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ENGLISH PROGRAM CONTENT Fall 2012 Course name French language Public sphere and media analysis European governance Environmental policy US Foreign Policy Spring 2013 Course name French language French politics Cultural divide European Studies Political leaders: case studies & comparative perspectives The European Union and its Eastern Neighbours Instructor Various, based on student level Ccile Holzhauser-Alberti Catherine van der REST -SUBTIL, Pierre REMOND Bertrand de LARGENTAYE Pr John GAFFNEY Dr Nathaniel COPSEY. Number of hours 48 20 20 20 10 10 Instructor Various, based on student level Pr Erik NEVEU Dr Romain PASQUIER, Virginie SALIOU Dr Sylvie OLLITRAULT Dr Graeme HAYES Pr Mario MENENDEZ Number of hours 48 20 20 20 20

Public Sphere and Media Analysis Professor Erik Neveu From week n2 each participant will be invited to read a scientific journals paper or book chapter before our weekly meeting. Pr Erik Neveu would suggest as two useful readings before starting this course: - Jurgen Habermas book The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society (Polity Press, 1992) and/or - Michael Schudsons The Power of News Harvard University Press, 1996. I Media and Society Two Grand Narratives Weeks 1 and 2 Habermas: The Rise and fall of the Public Sphere Habermas Books The public sphere, its receptions and criticisms. Weeks 3, 4 & 5 Modernity as a Communication Society? The making of a modern myth Communication Society: promised Land or Big Brothers realm , A popular myth: why? Giving historical depth to the Communication society 1

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II Wanted: Sociological explanations To make sense of modern press and media Week 6 Press and Media with capital letters or Journalistic Field? The institutionalized space of news and cultural production. Searching for relationships between cultural goods and audiences. Mediascapes. Week 7 Current trends and changes in political communication. Week 8 Rethinking Internet Week 9 Which Media power? Models, Questioning and debating the Power of the press and Media. Week 10 Reception studies: Are audiences powerless cultural dopes? Is there one and only one, universal way of receiving media messages? _________________________ European Union Studies Dr Romain PASQUIER, Ms Virginie SALIOU Sixty years after its firsts steps, the European Union is at a fateful moment of its evolution (treaty reforms, euro crisis, popular opposition). Challenges facing the EU concern much more than the EU itself. The European Union unique institutionnal architecture led it to become a central player in European countries politics and policies and in international affairs. Therefore, the EU deserves attention more than ever. During this course students will be provided with an understanding of EU polity, politics, policies and dynamics. Course themes include : EU theories, EU institutions, EU identity, EU external policy, EU lobbying Course methodology encourages shared learning through structured debates, quiz and role-plays. Program sessions Session 1 : Introduction to the European Union Session 2: The EU institutional system Further reading (sessions 1 & 2): -Hix S., Hoyland B. (2011), The Political System of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave macmillan
-Wallace H., Pollack M; Young A. (2010), Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford University Press

-Nugent N. (2010), The Government and Politics of the European Union, 7th edition, Palgrave macmillan
-Pinder J., Usherwood S. (2008),The European Union: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press

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Session 3 : EU politics Debate materials (suggestions): - Democratic deficit http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x79gth_democratic-deficit-on-eu_webcam - Lindberg B., Rasmussen A. and Warntjen A., Party Politics as Usual? The Role of Political Parties in the European Union, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 15 (2008), No. 8, pp. 11071126 - Ladrech, R. (2002), Europeanization and Political Parties: towards a framework for Analysis, Party Politics, 8 (2). - Moravcsik A., 2008, The myth of Europes democratic deficit , Intereconomics: journal of European public policy http://www.princeton.edu/~amoravcs/library/myth_european.pdf -Priestley J. (2010), European political parties: the missing link, Notre Europe, Policy Paper, n41. -euractiv.com, file on European political parties and groups in the European Parliament - -euractiv.com, file on the EP elections: Deepening the democratic deficit Session 4 : Interest representation in the EU Debate materials (suggestions): -Greenwood, J. (2011) 'The lobby regulation element of the European Transparency Initiative: between liberal and deliberative models of democracy', Comparative European Politics, 9, 3, 317343. -Greenwood, J. (2011), Interest representation in the European Union, 3rd edition, PalgraveMacmillan. -European Parliament (2003), Lobbying in the European Union: current rules and practices, Working apper AFCO 104 EN Luxembourg, European Parliament, 2003 http://ec.europa.eu/civil_society/interest_groups/docs/workingdocparl.pdf -euractiv.com, file on lobbying transparency http://www.euractiv.com/en/pa/transparency-initiative-linksdossier-188351 - European Commission, Communication Follow-up to the Green Paper European Transparency Initiative, Brussels, 21.3.2007, COM(2007) 127 final http://ec.europa.eu/civil_society/docs/com_2007_127_final_en.pdf Session 5 : EU theories Debate materials (suggestions): - Brzel T., Risse T. (2000), When Europe Hits Home : Europeanization and Domestic Change , EioP, (4) 15, http:// eiop.or.at/eiop/texte/2000-015a.htm - Radaelli C. (2000), The Domestic Impact of European Union Public Policy: Notes on Concepts, Methods and the Challenge of Empirical research , Politique europenne, 5, p. 107-142. - Rosamond B. (2000), Theories of European integration, London, Palgrave Macmillan. - Stone Sweet A., Sandholtz W., 2010 Nofunctionalism and supranational governance, http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=alec_stone_sweet -Wallace H., Pollack M; Young A. (2010), Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford University Press Session 6 : The EU internal policies Debate materials (suggestions): - Caporaso J., 2008, The EU and forms of State: Westphalian, regulatory or postmodern?, Journal of Common Market Studies, 34 (1) 3

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-euractiv.com, file on Financial perspective 2007-13 - European commission, the policies, http://ec.europa.eu/policies/index_en.htm - Fith report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, Report from the Commission, November 2010 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/cohesion5/pdf/5cr_en.pdf - Info regio EU Regional policy http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.cfm - Scharpf F. W., 1997, Economic Integration, democracy and the Welfare state, Journal of European Public Policy, 4 (1) - Wallace H., Pollack M; Young A. (2010), Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford University Press Session 7 : The EU as a global player Debate materials (suggestions) -Angel Alvarez Alberti (2011), The Myth of the EU as a global player, European and Me Magazine n12 http://www.europeandme.eu/12brain/627-european-myth-eu-global-player -Zornitsa Stoyanova-Yerburgh (2010), The European Union: Still a Global Player?, Carnegie Council Ethics online http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/resources/ethics_online/0050.html#_footnoteref1 -Hill, C. (1993), The Capability-Expectations Gap, or Conceptualising Europe's Foreign Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, 31-3, p. 305-28. -Lucarelli S., Manners I. (eds.) (2006), Values and principles in European Foreign Policy, London: Routledge. -Lucarelli S., Fioramonti L. (eds.) (2009), External Perceptions of the European Union as a Global Actor, London: Routledge. Session 8 : The EU identity Debate materials (suggestions): - Checkel J. T., Katzenstein P. (eds), 2009, European identity, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. - -euractiv.com, file on European values and identity - European Commission (2006), The future of Europe, Special Eurobarometer 251 / Wave 65.1 http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/quali/ql_futur_en.pdf - Risse T. (2010), A community of Europeans? Transnational identities and public spheres , Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press. - Risse T. (2001), A European Identity? Europeanization and the evolution of Nation-States identities , in T. Risse, M. Green-Cwoles and James Caporaso, eds, Transforming Europe, New York, Cornell University Press, p. 217-238. - EU Forum: Do you feel European? http://www.eu-forums.com/eu-issues/do-you-feel-european-t3176.html - Eurobarometer 2011 http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm Session 9 : The future of the EU Debate materials (suggestions): -Surel Y. (2011), The European Union and the challenges of populism, Notre Europe, Policy brief n27, 8p. -Vignon J. (2011), Solidarity and responsibility in the European Union, Notre Europe, Policy brief n26, 6p. -Ccile Leconte (2010), Understanding Euroscepticism, Palgrave Macmillan. 4

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-Follesdal A, Hix S. (2006), Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik, Journal of Common Market Studies, 44-3, p. 53362. -Moravscik A. (2002), In Defence of the Democratic Deficit: Reassessing Legitimacy in the European Union, Journal of Common Market Studies, 40- 4, p. 60324 -European Commission (2006), The future of Europe, Special Eurobarometer 251 / Wave 65.1 http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/quali/ql_futur_en.pdf Session 10 : Lobbying simulation Materials (suggestions): -Smith KE, Fooks G, Collin J, Weishaar H, Mandal S, & al. (2010) Working the System British American Tobaccos Influence on the European Union Treaty and Its Implications for Policy: An Analysis of Internal Tobacco Industry Documents. PLoS Med, 7(1) http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000202#s7 -Cisneros rnberg J. (2009), Escaping deadlock alcohol policy-making in the EU, Journal of European Public Policy, 16-5, p. 755-773. -Duina F., Kurzer P. (2004), Smoke in your eyes : the struggle over tobacco control in the European Union, Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 11, n 1, p. 57-77. -http://www.lobbyplanet.eu/wiki/ -http://archive.corporateeurope.org/docs/lobbyingbycommittee.pdf -Civil Society Contact Group (2006), Making your voice heard in the EU: A guide for NGOs http://www.avrupa.info.tr/Files/File/NGOGuide_EN.pdf Sixty years after its first steps, the European Union is at a fateful moment of its evolution (treaty reforms, euro crisis, popular opposition). Challenges facing the EU concern much more than the EU itself. The European Union unique institutionnal architecture led it to become a central player in European countries politics and policies and in international affairs. Therefore, the EU deserves attention more than ever. During this course students will be provided with an understanding of EU polity, politics, policies and dynamics. Course themes include : EU theories, EU institutions, EU identity, EU external policy, EU lobbying Course methodology encourages shared learning through class discussion, quiz and role-plays. _________________________ Environmental Politics Dr Graeme Hayes & Dr Sylvie Ollitrault This course is designed to give a broad overview of environmental politic, starting from its arrival as a relatively minor policy issue forty or so years ago, and tracing its development into a major global problem that cuts across thinking and policy making in every sector of politics. The syllabus combines three approaches to studying environmental politics. We look at the big ideas behind the politics of the environment: risk, sustainable development, green capitalism, degrowth; we look at the way political actors act regulation, globalisation, judiciarisation, ecological modernisation; and we look at specific case studies, with individual classes discussing nuclear power and GMOs as environmental policy problems, allied to a general focus which draws on the key issues climate change, biodiversity, territorial protection, social and environmental justice. The goal of the class is to help you develop a critical understanding of what constitutes environmental politics, what the major issues and debates are, and how political and institutional actors act on the public stage. Syllabus: 1.Man and Nature: an ongoing relationship (SO) 2.Ecological modernisation (GH) 3.The judiciarisation of environmental politics (SO) 5

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4.Nuclear power: from societal critique to global warming (GH) 5.The global stakes of environmental politics (SO) 6.What is sustainable development? (GH) 7.Risk society (SO) 8.GMOs: key to food security, biohazard, driver of social injustice? (GH) 9.Green parties and social movements in France (SO) 10.Degrowth (GH) _________________________ From doctrine to doctrine: United States Foreign Policy 1947-2011 Professor Mario MENENDEZ After the final collapse of the USSR the United States found themselves as world leaders with no other country able to counter or question their political and economic policies. The end of the faceto-face open confrontation of the Cold War period led to the emergence of new political powers in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa that openly questioned U.S. hegemony and the inevitable choices in foreign policy. Our goal is to examine and analyze the creation, evolution and goals of American foreign policy and how presidential political choices and doctrines have played, and still do, a major role in their implementation. Bibliography - ARTAUD, Denise, La fin de linnocence, Les Etats-Unis de Truman Reagan, Armand Colin, Paris, 1985. - DAVID, Charles-Philippe, BALTHAZAR, Louis & VAISSE, Justin, La politique trangre des Etats-Unis: fondements, acteurs, formulation, Presses de Sciences Po, 2003. - HOOK, Steve, U.S. Foreign Policy. The Paradox of World Power. CQ Press. 2004. - McCORMICK, Thomas, Americas Half Century: United States Foreign Policy in the Cold War and After, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. - MELANDRI, Pierre & VAISSE, Justin, L'empire du milieu : les Etats-Unis et le monde depuis la fin de la Guerre froide, Odile Jacob, 2001. - SCOTT, James (ed.), After the End Making US Foreign Policy After the Cold War , Durham, Duke University Press, 1998. - WITTKOPT, Eugene Wittkopf & McCORMICK, James (eds.) The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy, Insights and Evidence, 4th edition, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. _________________________ French politics Ms Ccile Holzhauser-Alberti This course aims at presenting politics in France. It is intended to help students achieve a basic understanding of the current political system. Our studies will focus on: 1) Reasons why France experienced five different republics ; -the historical background of the three revolutions of 1789, 1830, 1848 -the origins of the Left and Right-wing parties 2) Circumstances of the birth of the Fifth Republic 3) The description of the main features of the 5th republic: the slogan "Libert, Egalit, Fraternit", the centralisation of power, the "republican monarchy" etc. 4) The description of the main political parties (history and platform)/case studies on opposing ideologies and how political parties deal with issues such as taxes, the school system or immigration policy. 5) How the Left and the Right have alternated: parties in power or minority parties since 1969. 6

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Some case studies can be added concerning the French foreign policy giving the opportunity for debate about the role played by France at the European and International scale. Students will be welcome to give their opinion and point of view of their country of origin, allowing us to confront our views. TABLE OF CONTENT: CHAPTER ONE: The birth of the French republic Part one: The first republic in the context of the French Revolution of 1789; the origins of the Right and Left in the political spectrum. Part two: The birth of the second republic after the revolution of 1848. Part three: The legacy of the Communes and the Third Republic. Part four: The political life during the Fourth Republic : the origins of our current political parties. CHAPTER TWO: The political life of the Fifth Republic Part one: the chronology of the presidents : how Left and Right alternated Part two: the constitution: the legacy of De Gaulle and the new balance between the main institutional bodies. Part three: the presentation of the Right-wing political parties Part four: the presentation of Left-wing political parties SUBJECTS OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS: The Sans-Culottes : reality and imagination The symbols of the French Republic, the flag, Marianne, the Marseillaise: origin etc. The UMP, origins, platform, political agenda The PS, since 1945 , platform, political agenda The FN The PC The Modem The Green movement BIBLIOGRAPHY: General text books about French History: a) BROOMAN Josh, Revolution in France, Longman, 2001. b) FISHMAN Sarah and others, France and its Empire since 1870, Oxford University Press, 2010. c) POPKINS Jeremy, History of Modern France, Prentice Hall, 2006 d) WRIGHT Gordon, France in Modern Times, Rand Mc Nally, 1960 Titres de la collection: French Politics, Society and Culture Series, Editeur: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 1. BROUARD Sylvain, M.Appleton Andrew, G Mazur Amy, The French Fifth Republic at fifty. 2. CHALABY Jean K. The De Gaulle Presidency and the Media. 3. DRAKE Davis, Intellectuals and Politics in post-war France. 4. KNAPP Andrew, Parties and the party system in France. 5. S. LEWIS-BECK Michael, The French voters. 7

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6. MURRAY Rainbow, Parties, genders quotas and candidates selection in France. 7. RAYMOND Gino.G., The French Communist party during the fifth republic. 8. SMITH Paul, The Senate of the fifth French republic. 9. WATERS Sarah, Social movements in France. _________________________ Cultural Divide : a comparative approach of secularism Mr. Pierre Rmond, Ms Catherine van der Rest-Subtil, Ms Burin AKIR This course aims at giving students both a historical and comparative approach to the concepts of lacit / secularism. The course will first offer you a thorough vision of the French concept, with a focus on the evolution of this notion from the French Revolution to nowadays and a particular emphasis on the tensions and conflicts it has generated for the past two centuries. In a second time, we will observe the concept of secularism in the United States, and try to understand how and why the two visions lead to reciprocal misconceptions. In the last part, the course will analyse other cultures and approaches of what a secular state may be. _________________________ European Institutions and Policies Mr. Bertrand de LARGENTAYE I. Outline of a ten lecture course on European institutions and policies

A Short History of European Integration European Institutions and Procedures (I) European Institutions and Procedures (II) The European Commission Policies of a Mainly Economic Nature Policies Aimed at Ensuring Solidarity and Protection Policies Aimed at Enabling Europe to Face the Future and the Treaty of Lisbon Reaching Outwards the European Union and its Relations with the Outside World The French Position in the European Union Seen from a French Perspective and from the Perspective of its Partner Countries The EU Budget Framework for the Years 2014-2020 II.Indicative Bibliography Traits consolids. Charte des droits fondamentaux, Office des Publications de lUnion europenne (mars 2010) The European Strategy Forum (2008), Setting EU Priorities, edited by Peter Ludlow Politiques europennes, sous la direction de Renaud Dehousse, Sciences Po Les Presses (octobre 2009) Investir dans notre avenir commun. Le budget de lUnion europenne, Office des Publications de lUnion europenne (juillet 2007) The EU in the world.The foreign policy of the European Union.European Union Publications Office (February 2007) 8

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Giovanni Grevi (2007), Pioneering foreign policy. The EU Special Representatives, Institute for Security Studies, Chaillot Papers Jean-Christophe Bureau (2007), La politique agricole commune, La Dcouverte, Collection Repres Jean-Christophe Bureau and Louis-Pascal Mah (2008), CAP Reform beyond 2013 : An Idea for a Longer View, Notre Europe Together with a number of press articles, available on request, from The New York Times, The Economist, Le Monde, La Croix, Confrontations Europe and Comission en Direct III.Short summary of the course The purpose of this twenty hour course is to give a small number of foreign students, in as interactive a way as possible, an introduction to the way the European Union functions, which means an understanding of its decision-making procedures and of the way they have evolved over the years, in particular in response to the EUs successive enlargements (the dialectics of widening and deepening). The course can be fairly described as forward-looking but it is based on a significant amount of background material. There is a special focus on the federal and confederal aspects of the procedures. Upon completion of the course, the students are expected to be proficient on a number of issues directly related to the European project, presented as a work in progress, including how the EU is finding its way in a globalized world, the stakes involved for its different members (how the EU means different things to its different members), the areas where the EU appears to be playing a pioneering role and, on the contrary, those where its results have not been up to expectations, and the significance of the new budgetary framework for the 2014-2020 period. _________________________ Political leaders: case studies & comparative perspectives Professor John Gaffney Module Learning Outcomes: Subject-related skills Students will be provided with a comprehensive appreciation of the complexity of the study of political leaders as case studies/comparative case studies, and the range of theories and approaches to the study of political leadership as an academic discipline. Students will be able to understand key political concepts, and to use them in political debates, and develop an appreciation of the contradictory range of views on given topics. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between the political institutions, political performance, political image, and political culture, in a range of countries. The course will equip students with an understanding of leaders and leadership not only from the point of view of leadership theory, but also from the cultural point of view, and the relationship of leaders to their followers and audience/s, as well as from the study of leadership rhetoric and the image of political leaders in the media. Transferable skills Understanding new material Working in groups and presenting of individual or group work results Debating at a high level of intellectual exchange Self-evaluation in (guided) identification of research area. Presenting and defending ideas Module Content: This course aims to enable students to acquire familiarity with main areas and problems of the study of political leaders and leadership, and with key concepts used in their analysis. Method of Learning and Teaching: Lectures/seminars: weeks 1-3. Exam week 4. 9

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Method & Type of Assessment: Oral assessment. 70%. Attendance/Participation 30% In this assessment, your ability to discuss and develop one of the topics covered on the course will be appraised. The oral assessment is conducted in English, and lasts 10-15 minutes. The first ten minutes will be taken up by a presentation, by you, of a topic such as the analysis of a speech; the remaining time will be taken up by questions and answers on your presentation, and on the subjects studied on the course in general, relating these to wider ideas of leadership politics. Syllabus Week 1 Thurs, 31 Jan 11.00 1 Fri, 1 Feb 8.30 2 Thurs, 7 Feb 11.00 2 Fri 8 Feb 8.30 3 Thurs, 14 Feb 11.00 4 Fri, 15 Feb p.m. Topic Introduction to the course: Leaders and Leadership; Theoretical perspectives. Discussion. (Salle 013) Political Cultures and Political Rhetoric; Case studies (e.g. Martin Luther King; Malcolm X) (Discussion and feedback). (Salle 109) Culture, Institutions and Performance: Case Studies (e.g. Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle) (Discussion and feedback). (Salle 013) Politics and Stardom: Case Studies and discussion of the relationship between culture, gender, and celebrity politics today. (Salle 109) Gender and Leadership: Case studies (and discussion of oral presentation). (Salle 013) Oral presentation. (Room and Time tbc)

Recommended Reading: Kane, J, The Politics of Moral Capital (CUP, 2001). Indicative Bibliography: Blondel, J. Political Leadership (London, Sage, 1987) Campbell, K. Eloquence in an Electronic Age (OUP, 1988). Campbell, K. and Jamieson, K. Deeds Done in Words (Univ of Chicago, 1990). Drake, H. and Gaffney, J. eds The Language of Political Leadership in Contemporary France (Dartmouth, Aldershot, 1996). Elgie, R. Political Leadership in Liberal Democracies (London, Macmillan, 1995). Gaffney, J. Political Leadership in France (Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2012). Gaffney, J. & Holmes, D. Stardom in Postwar France (Oxford, Berghahn, 2011). Greenstein, F. The Presidential Difference (Princeton UP, 2000). There will also be handouts of speeches, slides, video, and audio material etc. 10

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_________________________ The European Union and its Eastern Neighbours Dr. Nathaniel Copsey The course analyses relations between the EU and its eastern neighbours: the six countries of the Eastern Partnership and, of course, Russia. The fundamental question that we will seek to answer is: what does European integration mean for countries that will never join the European Union? In order to answer this question, the course first strategically reviews the EUs approach to the region as a whole, looking at what the EU seeks to achieve and why. Secondly, it examines what the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership offer, focusing on the establishment of a deep and comprehensive free trade area and the merits or otherwise of a multi-lateral approach. Thirdly, it turns to Russia. This part of the course begins with an overview of the state of relations between the EU and Russia, focusing on energy policy and the partnership for modernisation. Lastly, it asks what the Russians seek to achieve in the post-Soviet space and how compatible this is with EU objectives and discusses normative Russian understandings of what EU integration is or should be. The course concludes with a review of how ENP fits into European foreign policy as a whole in a rapidly changing international climate.

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