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repare yourselves. Daylight Saving Time is almost here and we will set our clocks forward, promptly losing one hour of shut eye.

Where’s my caffeine-infused eye cream?

And oh, by the way, didn’t we just fall backwards?

Just when our sleep patterns and circadian rhythms are finally adjusting to the last time change, now we have to spring forward. My knees ache at the suggestion. I know too I will be transforming into various versions of Sleepy, Grumpy and/or Dopey.

Not only that, but DST can actually be hazardous to our collective health.

A study by the Open Heart journal found that the number of heart attacks increased by 24 percent the Monday after spring time changes, while fall time changes were conversely associated with a 21 percent reduction. Workplace injuries, fatal car crashes and cluster headaches are also reported to surge on that Monday as well.

And try to explain the Daylight concept of DST to your dog, Saving Time whose internal alarm clock is starts timed for 6 p.m. Sure, he’ll thank you in the springtime Sunday, but come fall, he’ll be March 11 salivating all over himself, you and the kitchen floor.

At press time for this magazine, the Florida House had overwhelmingly approved a proposal to observe Daylight Saving Time year-round and a similar bill is moving through the Senate. The two bills, called the “Sunshine Protection Act,” would ask Congress to allow Florida to make Daylight Saving Time permanent all year long. It will take an act of Congress to change it, but it approved, Florida would join Hawaii and Arizona in exempting themselves from the 1966 law that calls for

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Thank jokester Benjamin Franklin for bringing up the idea of saving daylight in 1784. In his satirical essay, “An Economical Project,” he claims that Paris would save money by doing away with artificial lighting (candles i.e., 64,050,000 pounds of wax) and living on natural light.

As for those who didn’t wake up when the sun rose: “Let all the bells in every church be set ringing; and if that is not sufficient, let cannon be fired in every street, to wake the sluggards…,” he wrote.

Talk about triggering heart attacks and headaches.

As you peruse this edition of Lifestyles After 50, we hope our stories will inspire you to make good use of that extra hour of daylight: See the new Bruce Willis film. Hit the road for some spring training games. Attend a festival. Grab a bathing suit and head for the beach with the Grands.* You might also write your legislators and let them know how you feel about the concept of year-round Daylight Savings Time. *Please note: Not every story appears in all editions.

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local events around town • March 2018 Date: Event: Time: Cost:

Mondays Senior Chair Yoga 1 - 2 p.m. free

Date: Event: Time: Cost:

Building: Wildwood Community Center (President’s Hall) Address: 6500 Powell Rd. Wildwood, 34785 Phone: 352-461-0134 Website: wildwood-fl.gov

Building: The Reilly Arts Center Address: 500 NE 9th St. Ocala, 34470 Phone: 352-351-1606 Website: ocalamarion.com

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March 6 Mamma Mia (with Scotty Tomas) Time: 6 - 9 p.m.

Cost: Resident Price $18.50, General Public $20.50 Building: Katie Belle’s Address: 996 Del Mar Dr. The Villages, 32159 Phone: 352-750-9411 Website: katiebellestthevillages.com

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March 9 Grease Sing-a-long 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. $7 - $15

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Saturdays Saturday Morning Market 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. free

Building: Towne Square Address: 510 W. Main Street Leesburg, 34748 Phone: 352-365-0232 Website: leesburgpartnership.com

Date: Event: Time: Cost:

March 10 & 11 41st Annual Leesburg Fine Arts Festival 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. free

March 16 – April 7 Always …. Patsy Cline Times Vary $22 (Fri – Sun) $20 (Wed & Thurs)

Building: Historic Downtown Leesburg Address: 100 E.Main St. Leesburg, 34748 Phone: 352-365-0232 Website: leesburgartfest.com

Building: Sonnentag Theatre Address: 1100 N. Unser Street Mount Dora, 32757 Phone: 352-383-4616 Website: icehousetheatre.com

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March 11 Guitars and Cars Swap Meet 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. $2

Building: Renningers Market and Antique Center Address: 20651 US 441 Mount Dora, 32757 Phone: 352-383-3141 Website: renningers.net

March 17 BBQ, Brews and Blues 5 – 9 p.m. $10

Building: Leesburg Towne Square Address: 510 W. Main Street Leesburg, 34749 Phone: 352-728-0033 Website: leesburgpartnership.com

Date: Event: Time: Cost: Building: Address:

March 17 & 18 Mount Dora Spring Fest 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Free Downtown Mount Dora 501 N. Baker St. Mount Dora, 32757 Phone: 352-217-8390 Website: mountdoraspringshow.com

Date: Event:

March 23 10th Annual Wine & Seafood Festival Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Cost: $10 Building: Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards Address: 19239 U.S. 27 Clermont, 34715 Phone: 352-394-8627 Website: lakeridgewinery.com

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Women’s History Month

Trailblazing Female Ph tographers

By KATHy MEGyERI

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Annie Leibovitz (1949-) Leibovitz is considered one of America’s finest photographers. Her celebrity portrait photos, often featured on the covers of Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, feature quirky, dramatic and iconic poses that often reveal character. One of her most notable is the iconic photo of the naked John Lennon, curled up with Yoko Ono. It was shot just a few hours before he was killed outside his apartment. Leibovitz says she hates the word “celebrity” explaining that, “I’ve always been more interested in what they do than who they are.”

n 1987, Congress declared Women’s History Month would take place in March. It’s a time to honor the extraordinary achievements and contributions of women in American history. This year, we celebrate five American photographers—brilliant artisans and trailblazers in their own way— who have documented, and perhaps influenced, history and culture.

• Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)

Bourke-White portrayed the harsh realities of war, including images of Nazi concentration camps.

Best known as the first American female war photojournalist, she was allowed to work in combat zones during World War II. She was called “Maggie the Indestructible” because she was torMargaret Bourke-White, Buchenwald pedoed in the Mediterranean, strafed by the Germans, stranded on an Arctic Island, bombarded in Moscow, and pulled out of Chesapeake Bay when her helicopter crashed.

She traveled with General George Patton to the Buchenwald concentration camp and later recalled, “Using a camera was a relief as it interposed a slight barrier between myself and the horror in front of me.”

• Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015)

Mark was a street photographer who documented the social struggles and issues of the time. She made her name photographing Vietnam war protesters, the women’s liberation movement and the transvestite culture. She established strong relationships with her subjects, living with patients in a women’s security ward of a state Mary Ellen Mark, Children’s West Indian Day Parade hospital and prostitutes in Bombay, India. She published 18 books and was director of photography for more than 100 movies.

“I feel an affinity for people who haven’t had the best breaks in society,” she said. “What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.”

Annie Leibovitz, Beauty and the Beast Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) •Lange was an American documentary

photographer known for recording the faces of the Great Depression. One of her most recognized works is of Florence Owens Thompson called Migrant Mother.

Lange said that the desperate mother of seven told her the family had been living on frozen vegetables from the fields and birds killed by the children. As a result of Lange’s photos, the government rushed to the migrant camp to prevent starvation. In 2003, Lange was posthumously inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother Diane Arbus (1923-1971) •Arbus’ portraits took on a distinctive look

in the early ‘60s when she worked for magazines such as Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar. Her subjects were actors, writers and activists, but the overall look was often somewhat strange. She also created portraits of the not so famous: street people, giants, dwarfs, transgenders, circus performers and others, then thought ugly or surreal. In 1967, the Museum of Modern Art presented her works as a medium that emphasized the pathos and conflicts of modern life. She committed suicide, but through her art, managed to give Diane Arbus, Mexican Dwarf a platform to the marginalized.

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arch is Women’s History Month, a time to focus on women’s achievements as well as the challenges women face. In the 21st century, more women work, pay Social Security taxes, and earn credit toward monthly retirement income than at any other time in our nation’s history.

With longer life expectancies than men, women tend to live more years in retirement and have a greater chance of exhausting other sources of income. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a female born today can expect to live more than 80 years. As a result, experts generally agree that if women want to ensure that their retirement years are comfortable, they need to plan early and wisely.

A great place to start is with Social Security’s Retirement Estimator www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator. Plug in different retirement ages and projected earnings to get an idea of future benefit amounts. And visit Social Security’s financial planning website at www.socialsecurity.gov/planners for information about how marriage, widowhood, divorce, self-employment, government service, and other life or career events can affect your Social Security. Create your personal “my Social Security” account to verify earnings and estimate future benefits at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount. Find a useful booklet, Social Security: What Every Woman Should Know, online at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10127.html.

Film Camila Morrone, Elisabeth Shue and Bruce Willis star in Death Wish.

Death Wish

By MARK HIGLEy

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ruce Willis, the sleepyeyed, highly bankable actor who frequently plays wisecracking action hero roles, has said (in 1997, 2001 and 2013) that he will no longer be doing violent action or “save-the-world” movies.

Now he’s starring in Death Wish, a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson vigilante movie of the same name. The twist in the new version of Death Wish is that Willis’ character is an ER surgeon. He sees the carnage of his city’s violence as one victim after another is rushed into his emergency room. When his wife (played

by Elisabeth Shue) and college-aged daughter (Camila Morrone) are brutally attacked in their suburban home, Paul takes it upon himself to dispense justice.

Challenging an overwhelmed police force, the good doctor finds himself pulling bullets out of one suspect and firing them into another. His character may not save the entire world, but he is certainly adept at ridding the streets of Chicago of some bad guys.

As the anonymous killings of known criminals grab

the media’s attention, the citizens take note and ponder whether the deadly avenger is a demon or a godsend.

Willis is 62, but these days 62 is the new 32 (at least in terms of action heroes). Sure, there is a plethora of Next-Gen Talent, but nothing that can truly light up the marquee like the old guard. Think Liam Neeson, 65, Harrison Ford, 75, and Tom Cruise, 55. Admittedly Willis is not doing as many of his own stunts these days, but he still looks good in a sleeveless T-shirt.

Vincent D’Onofrio, 58, plays Paul’s brother Jack, who tries to reign in his sib’s anger. The supporting cast also includes Dean Norris, 54 (Breaking Bad), along with actors Mike Epps, Jack Kesy, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Beau Knapp, Kimberly Elise and Ronnie Gene Blevins.

Joe Carnahan’s screenplay, adapted from Brian Garfield’s 1972 novel Death Wish, gives the movie a sharp and chilling edge that will challenge assumptions and push buttons with director Eli Roth assembling all the pieces.

Death Wish is rated R for violence. It’s slated release date is March 2.

As for Bruce Willis, who may be nearing the end of his action hero career, a sixth Die Hard – a prequel/ sequel hybrid – is in active development. Some say the films could mean a career renaissance for the guy who can play a smart-alecky macho man quite like no other.

Mark Higley is an Emmy award-winning screenwriter who has written for many soap operas including One Life to Live and Days of our Lives.

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Generally, to be a qualified child for EITC purposes, the grandchild must meet the dependency and qualifying child requirements for EITC. Special rules and restrictions apply if the child’s parents or other family members also qualify for the EITC, if an individual receives disability benefits, or is a member of the military.

To qualify for the EITC, the grandparent must have earned income either from a job or self-employment and meet basic rules.

Eligible grandparents must file a tax return, even if they don’t owe any tax or aren’t required to file.

The government recommends reading Publication 596 on Earned Income Tax Credit and using the EITC Assistant available at www.IRS.gov

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Spring Festivals in Bloom

By TERRI BRyCE REEVES

No state does festivals quite like Florida and springtime is the peak festival season. With our beautiful weather, gorgeous locations and influx of visitors, no wonder fairs and festivals are ubiquitous. The Florida Strawberry Festival runs through March 11 (see separate story); here are a few of our other favorites

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Time travel is possible—and easy too— when you visit the 16th century at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. Experience armored jousting; roving jokesters, jugglers and mimes; 12 stages of entertainment; artisans; genre music and food fit for a king. The Ren Fest is open weekends, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., rain or shine, through March 25. Festival Friday takes place March 23. Special discounts for seniors.

pier 60 sugar sand FestivaL Clearwater Beach sugarsandfestival.com

sarasota Jazz FestivaL Sarasota sarasotajazzfestival2018.org One of the most well-respected jazz festivals in the nation, the Sarasota Jazz Festival returns March 7-10 to th e P er f o r m ing Arts Center at Riverview High School to present “A World of Jazz.” The Jazz Club of Sarasota will showcase 14 exceptional musicians from 7 nations in a series of four concerts. The event also features the annual Jazz Trolley and Pub Crawl on March 7 and live gypsy jazz music with a screening of the film Django March 9.

This 10-day gala celebration pays tribute to Clearwater Beach’s best assets: their famed white sugar sand and gorgeous sunsets. The celebration runs April 13-22 and features the Sugar Sand Walk Exhibit, a walk-through display inside a 21,000-squarefoot tent, showcasing large and elaborate sand sculptures created by master artisans. This year’s theme is Sea America: A Celebration of America’s Treasures. Carve out some extra time for sand sculpting competitions, classes and speed demonstrations; fireworks; beach concerts; films; and nightly sunset festivals.

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mayor’s river o’green Fest Tampa riverogreen.com If you’ve never seen a Kelly-green river, aye, this is your chance. The 7th annual Mayor’s River O’Green Fest begins at 11 a.m. March 17 at the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.

This Irish-themed gathering is centered around the Hillsborough River and includes live entertainment, a scavenger hunt, a Leprechaun costume contest, food trucks and beer.

Arrive early for a 9:30 a.m. run/walk around the Riverwalk. Pets welcome.

Lions CLub shrimp FestivaL Fort Myers Beach fortmyersbeachshrimpfestival.com Shrimp lovers, this festival is for you. On March 10 and 11, the Lions Club hosts the 60th annual Fort Myers Shrimp Festival, boasting fresh, locally caught shrimp, boiled in huge pots until they are “pink gold,” and served up with cocktail sauce and coleslaw. Events include a two-mile long parade with Clydesdale horses, coronation of a queen, craft expo with more than 100 vendors and the newly incorporated shrimp-eating contest. Proceeds benefit the community.

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face March with both anticipation and dread. The anticipation: the visit from my grandkids during spring break. The dread: the visit from my grandkids during spring break.

The reason? They love to swim and spending quality time with them requires I wear a bathing suit.

So far this season, I’ve avoided revealing too many body parts.

The weather has been cooperatively cool, not conducive to swimming.

However, in the spirit of their visit, swimwear is part of the dress code.

I own one suit which I find tolerable. Purchased several years ago, it’s a black, one-piece “miracle suit,” designed to create the illusion of a Weight Watchers success story. It embraces my bosom, so I don’t look like I need milking, and covers enough pelvis to avoid a Brazilian waxing. While not particularly sexy, neither is it dowdy— somewhere between Victoria’s Secret and Talbots, leaning heavily towards Talbots.

Unburying the garment from the bottom-most drawer, I note with alarm that it has developed a noticeable hole. The meaning of this doesn’t escape me—I need a new bathing suit. One must be female and at least middle-aged to fully comprehend the trauma inherent in this situation.

To successfully obtain a flattering garment, I must patronize a shop that employs a good “fitter.”

In swimwear-speak, she’s a woman who’s experienced in minimizing muffin tops and other indignities.

She understands you’re done with sassy and sexy.

Navigating past the tankinis and bikinis, she halts at the garments with magical concealing properties. Facing racks where no teenager would be caught dead, I

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heed her suggestions about necklines, pleats, solids and prints. I reject the flowery pattern reminiscent of a tablecloth I once purchased at Bed Bath & Beyond. I also decide to forgo the animal print, which I fear would make me look like a pregnant cheetah.

Armed only with suits in basic black, I begin the rejection process.

Finally, I try one that passes the upper and lower parts test. I soon realize it’s my old suit, adorned with new flourishes and a serious new price tag. No matter. I’ll take it.

At the beach with my darlings, I shed my robe, as confident as Bo Derek, until I notice my daughter staring at me.

“Mom,” she says, “you’ve had that suit for years. Isn’t it time for a new one?”

Susan Goldfein holds a doctorate in Communication Disorders from Teachers College, Columbia University, and enjoyed a successful career as a clinician, teacher, and consultant. For more essays filled with wit, wisdom and irony, visit Susan’s blog, www.susansunfilteredwit.com. Her book, “How Old Am I in Dog Years?” may be purchased on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com

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Florida Strawberry Festival is Ripe and Ready to Enjoy!

What Women Should Know

By ROSE MARy BUEHLER Social Security Regional Commissioner in Atlanta

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arch is Women’s History Month, a time to focus on women’s achievements as well as the challenges women face. In the 21st century, more women work, pay Social Security taxes, and earn credit toward monthly retirement income than at any other time in our nation’s history.

With longer life expectancies than men, women tend to live more years in retirement and have a greater chance of exhausting other sources of income. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a female born today can expect to live more than 80 years. As a result, experts generally agree that if women want to ensure that their retirement years are comfortable, they need to plan early and wisely.

A great place to start is with Social Security’s Retirement Estimator www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator. Plug in different retirement ages and projected earnings to get an idea of future benefit amounts. And visit Social Security’s financial planning website at www.socialsecurity.gov/planners for information about how marriage, widowhood, divorce, self-employment, government service, and other life or career events can affect your Social Security. Create your personal “my Social Security” account to verify earnings and estimate future benefits at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount. Find a useful booklet, Social Security: What Every Woman Should Know, online at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10127.html.

April 25, 2018 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

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et your daily requirements of Vitamin C and springtime fun at the Florida Strawberry Festival, an 11-day community event celebrating the strawberry harvest of Eastern Hillsborough County. Each year, over 500,000 visitors enjoy the festival’s headline entertainment, youth livestock shows, midway rides and, of course, its endless supply of strawberry offerings.

This year’s theme, “Building New Memories,” points to the new grandstand seating which means, for the first time in festival history the entertainment will perform in a venue designed for concerts.

And what great talent that will be. Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Lee Greenwood, Jerry Lee Lewis, Engelbert Humperdinck, the Oak Ridge Boys and Charley Pride are among the 24 topflight entertainment acts at this year’s berry fest.

The Florida Strawberry Festival, running March 1-11, is considered one of the best in the nation and now ranks among the Top 40 fairs in North America.

Concert tickets as well as advance tickets for admission can be purchased online at www.flstrawberryfestival.com, at the Amscot Main Ticket Office located at 2209 W. Oak Avenue in Plant City and over the phone at (813) 7541996. For more information, visit www.flstrawberryfestival.com, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (#berryfest18).

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agnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, is a diagnostic tool used to analyze soft tissues, such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, fat, the brain and internal organs, and the intricacies of the vascular system – all without surgery or ionizing radiation, making it one of the safest and most providerrecommended scans. Using a combination of radio waves and magnetic fields, MRI can capture remarkable detail, enabling your Board Certified radiologist and referring clinician to collaborate on a diagnosis. “MRI provides outstanding detail of abnormalities throughout the body,” says Dr. Edson Cortes, who has 19 years’ experience as a radiologist and is fellowship-trained in musculoskeletal imaging (MSK). “From a torn meniscus to heart problems to tumors, MRI is our go-to test for identifying a wide range of medical maladies.”

Like most technologies, MRI has seen advances in its capabilities, and that is why RAO has remained at the forefront by incorporating the latest and most innovative MRI systems. “We offer high-field MRI, which provides superior detail in less time,” says MSK fellowship-trained Dr. John Boon, a practicing radiologist for 23 years, “as well as open MRI, which can comfortably accommodate larger patients and adults and children who may be prone to claustrophobia.”

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says Dr. Brian Cartwright, who is fellowship-trained in MSK, subspecializing in breast imaging. “It gives us remarkable views of suspicious lesions, so we can help confirm or eliminate a diagnosis of cancer, and assist in biopsy while avoiding more invasive procedures.”

In his 14 years as a practicing radiologist, Dr. Ryan Tompkins, the Medical Director of RAO’s TimberRidge Imaging Center and fellowship-trained in MSK, and subspecialized in breast imaging, has seen ongoing progress in MRI technologies. “Although MRI has been used in medical scanning for decades, the technology has improved so much it remains revolutionary,” says Dr. Tompkins. “Sometimes augmented with a contrast agent, MRI delivers highly detailed images and enables quick and accurate diagnoses, safely and painlessly. That makes MRI a tremendous asset to both practitioners and patients.”

RAO offers high-performance open MRI at its TimberRidge Imaging Center, and high-field MRI at its Medical Imaging Center and Medical Imaging Center at Windsor Oaks. Once you and your clinician determine which type of MRI best suits your comfort and needs, you can leave the rest to the caring and experienced staff of RAO, proudly serving Marion County for 45 years and counting.

For more information about MRI services at RAO, visit raocala.com or call 352.671.4300 and a highly trained staff-member will be happy to assist you.

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REVEALING A CLEAR PATH TO CUSTOMIZED TREATMENT FOR JOINT CONDITIONS Over time, knees, hips and other joints can become sources of pain and debilitation. For many people, joint replacement surgery is a welcome solution – but for others, surgery may be completely unnecessary. And who wants unnecessary surgery?

Before you act, find out what’s causing your joint pain and dysfunction with advanced, state-of-the-art MRI services from RAO. Our Board Certified radiologists will personally review your images and communicate their findings directly to your clinician, so you can decide together if surgery or a more conservative treatment will give you the relief you need.

For clear, honest answers, talk to your doctor about the region’s trusted name in MRI technology: RAO. ACR Accredited - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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#DetectionSpecialists Board Certified Musculoskeletal Radiologists (left to right): John D. Boon, IV, MD; Edson G. Cortes, MD; Ryan K. Tompkins, MD; Brian P. Cartwright, MD

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