62-656: Bernards may refer to: Bernards High School , a comprehensive four-year regional public high school located in Bernardsville, New Jersey Bernards Township, New Jersey , United States People with the surname [ edit ] Kori Bernards (born 1953), Vice President of Corporate Communications for the Motion Picture Association of America René Bernards (born 1953), Dutch cancer researcher See also [ edit ] Bernard Topics referred to by
124-647: A Webby Award for "Best News Site" in 2012 and 2013. Also in 2012 John Avlon won National Society of Newspaper Columnists' award for best online column in 2012 for The Daily Beast . In March 2012, "Book Beast" won a National Magazine Award for Website Department, which "honors a department, channel or microsite". Anna Nemstova received the Courage in Journalism Award in 2015 from the International Women's Media Foundation . Also that year, Michael Daly won with
186-576: A 2–1 win over Ramsey High School in the semifinals and a 3–2 win against Haddonfield Memorial High School in the finals. The girls basketball team won the Central Jersey Group 1 championship in 1997 with a 66-32 against Highland Park High School in the finals. The ice hockey team won the McInnis Cup in 2001. The boys fencing team was the overall state championship in 2006 and 2008, was épée team winner in 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017 and 2018, and
248-454: A 300% increase in the overall size of its social media community. In 2015, Ken Doctor, a news analyst for Nieman Lab , reported that The Daily Beast is "one of the fastest-growing news and information sites year-over-year in the 'General News' category". During Avlon's leadership from 2013 to 2018, The Daily Beast doubled its traffic to 1.1 million readers a day and won over 17 awards for journalistic excellence. The Daily Beast won
310-399: A comprehensive two-year curriculum pursued by students during junior and senior years. Students took a course of studies in six academic areas. Successful completion of an IB Diploma could lead students to earn college credit. Enrollment was highly selective and honors credit was earned. Students had to take a variety of internal and external assessments. The school had to end the program due to
372-513: A few things well: They bang the phones, they don't always follow the same story everyone else is doing, and they are fast." Later in 2018, editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman characterized The Daily Beast as a "high-end tabloid " that embraces gonzo journalism . According to Shachtman, The Daily Beast ' s social media policy for journalists consists (as of 2018) of three main rules: "you're reporters, not cheerleaders" so do not be an open partisan; avoid hate speech and posts that could offend
434-471: A group; and "don't get your fellow reporters in trouble". A feature of The Daily Beast is the Cheat Sheet , billed as "must reads from all over". Published throughout the day, the Cheat Sheet offers a selection of articles from online news outlets on popular stories. The Cheat Sheet includes brief summaries of the article, and a link to read the full text of the article on the website of its provider. It
496-677: A lengthy period of intense reflection". Andrew M. Seaman, ethics committee chair for the Society of Professional Journalists , called the article "journalistic trash, unethical and dangerous". The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association stated "The reporting was unethical, extremely careless of individual privacy and potentially dangerous to the athletes". Vince Gonzales, professor of professional practice at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism wrote "I think this borders on journalistic malpractice". The president of GLAAD , Sarah Kate Ellis , wrote "How this reporter thought it
558-526: A new record of 21 million unique visitors – a 60% year-over-year increase in readers, accompanied by a 300% increase in the overall size of its social media community. In May 2018, Avlon departed from the Beast to become full-time Senior Political Analyst and anchor at CNN . Avlon was succeeded by executive editor Noah Shachtman . In March 2017, former chief strategy and product officer Mike Dyer left for Intel . In May 2017, Heather Dietrick
620-533: A score of 16-11 in 2007 to take the program's first state title. The girls' track team was successful in the 1980s, but had been dismantled in 1989 because of budget deficits. The program was resurrected in 2000 and the team has won multiple conference titles and championships. They won the Indoor NJSIAA State Group I Relays along with the Indoor NJSIAA North I Group I Sectional Championships and
682-594: A video of a politician appearing to be drunk". The Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro said on Laura Ingraham 's The Ingraham Angle on June 3 that "My impression was that if you are posting anonymously on Facebook, then it's not really within Facebook's purview to start handing that information to media outlets, but I guess that isn't true". Other journalists who criticized The Daily Beast include freelance journalist and former The Young Turks journalist Michael Tracey , who said on Twitter that "No one on
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#1732859471349744-517: Is "not for sale." In April 2024, Diller hired Ben Sherwood as chief executive and publisher, and Joanna Coles as chief creative and content officer. Employees were offered voluntary buyouts in May in an effort to cut costs. About 70% of unionized workers took the buyout, including almost all of the Beast 's senior staffers. In an April 2018 interview, Avlon described the publication's political stance as "non-partisan but not neutral": "what that means
806-585: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bernards High School Bernards High School is a comprehensive four-year regional public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Somerset County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The school is part of the Somerset Hills Regional School District , a regional K–12 school district that consists of
868-573: Is found at www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet. After the launch, the site introduced additional sections, including a video Cheat Sheet and Book Beast . The site frequently creates encyclopedic landing pages on topical subjects such as President Obama's inauguration , the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme , and the Iran uprising. In 2014, The Daily Beast became the majority on mobile and released an iOS app, which Nieman Lab described as "the dawn of
930-465: Is we're going to hit both sides where appropriate, but we're not going for mythic moral equivalence on every issue." In April 2017, Avlon discussed the organization's approach on the Poynter Institute 's podcast saying, "We're not going to toe any partisan line." In December 2017, NPR reported that The Daily Beast ' s editor-in-chief John Avlon had begun pairing reporters from both
992-538: The Miami Herald . Shafer also discovered that Posner had plagiarized content from a Miami Herald blog, a Miami Herald editorial, Texas Lawyer magazine and a health care journalism blog. Posner was dismissed from The Daily Beast following an internal review. On August 11, 2016, The Daily Beast published an article entitled "I Got Three Grindr Dates in an Hour in the Olympic Village", written by Nico Hines,
1054-463: The Beast ' s "strike zone" as "politics, pop culture, and power". The Daily Beast began publishing on October 6, 2008. Its founding editor was Tina Brown , a former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk magazine. The name of the site was taken from a fictional newspaper in Evelyn Waugh 's novel Scoop . In 2010, The Daily Beast merged with
1116-855: The Colonial Hills Conference for many years. With 644 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range. The football team competes in Division 2A of the Big Central Football Conference , which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon, Middlesex , Somerset, Union and Warren counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location. The school
1178-725: The High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). The Bernards High School Mountaineers compete in the Skyland Conference , which is comprised of public and private high schools covering Hunterdon , Somerset and Warren counties, and operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Bernards joined the Skyland Conference in the 2006–07 school year, after having been in
1240-735: The SAT / ACT , average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post , the school was ranked 6th in New Jersey and 288th nationwide. The school was ranked 198th in Newsweek ' s 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the fourth-ranked school in New Jersey, with 3.023 IB tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 49% of all graduating seniors passing at least one IB exam. In 2008,
1302-407: The 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 812 students and 64.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1. There were 77 students (9.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 20 (2.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", Bernards High was ranked 88th out of 500 best high schools in
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#17328594713491364-593: The Blue Hills...Bernardsville...a History , published by the Bernardsville History Book Committee, 1991. "On January 26, 1926, a Citizen's Committee was chosen to work with the Board of Education.....The Committee reported that the two existing buildings contained sixteen classrooms, for two classes of each of the eight grades. It was believed that this would be adequate for some time. In order to provide for
1426-548: The Group I state championship from 1978 to 1984, 1986 and 1997, and won in Group II in 1985. The program's 12 state championships are second-most in the state and the program holds the longest streak statewide, with 10 consecutive titles won from 1977 to 1986. The girls spring track team was the Group I state champion in 1982–1985, 1987 and 1993. The program's six group titles are tied for tenth-most in New Jersey. The boys track team won
1488-467: The Group I state championship in 1994 against runner-up Madison High School . The girls team won the indoor relay championship in Group II title in 1985, in Group III in 1986 and in Group I in 2009, 2011 and 2012. The boys track team won the Group II in 1985 and in Group III in 1986. The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 1987, 1989 and 1990 The boys soccer team won
1550-427: The Group I state title in 1989 (against playoff finals opponent David Brearley High School ) and won in Group II in 2006 (vs. Haddonfield Memorial High School ), 2011 (vs. Holmdel High School ), 2016 (vs. Newton High School ) and 2019 (vs. Delran High School ). The 2006-07 Bernards boys soccer team won the Skyland Conference championship in their inaugural year there. The team won the Group II state championship with
1612-533: The Group I title with a 4-1 win against Kinnelon in the final match of the playoffs. After defeating Leonia High School 3-2 in the semifinals, the 2003 team won the Group I title against Point Pleasant Beach by 5-0 in the tournament finals at Mercer County Park . The boys tennis team won the Group I state championship in 1977 (against Glen Ridge High School in the final match of the tournament), in 1982 (vs. Verona High School ), and in Group II in 1978 (vs. Tenafly High School ). The girls cross country team won
1674-473: The IB program at the time. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are still offered, which may also lead to college credit. The school's principal is Scott Neigel, who was appointed to the position in 2012. Core members of the school's administration include the two assistant principals. The Daily Beast The Daily Beast is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. Founded in 2008,
1736-547: The Indoor NJSIAA State Group I Championships in 2009 and 2010, the seventh group title won by the program in its history. The girls' track team had four All-Americans in 2010, with its 4x800 team taking 5th place at the New Balance Nationals track meet, with the 7th fastest time in the nation, breaking the Somerset County record and was the fastest time in New Jersey that year. The 2017 girls lacrosse team finished
1798-831: The National Society of Newspaper Columnists award in the category of Online, Blog, Multimedia – Over 100,000 Unique Visitors. In 2016, the Los Angeles Press Club nominated several of The Beast's writers including M. L. Nestel for Arts/Entertainment Investigative, Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins for best Celebrity Investigative, Malcolm Jones for best Obituary, Lizzie Crocker for Humor and Tim Teeman for Industry/ArtsHard News. Also nominated for best in field were Kevin Fallon for Industry/Arts Soft News and Melissa Leon for Industry/Arts Soft News. The Association of LGBTQ Journalists or NLGJA nominated both Tim Teeman 2016 Journalist of
1860-629: The Year and Heather Boerner Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage. In 2017, NLGJA awarded Jay Michaelson for his coverage of GOP anti-LGBT legislation and Tim Teeman for reporting on ALS. In 2017, the website won three New York Press Club Journalism Awards in the internet publishing categories of Entertainment News, Crime Reporting and Travel Reporting. In December, the Los Angeles Press Club's National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards announced
1922-409: The article, noting that the fake video had reached "the highest levels of power, with Rudy Giuliani himself tweeting it out" and therefore, according to Shachtman, it was worth identifying the creator of the fake video. Shachtman said Poulsen spoke with Brooks in an on-the-record interview for an hour. In August 2021, The Daily Beast published an article criticizing Mayim Bialik 's appointment as
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1984-692: The country; it was ranked 18th among all high schools in New Jersey and fifth among the state's non-magnet schools. In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 235th in the nation among participating public high schools and 18th among schools in New Jersey. The school was ranked 169th in the nation and 12th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by The Daily Beast / Newsweek , with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on
2046-581: The fake video, despite admitting to being one of the administrators of the group that originally posted the video, Politics WatchDog, and blamed a "female admin" of the group. Brooks also said that he would sue The Daily Beast and Poulsen for publishing "inaccurate trash", and created a GoFundMe page to raise money for legal costs , with a goal of raising $ 10,000. As of the morning of June 3, 2019, he had raised more than $ 4,400. The Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald criticized The Daily Beast for revealing Brooks' identity, saying on Twitter that it
2108-447: The incoming budget cuts in the next fiscal year from the then new governorship of Chris Christie . According to NJ.com, many residents were satisfied with the budget cuts. However, others felt the budget decisions were painful, and then-superintendent Peter Miller said, "I feel like I'm getting the rug pulled out from underneath me," and that the school "had the money available." The school was one of only 16 schools in New Jersey to offer
2170-407: The indoor track championship in Group I in 1983, 1985 and 1989, and won in Group II in 1986. The girls track team won the Group I title in 1983–1985, 1987, 2009 and 2010, and won in Group II in 1986; the seven titles won by the girls program is the fifth-most of any school in New Jersey. The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 1983, 1992 and 1994, and won
2232-615: The magazine Newsweek creating a combined company, The Newsweek Daily Beast Company . The merger ended in 2013, when Daily Beast owner IAC sold Newsweek to IBT Media , owner of the International Business Times . Brown stepped down as editor in September 2013. John Avlon , an American journalist and political commentator as well as a CNN contributor, was the site's editor-in-chief and managing director from 2013 to 2018. In September 2014, The Daily Beast reached
2294-654: The new host of Jeopardy! , which described the Israel Defense Forces as "genocidal"; after human rights lawyers and members of the Jewish community objected, The Daily Beast removed the word and stated that it would review its editorial policy on the use of the term "genocide". In 2020, journalist Carson Griffith sued The Daily Beast , staff writer Maxwell Tani, and editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman for defamation over an article that alleged that Griffith made offensive comments in her role at Gawker . On March 24, 2021,
2356-642: The participating municipalities of Bernardsville , Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone . Students from Bedminster are sent to the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bedminster Township School District . The school is located in Bernardsville, within walking distance from the main section of Bernardsville. The school is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education . As of
2418-444: The piece to remove details that could allow athletes to be identified, and editor in chief John Avlon added a lengthy editor's note. Criticism challenging the value of the piece continued, and The Daily Beast eventually removed the article altogether and issued an apology. In March 2017, Hines issued a formal apology for his actions, and it was announced by the website's editor Hines would be returning to The Daily Beast "following
2480-469: The planet ever thought "disinformation is the purview of Russia alone" other than self-aggrandizing, sleazy, click-chasing Daily Beast journalists", and media editor for TheWrap Jon Levine , who called the article a "hit job over a joke video that happened to go viral". When The Daily Beast editor Noah Shachtman was asked about these criticisms by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter on his Reliable Sources show on June 2, 2019, Shachtman defended
2542-568: The platform had won 4 awards for 2017 reporting including investigative articles about the Nate Parker rape case, comic Bob Smith 's struggle with ALS, and remembering Bill Paxton . In 2018, the trade magazine Digiday awarded the Beast ' s Cheat Sheet for best email newsletter. In September 2009, The Daily Beast launched a publishing initiative entitled "Beast Books" that will produce books by Beast writers on an accelerated publishing schedule. The first book published by Beast Books
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2604-464: The quantified news reader". The illustrational style used at the top of every article has been described as, "jaunty collage and pop-art illustrations". Contributors to the publication include notable writers and political activists such as: In May 2017, Pulitzer Prize–winning national security reporter Spencer Ackerman left The Guardian and joined The Daily Beast . In June 2017, HuffPost senior political editor Sam Stein announced he
2666-488: The right and left sides of the political spectrum to cover White House stories. Specifically, reporters Asawin Suebsaeng (formerly of Mother Jones ) and Lachlan Markay (formerly of The Heritage Foundation ) were tasked with covering the first Trump administration . The Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple stated in 2018 that "Pound for pound, [ The Daily Beast ] is an impressive operation. As I see it, they do
2728-466: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bernards . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernards&oldid=743471277 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
2790-573: The school was ranked 518th nationwide. In Newsweek ' s May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Bernards High School was listed in 218th place, the sixth-highest ranked school in New Jersey. The school was listed in 141st place, the fourth highest ranked school in New Jersey, in Newsweek ' s May 8, 2006, issue, listing the Top 1,200 High Schools in The United States. The school
2852-459: The season with a record of 20-3 after winning the Group II state championship, defeating Haddonfield Memorial High School by score of 15-5 in the tournament final. The football team won the North II Group II state sectional title in 2023, the program's first, with a 23-17 overtime win in the tournament final against Lakeland Regional High School , bringing the team's record to 12-0. In
2914-545: The second semester of 2006–07, the Bernards Mountaineers Marching Band was invited to travel to perform in the state's second-largest Mardi Gras parade in Houma, Louisiana , a community that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina , to recognize the five truckloads of supplies that had been sent by Bernards residents to aid the community in its recovery efforts. The following historical synopsis derives from Among
2976-594: The second-most of any school in the state and the 14 consecutive titles won from 1974 to 1987 are the longest streak of any school statewide. The team won the Meet of Champions in 1981, 1982 and 1985. The three MoC titles are tied for third-most of any school in the state. The girls tennis team won the Group I state championship in 1976 (defeating runner-up Kinnelon High School in the tournament final) and 2003 (vs. Point Pleasant Beach High School ), and in Group II in 2005 (vs. Governor Livingston High School ). The 1976 team won
3038-700: The site's London editor, who was assigned to cover the Olympic Games. Hines, a heterosexual married man, signed up for several gay and straight dating apps, including Tinder , Bumble and Grindr , and documented his experiences in the Olympic Village . While not specifically naming names, Hines provided enough detail in the article to identify individual athletes, leading to widespread criticism that this information could be used against closeted gay athletes, especially those living in repressive countries. Facing intense backlash online, The Daily Beast edited
3100-537: The special equipment and facilities needed for a high school program, the building of a new high school would be the logical solution....The building was completed and occupied in 1927." From the school's certification in February 2002 until the end of the 2008-2009 school year, the school offered students the opportunity to participate in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB),
3162-402: The spring / outdoor track state championship in Group II in 1937, 1948, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1983 (was later disqualified as team champion), 1984 and 1985, and won in Group I in 1947, 1986. The boys cross country team won the Group II state title in 1965, 1977, 1985, 1987 and won the Group I title in 1966, 1968–1970, 1972, 1974–1976, 1978–1984, 1998, 2003 and 2004. The program's 23 state titles are
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#17328594713493224-410: The website is owned by IAC Inc . It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid " by Noah Shachtman , the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 2015 interview, former editor-in-chief John Avlon described the Beast ' s editorial approach: "We seek out scoops, scandals, and stories about secret worlds; we love confronting bullies, bigots, and hypocrites." In 2018, Avlon described
3286-675: The world, not everybody else is. Respect that." In June 2019, The Daily Beast reporter Kevin Poulsen was accused of doxing Shawn Brooks, a 34-year-old Trump supporter living in the Bronx , when Poulsen revealed his identity for being the alleged creator and disseminator of a widely shared fake video, which showed American politician Nancy Pelosi speaking in a slurred manner. The fake video had been shared over 60,000 times on Facebook and had more than 4 million views, and also spread to Twitter and YouTube . In response, Brooks denied creating
3348-613: Was John Avlon 's Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America . In January 2011, they published Stephen L. Carter 's The Violence of Peace: America's Wars in the Age of Obama . Also in 2011, Beast Books published Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee 's memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers . In February 2010, Jack Shafer of Slate magazine reported that the chief investigative reporter for The Daily Beast , Gerald Posner , had plagiarised five sentences from an article published by
3410-444: Was "repellent to unleash the resources of a major news outlet on an obscure, anonymous, powerless, quasi-unemployed citizen for the crime of trivially mocking the most powerful political leaders". HuffPost and New York contributor Yashar Ali also criticized The Daily Beast for revealing Brooks' identity, saying it "sets a really bad precedent when a private citizen has their identity publicly revealed simply because they made
3472-518: Was OK—or that somehow it was in the public's interest—to write about his deceitful encounters with these men reflects a complete lack of judgment and disregard for basic decency, not to mention the ethics of journalism". Swimmer Amini Fonua , who represented Tonga at the Rio games, criticized the article as 'deplorable', writing: "It is still illegal to be gay in Tonga, and while I’m strong enough to be me in front of
3534-439: Was appointed president and publisher. In July 2021, Shachtman announced that he'd be moving from the Beast to Rolling Stone and that he would be succeeded by Tracy Connor. In January 2023, it was reported by The New York Times that IAC chairman Barry Diller was considering a sale of The Daily Beast . In June 2023, however, Diller publicly acknowledged that he had ended talks to sell The Daily Beast , stating that it
3596-400: Was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 484 to 683 students. The school participates as the host school / lead agency for a joint ice hockey team with Middlesex High School and Somerville High School . The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The boys track team won
3658-429: Was joining The Daily Beast in the same capacity. In early June 2014, Capital New York re-published a memo by outgoing CEO Rhona Murphy, stating that The Daily Beast ' s average unique monthly visitors increased from 13.5 million in 2013 to more than 17 million in 2014. By September 2014, the website reached a new record of 21 million unique visitors; it was a 60% year-over-year increase in readers, accompanied by
3720-432: Was ranked 50th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 52nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 16 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (92.3%) and language arts literacy (97.4%) components of
3782-432: Was sabre team winner in 2007. With six, the program has won the second-most squad titles of any school. The team finished 1st in 2006 and 1st in 2008. The girls fencing team won the overall state title in 2007, was épée team winner in 2008, sabre team winner in 2010, 2013 and 2018–2020, and foil team winner in 2014. The program's six squad titles are the third-most in the state. The team defeated Columbia High School by
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#17328594713493844-485: Was the 15th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 11th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 32nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 36th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school
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