3R in a much greater scale. It is

expected that students of Sayyidina Hasan will continue to practice such initiatives well beyond their years in this school.

My hope is that Sayyidina Hasan will be a favourable and happy place for everyone. Let us all make this happen by giving our full commitment

towards achieving our vision of ‘A Secondary School with Excellent, Active, Balance and Caring Education’.

May we all be under the grace of Allah always.

As an initiative to all the Cluster 3 secondary schools for supporting the ‘Program Peningkatan Pencapaian Sains + Matematik (PPPS + M)’ or ‘The Enhancing Science and Mathematics Achievement Programme’ organized by the STEP Centre, a ‘Motivational Award for Cluster 3 Combined Science Students’ was held on 21st November 2011 in Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan’s multipurpose hall. The schools involved were Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan as the coordinator school, Sekolah Menengah Awang Semaun, Sekolah Menengah Masin, Sekolah Menengah Rimba, Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Husain and Sekolah Menengah Umar Al-Khattab. Among the objectives of the award day were to encourage the Combined Science students to do better, to appreciate the effort they have put in order to have so much improvement

and to show other students that improvement is possible, no matter how low their marks were.

Each school selected five students for the ‘Top 5 in Combined Science’ award as well as another five for the ‘Top 5 Most Improved in Combined Science’ award. Each student received a trophy and certificate kindly sponsored by the STEP Centre. The Guest of Honour was Ck Haji Jumaat bin Haji Salleh, Acting Assistant Director of Schools, Ministry of Education who was welcomed by Ck Haji Metusin bin Haji Jais, Principal of Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan. Other important guests included Principals, Deputy Prin-

cipals, Senior Masters and Mistresses from the Cluster 3 schools, Ck Nor Erawadi bin Haji Ibrahim as well as other officers from STEP Cen-tre and Ministry of Education. According to Ck Haji Jumaat, he encouraged secondary school teachers to come together and identify more similar programs in order to increase Science achievement throughout the country. He also congratulated the schools involved for the suc-cess of this programme as well as thanked STEP Centre for the effort and support given through this programme. The award day was also

enlivened with sketch and hand miming performances by the Health Club students of Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan.

AWARDS FOR COMBINED SCIENCE STUDENTS’ (PPPS + M) OF CLUSTER 3 SCHOOLS/ 2011 21st November 2011

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On 26th November 2011, Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan had launched the School’s Outreach Programme and 3R Awareness Day. After welcoming remarks by the Principal, Cikgu Haji Metusin Bin Haji Jais, a representative from Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation (JASTRe), Dayang Martinah Hj Tamit did a presentation and demonstration on 3R. JASTRe also presented prizes and certificates to the Principal as a declaration that Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan is officially an Eco-school in Brunei

Darussalam.

Certificates to sponsors were awarded by the Principal. Some of the sponsors include JASTRe, Butra Heidelburg Sdn Bhd, HSBC, and Jasra Harrisons Sdn Bhd. Students were also given prizes and certificates for collecting the most cans and their participation in 3R quizzes during the presentation by JASTRe. The Principal gave a token of appreciation to guest of honour followed by a group photo with the guest of honour. Lastly, guest of honour and guests were invited to view exhibition and demonstration by teachers and

students.

On 24 November 2011, Khatam Al-Quran ceremony was held at the Multi-Purpose hall of Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan for 98 Year 10B students. The guest of honour at the event was Ustaz Dr Md. Adi Zaki bin Hj Metassim, Counselor at the Department of Public Services, who is also the chairman of the SMSH Parent-Teacher Association. Also present at the function was the school principal, Cikgu Hj Metusin, the deputy principal Academic, Cikgu Hjh Aiasah, the Deputy Principal of Administration, Cikgu Norazizah, teachers,

parents, students and school management staff.

The ceremony was aimed at encouraging students to continue reading the Quran after completing their studies and GCE ‘O’ Level exams at the school. The event started with the recital of verses from the Al-Quran by Year 7A student Md Ridzuan Hj Budiman, following which the guest of honour led the mass recitation of Al-Fatihah. Then, the khatam students reciting verses from the Al-Quran, the recital of takhtim by Year 10 and Year 11 students, and a doa khatam was read by Year 10B student Zharif Izz Yaqin Hj Zulaiehi. The dikir marhaban was then performed by Year 10 and 11 students as the guest of honour, invited guests and parents sprinkled “bunga rampai” on the participants followed by the presentation of certificates. The function ended

with the recital of doa selamat.

KHATAM AL-QURAN CEREMONY FOR YEAR 10 24th November 2011

LAUNCHING OF THE SCHOOL’S OUTREACH PROGRAMME AND 3R AWARENESS DAY 28th November 2011

Approximately 250 students from Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan competed in this race during its Health Awareness Day on 22nd November 2011. The theme for this year's Health Awareness Day is “Eat

Smart, Move More”. The race activities were also designed to bring these two into focus.

There were 8 checkpoints in the race – 4 were nutrition activities which included making tuna sandwiches, completing a food pyramid jigsaw puzzle, recognising fruits and vegetables as well as measuring the sugar content in various drinks. The other 4 checkpoints were physical activities: a three-legged race, limbo rock, fitness circuit training and fun with flour and ping-pong ball. In first place was 10BScience1, who took only 30 minutes to finish the race. Winning teams received real fruit, fruit juices and oat crackers as their prizes,

to further emphasise the importance of having healthy eating habits.

“This is the first time the school is bringing the students a message on health through fun activities. It is our hope that through these activities we can promote the awareness that to gain health need not be bor-ing or a burden or a chore, but it can be enjoying and full of fun too,” said the Deputy Principal of Administration, Cikgu Norazizah binti Hj Md Salleh during her speech. In conjunction with the school's Health Awareness Day, there was an aerobic warm-up session, a medical check-up for the teachers (checking the

blood sugar level, BMI, blood pressure and using an age simulator) courtesy of the Health Promotion Committee of the Ministry of Health, and a powerpoint presentation on 'Malnutrition' by Health Promotion students of the school.

In addition, the annual 2-day teachers' fitness test was kicked off in the afternoon.

The school would like to give its appreciation to the sponsors of the Health Promotion Committee, Syarikat Jasra Harrison, who provided iced milo as refreshments and Syarikat Malar Setia for providing everyone with tuna sand-wiches and juice drinks. The school would also like to thank the year 10B Health Promotion students of Sekolah

Menengah Sayyidina Hasan, who have contributed tirelessly to the school for the past 2 years.

AMAZING RACE WITH A TWIST! 22nd November 2011

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BEST STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AWARDS FOR YEAR 7, 8, 9 AND 10A 2011 29th November 2011

TWO DAYS ORIENTATION FOR YEAR 7 STUDENTS 4th January - 5th January 2012

Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan held a two days orientation for Year 7 students which were held on Wednesday 4th January 2012 and on Thursday, 5th January 2012. On the first session, the orientation started with a recital of surah Al- Fatihah and doa by Cikgu Hj Noor Mohd Azrul Azni Bin Hj Nordin followed by welcoming speech from the Principal, Cikgu Hj Metusin bin Hj Jais. Briefings were given from the academic section by the Deputy Principal of Academic, Cikgu Hjh Aiasah Hj Japar followed by Cikgu Nori'zzah Hj Othman on BCATs then by the Deputy Principal of Administration on students' welfare and administration section.

Cikgu Lim Ai Giok also touched on the importance of HPV Vaccination.

After a short break, students were taught to sing the School's song fol-lowed by short briefings from head of sections of Registration, Students' Welfare, 3R Awareness, guidance and counselling, Discipline, Cleanli-

ness and lastly Canteen.

On the last day of orientation, students were assigned to their respective classes. The orientation ended by students participating in 'kenali

sekolah kita' activity.

End of year award ceremony for best students from Year 7, 8, 9 and 10A and also for teachers who had achieved their targets of passes in

the 2011’s internal examinations was held at the school’s Multi-Purpose Hall on the 29th November 2011.

Present as guest of honour was Awang Haji Abdul Rahman Bin Haji Nawi, the Acting Director of the Department of Curriculum Development,

Ministry of Education.

The ceremony began at 8.45am with the recital of the Surah Al-Fatihah, befor the welcoming speech by the school principal, Cikgu Haji Me-

tusin Bin Haji Jais. This was followed by a speech by the guest of honour. Afterwards, certificates of appreciation were presented to the

teachers who had reached or exceeded their targets of passes before the presentation of prizes to the students who excelled in the 2011

internal examinations.

Later it was followed by the presentation of academic prizes contributed by the school’s teachers to the

students who excelled in individual subjects by the school principal. There was also presentation of certifi-

cates of appreciation to eight special needs students from the pre-Vocational Programme.

The highlight of the event was a musical performance by the school’s Year 9 students who took part in

the ‘Broadway Musical Charity’ competition. The ceremony ended with a group photo session with the

guest of honour.

On 28th January 2012, the 14th opening ceremony for Sekolah Menengah Sayyidi-na Hasan was officiated by the school principal, Cikgu Haji Metusin Bin Haji Jais at the school multi-purpose hall. For the sports day, teachers

and students are divided into four different sport houses namely, Rumah Pahlawan, Rumah Perwira, Rumah Pejuang and Ru-mah Satria. Activities that are going to be held this year are

futsal, netball and badminton.

The event started with an aerobic session led by Cikgu Haji Majid and Cikgu Marilie. Once the students were warmed up, they had their cross country. Later on that day, lucky draw were held for students who participated in the cross country race and lastly futsal tournament for the boys and netball tournament for the girls were held simultaneously at the school field and multi-purpose hall respectively while badminton tournament will be

held at end of February.

OPENING CEREMONY FOR SPORTS DAY 2012

28th January 2012

A group of 21 students form Year

10K (SAP) was invited to attend the

6th National Skill Competition at

Sekolah Vokasional Nakhoda Ragam.

The group was led by Cikgu Rozai-

mah, Cikgu Haryati and Cikgu Amelia.

The teachers and students were welcomed by the Student Council.

They were then taken for a tour. During the visit, they were briefed

on the courses offered in the school for Special Applied Program

(SAP) students if they would like to further their studies. A group

photo was taken before the end of the visit.

A VISIT TO SEKOLAH VOKASIONAL NAKHODA RAGAM 8th February 2012

On the 26th of January 2012, a team from e-Hijrah, Ministry of Education came to our school to tour the school’s facilities and checking the internet connection as well as the classroom’s environment. A dialogue session was held by the school principal’s Cikgu Haji

Metusin Bin Haji Jais and Deputy principal about the school's activ-ities and progress throughout the years. They gave positive feed-back about the school being maintained very well considering the

age of the building.

VISITATION FROM E-HIJRAH TEAM TO S.M.SAYYIDINA HASAN 26th January 2012

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MAULUD NABI MUHAMMAD S.A.W. CEREMONY 9th February 2012

On Thursday, 9 Februari 2012, SM Sayyidina Hasan, Kilanas held Sambutan Maulud Nabi Muhammad

Sallallahu Alaihi Wassalam 1433 Hijrah. The event started with the recital of surah Al-Fatihah lead by Md

Azrin bin Mohamed Asli a student from year 11B. The event was then followed by Menghafaz Terjema-

han, Maksud dan Pengajaran Hadiths Competition for Year 11 students. The winners of the competition

were Voong Sheng Yung from 11B at first place, second place Nuramalina binti Muhd Nasri from 11C

and third place, Nuriziatul Sa’adah binti Zakaria from 11Sc2. The forth and fifth places go to Matthew Tan

Yong Sing from 11Sc2 and Siti Nurzafirah binti Hj Muhd Hambali from 11B. Before the event ended by

prize ceremony given by Cikgu Hj Metussin bin Haji Jais, the school’s principal, to all the competition

winners. It is hoped that the events will encourage the students to read and recite the hadiths, instill the love to our prophet, religion and remind

the students on the Sunnah and what to do and not to do as a muslim, and to motivate them before sitting for ‘O’ Level examination. The function

ended with the recital of Selawat Nabi.

WORKSHOP ON PREZI AND LEARNING STYLES 8th February 2012

As part of the professional development for teachers, Computer Department had conducted a workshop

entitled “Introduction to Prezi” and “Learning Style” in February which took place at the school Computer

Lab (Ground Floor). This workshop was attended by the school ‘s Principal, Deputy Principal of Academic

and teachers.

For the first part of the workshop, Cikgu Hjh Siti Noor Mazrah bte Awg Hj Suhut presented on the

“Introduction to Prezi”. She had learnt about Prezi during her PGCE program (Diploma in Education) at

UBD and noticed that the potential it has for teaching purpose. Hence, she has decided to share the

knowledge to other teachers. Prezi is a new learning tool which serves a similar function to PowerPoint

but with more interactive, powerful and interesting options. This is really useful for teachers especially in

trying to captivate students’ attention during lesson and for various teaching activities. What more in-

teresting about Prezi is that it is FREE in obtaining its license. All Prezi asks from us is our e-mail ad-

dress and we can register right away.

During the workshop, the participants were taught on how to sign up, create, edit and use the tools

available in Prezi. Once the demonstration had finished, the participants were asked to do an activity

using Prezi which is “Five Countries or Places that have been visited”. During this activity, it was shown

that participants were giving positive response and they learnt fast and well.

As a closure for the workshop, Cg. Leong Yat San conducted “Learning Styles” using Prezi. Learning styles are various approaches or ways of

learning. The Dunn and Dunn Model is a comprehensive model which identifies each student’s strength and preference across the full spectrum

of five categories; Environmental, Emotional, Sociological, Physiological and Psychological.

Environmental refers to sound, light, temperature and design of the room. Under emotional strand are motivation, persistence, responsibility or

conformity and structure. While under sociological strand; study/learn alone, paired with another, study/ learning with a group, colleagues,

authority and varying the way one studies. For Physical group, students tend to be more in their perceptual strengths (auditory, visual, tactile

and kinaesthetic), intake, time of day and mobility. The last strand would be known as Psychological which comprises of these skills; analytical

or global, left brain or right brain and either being reflective or impulsive.

All Year 7 students were involved in this programme which was organised by ‘Bahagian Kaunseling dan

Kerjaya’ (BKK) from the Ministry and the Counseling Department of Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan. It

took place on the 9th February 2012 at the school library which started from 1.30pm till 5pm.

The Sinar ‘A’ programme began with the recital of Al-Fatihah and then followed by a talk given by an officer

from the BKK. Later it was continued with talks given by representatives from the ‘Bahagian Promosi dan

Pendidikan Kesihatan, Kementerian Kesihatan’ and ‘Pusat Dakwah Islamiah, Kementerian Hal-Ehwal

Ugama’ before the function stopped for refreshment break. Representative officers from ‘JAPEM’ and ‘Jabatan Adat Istiadat Negara, Jab-

atan Perdana Menteri’ then delivered their talks. Afterwards there was the presentation of certificates to the representative officers by the

school principal.

SINAR ‘A’ PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE COUNSELING SECTION 9th February 2012

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FLAG HOISTING CEREMONY 13th February 2012

To commemorate the upcoming National Day celebration on 23rd February

2012, Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan held a flag-hoisting ceremony.

The ceremony was attended by the Principal, Cikgu Hj Metusin Hj Jais, the

Deputy Principal Administration, Cikgu Norazizah Hj Mohd Salleh, teachers

and the school uniform cadets.

It was held on Monday, 20 Rabiulawal 1433 on 13th February 2012 at 7.30

am in the school Dome area. A prayer was recited to bless the ceremony

followed by the principal’s speech on honouring our ancestors and being

proud of our country, Brunei Darussalam. The flag was then hoisted by the cadets while the National Anthem was

sung proudly by all the audience.

On 10th February 2012, organized by Computer Department, Sayyidina Hasan Secondary

School held a one day workshop for parents of Years 7 & 8 students. The workshop was present-

ed by Cikgu Mashnuneh binti Hj Mahali at ICT Room 1. The purpose of the workshop was to

enhance the relationship between parents and teachers in order to meet the objective of School

Outreach Program.

During the workshop, participants were given handouts for them to try out using Ms Word such as

formatting text documents, sending file attachments via email etc. Towards the end of the work-

shop, a question-answer session was held followed by a certificate presentation to participants

by Deputy Principal Academic, Cikgu Hjh Aiasah binti Hj Japar.

‘SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM’– Introduction to Ms Word 2010 for Parents of Years 7 & 8 Students 10th February 2012

SHARING SESSION FOR CLUSTER 2 SECONDARY SCHOOLS 14th & 15th February 2012

The school’s Teachers Data Management section had conducted a two

days sharing session for the secondary schools in Cluster 2. Present

during the sessions were the school’s principal Cikgu Haji Metusin bin

Haji Jais, Deputy Principal of Academic Cikgu Hjh Aiasah Haji Japar,

Deputy Principal of Administration Cikgu Norazizah Hj Salleh, Senior

Masters, Head of Departments, Head of sections and representative

teachers from each school from Cluster 2.

The head of TDM section, Cikgu Hjh Noorhafilah Hj Sulaiman presented how to use the school’s apprais-

al system. Some of the main objectives for this sharing session were to promote fairness consistency and transparency in appraising the

teachers, to improve motivation, attitude and behaviour of teachers and to develop civil servants who are excellent and efficient. After the

presentation, questions and answers session were open for the teachers regarding the use of this system.

MOTIVATIONAL TALK FOR THE SCHOOL’S STAFFS 18th February 2012

The school’s administration had pro-

vided a motivational talk on “Motivasi

Kerja” for the school’s staffs by a

guest speaker , Dr Md. Adi Zaki bin

Hj Metassim, Counselar at the De-

partment of Public Services as well

as being the chairman of the school’s

Parent-Teachers Association.

APPRECIATION TO OUR STUDENTS & TAECHERS

A job well done and appreciation to all the

Year 8, 9, 10A, 10B and 10C students as

well as the teachers who were involved in

the flag waving, marching and performance

during the 28th National Day Celebration.

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GCE ‘O’ LEVEL RESULTS 2011

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% of student obtained 3-10 credits in BC GCE 'O' Level

70.04 70.13

75.36 74.52

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77.82 78.89

69.75 69.64 68.68

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% of student obtained 5 - 10 credits in BC GCE 'O' Level

27.27 26.09

35.52 34.82

41.60

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40.14 41.0843.93

38.79 37.58 38.65

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TEACHERS & STAFF PLANTING FOR OUR UPCOMING PLANTATHON DAY 31st January 2012

Plantathon

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SCHOOL SESSION (1433 / 2012)

Year 7 & 8 Afternoon Session

IMPORTANT DATES & INFORMATION

Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan Humanitarian

Mission to Cambodia will be going from

10th March - 15th March 2012

WEEKLY CCA CHEDULE 2012

Level Day Time

Year 9, 10 & 11 Saturday 9.10 am - 10.25 am

Year 7 & 8 Saturday 2.10 pm - 3.00 pm

Visit our school’s website for latest news & updates

www.smsayhasan.webs.com

A warm welcome to our new teachers Cikgu Julaiha Bte Haji Sabtu – Mathematics Department Cikgu Siti Nurayu Puteri Bte Haji Tasrif – Malay Department Cikgu Marleney Bte Haji Ahmad – Ugama Department

Farewell to our teachers Cikgu Malai Salbiah Bte Haji Sheikh Said – Transferred to Ministry of Education Cikgu Siti Marienah Bte Haji Umar – Transferred to SM Rimba II Cikgu Norsalmi Bte Haji Ahmad – Transferred to SM Rimba II Cikgu Norshanita Erni Bte Haji Tarip – Transferred to SM Rimba II Cikgu Dk Hajah Norhafizah Shiqah Bte Pg Haji Hashim – Transferred to SM Rimba II Cikgu Abd Aziz Bin Haji Daud – Transferred to SMPAP Hajah Masna Cikgu Abdullah Haji Tahir – Retired

WELCOMING & FAREWELL TO THE TEACHERS

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TERM SCHOOL TERM SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Term 1 3rd Jan - 15th March 16th March - 25th March

Term 2 26th March - 9th June 10th June - 18th June

Time 7.15 – 7.

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7.30 –

8.00

8.00 –

8.30

8.30 –

9.00

9.00 –

9.30

9.30 –

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10.25

10.25 –

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10.50 –

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11.40 –

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Time 12.35 –

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Year 9, 10 & 11 Morning Session

SCHOOL FUNCTIONS

Plantathon Day 5th March 2012

Closing Sports Day *7th June 2012

Level Test & Examination

Year 7 BCATs 1 1st March - 15th March

Year 9 Mid-Year Examination 12th May - 2nd June

Year 10 Assessment 1 1st March - 10th March

Mid-Year Examination 12th May - 2nd June

Year 11 Mid-Year Examination 12th May - 2nd June

* Date to change

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