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2012
- 11-12/12-How to Manage Workplace Politics
- 10/12-Successful Job Hunters Report Getting Meetings and Handling Interviews
- 9/12-Focus on Solutions to: Boost Success
- 8/12-Performance Reviews: What Managers and Leaders Need to Know
- 7/12- How to Manage Your Boss
- 6/12-In This Market, It’s Better to Be Older Lower Unemployment, More respect
- 5/12-Five O’Clock Club Members Use the Methodology to Pursue their Passions
- 4/12-Isn’t It Time You Got Yourself a Coach?
- 3/12-Making Your Performance Review Work For You
- 2/12-A Focus on Direct Contact and Networking: The Most Effective Job-Search Techniques
- 1/12-How We Respond to Life’s Difficulties THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SUCCESS IN LIFE
2011
- 12/11-Eight Signs That Say It’s Time to Change Jobs
- 11-12/11-The Perfect Job Search: Want to Shorten Your Search? Go for a Perfect 10!
- 10/11-Retaliation: The Most Frequently Filed EEOC Charge in Fiscal Year 2010
- 8-9/11- Too Old to Get a New Job? Think again! Older workers rock!!
- 8//11- Resumes for People with Nothing to Offer
- 7/11- Making a Difference in a Different Career Rochelle Cohen Reporting on Her Successful Job Search
- 6/11-John Urdaneta: Finding a Job and Following a Dream
- 5/11-The Medici Effect: Using Innovation to Build, Change and Grow Your Business
- 4/11-How to Debunk the “No One’s Hiring” Myth: The Five O’Clock Club Offers 12 Proven Methods to help you Land-Yes! a Job
- 3/11-Back to the Basics: How to Interview, Think and Act Like a Consultant
- 2/11- Four Job Hunters:Different Attitudes and Styles,but Success The Five O’Clock Club Way
- 1/11- Managers and Executives Are Landing Good Jobs
- 11-12/10- Social Media: Using LinkedIn to Advance Your Career
2010
- 10/10- Helping Organizations Optimize and Retain Top Talent (Part 2)
- 9/10-The New Normal: Employee, Consultant and back again
- 7-8/10-Helping Organizations Optimize and Retain Top Talent (Part I)
- 7-8/10-The Etiquette of Networking with Fellow Five O’Clock Clubbers
- 7-8/10-Organizations Are Hiring: Be Smart and Brave Please Hire My Family
- 7-8/10-Going for a Green Career
- 6/10-Job Search, American Style
- 5/10-Six Missing Pieces
- 4/10-Here’s Hope -Don’t Read Anything Else
- 3/10-New Obama Workplace Laws and Enforcements
- 2/10-Thinking Outside The Box With Work Scenarios
- 1/10-Beware of Employment Agreements and Offer Letters
- 1/10-The Value of Having a Long-Term Vision-Regardless of Your Age
2009
- 11-12/09-Lessons to be Learned From Those With Long Searches
- 10/09-Emotional Roller Coaster
- 9/09-The Myth of the Permanent Job:
- 7-8/09-The Biased Media: Ignore Them -and use the Five O’Clock Club methodology
- 6/09-Selling Your Value on the Job: How to Be a Winner
- 5/09-Some Tips for Getting Jobs in Hard Times
- 4/09-A Lesson in Becoming a Moral Compass
- 3/09-Job Hunters Mix Energy, Positive Attitude and a Proven Methodology
- 2/09-7 Secrets for Surviving Job Loss in a Bad Economy
- 1/09-Human Resources and How to Let People Go
2008
- 9/08-The Art and Science of Networking
- 7-8/08-You’re Always Close to a Five O’Clock Club Strategy Session
- 6/08-What Employers Need To Know About Mental Health
- 5/08-The Power of Your Weekly Small Group at the Club
- 4/08-Job Insurance: You Can’t Buy It, But You Can Create It Yourself
- 3/08-Make Sure You’re Headed in a Satisfying Direction
- 2/08-Don’t Miss the Small Group Strategy Session
- 1/08-HR Speaks Out about Best Termination Practices
2007
- 11-12/07-The Holiday Job Search: Full Steam Ahead!
- 10/07-Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Job Search -Lots of Activity is Not Enough— You Need to Measure Quality Too
- 9/07-Time for a Change? Why Not Consider a Nontraditional Career?
- 7-8/07-Understanding Organizational Culture
- 6/07-The First 90 Days -on Your New Job and beyond
- 5/07-Workplace Politics; Reflections on Personal and Corporate Survival
- 4/07-Career Development Advice from a Coach
- 3/07-The Five O’Clock Club’s Diagnostic Approach
- 2/07-Job Offer Letters – What to Look Out For-
- 1/07-When Your Employer Cares About You-
2006
- 11-12/06-Technology Etiquette for Job Hunters
- 10/06-Making Sure Your Business Idea Is Viable
- 9/06-Your Boss and Your Career
- 7-8/06-Promotability Index
- 6/06-Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Importance of Image
- 5/06-Just Lose Your Job? You May Be Better Off Than You Think
- 4/06-Before You Say Yes To A Job Offer
- 3/06-Should You Have Your Own Business?
- 2/06-The Art of Negotiating Compensation
- 1/06-How To Stay On The Cutting Edge
2005
- 11-12/05-The Holidays Are A Good Time To Job Hunt!
- 10/05-(1)HR Metrics; Helping HR to Have an Impact on the Bottom Line (2)The job search ‘buddy system.’
- 09/05-Those Old Gray Mares: They’re Better Than They Used To Be
- 9/05-Is Age Discrimination the Problem?
- 7/05 Negotiating a Consulting or Freelance Assignment
- 6/05-What are these people talking about?
- 5/05-Outsourcing Human Resources Functions: The Challenge and Opportunity for HR Professionals
- 4/05-Isn’t It Time You Got Yourself a Career Coach?
- 4/05-Your Two-Minute Pitch: The Keystone of Your Search
- 3/05-How to Get Fired; A Review of Smart Exit Strategies
- 1/05-Practical Philosophy: The Virtue of Thrift
- 1/05-Club Members Outperform Competitors & Land New Jobs
2004
- 11-12/04-The Holiday Job Search: Full Steam Ahead!
- 10/04-Be a Hero to Inner City Students
- 9/04-Moving Inside Your Firm
- 7-8/04-On Gratitude
- 6/04-Will You Get the Right Type of Outplacement?
- 5/04-Bouncing Back From 9/11; The Challenges and the Progress
- 4/04-Strategy Groups by Teleconference: Moving Job Hunters Towards Their Goals
- 3/04-10 Ways to Confront Job-Search Stress
- 3/04-Employable Till Proven Otherwise
- 2/04-What Every Employer Wants
2003
- 11-12/03-Supreme Court Rulings on Race and Retribution: Implications for the Workplace
- 10/03-Going for Jobs, Consulting and Career Change
- 9/03-Upgrading Your Job to “Business Partner”
- 7-8/03-10 Tips for Surviving a Long Search
- 6/03-How to Find Jobs That Don’t Exist at Companies You’ve Never Heard Of
- 5/03-One-on-One Career Coaching -The Five O’Clock Club Way (why, when, and how)
- 4/03-Restrictive Covenants
- 3/03-Using the Internet for Job-Search and Career Management
- 2/03-Our Best Advice (from 2002)
- 2/03-NETWORK With Other Clubbers!
- 2/03-Making Full Use of the Maturing Workforce
- 1/03-The Most Recent Trends in Employment
- 1/03-The Job-Search Buddy System
- 1/03-Job Hunt Success Stories From the Telephone Coaching Program
2002
- 11/02-Getting FEEDBACK From Others
- 10/02-Difficult Job Searches YIELD to Five O’Clock Club Methods
- 10/02-The Etiquette of Networking with Fellow Clubbers
- 10/02-Ending the Myths. Get More Meetings Through Direct Contact
- 10/02-Making the World Better and Safer; Clubbers Land Their Dream Job
- 9/02-How to Have Engaged Employees
- 9/02-Job-Search Stress
- 9/02-Developing Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
- 7/02-On Your Own: Becoming A Consultant In Your Own Field
- 6/02-Industry Information; Find Yours!
- 6/02-Job-Hunt Success Stories; Working The Method Pays Off
- 6/02-The Small Groups Pay Off
- 5/02-Job-Search Advice from a Senior Marketing Executive
- 4/02-Job Search for Young People.
- 4/02-Working with a Career Coach.
- 4/02-The fastest growing occupations.
- 4/02-The Recession: What makes it so unusual and why it seems to be ending.
- 4/02-Rethinking Office Security in the Wake of 9/11
- 2/02-Ethical Reasoning in Business: How to Make Ethical Decisions
- 2/02-Don’t Pay Heavy Up-Front Fees; The Five O’Clock Club Is On Your Side
- 2/02-Accepting An Overseas Assignment: The Benefits and Pitfalls
- 1/02-America The Beautiful
- 1/02-Five Years at Our Harlem Branch
- 1/02-Employment: Current Trends in Turbulent Times
- 1/02-Downsized Professionals and Managers Prefer The Five O’Clock Club
- 1/02-Addressing Employment Trends
2001
- 11/01-Job-Search 101
- 11/01-A Christmas Story: from homelessness to a vision fulfilled
- 10/01-Dealing with Depression
- 10/01-Unemployed Job Searchers Can Edge Out Employed
- 10/01-Myth: Being Unemployed Equals Pay Cut
- 10/01-Winning Formulas from the Insider Program (formerly the Inner Circle); small group counseling by teleconference
- 10/01-Consulting: the perfect Companion to the Job Search
- 8/01-Will You Get the Right Kind of Outplacement?
- 8/01-Bad Job Market For Young People?
- 7/01-What Longevity Means to Your Career
- 7/01-Job Search After 50
- 6/01-A Primer on Executive Coaching
- 6/01-Graduating Soon? Step Ahead of Your Class!
- 5/01-BENEFITS of Membership in The Club
- 5/01-Time to Review Your Career Direction
- 5/01-A Reminder From Islam
- 4/01-10 Tips for Career Changers
- 4/01-11 Tips for Dot.Commers Who Lost Their Jobs
- 4/01-How To Leave
- 3/01-Coming Back From Extinction
- 3/01-Designing a Career
- 3/01-Recession or not, you can be prepared! -by Kate Wendleton
- 2/01-Working with a Career Coach -by Kate Wendleton
- 2/01-Need Help Negotiating Your Outplacement or Severance?
- 2/01-Severance: Get What’s Coming To You
- 2/01-The Insider Program: A Report Card
- 2/01-Success Stories from the Insider Program (formerly ‘Inner Circle’)
2000
- 11/00-The US Labor Market: Three Key Issues
- 11/00-NO MORE INTERNET LOTTERY And – The Truth About Internet Job Postings
- 11/00-A Chat With Dot Com Presidents and Peter Lund (former president of CBS)
- 10/00-What Should I Do When I Grow Up?
- 10/00-When Lawyers Seek Career Counseling
- 09/00-Job-Search Advice from a Senior Executive
- 09/00-The Interactive Job Market: A Great LONG TERM Career Path
- 09/00-From Collecting Newspapers to Direct Marketing to . . . ? Profiling Five O. Clock Clubber Linda Hardy
- 07/00-Difficult Job Searches
- 07/00-50,000 mile Career Check Up
- 07/00-A Career on the Rise -Profile
- 06/00-Negotiating Options With An Internet Start-Up
- 05/00-The Five O’Clock Club From HOME
- 05/00 – Observations Of The Current Job Market
- 05/00 – Project Consulting -An Option In Career Management
- 04/00 – Department of Labor Forecasts Through 2008
- 03/00-Dramatic Career Changes
- 03/00-What You Do AFTER The Interview May Matter The Most!
- 02/00-The Old Gray Mares They’re Better Than They Used to Be
- 02/00-Landing Good Jobs After 50; Successful Five O. Clock Clubbers Share Their Stories
- 01/00-Kate and Dale Talk Jobs -a nationally syndicated column
- 01/00-Ethics in the Information Age; The Puritan Work Ethic and Beyond
- 01/00-Five O’Clock Clubbers talk about Good (work) Habits for the 00s
1999
- 11/99-Maintaining Focus: how top executives do it.
- 10/99-Positioning and Research: Don’t Leave Home Without Them
- 09/99-I Searched the Web and Became a Company President in Under Two Hours! -The truth about Internet job searching
- 07/99-Targeting: The Truth is OUT THERE
- 06/99-How to Help Young People Think About Careers
- 05/99-Why Are You Looking? and other difficult interview questions.
- 04/99-You’ve Got Mail! And perhaps a career as well.
- 03/99-Improve Your Performance in Your PRESENT Position
- 2/99-A Roadmap for Life: The Forty-Year Vision
1998
- 12/98-Younger Bosses, Older Workers
- 10/98-They said, “We like you but we want to interview more people.” What should I do?
- 8/98-It’s Your ‘Marketability’ Silly
- 8/98-The Younger Career Changer
- 8/98-Staying Marketable
- 7/98-A Proactive Approach to Using Search Firms
- 7/98-Take Parental Messages to Heart
- 7/98-Messages From Your Parents: Helping Through Words and Example
- 5/98-So You Think Things Are Changing Fast? Let’s Have a Little Perspective by Kate Wendleton
- 5/98-The Interactive Job Markets: Windows of Opportunity Remain Open by Steve Bolerjack
- 5/98-How to Target the Internet Job Market–The Start of Your “Personal Marketing Plan” by Kate Wendleton
- 5/98-The Five O’Clock Club’s Strategic Partners
- 5/98-When to See a Counselor Privately
- 4/98-How to Handle the Telephone: A Life Skill by Paul Miller
- 4/98-The Five O’Clock Club’s Speakers Bureau
- 3/98-Notice Where Your Feet Are Taking You And See Where You End Up in Twenty Years by Kate Wendleton
- 3/98-Five O ‘Clock Clubber Carroll Cavanagh: The Picture of Success by Mary Harmon
- 3/98-Consider the Options: The “Temp” Route by Ellis Chase
- 3/98-Follow the Basics, then . . . Develop Your Own Search Style by Mary Harmon
- 2/98-You–Our Members–Come First: Building Our Network–and Yours! by Kate Wendleton
- 2/98-The Five O’Clock Club’s “Strategic Partnerships” by Steve Bolerjack
- 2/98-The Five O’Clock Club Stays In the Media Spotlight by Steve Bolerjack
- 2/98-Five O’Clock Clubbers Share Their Recipes for Job-Hunting Success by Mary Harmon
- 1/98-Stay Put. Meet Interesting People. They All Come to The Five O’Clock Club by Kate Wendleton
- Will You Actually Get Promoted? Or Are You Simply “Promotable?”
- 1/98-A Surgeon Writes Prescription for Success by Mary Harmon
- 1/98-A Career Built Upon a Lifelong Love for Children’s Literature: Rosanna Hansen, Group Publisher of Reader’s Digest Children’s Books by Mary Harmon
- 1/98-Volunteerism: Working for Free Pays Multiple Dividends by Mary Harmon
- 1/98-Five O’Clock Clubbers Share Their Recipes for Job-Hunting Success by Mary Harmon
- 1/98-Will You Actually Get Promoted–Or Are You Simply “Promotable?” When Is It Time to Move On? by Kate Wendleton
- 1/98-More Organizations Offer The Five O’Clock Club’s Career-Related benefits to their Members
- 1/98-Do You Make These Job-Hunting Mistakes?
1997
- 11/97-The Future of America Starts in Harlem — With a Change in Our Attitudes… by Kate Wendleton
- 11/97-The Five O’Clock Club’s Workforce America: a bridge from jobs to careers for inner-city adults by Deborah Brown, Executive Director, Workforce America
- 10/97-Keeping Yourself Marketable by Managing Your Personal P.R. by Kate Wendleton
- 10/97-Playing the End Game: Using The Five O’Clock Club Methodology to Negotiate Your Offer by Nancy Friedberg, M.A.
- 10/97-Public Relations Tips for your small business by Steve Bolerjack
- 9/97-The Four-Step Salary Negotiation Strategy Works! People at all Organizational Levels Use It With Success by Robert E. Simmons
- 9/97-Maximizing Information Capital: Successful Business Development in the Information Age by Ravi C. Gupta
- 9/97-Five O’Clock Club Counselors Presenting in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, D.C.
- 8/97-Five O’Clock Clubbers Talk About Their Role Models . . . From Winston Churchill to an Executive Mom by Mary Harmon
- 8/97-A Nun Learns the Habit of Self-Promotion At The Chicago/Loop Club by Mary Harmon
- 8/97-How Do People Find Out About Us? Through You–and Through our Career Counselors in the media
- 8/97-International Success Begins with an Attitude of Acceptanceby Ronna Archbold with Mary Harmon
- 6/97-GET A LIFE!!! Five O’Clock Clubbers Tell How They Balance Their Lives by Mary Harmon
- 6/97-No More Sweaty Palms: You Can Tame Performance Anxiety by Richard Rabkin, M.D.
- 6/97-Summer is One of the Best Times to Job Hunt
- 4/97-Just Starting Out and Shaky? Or Already Making It–and Shaky? by Kate Wendleton
- 4/97-Some College Grads Find Their Dream Jobs: This Story is for the Other 99% by Julie Smith Janesky
- 4/97-Coping with Success: Managing Energy Gone Awry by Marilyn Puder-York, Ph.D.
- 3/97-Should You Think of Yourself as a Permanent Employee Or a Temporary Consultant? The Answer May Lie in Your Severance. by Kate Wendleton
- 3/97-The Successful Job Hunters’ Report: Five O’Clock Clubbers Tell You How They Did It by Robin White Goode
- 2/97-What To Expect Your First Year as a Consultant: Develop an Expertise . . . Market Yourself . . . Field Job Offers by Mary Lynn Halland
- 2/97-Consulting: A Desirable Alternative — How to Assess Whether Consulting is Right For You by Mary Lynn Halland
- 2/97-Procrastination: An Epidemic by Michele Tulier, Ph.D..
- 2/97-The Successful Job Hunters Report: Five O’Clock Clubbers Tell You How They Did It by Robin White Goods
- 1/97-1997: The Year You Write the Script by Kate Wendleton
- 1/97-New Work Realities and the Mature Worker: How Job Seekers Over 50 Can Compete for Today’s Jobs by Anita Lands
- 1/97-The Forty-Year Plan¨ . . . It’s (Almost) Never Too Late: How to Create Your Future Five Years at a Timeby David Madison, Ph.D.
- 1/97-The Successful Job Hunters Report: Five O’Clock Clubbers Tell You How They Did It by Robin White Goode
1996
- 11/96-Seven Things to Remember When Making a Presentation by Gary Stine
- 11/96-How to Handle Consulting, Freelance, Temporary or Non-Paid Work on Your Resume by Kate Wendleton
- 11/96-Holidays Are a Good Time to Job Hunt
- 11/96-Five O’Clock Clubbers In The News
- 10/96-Do Yourself a Favor: Hire My Brother by Kate Wendleton
- 10/96-How Society Affects Spirit, Performance and Success: Why Affirmative Action Has Not Outlived Its Usefulness by Deborah Brown
- 10/96-What’s Happening in the Health Care Job Market? Our industry expert gives you a prescription for the nineties by James Borland, Ph.D.
- 10/96-The Successful Job Hunters Report: Five O’Clock Clubbers Tell You How They Did It by Robin White Goode
- 9/96-Getting Jobs in a High-Growth Field: Lessons from those in the Interactive marketplace by Kate Wendleton
- 9/96-What’s Happening in the Interactive Job Market? Five O’Clock Clubbers Give You the Inside Scoop by Patricia Raufer
- 9/96-Power Dining–and You Are the Guest: Bring Grace and Good Manners to the Business Meal by Ronna Archbold
- 9/96-Human Rights in a Multicultural World: African-Americans Can Take Their Concerns for Group Rights to the U.N. by Muhammad Hatim
- 9/96-The Etiquette of Networking with Fellow Five O’Clock Clubbers by Kate Wendleton
- 7/96-New Shapes in Careers: How to Repackage the Work You Want To Do by Betsy Jaffe, Ph.D.
- 7/96-Use Career Strategies to Bolster Your Confidence–Conquer Job-Change Fears With Five O’Clock Club Techniques by Rose Ann Pastor
- 7/96-Increase Your Visibility: Headhunters Will Call You by Barbara Bruno
- 7/96-Do You Make These Job-Hunting Mistakes?
- 6/96-Job Search Outside the Box: Explore Interim Work as a Short-Term Option in Your Long-Range Vision by Wendy Alfus Rothman
- 6/96-Losing Your Mentor: Strategies for Coming Out on Top by Robin White Goode
- 5/96-Planning for Career Success: Those Who Plan Do Better; Here’s How by Kate Wendleton
- 3/96-The Internet as a Job-Search Tool by Patricia L. Raufer
- 3/96-Oscar Night: You Too Can Be a Winner! by Stacy Feldman
- 3/96-Who Gets Ahead and Why: The Five O’Clock Club Sponsors a Study by Kate Wendleton
- 3/96-Six Predictors of Career Success — The Five O’Clock Club Sponsored a Study to Help You Get Ahead: Understand Your Industry; Develop Your Contacts by Terri Lowe, Ph.D.
- 3/96-Reaching Out: Avoiding Stereotypes and Valuing Diversityby Tara Stevens
- 3/96-Six Steps to a Healthy Self-Esteem by John Leonard
- 1/96-How to Improve Your Position Where You Are by Kate Wendleton
1995
- 11/95-Companies Need Employees Who Care; Employees Need More Respect by Kate Wendleton
- 11/95-Marketing on the Internet: Getting Your Company Ready for Electronic Commerce by Patricia L. Raufer
- 11/95-Electronic Etiquette: Keeping the Human Element in Communication by Ronna Archbold
- 11/95-Goodbye, Job Security . . . Hello, Career Resiliency! by Fred C. Hopkinson
- 11/95-Bringing It Back Home–How to Live With Art and Collectiblesby Carlo Lamagna
- 9/95-Work-Life Balance: Keeping the Workplace Flexible by Michael Wheeler
- 9/95-Researching the Jobs of the Future by Wendy Alfus Rothman
- 9/95-Trends in Resumes
- 9/95-The Career Outlook From The Government
- 9/95-Being a Consultant or Freelancer by Kate Wendleton
- 6/95-Safe Computing: Take Precautions While Working at the Computer by Marlene F. Green
- 6/95-Competitive Advantage In Our Nation’s Workforce–Companies Find That Valuing Diversity Enhances Productivity by Michael L Wheeler
- 6/95-Managing Your Career in a Changing Labor Marketby Harriet Greisser
- 6/95-Keeping an Open Mind: Exploring Why We Like the Art We Like by Carlo Lamagna
- 4/95-Working the Weddings: June is Just Around the Corner –Better Make Extra Copies of Your Resume by Stacy Feldman
- 4/95-Trying to Make a Winning Move Into Sportsby Patricia Kitchen
- 4/95-Get What’s Coming To You: Negotiate the Best Possible Severance Package by Kate Wendleton
- 4/95-A Networker’s Guide to Feeling Better About the Approachby Ellis Chase
- 4/95-Private Passion Produces Public Museum: A Steel Magnate Shares His Wealth by Carlo Lamagna
- 4/95-The 8-Word Message: Make Sure Your Bosses Know How Good You Are by Kate Wendleton
- 3/95-My Life As A Temp–or how I used temping to get two super, professional jobs by Mary Lynn Halland
- 2/95-Firing with Compassion–and Compensation: Outplacement is Even More Necessary in Today’s Workplace by Kate Wendleton
- 2/95-Yes, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do. But You Can Fire People in a Humane Manner by Liz Branstead
- 2/95-Is It Ever Acceptable Behavior To Reach Out and Touch Someone? by Ronna Archbold
1994
- 12/94-The Secret Life of the Street: Appreciating the Architecture Around Us by Carlo Lamagna
- 12/94-No One Is Doomed to Be Shy by Margaret DiCanio, Ph.D.
- 12/94-It Matters How You Shake It by Ronna Archbold
- 12/94-Toward A New Employer-Employee Partnership Organizations Need to Value All Employees by Michael Wheeler
- 12/94-10 Ways to Become More Charismatic by John Leonard
- 8/94-Public-Speaking Phobia: The Number-One Fear in America — But Help Is Available by Natalie H. Rogers, M.S.W.
- 8/94-Are You Cut Out to be a Successful Entrepreneur?–Eight Personality Traits Are Typical of Winners by Henry Sedgwick
- 8/94-Dateline Dallas: An Affiliate Head Talks About the Technique of Targeting by Linda Davidson
- 8/94-Art in Your Own Backyard by Carlo Lamagna
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