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Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on August 20, 2012 at 5:20 pm

Aug 202012

So, I haven’t kept up with this blog for awhile, but I’m just going to jump right back in and post some of my favorite photos from the last couple of years. Please check back soon, as I’ll be updating regularly. Thanks for stopping by!

2011:

Victoria Ulrich, 17, plays with building-blocks in her room at her home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Victoria Ulrich, 17, right, eats a pudding snack as her brother Christopher, 23, left, looks at some of her day’s schoolwork at their home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George, center, is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Victoria Ulrich, 17, left, talks with her brother Christopher, 23, about her school day while in her room at their home in Cortlandt on March 31, 2011. Victoria was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a facial-cranial disorder, and as a result has no outer ears, cannot speak without assistance and has seizures. Victoria’s father George is being forced to change his work hours at the United States Postal Service, which enabled him to care for his daughter after school, after 17 years of accommodation. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Mike Spano is congratulated on his way to give his victory speech in the Yonkers mayoral race among his supporters at The Polish Center at 92 Waverly St. in Yonkers on Nov. 8, 2011. Voters in Westchester County made their selections for local and county officials, along with state Supreme Court justices. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Mehrdad Sanai of Dutchess County recovers after running during the weekly meeting for the Westchester Track Club at the White Plains High School track June 1, 2011. Sanai, who said he works in area, has been a member over ten years, and said the group is like a family. Mike Barnow, who leads the group, has coached some of the runners in his class since the 1970s. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey clown Dr. Adam Smasher, right, asks for a volunteer to assist him and fellow clown Kid Kinetic during a performance of “Science of the Circus” at the John Paulding School in Tarrytown on Feb. 16, 2011. Smasher, who is also known as Joel Ringling, and Kinetic, who is also known as Mike Ringling, said the goal of the performances are to show children fun and practical examples of laws of science and physics. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Many girls competing in the steeplechase struggle through the course during the Pirate Relays track and field meet at Pearl River High School in Pearl River on April 2, 2011. Molly Shine of Pearl River took first in the event, and fellow Pearl River competitor Kerry Guerin took third. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Neil Bellamy of Brooklyn, center, uncle of graduate Michael Bellamy, uses a graduation program as a makeshift umbrella during the Mamaroneck High School graduation June 22, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Homeowner Diana Jordan, 82, is photographed at her flooded property on Highway 340 in Sparkill on March 11, 2011. Jordan said she was told by officials of Sparkill that Sparkill Creek would be dredged, but it hasn’t happened. Diana and husband Albert, 83, were homebound all day, but the Sparkill Fire Department was able to move their car to avoid extensive flood damage to the vehicle. A neighboring cottage they had hoped to rent will need extensive repair and restoration. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Aron Gjonbalaj (cq) of Briarcliff Manor, 11 months old, experiences the beach for the first time, reluctantly at moments, with the help of his father Florent Gjonbalaj (cq) at Oakland Beach in Rye on June 1, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Bronxville’s Christian Conway is brought down head on by Tuckahoe’s Gary Moss during the football game between the two state champs at Bronxville High School on Sept. 24, 2011. Bronxville beat Tuckahoe 33-12. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

during the Spartan Sprint at the Tuxedo Ridge Ski Center in Orange County on June 4, 2011. Competitors faced several obstacles, including the muddy 40-yard uphill barbed-wire crawl, an ice pit, fire pit and the final run through a gauntlet of muscled “gladiators.” ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Shawn Marren, the human cannonball at the Royal Hanneford Circus, is photographed with his cannon outside the Westchester County Center in White Plains on Feb. 17, 2011. Marren is billed in the show as “The Human Lightning Bolt.” ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Rockland Rockstar Resident, and resident rocker, Joe Delia is photographed at this home in Tappan on Jan. 13, 2011. Delia is a career musician who provides keyboards and vocals for his band, Thieves, scores movies and has a long list of musical accomplishments to his name. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Ossining at Sleepy Hollow football 10-1-11

Ossining’s Keon Ervin breaks up a touchdown pass to Sleepy Hollow’s Darien James during Sleepy Hollow’s last drive in the fourth quarter during the football game at Sleepy Hollow High School on Oct. 1, 2011. Ossining beat Sleepy Hollow 25-20. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Monsignor Patrick Carney leads Mass before the Sacred Heart Parish Children’s Mass and Pageant at Sacred Heart Church in Hartsdale on Dec. 24, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Dishes served at a table overlooking the Hudson River, counter-clockwise from left, are photographed on the patio at the riverfront restaurant Harvest-on-Hudson at 1 River St. in Hastings-on-Hudson on Aug. 2, 2011. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Hutchinson River Parkway traffic 12-1-11

Traffic flows northbound at left and southbound at right after dusk on the Hutchinson River Parkway as seen from the Weaver Street overpass in Scarsdale on Dec. 1, 2011. The Hutch is one of the most difficult roads for commuters in the New York City metro area. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Below is a series of portraits I photographed for our Thanksgiving centerpiece story last year, and then did a quick layout as option for our designers. Each photo was for a story on situations where the subjects were thankful.

( Photo illustration by Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

2010:

Bennett Chazen stretches inside of an isolation-unit at White Plains Hospital on Nov. 11, 2010. Bennett and twin brother Camden were born Aug. 31, 10-weeks premature. Their parents Emily and Michael are particularly thankful this Thanksgiving because the babies survived, and for the work of hospital staff throughout the ordeal. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Luke McDermott, a fifth grader at Richard P. Connor Elementary School in Suffern, is comforted by his neighbor, Melissa Esmez, whose child also attends the school, on June 16, 2010, during a gathering of students, staff and parents at the school’s athletic field to dedicate a memorial to slain gym teacher Jami Erlich. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Chris Bloch, 25, of Yonkers, embraces Meghan Marshall, 29, of White Plains, while celebrating the United States’ game-winning goal against Algeria during the World Cup on June 23, 2010. The two were among dozens of fans gathered at the Brazen Fox, in downtown White Plains, to watch the match. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

The class of 2010 shows a wide range of expressions as they wait for the commencement to begin after the National Anthem at the Rye Neck High School graduation, June 24, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Farm worker Wayne Simpson of Jamaica carries a basket of tomatoes to take in from the field at Stuart’s Farm in Yorktown Heights on Aug. 11, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Desmond Hinds Sr. and his wife Sharon, parents of Pace football player Desmond Hinds Jr., display emotion during the recounting by attorney Bonita Zelman of the events surrounding the death of Danroy Henry Jr. at a press conference at the Marriott in Tarrytown on Oct. 22, 2010. Hinds Jr. was sitting in the backseat of Henry’s car when the shooting occurred. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Plumber and artist Juan Feliciano is photographed with his “pipe people” in Ossining on Nov. 5, 2010. His copper creations are made of commonplace plumbing materials, such as valves, fixtures and fittings. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

Boxer Natalie Gonzalez of New Rochelle is photographed at Main Street Boxing in New Rochelle on Dec. 31, 2010. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News )

news magnet

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on April 9, 2010 at 2:52 am

Apr 092010

the first few photos are from a chase and subsequent arrest that passed me while i was on my way to a sports assignment. i’m glad no one was hurt (including me — i try to be sure i don’t surprise/startle officers — or suspects for that matter — when i arrive early to a scene) and our cops/courts reporter wrote a brief on the event. the last couple of photos are from a really minor fire that was so small, it escaped detection from the Farmington Fire Department — initially. i was at the scene when they left, so decided to make the best of it and get wild art of a couple kids flying kites on a windy day, but i was glad i stuck around. smoke started to billow out of the vents behind one of the buildings, so FFD was called back. they returned, and quickly put it out. there were never any flames visible, and although there was smoke damage to a few other apartments, everyone in the building was lucky it wasn’t worse. apartment fires have the potential to spread quickly and end tragically.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Police Officer Jerry Worrell escorts a suspect from hiding in a structure on a property near the corner of North Orchard Avenue and East Comanche Street, where a vehicle pursuit involving police ended on Thursday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; FPD Officer Travis Sprell shouts to another officer Thursday to follow a fleeing suspect after a vehicle pursuit ended in the neighborhood of North Orchard Avenue and East Comanche Street.

the photo below was just a quiet, interesting photo i had to post. life goes on.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Police Officer Jerry Worrell, far left, detains a suspect found hiding in a structure on a property near the corner of North Orchard Avenue and East Comanche Street, where a vehicle pursuit involving police ended on Thursday.

here’s a straggler-photo from last month. for no particular reason.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Xavier Tsosie, 8, holds up a book he examines while his two aunts look for other books Monday at the Farmington Public Library. The library has activities scheduled for children throughout the spring-break week.

below is a photo from a surprisingly fruitful assignment today, when i was asked to get photos of a neighborhood that had its mail service interrupted for several days due to a postal carrier being chased by a dog that got loose from one of the homes. the reporter showed up at the same time i did, and we immediately saw a home that we thought may be the one where the dogs in question lived. it had about four dogs (mostly pits) visible, and a couple of children she said she was babysitting in the front yard. read the reporter’s story here for more info, but long story short, i suspect this woman might very well get a visit from the authorities (she mentioned one of the dogs on her property had bitten a child and herself — and she didn’t seem reluctant at all to talk to us, which i found very odd. and refreshing;)

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A dog living at a home in Farmington reacts to strangers Thursday while chained on the property. The home has been the subject of numerous complaints regarding aggressive dogs kept there.

what can i say. i’m just happy i made it to practice in time, after the breaking news, to at least get a portrait.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; The Piedra Vista varsity girls golf team, from left, Grace Gutierrez, 17, Gracey Brown, 17, Kyra Garrison, 18, Domi Dinallo, 17, and 14-year-old Miel Johnson hang together at Piñon Hills Golf Course on Thursday after an afternoon practice.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Billy Howard, an employee of Shiya-Strephans Contracting Co., keeps his attention toward a water truck while working on construction of a water pipeline Monday at West Apache Street and West Main Street. The pipeline will carry water through Farmington to the Navajo Nation when completed.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Zyan Begay, 9, works to help untangle a kite flown by his friend, 7-year-old Tierren Wyatt, after high winds took it for an unpredictable flight Monday outside the San Juan Apartments on East Main Street.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington Fire Department personnel work to extinguish the fire on the third floor at San Juan Apartments on Monday. There were no injuries reported, but the Fire Department said there was heavy fire and smoke damage to the two units.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Robert Gonzalez, a resident in the building affected by Monday’s fire at San Juan Apartments in north Farmington, watches smoke billow out of an open window in what he said was his apartment on the third floor of building C. Gonzalez tried to contain the fire until the Farmington Fire Department arrived on scene.

a quick update since January. icy, icy January.

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on February 11, 2010 at 2:51 am

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i’m loving the weather — finally heating up, or at least not being freezing@$$cold. now if i can just get my landlord to fix the water-heater!

photo-wise, it’s been pretty productive. i’m hoping to start on an upcoming project that would take me out of Farmington a bit more (that can’t hurt). so, if anyone is in the Shiprock area and wants to say hi, holler. for now, please enjoy the photos.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryan Begaye feeds his 8-month-old son, Kyree, who cries for his bottle, while attending the eighth annual young parent conference with Kyree’s mother, Monyca Nelson, on Wednesday at San Juan College.

I liked the kicker on the next photo, it worked with the photo well, i thought. good job copy/designers. it read :

“Altrusitic Warfare”

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Sacred Heart Catholic School students and a teacher frantically stuff pennies in a glass jar Friday as a part of the “Penny Wars” fundraiser. Proceeds from the school-wide event, which were tallied at over $1,000 by the afternoon, will go toward helping Cornelio Ramirez with the expenses related to a kidney transplant.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland residents Josh Snyder, 24, and Ginny Gustin, 27, plow through a muddy puddle in a Polaris RZR all-terrain vehicle at the Dunes Vehicle Recreation Area on Sunday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryant Padilla, 16, holds his adoptive sister, 3-year-old Kylie, while she attempts to tickle him outside Judge Sandra Price’s courtroom Monday after the adoption.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Amanda Padilla hugs her newly-adopted daughter, 3-year-old Kylie, closely while spectators and family members celebrate in the moments following the adoption Monday in District Court Judge Sandra Price’s courtroom. Kylie and her sister, 18-month-old Emily, both Navajo, were adopted into the Padilla’s nine-child family.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harold Lampton, 89 years old, looks at a 1900 U.S. Census book Friday detailing New Mexico’s population at the turn of the last century. The book once belonged to his father, who referred to it before moving to New Mexico.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harold Lampton, who was born in 1920 in the hospital which would later be named San Juan Regional Medical Center, is seen in a reflection looking at a family photograph hanging in a hallway in his Farmington home Friday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A paramedic, far left, attempts to move an injured man from his vehicle, which hit a power pole, onto a stretcher while a Farmington firefighter keeps an eye on the power lines above the scene of a two-car accident Sunday that caused power outages downtown. The wreck at the intersection of Lake Street and Broadway occurred when the man drove through a red light and was hit by a man driving with his children, who were not seriously injured, according to Farmington Police Cpl. Donnie Kee. The man driving alone, not identified by police at the time of the accident, was conscious when he was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center with injury to his head.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Craig Lozier holds tight to his 3-year-old grandson, Landon Lozier, while Landon's father, Luke, gives them a shove down a hill Thursday at Civitan Park in Farmington, N.M.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Piedra Vista High School guard Cheree Charley hugs teammate Ali Rhodes on Saturday while holding the third place trophy after the Panthers beat Aztec High School in overtime during the Lady Tiger Invitational at AHS.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nathaniel Brown, an instructional assistant at Esperanza Elementary with the National Indian Youth Council Inc., gets work done Thursday on his laptop at the Farmington Public Library in Farmington, N.M. Area schools were canceled Thursday due to the weather.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High School student Shantell Pinto, 16, enjoys a chilling moment during her lunch break Tuesday under a wall of water, created by melted snow from the previous night's precipitation, draining from the roof of the high school's main building. The snow finally gained ground Thursday, after a week of smaller flurries.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Clear blue skies during much of the day can be seen past a wall of water, created by melted snow from the previous night's precipitation, draining from the roof of the main building at Bloomfield High School on Tuesday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Mariah Jaramillo, 9, and her Grace Baptist Academy classmate, Jerilyn Lange, 11, center, check out part of the robotics interactive exhibit Thursday at E3 Children’s Museum and Science Center, while education specialist Kelly Hile, assists them.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Guy Shephard, executive director at The Well, looks Monday at the damage done to the window he believes vandals broke and entered through overnight Sunday.

my best of 2009 photo collection

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on January 9, 2010 at 12:02 am

Jan 092010

this is culled down from a lot (well over 70 at one point — i need a photo editor!), and even though i left some out that may have had some good impact, also, i think these best represented the year’s work for me.

thanks for looking, and enjoy! and Happy New Year to everyone.

2009 photos, non-slideshow format

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Maj. Xavier Miller of the New Mexico National Guard, second from right, leads family members and workers in burying Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook in the veterans section at the Shiprock, N.M, Community Cemetery on Oct. 16, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bean Crop Manager Roselyn Yazzie holds pinto beans fresh from the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry fields Sept. 11, 2009. Behind her is farm equipment to help harvest the crop.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Trista, 6, a child staying at the Christian organization Navajo Ministries in Farmington, N.M., plays under a skylight July 10, 2009, in a shared room in Jonathan and Christine Wood's house on the 17-acre site. The Wood's asked that the children only be referred to by first name to avoid identification.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Five-year-old Mandy With, left, and Ashlee Ryan, 3, rest after they rehearse their dance dressed as baby-chickens May 28, 2009, at Mann Dance Academy on East 20th Street.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; San Juan County volunteer firefighters from Kirtland close in with a hose on a propane "fire tree,” which is used during a training exercise April 2, 2009, at the District 2 fire station.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Helen Moore, with Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, sorts and grades potatoes Sept. 11, 2009, at the potato processing plant. She tosses potatoes into the bins in front of her, often sorting different types simultaneously in one drop.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Cheryl Cadrain hugs her son, 18-year-old Vista Nueva Alternative High School graduate Micah Szumlinski, after the class' graduation ceremony at the Aztec, N.M., Boys and Girls Club on May 16, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; The scene of a fatal motorcycle accident on East Main Street on June 17, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Charlene Tyler, aunt of missing woman Kayla Begaye, holds her 2-year-old grandson, Jharrin Tyler, as she waits for news on the identity of the female found dead April 16, 2009, on the Bluffs off Bisti Highway outside Farmington. Begaye, whose identity was confirmed later that day, had been missing since March.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Woody Benally, a participant at the May 7, 2009, National Day of Prayer observance in front of the Civic Center, raises his hands during a prayer.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; New Mexico State Police Officer Jeremy Yazzie walks past his patrol car Sept. 4, 2009, on U.S. 64 on the west end of Kirtland. He had pulled over with his police lights on to help a motorist in the right-hand lane of eastbound U.S. 64, according to N.M. State Police Officer Gary Chavez, when a semitrailer hit his car from the rear. No one was seriously injured, but the patrol car was totaled and traffic was slow in the eastbound lane entering Kirtland.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Cynthia Sosaya, the new principal at Mesa Verde Elementary, keeps an eye out for her students crossing College Boulevard, with the help of a crossing guard, for International Walk to School Day on Oct. 7, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jay Fann, small business owner of Mancos Doors LLC, works on a wall hanging he called “Madonna and Child” in his discounted commercial space offered by the business incubator at San Juan College’s Quality Center for Business on Dec. 11, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington High School’s Nico Lewis beats Durango’s Dylan Schwantes to the ball for a header during the second half of play at FHS on Sept. 15, 2009. Farmington took the game, 2-0.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Tibbets Middle School eighth-grader Gheron Litke, 13, participates in a group dry-land exercise during the high school swim practice Dec. 2, 2009, at the Farmington Aquatic Center.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington High School sprinter Josh Newsome poses for a portrait March 9, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Amari Salazar, 3, who is dressed as a bee, and princess Lacie Kay, also 3, admire each other’s costumes outside the cake-walk room at the Bloomfield Police Department during the BPD and Police Athletic League’s annual Halloween carnival Oct. 29, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Ten-year-old Erin Mitchell, a fifth grader at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Farmington, N.M., points out a particularly large bubble to friends while classmate Joel Sutherland, 11, reaches out to pop it during the 11th Annual San Juan Basin Water Fair on May 18, 2009, at McGee Park. Fair director Shaun Bishop, with the San Juan Water Commission, said the goal of the event is to teach fifth graders water safety and conservation.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Natalie Howard, with Pine River Community Learning Center in Colorado's La Plata County, puts up a token protest as she allows herself to be buried in the corn pit at Sutherland Farm by home-schooled students she supervised on a field trip Oct. 2, 2009.

Xavier Mascareñas; In May of 1990, Orlando Coto-Andrades and his wife, Olga Chicota-Guida, seen here in a photo Jan. 27, 2009, arrived in the United States following a period of six years that Orlando spent as a political prisoner in Cuba. In addition to the six years, he said, Fidel Castro's Cuba also took their livelihood, a textile factory. Olga is often found in the sewing room of their home off Yale Boulevard in Albuquerque, N.M. "Olga was very good with the sewing machine, but now not so much. She's not so good," Orlando said referring to Olga's medical condition, Alzheimer's Disease.

the second week in July

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on July 12, 2009 at 9:53 am

Jul 122009

it’s been a good, if not really busy, week here in Farmington. here’s a quick rundown before i run off to Albuquerque for my weekend:

a pretty sad event was an axe attack here in town, in what police suspect was gang-related violence. the gentleman in the photo, who looks emotionally distraught, came on scene with the information his brother was attacked with an axe — and he understandably suspected the worst. he is being taken into custody here after police reacted to his reaction (that’s ambiguous, i know, but this may be an ongoing thing). we also ran a story about children in what are essentially safe-houses through Navajo Ministries, and that was a lot of fun to do. the fourth and fifth photos were for a preview of the local farmers’ market. the photo of the guy bending over the irrigation ditch has had sudsy, polluted water this season, and his crops didn’t grow. we did a story on the situation.

thanks for looking

i was flying solo, but we are fully staffed now (two of us)

Posted by Xavier Mascareñas on July 3, 2009 at 1:24 am

Jul 032009

here’s some from the month of June…we’re gearing up for a busy season of sports here — National High School Rodeo Finals, then Connie Mack World Series a week after that ends. i’m feeling lucky it’s not like last year, back to back.

hope you like the photos

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