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NEW YORK, Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Licensing International , the leading trade association for the $356-billion global brand licensing industry, and the Licensing International Foundation , which supports the education of future licensing leaders, today celebrated the induction of Joseph Kaminkow, Maca Rotter, and Stu Seltzer to the Licensing International Hall of Fame. Held at Gotham Hall in New York City, the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction and Rising Star Awards gala also honored the future of brand licensing, recognizing Rising Stars in the licensing business and celebrating the 2024 Licensing International Foundation scholarship recipients. Joseph Kaminkow is the Chief Innovation Officer at Aristocrat Gaming. Kaminkow’s career began when he started his own game development company, Logical Highs, before joining Williams Games. Noticing a resurgence in pinball games in the mid-1980s, Kaminkow partnered with Gary Stern to found Data East Pinball (now Stern Pinball). He was then recruited by International Game Technology to revolutionize slot machines using licensed titles. Kaminkow went on to found Spooky Cool Labs in Chicago, which was acquired by Zynga, before leaving in 2022 to devote himself full-time to Aristocrat Gaming, where he expanded his efforts to bring pop-culture icons to life on the casino floor. Kaminkow resides in Las Vegas with his wife Benita. "Reflecting back on my decades in the gaming industry, licensing has been at the center of much of the work that I’ve done,” said Kaminkow. “Even as consumer preferences and pop culture trends have evolved, licensing has moved with the changing tide. It fills me with pride to have adapted some of the most iconic properties in the world into a gaming format that brings people joy, and it is an honor to receive this recognition from Licensing International." Kaminkow was presented by Eugene Jarvis, President of Raw Thrills, and Gary Stern, Founder, Executive Chairman, and EVP of Stern Pinball. Maca Rotter is President & CEO of La Panadería Licensing. Rotter has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, branding, and licensing. Often referred to as the Queen of Licensing in Mexico, she has achieved great success in founding, developing, and expanding domestic and international markets by implementing innovative and strategic approaches. To establish a legacy and set a standard in the industry for the Hispanic community, Rotter authored the first and only Spanish-language book about consumer products structure and business models in 2014. Rotter served as the first Latin woman on Licensing International’s board of directors and founded the Licensing Association chapter in Mexico. "I know firsthand the power that brand licensing holds in connecting fans and consumers with the properties they cherish, and expanding this industry through Mexico has provided me an incredibly gratifying career,” said Rotter. “Working alongside Licensing International, I am dedicated to continue contributing to this remarkable industry while helping to shape its future growth.” Rotter was presented by Omar Faker, SVP of Non-Scripted Entertainment and Music at TelevisaUnivision. Stu Seltzer is the president of Seltzer Licensing Group, a global agency he has guided for over 25 years. The group is renowned for its expertise in brand licensing, partnership marketing, and strategic alliances. His understanding of the licensing field and adept negotiation skills were honed through pivotal roles at organizations like Yves Saint Laurent and the DC Comics division at Warner Bros. His strategic insights have driven substantial returns on marketing investments for clients, including Unilever, Scotts Miracle-Gro, and the American Red Cross. Seltzer has contributed significantly as an award-winning professor at New York University, where he has taught a course on brand licensing to undergraduates for over 20 years. "Throughout my career, I've had the privilege of collaborating with exceptional brands to build impactful licensing programs,” said Seltzer. “It’s a true honor to have made a difference in this industry and I’m energized by the future as we continue pushing boundaries and creating innovative partnerships together.” Seltzer was presented by Dan Romanelli, Founder of Warner Bros. Consumer Products. Established in 1989, the Licensing International Hall of Fame is home to the most esteemed global licensing executives of the last three decades. Inductees are selected by a committee of industry executives based on nominations received from the global licensing community at large; the Licensing International Board of Directors reviews all recommendations before making a final selection. Joseph Kaminkow, Maca Rotter, and Stu Seltzer join industry luminaries including Kathy Ireland, Martha Stewart, George Lucas, Walt Disney, and Charles Schultz. “Joseph, Maca, and Stu are pioneers in the global brand licensing industry, whose contributions have not only resulted in significant innovation but have also set the standard for leadership and integrity,” said Maura Regan, President of Licensing International. “They have brought iconic brands to life in ways that continue to resonate across generations. This induction is a fitting recognition of their profound impact, as each of them has left an indelible mark on our industry, inspiring countless others to follow in their footsteps.” In addition to honoring Kaminkow, Rotter, and Seltzer, the 2024 Hall of Fame event recognized rising talent making strides in the licensing industry. The event celebrated the eight 2024 Rising Star Award recipients as announced in October . For more than a decade, the Rising Star program has recognized young professionals from around the world who have been nominated by their peers and selected by the Rising Star committee members for their contributions to the global brand licensing industry. Ten students—Nora Atwa, Cameron Faconer, Owen Fu, Andreaz Glasgow, Maycon Gomes da Silva, Skylar Grady, Britney Huston, Remy LeMaire, Matt Stein, and Sophia Rodriguez—were also celebrated as the recipients of the Licensing International Foundation 2024 Scholarship, awarded to accomplished students exploring a career in brand licensing. Licensing International thanks the generous donors that made the event possible, including Gold Sponsor Paramount Consumer Products & Experiences, Silver Sponsor Raw Thrills, and Mattel, the Champion-Level Sponsor for the Rising Star Awards. Nominations for the 2025 Hall of Fame are now open . To learn more about the Licensing International Foundation and support its ongoing mission to educate and inspire the next generation of licensing leaders, visit LicensingInternational.org/About/Foundation . About Licensing International Licensing International is the leading trade organization for the $356+ billion global licensing industry. Licensing International’s mission is to foster the growth and expansion of licensing around the world, raise the level of professionalism for licensing practitioners, and create greater awareness of the benefits of licensing to the business community at large. Founded in 1985, Licensing International members in over 40 countries enjoy access to an array of benefits, including extensive educational programming and worldwide networking events. Visit LicensingInternational.org for more information and to utilize licensing’s definitive online resource. About Licensing International Foundation The Licensing International Foundation was established in 2020 to mark a new chapter in the global association’s charitable initiatives and to continue its decades-long support of the brand licensing community. The Foundation is focused on the education of future licensing leaders through the Licensing International Scholarship Program, which awards grants to deserving individuals who are interested in a career in brand licensing. Visit https://licensinginternational.org/about/foundation/ for more information or to make a donation. Contact Licensing International Elizabeth Foster EFoster@licensing.org A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/0614c3d0-64cf-48aa-9e90-980c1c45a7d3The transition from laboratory research to clinical trials marks a crucial step towards the widespread adoption and commercialization of China-made BCI devices. 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Nicky Apple turns 4 today and he is wicked excited. He gets up very early and opens all his presents in a few frantic minutes while his parents, Bill and Sandy Apple, try without success to slow down their spoiled brat of a child. The family is expecting guests later in the day. Jeffrey and Mia Freed are a childless couple, who travel the world studying children in primitive tribal cultures. Sandy, convinced that having a child is the most fulfilling thing a woman can do, is determined to persuade the Freeds to have one of their own. The University of Maine’s School of the Performing Arts skillfully puts a current cultural debate about the role of motherhood in society front and center in Tina Howe’s play “Birth and After Birth” at the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre in Orono. Howe, who died last year at the age of 85 , wrote the play in 1972 during the second feminist wave but continued revising it through 2006, when it was finally produced off Broadway. Jayden Moore (Bill Apple), Inanna Piccininni (Sandy Apple), Patrick “Patty” Morris (Nicky Apple), Wyatt Gamage (Jeffrey Freed) and Jess Baran (Mia Freed) create a tight knit ensemble and wring a whole lot of laughs out of a show with many absurd but few tragic touches. Howe saw herself as an absurdist playwright following in the footsteps of Samuel Beckett, author of “Waiting for Godot,” and Eugene Ionesco, best known for “Rhinoceros,” but chose to write from a female perspective. Director Rosalie Purvis, an assistant professor of theater and English at the university, said in the director’s note in the program that she chose the play to honor Howe’s “significant contribution to contemporary American theatre and her pioneering effort to bring motherhood quite literally center stage, incorporating the ‘female gaze’ into the genre of absurdism. “Currently, much of American political discourse has been reducing women’s perceived ‘functionality’ to only their gestational and child-rearing roles,” she said. Purvis wrings some fine performances out of her student cast. Her attention to details, whether it’s the use of a camcorder, using a red wagon like a piece of furniture or having the couples wear wedding rings, is impressive. Much of the absurdity and the humor in the show comes from having a grown man with a full beard portray 4-year-old Nicky. He runs around the stage in colorful pajamas, sucks his thumb, plays a version of Simon Says, demands grape juice and, for the most part, just behaves badly. Morris, who gave a searing performance last year as a father grieving the death of a child in UMaine’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire ’s play “Rabbit Hole,” is equally excellent here albeit in a far different role. Any parent who lives with or remembers living with an active 4-year-old will find the energy Morris brings to the role exhausting and exhilarating. It’s hard not to love his obnoxious Nicky because Morris is so good. He also does some very good imitations of past presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton in a sequence where the actor dons a series of masks and recites well-known quotes from the mostly dead politicians. Morris, a fourth-year student, sometimes is a bit too loud for the intimate Pavilion space but 4-year-olds often are loud unless they are up to something they shouldn’t be. Second-year Moore and first-year Piccininni are totally believable as Nicky’s parents, Bill and Sandy. Moore swaggers about the stage but is never brutish as the insurance salesman, who’s having a crisis at work. Piccininni beautifully indulges Nicky while extolling the joys and challenges of motherhood. Together, they beautifully bring to life a loving couple sometimes overwhelmed by the demands of parenthood. Gamage and Baran, second- and fourth-year students, respectively, don’t join the party until the second act. They are entirely convincing as an academic couple more interested in observing children rather than raising one. Both actors lean into the absurdity of the Freeds’ work in the telling of a story about an odd tribe of tree dwelling human beings with tails and how one of them gives birth. The duo give detailed and delightful performances. The technical work for “Birth and After Birth” is outstanding and the designers use the round building, built in 1908 as the Stock Judging Pavilion for the School of Agriculture, to great advantage. Daniel Bilodeau’s set brings the audience into the Apple’s toy-strewn living room and JP Sedlock’s lighting and sound design illuminate the characters beautifully. The costumes by Janet Sussman are colorful, creative and perfectly define each character. While many who lived through the nation’s second feminist movement in the 1960s and ’70s assumed the debate over whether women belonged in the workforce or the home had been answered with a resounding, “Both,” recent political discourse is resurrecting the issue. That makes Howe’s play, unfortunately, as relevant as when it was written. Purvis and her cast brilliantly capture all the comic absurdity of the question in “Birth and After Birth.” “Birth and After Birth” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre at the University of Maine in Orono. For information, visit umaine.edu/spa/tickets or call 581-1755.-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Early this summer fans and online sleuths alike questioned what exactly happened behind-the-scenes between "It Ends With Us" co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Based on the Colleen Hoover bestseller, "It Ends With Us" is about a florist named Lily (Lively) who falls in love with neurosurgeon Ryle (Baldoni), whom Lily slowly discovers is abusive. The movie grossed $350 million worldwide and was released on Netflix earlier this month. Beyond the film's popularity, the alleged behind-the-scenes turmoil has also spilled through to audiences. Shedding light on some of the speculation on what happened is in a new lawsuit filed by Lively on Friday that alleges sexual harassment, retaliation and an orchestrated media campaign to harm her reputation by Baldoni, the film's co-star and director. The lawsuit details unsettling behavior on set that led Lively to take protection against herself from Baldoni and a producer. An exposé by The New York Times has also detailed the elaborate social media machine allegedly used against Lively during the movie's press tour. Salon breaks down the events leading up to the lawsuit, the complaint and the bombshell New York Times exposé: Related Here's the "It Ends With Us" controversy people aren’t talking about November 2023: Lively goes to the studio with safeguard demands Lively's concerns about Baldoni were documented from the beginning. Before shooting even began, Lively refused to do additional sex scenes that Baldoni pushed because she considered them gratuitous, according to the complaint. Then later, when production was set to resume filming post-Hollywood strikes , Lively went to the film's production company Wayfarer with a letter demanding safeguards. “Our client is willing to forego a more formal HR process in favor of everyone returning to work and finishing the Film as long as the set is safe moving forward,” the letter stated. According to her legal complaint, she said Baldoni had improvised nonconsensual kissing and discussed his sex life. Lively also claimed that he shared experiences where he may not have received consent from previous partners. The complaint also says that Jamey Heath, the film's producer who is also Baldoni's podcast co-host, allegedly showed her nude videos of his wife. She also alleges he walked into Lively's dressing room while she was topless and having body makeup removed. She said both men would walk into her dressing room unannounced while she was undressed, even when she was breastfeeding. Wayfarer acknowledged that “Although our perspective differs in many aspects, ensuring a safe environment for all is paramount,” according to her legal complaint. April-May 2024: Creative differences plague Baldoni and Lively's working relationship While Lively said that the men’s behavior on set had improved with the new protections, she said she was at a creative standstill with Heath and Baldoni. With the support of Sony, the film's distributor, she made her own cut of the film. Lively's version of the film includes different scenes, editing and adding music Lively handpicked like using her friend Taylor Swift 's song "My Tears Ricochet." Sony went with Lively's version and she received a producer credit. As the film's release got closer, Lively and other cast members told Sony and Wayfarer they would not do press appearances with Baldoni. Hoover had allegedly also soured on Baldoni after he told her about Lively's allegations. May 2024: Baldoni allegedly gets the ball rolling on a plan against Lively Months after filming had wrapped on "It Ends With Us," Baldoni realized that Lively's husband, actor Ryan Reynolds , had blocked him on Instagram. In texts obtained through the Times, Baldoni pointed out the growing contention between him and Lively as a possible issue when the film would begin being promoted. He told a publicist who worked at Wayfarer, “We should have a plan for IF she does the same when movie comes out. Plans make me feel more at ease.” August 2, 2024: Baldoni retains the public relations expert who represented Johnny Depp Just weeks before the film's premiere, Wayfarer and Baldoni had hired crisis management expert, Melissa Nathan, who is known for working with high-profile celebrities like Drake and Travis Scott . But her most significant client is Johnny Depp , whom she represented during the 2022 defamation trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard , who had accused him of abuse in 2016. He won , but the trial became a social media spectacle with claims of an online smear campaign working against Heard to damage her credibility. Nathan left her longtime firm to start her own business called TAG PR, which counts music executive and manager Scooter Braun among its majority stakeholders. Braun is a longtime public adversary of Swift after he bought her masters , which prompted the singer to rerecord her first six albums to retake ownership of her music. This detail will come up again later. Meanwhile, during conversations with Baldoni, Nathan formulated a plan with talking points about how Lively used "an imbalance of power to take creative control of the film." However, this wasn't enough for Baldoni. “Not in love with the document they sent,” he texted Heath and another publicist, Jennifer Abel. “Not sure I’m feeling the protection I felt on the call.” Abel texted Nathan: “I think you guys need to be tough and show the strength of what you guys can do in these scenarios. He wants to feel like she can be buried.” “Of course – but you know when we send over documents we can’t send over the work we will or could do because that could get us in a lot of trouble,” Nathan replied. “We can’t write we will destroy her.” Nathan continued, “Imagine if a document saying all the things that he wants ends up in the wrong hands.” “You know we can bury anyone,” she wrote. August 2024: Nathan allegedly begins forming a social media plan Days later, Baldoni texted Abel highlighting an X thread that accused Hailey Bieber of bullying Selena Gomez . The thread had garnered 19 million views. “This is what we would need,” he wrote. Then Nathan allegedly began formulating proposals to hire contractors to flood social media through “full social account take downs.” They would do this by creating “threads of theories” and working to “change narrative.” “All of this will be most importantly untraceable,” she texted. August 4, 2024: Nathan talks to an editor at The Daily Mail Ahead of the premiere, Abel said, “I’m having reckless thoughts of wanting to plant pieces this week of how horrible Blake is to work with. Just to get ahead of it.” Nathan texted back that she had spoken off the record to an editor at The Daily Mail. "She’s ready when we are,” Nathan said. “[Baldoni] doesn’t realise how lucky he is right now.” August 6, 2024: At the premiere of "It Ends With Us," cast stays separate from Baldoni During the film's premiere screening, Baldoni – the director and main costar of the film – reportedly had a separate theater from Lively and other cast members. It was also reported that supporting cast members like Jenny Slate , Hasan Minhaj , Brandon Sklenar and even Hoover had unfollowed Baldoni on social media. Slate, who plays Baldoni's sister in the film, even dodged a question about Baldoni on the red carpet. "I mean, what an intense job, to have to do so many things. I just found myself being like, 'Wow, I really just want to have one job at once.' And in fact, I've often felt that way," she replied. The confusing cast dynamics also received its first round of press coverage from The Hollywood Reporter, citing online speculation on TikTok. The posts questioned what happened on set, why Baldoni wasn't conducting press with other cast members and why cast members had unfollowed Baldoni. The NYTimes said that Nathan kept the allegations against Baldoni out of each article that was coming out. She said major news outlets were “standing down on HR complaint.” August 9, 2024: Social media posts against Lively ramp up The film's marketing was accused by people online of being insensitive to domestic abuse with Lively facing pushback when her alcohol company Betty Booze was also promoting the film, given that alcohol can play a role in abusive relationships. There was more backlash when Lively shared in an interview that Reynolds helped rewrite a scene in the movie. People began speculating whether Reynolds had violated the writers strike. Another public relations expert, Jed Wallace of Street Relations, was also working with Abel and Nathan on the alleged campaign to smear Lively. “We are crushing it on Reddit,” Wallace said to Nathan. Nathan's employees had also messaged her, “We’ve started to see shift on social, due largely to Jed and his team’s efforts to shift the narrative.” Nathan wrote to Abel, “And socials are really really ramping up. In his favour, she must be furious. It’s actually sad because it just shows you have people really want to hate on women.” August 10, 2024: Journalist posts interview about Lively As the narrative against Lively picked up steam, an old 2016 interview between the actress and Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa was uploaded online. In the YouTube video titled, "The Blake Lively interview that made me want to quit my job," Flaa mentions Lively's pregnancy, saying, "Congrats on your little bump." Lively responded, "Congrats on your little bump" despite Flaa not being pregnant. Flaa told The Daily Mail, “It’s time that people behaving badly in Hollywood, or anywhere else for that matter, gets called out for it.” The YouTube video has been viewed 5.9 million times and has 30,000 comments. The clipped version of the interview spread online quickly, further fueling the negativity online around Lively. Flaa wrote to the Times, "[The video] was neither coordinated nor influenced by anyone associated with the alleged campaign." August 15, 2024: Baldoni tells Nathan to use Lively's and Reynolds' words against them Baldoni proposes “flipping the narrative” on a positive story about Lively and her husband by “using their own words against them.” In other instances, Baldoni is concerned about how the tactics used against Lively appears. He sent a text saying, “How can we say somehow that we are not doing any of this — it looks like we are trying to take her down.” He even questioned whether bots were used to spin the narrative around Lively. “I can fully fully confirm we do not have bots,” Nathan reassured. She said no digital team would “utilise something so obvious.” August 16, 2024: The campaign is in full swing Nathan sent an article to Abel, “Is Blake Lively set to be CANCELLED?” in which The Daily Mail refers to Lively in "hard to watch" videos and during a "tone-deaf" press tour. “Wow. You really outdid yourself with this piece,” Abel said. “That’s why you hired me right?” Nathan wrote. “I’m the best.” Other texts from Abel state, "The narrative online is so freaking good and the fans are still sticking up for Justin . . . I see this as a total success, as does Justin." "Narrative is CRAZY good. Majority of socials are so pro Justin and I don't agree with half of them," Nathan responded. August 20, 2024: Co-star Brandon Sklenar defends Lively In a statement posted on Instagram, Sklenar, who plays Atlas, Lily's second love interest in the film, came to Lively's defense after growing online distaste for the actress. "Vilifying the women who put so much of their heart and soul into making this film because they believe so strongly in its message seems counterproductive and detracts from what this film is about. It is, in fact, the opposite of the point," he wrote. He continued, "All I ask is that before you spread hate on the internet, ask yourself who its helping. Ask yourself if your opinions are based in any fact." August 2024: A company finds Lively was at the center of an "online attack" similar to Heard In August, Lively commissioned a brand marketing consultant, Terakeet to investigate the vitriolic social media response. The company found she had likely been a part of a “targeted, multichannel online attack” similar to the one Heard faced that damaged her reputation. The company could not find who was responsible for the attack but the company analyzed Google's search index for Lively's name. It found that 35 percent of the results were attached to Baldoni. The company said this was very abnormal given her decades-long career. It suggested that the media environment was being manipulated. December 21, 2024: Lively files sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Baldoni and Wayfarer TMZ first reported Lively filed the lawsuit against Baldoni for sexual harassment and a concerted effort to destroy her reputation. Lively cited that during filming for "It Ends With Us," Baldoni created a hostile work environment by crossing numerous personal and professional boundaries. Lively claimed the spear campaign against her even targeted Swift. The NYTimes article showed evidence of Baldoni's public relations team saying they would "explore planting stories about the weaponization of feminism and how people in BL [Lively]'s circle, like Taylor Swift, have been accused of utilizing these tactics to ‘bully’ into getting what they want." Baldoni's attorney said the lawsuit is Lively's way to "fix her negative reputation." He added that the claims are "false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt." Lively said in a statement, "I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.” December 21, 2024: NYTimes posts exposé The article titled , "'We Can Bury Anyone': Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine" exposes the alleged system at work attempting to discredit Lively's reputation and experiences with Baldoni and Heath. December 21, 2024: Baldoni is dropped by talent agency Talent agency WME dropped Baldoni the same day Lively's lawsuit was filed, the Daily Beast reports . Lively is also a client of WME and continues to be represented by the agency. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism December 22, 2024: Hoover posts in support of Lively Hoover addressed Lively in the wake of the lawsuit and the NYTimes article. In an Instagram story, the "It Ends With Us" author wrote, "You have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive, and patient since the day we met." She continued, "Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt." December 22, 2024: Lively's former cast members support her Lively's former cast mates from "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" posted a statement to their Instagrams to "stand in solidarity" with Lively. Actors America Ferrera , Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn opened, “As Blake’s friends and sisters for over 20 years, we stand with her in solidarity as she fights back against the reported campaign waged to destroy her reputation. “Throughout the filming of ‘It Ends with Us,’ we saw her summon the courage to ask for a safe workplace for herself and colleagues on set, and we are appalled to read the evidence of a premeditated and vindictive effort that ensued to discredit her voice," the statement read. "Most upsetting is the unabashed exploitation of domestic violence survivors’ stories to silence a woman who asked for safety. The hypocrisy is astounding. “We are struck by the reality that even if a woman is as strong, celebrated, and resourced as our friend Blake, she can face forceful retaliation for daring to ask for a safe working environment. We are inspired by our sister’s courage to stand up for herself and others," it said. December 23, 2024: Amber Heard comes to Lively's defense In a statement for NBC News, Heard also addressed the lawsuit. She said , “Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying, ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.’ I saw this firsthand and up close. It’s as horrifying as it is destructive.” Read more about this topic "Abusers are gonna see this film too": "It Ends With Us" producer on sending a message to everyone Why did she stay? The same reasons I did How "It Ends With Us" gets domestic violence wrong By Nardos Haile Nardos Haile is a staff writer at Salon covering culture. She’s previously covered all things entertainment, music, fashion and celebrity culture at The Associated Press. She resides in Brooklyn, NY. 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