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By Zach Gewelb

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A St. John’s coaching legend has been enshrined in baseball history.

Longtime coach Ed Blankmeyer was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in Indianapolis.

Blankmeyer has the most wins as a coach in St. John’s history and is the most successful manager in the history of the Big East Conference. He has recorded 758 wins and boasts a .622 career winning percentage as a coach.

Blankmeyer, who was hired by St. John’s in 1996, was humble during the induction ceremony, diverting credit for his success to the players he’s worked with over the years.

“Without outstanding players that are team-oriented, it’s very difficult to achieve championship success,” Blankmeyer said. “I have been blessed to coach many great players over my 38 years as a college coach.

“As a coach, I’ve tried to follow the Golden Rule: I coached and treated players the way I wanted to be coached and treated. My goal was to teach them to play the right way and, through lessons of baseball, make them better men. I pray that I accomplished this goal.”

A plethora of Blankmeyer’s former players and staffers attended the ceremony, which the Hall of Famer appreciated, as he cherishes the relationships he’s made doing what he loves most.

“Baseball has given me a lot to be thankful for,” he said. “It’s given me a livelihood, and I haven’t worked a day in my life. It’s provided me with great friends, and most of all it has taught me a lot about life, relationships and what is truly important. I am blessed to be able to coach this great game.”

Blankmeyer follows in the footsteps of his predecessors Jack Kaiser and Joe Russo. In fact, St. John’s has had just three coaches since 1956, and now all three are Hall of Famers.

The newest member of the Hall said he is grateful to have positive relationships with his predecessors, especially Kaiser.

“The first person to congratulate me and welcome me to St. John’s was none other than Jack Kaiser, one of the founding fathers of the Big East, Hall of Fame coach, former chairman of the board, and cherished member of our association,” Blankmeyer said. “He has done so much for St. John’s, as well as being a very special person to many of us here tonight.”

Blankmeyer is preparing for his 23rd season as head coach of the St. John’s baseball team, which begins play next month.

Reach reporter Zach Gewelb by e-mail at zgewelb@cnglocal.com or by phone at (718) 260–4539.

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By Tammy Scileppi

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“With comedy, it’s a combination of knowing the comedic beat was good — it made you laugh, it made people on the crew laugh.”

—Chris Pratt (film and TV actor/comedian)

You could say it’s that winning combo — downright funny acting, a rocking script, and great comedic beat — that has made so many people laugh and chuckle while watching creator Ken Arpino’s fast-paced original gay web series, “The Queens Project,” which went viral after Season One launched on YouTube in 2016.

Now, packed with more of his boys’ snarky playful banter and shameless naughtiness, Season Two looks to be even funnier, and viewers will likely get hooked again as they follow the nonstop shenanigans, escapades and ongoing trials and tribulations of gay Queens-based roommates Gabe (B.J. Gruber) and Ash (Ken Arpino). The star-struck celebrity wannabes moved to the big city to become Broadway stars, “but reality — and lack of talent” set them on a journey to become “the truest, nerdiest versions” of themselves, says Arpino, proudly pointing out that Season One has more than 1.6 million views on YouTube, “which is both exciting and encouraging for all of us working on ‘The Queens Project.’ “

“Fans of the show have told us they really see themselves and their friends in the characters as they watch. It’s nice to know that viewers relate to the boys,” whose circle of buddies includes Nick (Trey Gerrald) and Andre (Andre Jordan).

In fact, Arpino says, he based everyone off his own real-life friends, and Season Two takes the show to a new level.

“We were able to enhance the production quality with better equipment, additional team members, and the season has a linear story line,” he explains. An Indiegogo campaign garnered $5,000, which went toward production, rentals, and post-production.

Describing “The Queens Project” as “the little series that could,” Arpino says the show hit a major road bump early on when its main location, Gabe and Ash’s apartment, sustained significant damage in a fire.

“The space was completely lost, so it altered the rest of production for the whole season,” he said. “Unfortunately, the change in the production schedule made us lose actors and other booked locations, so we had to get clever. It was stressful getting to the end, but getting such a positive response to Season Two has made it worth it!”

Regarding future plans, he notes, “I always have new projects in the works, but I am excited to say that we are working on Season Three of ‘The Queens Project’!”

Turns out his web series is actually a test piece for a larger project, also set in Queens.

“The two episodes of Season One were just fun test episodes for me,” Arpino said. “However, viewers really responded, so I wrote four more episodes. We have so much fun working on the show, it was super easy to write six more episodes for Season Two. This time, though, there is a story that threads through the season. If there are any producers or investors reading — we would love to make ‘The Queens Project’ a full-time gig.”

Arpino said he wanted to test different personalities in his characters to see how people responded to them.

“It has been so fun to hear that viewers are seeing themselves in the different boys and hearing how they would have reacted the same way if put in the same situation.”

Here’s an example: In Season 2, Episode 2, Nick tells Ash he’s getting married and leaving Astoria. He says, “I’m moving to Brooklyn.” Surprised and disappointed, Ash replies: “You don’t even have a beard.”

So, who is Ashley, “Ash,” Cooper? He’s an ex-aspiring Broadway star who is intelligent and well intentioned but lacks self-confidence.

“A former fat kid, Ash is accustomed to being the sidekick, so he struggles to see/trust when he gets attention himself,” Arpino explained.

“BJ’s character, Gabriel ‘Gabe’ Wallach, has been told he was beautiful his entire life, so moving to NYC to pursue modeling just seemed like the natural thing to do,” Arpino said. “His secret sensitive side has pushed him into a whole new type of closet—fear of nerd shaming.”

And who is Ken Arpino? Well, it seems he’s a lot of things wrapped up into one cool and talented young guy: actor, sketch writer, singer, funnyman, and foodie, who says, “I want to be Chris Pratt when I grow up!”

Off-Broadway, the Boston area native starred in “My Big Gay Italian Wedding,” and has appeared on tour with “Mamma Mia!,” “Legally Blonde: the Musical!” and “Hairspray.” He’s done regional shows as well, and even improv comedy.

The oldest of five kids, Ken was born into a large Roman Catholic family; “An Italian father (fresh off the boat) and an Irish mother from Brooklyn, NY,” who always reminds him: “You should visit home more often. It’s so close.”

As one can imagine, the making of ‘The Queens Project’ has been a highly collaborative process.

“It is amazing to see how many people it takes to get a project off its feet. I have been so lucky to work with the coolest team ever,” Arpino said, adding that scheduling has been the hardest part.

“I love my team, but so does everyone else, so finding dates that are free for all of us is very difficult, but totally worth it,” he said.

Season One took about three months to produce. Season Two took almost a year.

Arpino said he loves Astoria, so he wanted to set his show in Queens.

“When I am in New York, I spend my time here. I love it here! I can go get stressed out in Manhattan with work (and tourists) and it feels great to come home to Queens after a workday,” Arpino said. “And I am lucky that a lot of my friends live close or conveniently off the N-W-R.”

For Season Two, the team shot the first episode at The Bonnie, a popular gastropub on 23rd Avenue.

“They were so helpful and made the whole process painless. Plus, their bar is beautiful,” he noted.

The other scenes were shot in various Queens apartments.

While none of the cast members are originally from the borough, 95 percent of everyone who works on the show lives in Astoria, according to Arpino. Andre and BJ live there, while Trey lives in Manhattan. Even Dustin Williams, the producing artistic director of Wolfbane Productions in Appomattox, Va., who directed Season Two, lives in Astoria in the off-season.

“Asking him to join the ‘Queens Project’ team was a no-brainer,” Arpino said. “He is a very solid storyteller and super fun on set. We both work for Wolfbane and have a great working relationship.” Arpino became Wolfbane’s executive director last year.

Cobbling together a successful gay comedy series is all about “timing, commitment, teamwork, and keeping things realistic,” Arpino said. “In my experience, people respond to comedy when they relate. … As far as making a scripted series is concerned, it takes a village.”

The “Queens Project” cast is stuffed with comedic performers whose credits range from prime-time TV to Broadway and beyond: Gruber (“Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man,” the “Daddy Hunt” web series), Gerrald (“Orange is the New Black”), Tim Murray (“50 Shades! The Musical”), Jordan (“Shrek”), Chris Dwan (“Finding Neverland”), Ian Paget (“Mamma Mia!”), Kevin Zak (“Clinton: The Musical!”).

You can stream all six episodes of Season Two on YouTube and catch up on Season One as well.

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By Naeisha Rose

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As two schools in the Far Rockaway area are set to be closed, a native of the neighborhood intends to open a charter high school late next year.

Regina Glover Johnson announced her plans for Legacy Academy on New Year’s Eve, weeks after Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña confirmed the school closings. Although Johnson said her academy could not close the gap left by the two middle schools, she hopes it will help revitalize urban education in the Far Rockaway area by enacting a comprehensive and well-rounded program.

“The mission of Legacy Academy is to cultivate a thriving, self-sustaining community through the development of academically rounded, civically invested, and progressive young adults,” Johnson said.

The schools targeted for closing are the Brian Piccolo Middle School (MS 53) in Far Rockaway and the Robert Vernam School (PS/MS 42) in Arverne. Both schools were underperforming despite investments from the city’s renewal school program, according to Fariña’s office.

The Department of Education said the Far Rockaway schools and 12 others that are set to be closed had poor enrollment, test scores, college readiness points, attendance and classroom instruction. They also failed in leadership and classroom attendance.

Three days after announcing the closings, the chancellor said she would retire.

Johnson said Legacy Academy will be “a project-based school where classes are interdisciplinary and combine subject matter with actual careers.” She hopes classes in geometry, U.S. history, physics and English will prepare students for careers in carpentry, lobbying, mechanical engineering and investigative journalism.

“Education is so much more than math and reading,” Johnson said. “Local issues, culture, artistic expression, and experiences are elements that must be incorporated into student’s academic plan.”

Johnson is working toward a second master’s degree in education at High Tech High Graduate School of Education in San Diego and is specializing in a program about school creation. She expects to complete her degree in May.

Johnson believes the high school is essential to the growth of Far Rockaway.

“Any education system that ignores the need for cultural responsiveness is a detriment not only to student’s academic progress but to the progress of a whole community,” Johnson said.

Legacy Academy is expected to open during the fall of 2019. The final draft for the construction of the school is due in June, and Johnson wants the school to be located in the eastern end of Far Rockaway.

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By Bill Parry

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The murder rate in the borough plunged to the lowest level in years, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced Tuesday, but the deadly drug crisis has worsened.

In his year-end message to residents of Queens, Brown noted that Queens again was among the city’s leaders in crime reduction in 2017, based on preliminary statistics released by the NYPD.

“In 2017, there were 50 homicides — the second-lowest number of homicides since 1961, the year John F. Kennedy was president and his namesake airport here in Queens was known as Idlewild Airport,” Brown said. “During the more than 26 years that I have had the privilege and honor of serving as district attorney of Queens County, our office has steadfastly committed itself to ensuring a safe environment for those who live, work and visit in Queens County. Through our law enforcement initiatives and the utilization of an array of cutting-edge interventions and prevention programs, we have made tremendous progress in accomplishing that goal which, in turn, has contributed greatly to New York City’s historic decline in serious and violent crime.”

Major crimes in Queens dropped by 7.9 percent in 2017, including an 18 percent downturn in auto crimes, a 4.8 percent drop in robberies and a 3.1 percent decline in felony assaults. Brown noted that NYPD statistics show that over the last 24 years, overall crime in Queens is down 82 percent, murders have fallen 82 percent and burglaries are down nearly 88 percent. During that time, auto thefts have declined nearly 97 percent.

“Although overall crime is historically at its lowest point in decades,” Brown said, “it doesn’t negate the fact that we have been facing a new and increasingly deadly drug crisis in our communities over the last several years, namely, heroin mixed with the synthetic drug fentanyl — an opioid painkiller 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin. These two drugs combined is a deadly cocktail. As a result, we’ve seen staggering numbers of fatal overdoses — far outpacing homicides in Queens.”

Brown said his office is now tracking people who sell drugs containing fentanyl. In 2017, there were 172 cases of suspected fatal drug overdoses in the borough, with nearly a third containing the synthetic drug.

Brown’s office handled more than 57,000 cases overall in 2017.

“We continue to be, I believe, between the best and busiest prosecutor’s offices in the country,” he said.

Brown added his office would “vigorously pursue” hate crime cases against individuals who choose their victims based on religion, sexuality, the color of their skin, and other factors.

“In 1987, my office was the first district attorney’s office in New York City to establish a unit specifically focused on the prosecution of individuals who victimize others based on their own prejudices,” he said. “Hate crimes — whether motivated by sexual orientation, gender, religious or ethnic bias — tear at the very fabric of our society and will never be tolerated in Queens County.”

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By Larry Penner

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There is more to “LIRR expansion project contracts awarded, work to begin Jan. 2018” (Mark Hallum, Dec. 26), concerning the recent approval of $1.8 billion in contracts awarded to the joint-venture 3rd Track Constructors for design, engineering, community outreach and construction of the Long Island Rail Road Main Line third track.

An additional contract, for $99.9 million, was awarded to an Arup-Jacobs joint venture to assist the LIRR in project management. These contracts, totaling $1.95 billion, were part of a $3 billion MTA 2015-2019 Five Year Capital Program Amendment, which increased the budget from $29 to $32 billion. They are paid for by adding $1.6 billion in long-term MTA debt. Over the past 30 years, estimates for construction of the Main Line Third Track have grown from $600 million to $1.5 billion two years ago, $2 billion last year and now $2.6 billion today. There is only $1.95 billion available under the MTA $32 billion 2015-2019 Five Year Capital Plan.

What is the justification for this most recent $600 million project cost increase in less than one year? If $356 million of the additional $600 million is expected to come from the next MTA 2020-2024 Five Year Capital Plan, what is the source of the $244 million balance? The final cost could be even higher when the project is completed by the end of 2022 or later. Who will pay for any potential construction contract change orders and other unforeseen expenses?

What are the components that make up the $2.6 billion budget? When will we see a real, detailed project budget that would include the estimated costs for each project component? This would include design and engineering, overall construction, private property easements, utility relocation, commuter parking, platform and station improvements, track, signal and power work, sound barriers, construction for seven grade-crossing eliminations, construction management firms to supplement LIRR Engineers in oversight of 3rd Track Constructors schedule, budget, staff and work, LIRR force account (LIRR track employees who provide protection for construction contractors employees working on active track right of ways), LIRR budget and financial staff, LIRR quality assurance and quality control staff (to ensure that 3rd Track Constructors follow the contract specifications), substitute bus service during frequent track outages, AND contingency for unforeseen costs.

This just highlights some the major costs. When will the MTA/LIRR share this information with commuters, residents, taxpayers, transit advocates, elected officials and the media to build credibility for this project?

Gov. Cuomo previously admitted that with a reduction in private property acquisition, virtually all construction will take place along the existing right of way. He went on to say that this will result in increasing construction costs. This has now proved to be true. When you combine this with elimination of seven grade crossings, clearly overall costs are only going to rise even more. This is an incredibly complex project to perform 100 percent of the work within two active tracks. There are 194 weekday and 152 weekend trains on the Huntington/Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma and Babylon-to-Speonk branches. This does not include additional LIRR work trains, freight trains and movements of non-revenue passenger trains not in service.

Besides relocating two existing tracks on parts of the Main Line to make room for construction a new third track, you have to deal with noise abatement and sound barriers, new platforms, stations and commuter parking, along with additional safety improvements at grade crossings, including elevating or sinking tracks. Don’t forget LIRR force account support to provide flagging protection for construction workers. Imagine how many times per hour they will have to stop work when a train passes by. Don’t be surprised when you learn that a significant amount of construction ends up taking place evenings, overnight and on weekends, when there is less activity on the Main Line. Each grade-crossing elimination may require numerous weekend track outages resulting in full suspension of Main Line service. Around-the-clock shuttle bus service may be needed between Jamaica and Mineola or Hicksville. Costs for substitute bus service could easily run into the millions.

Given past experiences and history with other major projects, like LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal, don’t count on the Main Line Third Track being completed by December 2022, as promised. It may take several months to a year or two more before riders can board and find out the final cost for the Main Line Third Track.

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On the eighth anniversary of the devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that destroyed much of Haiti, President Donald Trump went on social media Friday and denied making any incendiary comments the day prior about the country or Haitian immigrants with protected status.

“Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country,” Trump tweeted..

The inflammatory comments were made at a DACA meeting in the White House Thursday meant to foster a compromise on immigration policy to extend Dreamers’ stay in the country, along with their parents, and increase funds for border security, according to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the lone Democrat in the bipartisan meeting.

During the meeting Trump referred to people under temporary protected status from Haiti and some African nations as coming from “shithole” countries and asked why they should be accepted in the United States after he realized that an extension to Dreamers and their parents would also benefit them, according to Durbin to CBS this morning.

The recently elected Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) was not pleased by Trump’s contentious remarks.

“The president’s divisive and racially charged remarks about Haiti and African Nations are deplorable,” said Adams. “As a country we are better than this. I stand with our immigrant communities as immigrants of all nations are part of the fabric of America and should never be verbally or otherwise abused by Donald Trump.”

State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) reiterated the same sentiments.

“The president’s comments are reprehensible and blatantly bigoted,” Comrie said. “Haitian and African immigrants and their descendants have made immeasurable contributions to our city and state, and it’s ridiculous to have to reiterate this because our president continues to disappoint our nation and the world with his disparaging rhetoric. These comments are particularly insensitive considering Jan. 12 marks eight years since Haiti was devastated by the earthquake.”

Elsie Saint-Louis, the executive director of Haitian-Americans United for Progress, the oldest Haitian social service agency in New York, had a few choice words for Trump.

“President Donald Trump deployed his basic stock in trade, bigotry and xenophobia, to shut down discussions on immigration with members of Congress at a White House meeting yesterday,” Saint-Louis said. “According to many participants, he used Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as the punching bag of the moment, denigrating them and their people in one of the most vulgar terms a white supremacist could have used towards immigrants and refugees of color.”

The people from the 10 nations under TPS are here in the United States because they were displaced from their countries due to natural disasters, they were asylum seekers from war-torn countries or they were escaping political strife from their home countries, according U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Trump also went on social media to say that he “never said to take them out.”

However, the president’s administration terminated TPS for Haitians in November of last year, despite the country suffering a setback to its recovery from Hurricane Matthew in 2016, according to reliefweb.int, a site that follows humanitarian efforts on a global scale.

After the 2010 earthquake, there was a cholera outbreak that produced 21,000 cases, but there are currently still over 7,000 people with the disease, according to UNICEF.

Trump’s administration has also terminated TPS for over 200,000 Salvadorans who came to the United States after El Salvador was rocked by two earthquakes in January and February in 2001, according to the Dept. of Homeland Security.

Despite the infrastructure recovering, 3.5 million people from El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, another country that already had its status terminated, are suffering from food shortages because of a drought in those Central American countries, according to Oxfam International, an organization dedicated to combatting poverty.

Trump’s Thursday statements did not shock Gerald Michaud, a Haitian TPS recipient who works as a wheelchair attendant at LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst.

“I am very, very angry at the president’s words, but not surprised,” Michaud said. “He is clearly showing the racism he feels, and that he’s been carrying out through many of his policies.”

“We immigrants make extraordinary sacrifices for our families and for this country,” Michaud added. “I want him to know that attacking nations with powerful spirits to protect them is a big mistake.”

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By Bill Parry

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Police were looking for a Sunnyside teen who was reported missing Thursday night.

Kenny Palaguachi, 17, was last seen leaving his home on 43rd Street, near Greenpoint Avenue, just after 10:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Palaguachi was last seen wearing a black jacket and black pants, according to authorities.

Police described him as a Hispanic, 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 150 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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By Gina Martinez

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A Flushing woman has been charged for a fatal hit-and-run that left a grandmother dead.

Geum Min, 58, was arrested Thursday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident, failure to yield to pedestrian and failure to exercise due care, according to the NYPD.

According to police, Min struck 77 year-old Jun Sum Yim near Parsons Boulevard and 32nd Avenue Wednesday around 7 a.m.

When police arrived, they found Yim lying on the road, unconscious and unresponsive. EMS took Yim to Flushing Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

A preliminary investigation revealed that Yim was struck mid-block between 32nd and 33rd Avenues on Parsons Boulevard and that Min fled the scene, according to authorities.

Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) called the hit-and-run a cowardly act.

“My heart goes out to the victim and family of this horrible hit-and-run,” he said. “To lose an elderly family member to such a cowardly act is truly devastating. Too many of our neighbors, friends, and families have suffered irreparably at the hands of irresponsible and unethical drivers.”

According to reports, prior to being struck, Yim had left her daily prayer service at a Parsons Boulevard church.

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By Gina Martinez

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A Middle Village man apparently froze to death in the backseat of his car during the recent frigid weekend.

According to police, 55-year-old Donald Swidzinski was found dead in the early hours of last Saturday in the backseat of his Jeep in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on Borden Avenue in Maspeth. Police said they believe Swidzinski was intoxicated when he crawled into the car and fell asleep. A bottle was found with him.

The cause of death is to be determined by the medical examiner, but police said Swidzinski appears to have died of hypothermia.

Temperatures that weekend were as low as 9 degrees.

Swidzinski’s wake at Our Lady of Hope Church in Middle Village was set for this past Thursday morning.

His obituary listed him as a beloved father of Devin and Christian, dear husband of Tina Marie, cherished son of Eleanora and Peter Swidinski, and loving brother of Lynn Russo, Peter, Renee Ventura and Roman, He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

A video keepsake on his online obituary page showed Swidzinski with his young children and family on vacation.

Mourners expressed their condolences on the page.

“I’m so sorry for your unimaginable loss,” a friend posted. “Keeping you and your entire family in our prayers. Sending our deepest and most sincere condolences.”

Another friend posted: “My love and prayers to all. He will be greatly missed. God be with him and all of you.”

Swidzinski’s widow, according to reports, is the former owner of Piast European Market, a Polish deli in Greenpoint. On her Facebook page she expressed her grief in a post. She shared a picture of Swidzinski with her son and captioned it:

“Today is a very sad day,” she posted. “My partner in life, father of my son, has passed away! Very sad that he pass at such an early age come and have so much life out of him! We all love him! I love him so much, I don’t know how it will go living.”

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