Month: January 2024

Southern California high school basketball scores

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CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Wednesday:

BOYS

Agoura 57, Newbury Park 53 (OT)

Alemany 85, Chaminade 76

Arroyo 50, South El Monte 40

Banning 76, Cathedral City 51

Beverly Hills 77, Morningside 14

Birmingham 76, Chatsworth 72 (OT)

Blair 74, San Marino 67

Bonita 70, Ayala 57

Bosco Tech 62, La Salle 47

Bravo 74, Franklin 36

California 78, Santa Fe 65

Canoga Park 59, San Fernando 49

Capistrano Valley 40, Tesoro 39

Cleveland 68, El Camino Real 52

Coachella Valley 70, Desert Mirage 18

Colony 63, Claremont 24

Corona Centennial 74, Corona Santiago 35

Corona del Mar 87, Huntington Beach 52

Crenshaw 113, Washington 112 (OT)

Culver City 58, Peninsula 45

Dana Hills 71, Aliso Niguel 43

Desert Christian Academy 70, Temecula Prep 55

Don Lugo 52, Pomona 41

Dunn 72, Santa Clara 42

Eagle Rock 74, LA Marshall 52

Edgewood 62, Garey 45

El Segundo 47, West 46

El Toro 52, Mission Viejo 45

Estancia 62, Santa Ana 52

Firebaugh 63, Bellflower 51

Foothill Tech 49, Thacher 44

Fountain Valley 57, Edison 53

Gabrielino 79, Rosemead 44

Gahr 52, Warren 46

Gardena 37, Narbonne 35

Garfield 63, Huntington Park 43

Glendora 70, Alta Loma 40

Glenn 39, PAL Academy 31

Granada Hills 57, Taft 47

Grant 56, North Hollywood 44

Harvard-Westlake 70, Crespi 55

Hawkins 82, Locke 66

Hawthorne Math & Science Academy 51, CAMS 46

Hemet 69, Moreno Valley 50

Heritage 75, Vista del Lago 54

Hesperia 58, Apple Valley 33

Horace Mann UCLA Community 72, Foshay 58

Irvine 56, Irvine University 52

Jordan 102, Port of Los Angeles 54

JSerra 59, Orange Lutheran 42

La Canada 76, Monrovia 45

Hamilton 58, University 48

LA Wilson 59, Lincoln 42

Lawndale 57, South 50

Legacy 77, South East 68

Leuzinger 54, Inglewood 43

Long Beach Poly 61, Long Beach Cabrillo 40

Long Beach Wilson 85, Long Beach Jordan 70

Los Alamitos 74, Newport Harbor 64

Los Amigos 57, Rancho Alamitos 41

Lynwood 106, Downey 63

Manual Arts 93, West Adams 39

Marina 60, Laguna Beach 53

Marquez 55, Sierra Vista 46

Mary Star of the Sea 63, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 51

Maywood 50, Torres 27

Middle College 57, Animo South LA 16

Millikan 78, Compton 57

Moorpark 68, Royal 52

Nogales 54, Azusa 26

Northview 58, Covina 46

Oak Hills 74, Ridgecrest Burroughs 37

Oaks Christian 66, Thousand Oaks 59

Orthopaedic 48, Animo Ralph Bunche 38

Oxnard 71, Dos Pueblos 48

Palisades 63, LACES 60

Palm Springs 63, Artesia 43

Paloma Valley 82, Lakeside 70

Paraclete 75, Salesian 65

Rancho Christian 62, Riverside Poly 57

Redlands 55, Yucaipa 45

Redlands Adventist Academy 75, Packinghouse Christian Academy 46

Redlands East Valley 72, Beaumont 61

Redondo Union 60, Santa Monica 35

Reseda 71, Panorama 32

Rio Mesa 54, Oxnard Pacifica 50

Sage Hill 58, Portola 53

San Clemente 61, San Juan Hills 54

San Dimas 61, West Covina 44

San Jacinto Leadership Academy 60, Anza Hamilton 19

San Pedro 59, Rancho Dominguez 47

Santa Barbara 63, San Marcos 59

Savanna 85, Magnolia 54

Sequoyah School 47, International School of LA 37

Serrano 68, Sultana 46

Sherman Oaks CES 63, East valley 48

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 61, St. Francis 43

Sierra Canyon 65, Loyola 34

Silver Valley 84, Academy for Academic Excellence 36

Simi Valley 64, Camarillo 53

Sotomayor 53, Elizabeth 33

South Pasadena 70, Temple City 33

St. Anthony 59, Bishop Montgomery 52

St. Paul 76, Serra 61

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 78, St. Bernard 76

Sun Valley Poly 75, Chavez 25

Sylmar 76, Van Nuys 53

Temescal Canyon 47, Orange Vista 35

USC-MAE 65, Central City Value 47

Valley Torah 74, Trinity Classical Academy 64

Verbum Dei 69, St. Genevieve 47

Verdugo Hills 73, Monroe 24

Victory Christian Academy 73, JW North 63

Westchester 62, Venice 41

Western 68, Century 18

Westlake 75, Calabasas 47

Whittier 69, El Rancho 50

Wildwood 58, Lennox Academy 44

Wiseburn-Da Vinci 68, North 66

Workman 40, Duarte 27

Yucca Valley 78, Desert Hot Springs 45

GIRLS

Academy for Academic Excellence 28, Silver Valley 23

Anaheim 65, Santa Ana Valley 24

Anza Hamilton 42, Bethel Christian 28

Arroyo 56, South El Monte 12

Beaumont 76, Redlands East Valley 36

Beckman 54, Laguna Hills 24

Beverly Hills 47, Morningside 46

Birmingham 92, Chatsworth 38

Bonita 65, Ayala 33

Brentwood 63, Rolling Hills Prep 42

Cajon 59, Citrus Valley 43

California 62, Santa Fe 34

Carpinteria 62, Fillmore 23

Carson 41, Wilmington Banning 30

Central City Value 26, USC-MAE 20

Claremont 60, Colony 26

Compton Centennial 58, Hawthorne 7

Corona Centennial 64, Corona Santiago 51

Crenshaw 77, Washington Prep 32

Desert Christian Academy 57, Temecula Prep 33

Downey 39, Lynwood 33

Duarte 58, Workman 16

Eagle Rock 61, LA Marshall 28

El Camino Real 50, Cleveland 22

Elsinore 45, Orange Vista 26

Flintridge Prep 55, Providence 31

Franklin 46, Bravo 40

Gabrielino 45, Rosemead 22

Gahr 44, Warren 31

Gardena 32, Narbonne 29

Garey 61, Edgewood 37

Glendora 86, Alta Loma 25

Granada Hills 67, Taft 35

Grant 57, North Hollywood 21

Harbor Teacher 61, Dymally 6

Hawkins 62, Locke 15

Hawthorne Math & Science Academy 19, CAMS 17

Hemet 59, Vista del Lago 11

Hesperia 59, Apple Valley 35

Irvine 44, Irvine University 25

King/Drew 71, Girls Academic Leadership Academy 3

La Canada 61, Monrovia 19

Hamilton 68, University 19

La Mirada 64, Dominguez 10

LA Roosevelt 34, South Gate 31

LA Wilson 24, Lincoln 23

Legacy 71, South East 33

Leuzinger 100, Inglewood 1

Loara 43, La Quinta 29

Loma Linda Academy 49, JW North 25

Long Beach Jordan 72, Long Beach Wilson 33

Malibu 44, Channel Islands 31

Mayfair 70, Norwalk 42

Moreno Valley 82, Heritage 44

Newbury Park 59, Agoura 14

Nogales 40, Azusa 33

North 78, Wiseburn-Da Vinci 4

Northwood 53. Woodbridge 51

Oak Hills 65, Ridgecrest Burroughs 49

Orthopaedic 40, Animo Ralph Bunche 10

Palisades 53, LACES 50

Peninsula 44, Culver City 34

Pomona 50, Bassett 11

Rancho Christian 69, Riverside Poly 14

Rancho Verde 41, JW North 40

Redondo Union 72, Santa Monica 25

Reseda 68, Panorama 63

Sage Hill 70, Portola 44

San Dimas 54, West Covina 12

San Marino 70, Blair 15

San Pedro 74, Rancho Dominguez 24

Santa Paula 66, Hueneme 6

Savanna 52, Magnolia 36

Serrano 36, Sultana 24

Shalhevet 78, YULA 55

Sotomayor 32, Elizabeth 24

South 65, Lawndale 25

South Pasadena 81, Temple City 39

Sun Valley Poly 70, Chavez 24

Thousand Oaks 41, Oaks Christian 28

Trinity Classical Academy 50, Knight 45

Torres 24, Maywood Academy 11

Twentynine Palms 50, Indio 17

Verdugo Hills 53, Monroe 13

West Torrance 59, El Segundo 17

Westlake 55, Calabasas 52

Whittier 51, El Rancho 39

Yucca Valley 69, Desert Hot Springs 43

Amazon Republic Day Sale 2024 date unveiled: A sneak peek to upcoming deals

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Amazon Republic Day Sale 2024 date in India: E-commerce platform Amazon has now confirmed the dates of Republic Day Sale 2024. The information has been shared by the company on its official website where it also stated that customers will get cashback on their first purchase.

Amazon Republic Day Sale 2024 date in India: Start Date

According to the information available on the official website, the Amazon Republic Day Sale 2024 will begin on January 13 at noon.

Amazon Republic Day Sale 2024 date in India: Early Access

Those having Amazon Prime subscriptions can access the same deals 12 hours earlier, at midnight.  

Amazon Republic Day Sale 2024 date in India: Discount

While Prime subscribers will have access to deals 12 hours earlier, there are several discounts that customers can avail of during the sale. According to the e-commerce platform can avail of an additional instant discount on eligible bank card transactions during the sale.

For example, those having SBI Card can get a 10 per cent instant discount. 

Amazon Republic Day Sale 2024 date in India: Get sale ready

The e-commerce platform has mentioned some basic steps that customers can follow to be sale-ready. Below are the steps:

Step 1: Sign in to your Amazon account.

Step 2: Save or update your delivery address.

Step 3: Securely save your card details.

Step 4: Activate your card for online transactions. For this, you may have to visit your bank app or website.

Step 5: Browse upcoming deals for the sale.

Step 6: Create a wishlist for a faster checkout.

Meanwhile, customers can grab exciting deals on Amazon.in as there’s a specially curated Pongal and Sankranti Festive Store live on the website. Customers can avail of these offers till January 18, 2024. Some of the top brands that are offering attractive deals are OnePlus, ASUS, Cadbury, Happilo, Philips, Just Herbs, Amul, Lizol, Anarva, Aashirvaad, Gold Art India, Lignum Arts, amongst others.

Amazon Republic Day Sale 2024 date unveiled: A sneak peek to upcoming deals 

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8 PM Deal where you will get exclusive deals from 8 pm to midnight

Rs 99/Day no cost EMi on mobiles, appliances, electronics and more

15 groovy Goan bars that made it to the 30BestBarsIndia shortlist | Travel

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As Goa continues to grow as a launchpad for alco-bev entrepreneurs to produce craft spirits such as rum, gin, feni, whisky, etc., the region’s bars are taking great take pride in showcasing these homegrown spirits on their menus. Not surprisingly, 15 Goan bars have made it to the Top 100 shortlist of the coveted 30BestBarsIndia ranking. Co-founded in 2019 by Vikram Achanta and Radhakrishnan Nair, 30BestBarsIndia is India’s most prestigious bar ranking platform that aims to raise awareness about the rising standards of Indian bars and beverages nationally and on international platforms. 30BestBarsIndia’s picks in the previous three editions (2019-2022) have gone on to be part of international bar ranking lists.

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Here are the 15 Goan bars that made it to the Top 100 shortlist of 30BestBarsIndia.

Antares (Vagator): Antares, an architecturally stunning restaurant and bar with world-class casual dining is a 250-seater space that also offers live music played by internationally renowned artists.

Signature Drink: Sparkling Cosmo: Thyme and kaffir lime infused vodka, cranberry juice, sweet and sour, topped with sparkling wine

Specialty Snack: Crab Pani Puri

Elephant & Co. (Anjuna): Elephant & Co. prides itself on its constantly evolving bar and kitchen menu.

Signature Drinks:

Gin FOMO 2.0: Berry-infused gin, elderflower and fresh cucumber (clarified cocktail)

Watermelon High: Gin, amaro, clarified watermelon and strawberry

Specialty Snack: Gambas Pil Pil: Shrimp tossed in garlic and red chilli served with sourdough bread

Feli Tavern (Benaulim): A laid-back vibe with a combination of old-world and modern interiors.

Signature Drink: Rendier (literally, toddy tapper in Konkani), a coconut feni-based cocktail.

Specialty Snacks: Mackerel cutlets, red herring, Tamdi Bhaji (red spinach) spring rolls, and Goan chilli fry.

Hosa (Siolim): Hosa (means ‘new’ in Kannada) has a quaint and contemporary design and features art across its multiple dining rooms, and an outdoor patio area.

Signature Drink: Holy Bee, a floral, citrusy and smooth concoction with gin, lavender, honeycomb and fresh green apple.

Specialty Snack: Mutton Pepper Roast.

Slow Tide (Anjuna): Slow Tide celebrates the legacy of Anjuna through its architecture, interior design and menu. The bar is a modern ode to the alcohol culture of Goa with cocktails named after prominent people associated with the state’s beverage realm or after the drinking traditions. Slow Tide was one of the first bars to start the edible stamp that soon gained huge popularity.

Signature Drink: Acid Erik, a clarified drink with tequila, watermelon, yuzu, basil, almond milk and acid mix.

The Edge Bar and Lounge Bar (Salcette): It exhibits an array of contemporary tropical cocktails that are inspired by drinks from various edges across the globe.

Signature Drink: Tommy’s Smoked Watermelon, a take on a Margarita prepared with Mezcal as the base spirit and served over a watermelon juice ice block.

Specialty Snack: Prawn Podi AOP, combines traditional aglio olio pepperencino with south Indian gunpowder.

Miguel’s (Panaji): A cocktail and petiscos bar located in Bento Miguel, a heritage building in the heart of Fontainhas.

Signature Drink: Jose Armada is Mister Tootsie’s signature drink, developed over a decade ago when he was working at Babushka in London. This drink brings together a sour mash whiskey and an ancient whiskey liqueur with fresh green apple and mint.

Specialty Snack: Mordida Crocante, a savoury take on the achappam (rose cookies).

Pablo’s (Assagao): A laid back, artsy cocktail bar with a menu that changes fortnightly.

Signature Drink: Kokum Curry Leaf, a ruby red drink that has the flavours of kokum and curry leaf.

Signature Snack: Chorizo fries or nachos.

Titlie (Vagator): A stylish culinary bar that serves unique craft cocktails and delicious bites.

Signature Drinks:

Paloma: Tanqueray, tequila, Mausambi, lime, curry leaf, salt mix, soda

Dalgona Martini: Grey Goose, Kahlua, Dalgona cream

Izumi (Assagao): A premium Japanese restaurant and bar with a cocktail menu that features Japanese ingredients like shiso leaves, sakura cordial, and miso-washed whisky.

Signature Drink: Ginza Nights: Inspired from the association of Japanese cocktail culture of Highballs, use of Umeboshi, and the lively nightlife of Ginza.

Specialty snack: Scallop Kushi Katsu.

Cajy (Arpora): Started in 1970s, Cajy Bar is a typical susegad place in Arpora that serves Goan dishes and old fashioned cocktails.

Signature drink: Feni cocktails

Specialty Snack: Ard mass, Beef croquette

For The Record – Vinyl Bar (Maia, Panaji): FTR is India’s first bar dedicated to the analog audio format.

Signature drink: Hydroball. a one-ingredient cocktail.

Specialty Snack: Pork chops cured in fermented bimli sauce, slow roasted and char grilled with house spice rub. Served with a curn leaf steak sauce and a sourdough pita.

Hideaway (Vagator): A kickback boozer that hosts eclectic independent artists and modern jazz bands.

Signature drink: Primavera, a take on the espresso martini. They swap vodka for a bourbon cask-aged blended scotch, coupled with black honey espresso, tiramisu coffee liqueur and 90% dark chocolate.

Jamming Goat 1.0 (Utorda Beach): Beach bar featuring all-day drinking, foot tapping music and dining deep into the night. Table reservation is recommended.

Signature drinks:

Goat in Goa: Made with premium feni, modified plum, Peru soda, plum leather

Not a G & T: Made with gin, rosso, lemoncello, spiced elderflower seltzer, burnt citrus

Specialty Snack: Pulled pork taco

Joseph’s Bar (Panaji): An intimate, neighbourhood bar in the heart of the Latin quarters in Panjim, it serves draft beer, unique cocktails, and delicious Goan snacks.

Signature drink: Tambda Rosa, a drink made with locally sourced and hand-extracted kokum syrup and named after a popular Goan Mando (a type of song).

Specialty Snack: Prawn Ressois lovingly prepared by their neighbour Marta. The bar encourages various home cooks from the area to supply snacks.

Guardians of the Galaxy is free to download and keep – but you’d better hurry | Gaming | Entertainment

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The Epic Games Winter Sale may have come to an end, but there’s still some fantastic deals to be found on the online store. This includes the excellent Guardians of the Galaxy video game, which is currently available for free, but only for a limited time. The final game in Epic’s festive giveaway, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is free until 4pm GMT UK time on the afternoon of January 11. It will be replaced at 4pm by exploration based indie game Sail Forth, which will be available as a free download until the same time the following week.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was a surprise hit with critics when it launched back in 2021.

The third-person action game sees players control Star Lord, who fights alongside his fellow Guardians.

“Fire up Star-Lord’s jet boots for a wild ride across the cosmos in this third-person action-adventure game, a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy,” reads the official description.

“With the unpredictable Guardians at your side, blast your way from one explosive situation to another, with original and iconic Marvel characters caught in a struggle for the fate of the universe. You got this. Probably.”

While it doesn’t feature the same cast from the Marvel movies, the video game adaptation does have the same sense of humour and 1980s soundtrack.

If you want to grab the Guardians of the Galaxy game for free, you’ll need to create an Epic account, visit the storepage and redeem the game.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will be replaced by Sail Forth, which sees players explore an “expansive watery world”.

“Put the wind to your back and cast out into High Adventure over a vast ocean spanning dozens of eccentric regions,” reads the official description.

“Discover countless isles bursting with their own flora, fauna, friendly folk, and fearsome foes.

“Playfully pursue a pod of curious dolphins, admire the beauty of the sun sinking into an icy horizon, or run down a clutch of cowardly criminals only to accept their apologies to the tune of wild cannonry.”

Major provider zaps electric car owners with higher rates

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Evie, one of Australia’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging providers, is increasing pricing across its network.

From January 18, 2024, the cost to charge using one of its plugs will increase by up to 42 per cent.

Its 22kW chargers have seen the greatest price increase, from 35c to 50c per kWh.

Its 50kW fast chargers now cost 58c per kWh to use, up from 50c, while its 150kW super-fast charger price has risen from 60c per kWh to 68c.

Finally, its 350kW ultra-fast chargers now cost 73c per kWh, up from 65c.

Evie says that with the updated pricing, a typical charging session – which it defines as 25kWh of energy delivered – will cost approximately $2 more.

It says the price increases have been “driven by [its] commitment to investing in a top-notch, reliable and expansive charging network across the country”.

In the past 12 months, it has added 100 new sites. It now has over 200 sites nationwide, with chargers in every state and territory, and plans to grow its network further.

It has also made it easier to use its chargers by starting a trial of a new Tap & Go payment option, wherein customers can pay for their session with either a credit or debit card – though they’ll pay slightly more per kWh for the convenience.

Evie is initially testing this new payment option at five sites across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

The company hasn’t confirmed new post-January 18 Tap & Go rates.

Is Harvard Business School too woke?

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It has been an inhospitable winter in Boston. Following the resignation of Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University on January 2nd, her interim replacement said he could not recall “a period of comparable tension” at the institution. Ms Gay was ousted after a plagiarism scandal erupted over her academic work. But her position had been precarious for months; some donors were upset that she seemed to tolerate students’ antisemitic outbursts. For conservatives, Ms Gay, who was Harvard’s first black and second female president, was also a symbol of liberal elites’ fixation on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

The ostensibly hard-headed sorts who attend Harvard’s management school, and that school’s ties to harder-headed corporate America, might be expected to insulate it from wider campus convulsions. Not quite. Businesses too are facing a DEI reckoning. As a consequence, Harvard Business School (HBS) is facing pressure on two fronts.

Students at HBS are the holders of the winning tickets in the lottery of American capitalism. On average, they arrive with five years of work experience, nearly half of them from prestigious consulting or financial firms. Two years studying for the 115-year-old institution’s MBA degree all but guarantees a comfortable professional perch. Some do much better still. The fortunes of HBS alumni have helped build its reputation and, thanks to their generous donations, stock its coffers (combined with annual income from MBA tuition fees, executive education, a publishing business and online courses, in 2022 the school made $966m in revenue).

After the murder of George Floyd, a black man, by a police officer in May 2020 HBS underwent a self-examination typical of other American institutions at the time. “What we could agree on is that the experience of black students at the school, as they reported upon graduation, was not quite the same as white students’. There was a deficit,” says Robert Kaplan, a faculty member involved in the review. HBS’s approach to DEI has since resembled that of corporate America—and of the rest of Harvard. In 2021 it hired a chief diversity-and-inclusion officer and tried to increase the diversity of the student body and faculty.

Bringing DEI into the business-school classroom has been more controversial. Compared with the rest of the university, HBS faculty are probably less woke. The pressure for more DEI came mostly from students, recounts a professor. And if the aim of management education is even partly to simulate the challenges faced by grown-up executives, it is hard to imagine a curriculum ignoring such issues entirely. America’s demography is changing, and so are workers’ expectations about what their workplace ought to look like. The current backlash against DEI policies requires bosses to be far more thoughtful about how they approach them. It is requiring the same of business schools. Easier said than done.

MBA students at HBS are taught using the “case method”. Classes ask students to put themselves in the shoes of bosses facing a specific problem. Since 2020 students have complained that those shoes do not fit. The result has been a significant increase in the ethnic and gender diversity of the case “protagonists”. But, as one faculty member notes, “the idea that you would be studying a chief financial officer doing a discounted-cashflow model, substitute a white man for a black woman, and then high-five all around is ridiculous.”

HBS made a course called “inclusion” compulsory for first-year MBA students in the academic year of 2021-22. A version of it, which focused heavily on race and gender, had previously been optional; “We heard from the students that you’re teaching the course to the people that don’t need it,” says a faculty member with knowledge of the course. Many students and staff felt the new course lacked rigour and, partly because it was taught to a single group of 1,000 people, discouraged discussion.

Echoing worries about free speech on other campuses, professors whisper that conservative and religious students feel less able to speak up more generally. The view is supported by the results of a student survey shown to faculty last year. Shortly after the attacks on Israel on October 7th and beginning of the war in Gaza, Bill Ackman’s comments about the war and Harvard’s campus politics caused some HBS students to lobby the school to disinvite the billionaire investor (and HBS graduate) from appearing on campus as a “protagonist” in a case about his hedge fund.

As in boardrooms, HBS’s thinking on DEI is in flux. The inclusion course was first redesigned, to less damning reviews, then shelved. In June 2023 Francesca Gino, one of its architects, was put on unpaid administrative leave after accusations of fraud in her work (she has filed a lawsuit against Harvard University challenging her dismissal and alleging gender-based discrimination). In the end, Mr Ackman did visit. Like America Inc, HBS is learning to walk the DEI tightrope—the hard way.

Bloomberg Analyst Predicts High Chance of Ethereum Spot ETF Approval!

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