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Community News for March 4, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

SimHQ Review: = 15=20 pages and several dozen images later,Teddy Bar = has=20 produced an extensive review from the single = player's=20 perspective for S.C.S. Dangerous Waters. = Read his=20 in-depth analysis here=20 about this much anticipated naval combat sim. A = pdf is=20 available here = (1.1MB).

SimHQ = Feature:=20 Alex = "Zander" Keep=20 reports on the upcoming 2005 Formula 1 Season = here= . = Will it=20 be another year for Michael and Ferrari? SimHQ Preview: = Alex=20 previews this weekend's Australian Grand Prix = here in pdf format (109=20 kb).

SimHQ Review: = Cat looks at = the=20 highly popular and highly awarded Unreal = Tournament mod,=20 Red Orchestra: Combined Arms. Is it as = good as=20 everyone says? Is it a sim? Read her review = here.=20 A pdf is = available=20 here (900=20 kb).

SimHQ = Feature:=20 Guest Writer = Frank=20 "BA_Dart" Giger holds class on "How to Make = Your Own=20 Simulation Movies". If you've ever wanted to = do a=20 video of your flights be sure and read Frank's = article=20 here. A pdf is available here=20 (1.09MB).

SimHQ = Interview:=20 Armor Editor Fran Mulhern interviews = Stryker Combat Brigade = Team=20 Executive = Officer=20 Major Joe Davidson. Read his comments = here.

SimHQ = Preview:=20 John "Spoons" Sponauer puts Steel Beasts Professional = -=20 Personal Edition through its paces to = see=20 what it offers to both simmers and actual = tankers. Has=20 eSim Games released another winner? Find out in = our=20 preview here. A pdf is available here (591 = kb).

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

From the=20 Grapevine: We've just heard an interesting bit = of news.=20 Battle of Britain II - Wings of Victory is = going to=20 arrive with a Battle of Britain 2 DVD. More details as = we=20 learn it.

After=20 Action Reports: "wolfbiscuits" has posted an = extensive=20 AAR for Falcon 4.0. 20mm has posted a C.O.D. AAR. = Click here to read these AAR's and add = your own.=20

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: FSMMovingMap Terminal Area Charts A-Z = have been=20 released. FSM Moving Map World Textures West and East = are out=20 also. Click here to go to FlightSim.com. = Filenames:=20 (us_tacad.zip, us_tacfn.zip, us_tacoz.zip, = world_we.zip,=20 world_ea.zip)

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "Aces High 2" has announced IL-2 Mat manager 2.20 WIP. = Click=20 here for the post. X1 Software is = releasing=20 a new campaign, "Banzai." Click here for=20 more information. Thanks to "tankeriv" for the heads = up.=20 "france-simulation" has announced several news skins = (Pe2,=20 A24, SBD3, F4B) by Tchaika. Click here for the announcement and = preview.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "Bunyap2W1" has=20 announced Weapons Pack 1 Mar 05. Click here to see what it contains. = "Deuces80th"=20 has posted some updated Top Gun Map screenshots. Click = here to see them. "Boopidoo" has = posted his=20 F-14 cockpit update. Check it out here.

General=20 News: Yankee Air Museum's "Thunder Over = Michigan" is=20 boasting the largest gathering of heavy WWII bombers = in the=20 world. Click here to get more information. A = big thanks=20 to "Beav" for the heads up! "vpmedia" has found a good = site=20 for downloading WWII historical movies. Click here to check the site out.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

There's a Q&A for Brothers in Arms: Road to = Hill=20 30 located here at Gamespot.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Today's the last day = to enter=20 the SimHQ Silent = Hunter=20 III Short Story Contest! Click here and here for more details and to = learn=20 about the contest = prizes.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Richard=20 Burns Rally Online is set to go on March 5th = according=20 to the RBR=20 Online web site. Thanks to Race = Sim=20 Central for the tip.

A new development = update for=20 Live for Speed = S2 has=20 been posted in form of a movie which you can download = here from Blackhole=20 Motorsports.

Gamespy has an interview with = James=20 Hawkins on NASCAR=20 SimRacing here. Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports.

It is still uncertain if = Minardi will=20 be allowed to participate in the Australian Grand Prix = this=20 week-end according to the official Formula 1 web=20 site. Read why, here.

Gaming-age=20 carries a review of NASCAR=20 SimRacing which you can read here. This was spotted by m4driving.

Don't forget = that all of=20 next week we here at SimHQ will be reviewing NASCAR SimRacing.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

HEXUS reports that NVIDIA's popular SoundStorm audio technology is dead. Read = more here.

Controlled-Insanity reviews the Aerocool Spiral = Galaxies WTX case here.

PC=20 Perspective reviews = the=20 Asus P5GDC-V = Deluxe=20 915G motherboard = here.

Bytesector=20 reviews the HIS = X700 Pro=20 iTurbo VIVO Edition video=20 card here.

OverClocker's Club reviews Samsung's = TS-H552 DVD+RW drive here.

FutureLooks=20 checks out an Extreme=20 PC cooler = here.

ViperLair reviews=20 the Cooler = Master Cool=20 Drive Lite = here.

Hardware=20 Zone has an = ATI Radeon X800 = Pro Shootout here.

Community News for March 3, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "vonBeerhofen" has made some Pacific = Tide III=20 Bug Fixes available. Click here for more information.

Falcon=20 4.0: Free Falcon 3.1 has been released. Click = here for the post. Falcon 4.0 = Training=20 Missions are now online at Mudspike.com. Click here for the announcement.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: FSMMovingMap Section Charts Pack 6 = through 8=20 have been released at FlightSim.com. Click here (Filenames: us_secp6.zip, = us_secp7.zip,=20 us_secp8.zip). HMS Ocean v2, a Landable helicopter = platform=20 located in the English Channel, has been released by = John=20 Young. Click here to go to FlightSim.com = (Filename:=20 ocn_jy2.zip).

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 IL-2 moviemaker "NTESLA" has been interviewed by=20 Airwarfare.com. Click here to read the interview.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "ajunaidr" has = posted an=20 update concerning the F-104B and TF-104G. Click here for the thread. "Gramps" has = posted a=20 Venom Decal.ini Correction. Click here for more information.

General=20 News: Total Immersion's D=92Fusion software = solution=20 allows for real-time video capture and perfect merges = between=20 video streams and 3D objects. Check this incredible video out. Thanks = to=20 "Cousinhubert" for the find. "LLv34_Doc_1" has found a = Finnish=20 Airforce identification manual for Russian aircraft = (spring of=20 1942). Click here for the web site.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

Worthplaying has 36 new Battlefield 2 = screenshots here.

IGN = has new=20 screenshots of the upcoming Brothers in Arms. = Check them=20 out here.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Silent Hunter III has gone GOLD! Find new = screenshots here and a Flak Gun Tutorial = here.

Subsim = Review=20 has a first look at the Silent=20 Hunter III Mission Editor here.

Australian Navy News reports that Tenix Defence Pty = Ltd has been selected as the = preferred=20 tenderer to upgrade and refit the tanker Delos, bought = by=20 Defence for the Royal Australian Navy to replace HMAS=20 Westralia. The contract is worth $60 million. Read = more here.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Brian Ring's proposed BR2004 mod for NASCAR Racing will = not be=20 released. Brian explains why here. Thanks to Race = Sim=20 Central for the tip.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Mikhailtech=20 reviews the Antec=20 Phantom 350W = fanless PSU=20 here.

Guru3D reviews the Asetek = Waterchill watercooling kit here.

Overclockers Online looks at the Cooler Master Wave Master=20 LE case here.

PimpRig reviews=20 the Leadtek = PX6800=20 TDH video card = here.

3DXtreme=20 reviews the = NZXT Nemesis and Nemesis Elite ATX cases here.

Hardware=20 Zone has an = X800 Pro Shootout here.

Tweaknews reviews the Steelpad QcK + large gaming mouse pad = here.

Bjorn3D reviews the Thermalright = Sl-97 heatsink here.

HEXUS compares the ASUSTeK A8N-SLI = Deluxe and the DFI LanParty UT nF4 = SLI-D motherboards here.

System=20 Cooling reviews = Thermaltake's = PurePower 680W PSU here.

Gruntville=20 reviews the PolarFLO=20 TT GPU water block = here.

Xtreme=20 Resources reviews the = Blackline BQT=20 P5-470W-S1.3 = PSU here.

TweakNews=20 reviews the = Intel 660 3.6GHz and 3.73GHz Extreme Edition = 64bit Pentium=20 4 CPU's here.

bit-tech=20 reviews the = NMEDIA HTPC 100 case here.

GameGuru=20 Mania reviews the = XTrac Ripper XL/XTrac=20 HAMMER mouse = pads here.

Bona Fide=20 Reviews reviews the=20 Samsung = SyncMaster 920T=20 High-Contrast LCD = Monitor=20 here.

Community News for March 2, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "vonOben" has released a new Ground = Aircraft=20 update. Click here to check it out. = "RAF_Dumoulin" has=20 posted a link to an extensive campaign pack download. = Click here for the post.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 Scorched Earth has just released DCS1.0beta(K), = MP-3.155 and=20 DB_1.91. Click here for the full story. = "tankeriv" has=20 posted about a new campaign addition to TLD. Click here.

Jane's=20 F/A-18: A Sukhoi aircraft video is available = for=20 download. Click here for the post. "bones" has = released a=20 F-14 music video. Click here for more information. = "M@verick" has=20 released a F-14 mini-documentary. Click here for the announcement.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: The Venom FB Mk4 = is=20 available. Click here for the post and a link to = the=20 download. "capun" has posted some preview shots of = several=20 Spitfires. Click here. "kout" has posted a preview = of a=20 Falklands/Malvinas 1982 (with Skyhawks) menu screen. = Click here for the post. "Hinchinbrooke" = has=20 posted a preview of his Ark Royal project. Check it = out here. "bone184" has released a new = F-15C=20 Skin of the Oregon ANG. Click here for the thread.

General=20 News: Steven Fossett is attempting to pilot the = Burt=20 Rutan GlobalFlyer around the world singlehandedly; = non-stop.=20 Click here for the in-house discussion = and links=20 to track his progress. "Col. Gibbon" has found a site = that=20 documents wrecked WWII aircraft in the Pacific. Check = it out=20 here. NaturalPoint is sponsoring = the Ghost=20 Skies 2v2 tourney. The thread is here in the Forums.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

Worthplaying has news of the next = Panzer Elite game = coming for=20 the PC, read about it here.

Worthplaying also has news that = Act of War: Direct = Action has=20 gone gold and will be in stores March 15th. Act of War = is a=20 RTS type modern battlefield game with the storyline = written by=20 a well known military suspense author, Dale Brown, = check out=20 the news here.

IGN has posted their Xbox = review here of Gearbox Software's Brothers in Arms: Road to = Hill=20 30. Thanks Alan.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

No news today.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Very sad news=20 regarding the GN 1970=20 Mod for = NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season. A release of such a mod with = modified=20 physics would be regarded a violation of = First-Racing's=20 copyrights. Read the full story here at the US=20 Pits.

M4driving reports that patch v1.3 = for=20 SimBin's GTR will be released on March 8th. = Read the=20 story here.

Race = Sim=20 Central reports the release of a 1995 add-on for the BTCC=20 mod (F1C). Learn the download locations = from this thread.

A very = informative Hall=20 of Fame has been launched on Formula1.=20 Past F1 World Champions including a short bio for each = driver=20 can be found here.

There's a good=20 "venting" forum post here at Race Sim = Central=20 that is basically an editorial on the future of racing = sims.=20 Thanks Chunx.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Read about SLI motherboards set = to rule=20 the world here at The=20 Inquirer.

Community News for March 1, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Flanker=20 2.0 / 2.5: "BeachAV8R" has announced a web site = containing training AAR's. Click here for more details.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "LLv34_Camouflage" has posted some tracks and the = results of=20 the Virtualpilots_1 Special Event. Click here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "mitch" has = posted=20 a screenshot of a high-res A-10 skin. Click here for the post.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "streakeagle" = has posted=20 a current SFP1 & WOV download web site links. = Click here for the post. "kout" has = posted a=20 preview of two new menu screens (Red Flag & = Falklands).=20 Click here for the preview. "bone184" = has posted 2=20 new F-4G Phantom Pharewell Skins. Click here.=20 "bone184" also has several other F-4G skins here.=20 "USAFTML" has posted a preview of two F-111Ks (RAF = Version) by=20 sundowner. Click here to see them.

General=20 News: Targetware has an online only WWI flight = sim.=20 Click here to check out Richthofen's = Skies. Thanks=20 to "Professor Frink" for the find.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

No news today.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Dangerous Waters = Reviews!

IGN = think DW may be the next best thing to = actually=20 signing up. Read the IGN review here.
3DAvenue=20 have give DW 93 out of 100! Read the 3DAvenue here.
Peliplaneetta have a review in = some=20 foreign language and gives DW 91 out of 100. Read = the=20 Peliplaneetta review here.

Subsim = Review=20 has a page of Dangerous Waters=20 Tactics & Tips here.

A number of new, custom = missions for=20 S.C.S. Dangerous = Waters=20 are now available at Bill Nichols web site, Subguru.

Silent Hunter III has a brand new official Silent = Hunter=20 III trailer available to download, check it out as it = looks=20 amazing! Please note that it's the US trailer so some = parts=20 are in German. Get it here.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

V. 2.0 of the TC and GTS = physics for=20 NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season=20 have been released! Find out where to download them in = this release-thread at the US=20 Pits.

2005 paint schemes for the PWF IROC Mod can be = downloaded=20 here from m4driving.

Ozzie = Racing Sim=20 Modders have released the long-awaited patch for their = V8 Supercars mod for = F1C '99-'02. Read the = details=20 here. Thanks to Race Sim = Central=20 for the link.

The Cross=20 Racing Championship web site has been updated = with=20 artwork showing off some of the cars that will be = available to=20 the player in the final version. High quality artwork = can be=20 found here. A detailed description of = all=20 available cars and their in-depth specifications can = be found=20 here.

Linked from Blues News.=20 Check these videos of the Force Dynamics system = in=20 Motorsports.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Hexus reviews an ASUS & DFI = SLI-based motherboard here.

Steamed=20 Turtle reviews the = Leadtek WinFast A400 GeForce = 6800 here.

Bjorn3D looks at another Leadtek card, the WinFast PX6800 GT = TDH, here.

Legion=20 Hardware reviews the=20 HIS Radeon = X800XL Ice Q=20 II Turbo card = here.

ViperLair=20 reviews the MSI MEGA View = 561 monitor here.

Hardcoreware=20 reviews the = ULTRA All in One MP3 player here.

Community News for February 28, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "MadProf" has released new menu = screens. Click=20 here to check them out. There's = talk of a=20 Japanese invasion of the American mainland. Click here for more details. = "sandbagger's" latest=20 news is out. Click here for the post. "WudPecker" has = created=20 some Jazz music for the in-flight radio. Click here for a link to the download. =

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: Level-D has released a 767-300. Click = here for the announcement. Thanks = to=20 "JoeSim" for the find. "Top Gun" has found an = excellent Aviano=20 scenery. Click here for links to the preview. = Alpha Sim=20 releases the F-4 II package. Click here for more information. = "grover" has=20 posted some very well done screenshots of the Aerosoft = SH-60=20 Beta. Click here to see them. "grover" has a = video of=20 showing off Ron Zambrano's Skyhawk pack. Click here to download the video.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 Paul Lowengrin has released IL2 Dynamic Campaign = Generator=20 3.10. This edition has fixed campaign transfers, fixed = ship=20 speeds, added several time-triggered transfers, and = added=20 support for 3rd party messages in English, French, = German and=20 Spanish. Click here for the complete list of = additions.=20 Ghost Skies and NaturalPoint have combined efforts to = bring=20 you the Double Domination 2v2 Tournament. Click here for the full details. "Demon" = has=20 announced a new standalone Uber Quick Mission = Generator. Click=20 here for the full story. "MaXMhZ" = is looking=20 for volunteers to test MetaMis V1.00Beta. Click here for more information. = Simulation France=20 Magazine has announced a new PE2 Skin Pack by Tchaika. = Click=20 here for a preview and a link to = the=20 download. "HerrBaron" has released a free joystick = axes=20 utility. Click here for more information. = "Hawkman" has=20 released some new Bf-109 Emil skins. Click here to check them out. "THX-1138" = has=20 released a new Pacific Fighters video. Check it out here.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: = "Mr.sneakyman" has=20 released a two part A-10 campaign. Click here for the story and links to = the=20 downloads. "D-scythe" has posted an update of the new = Lock On=20 summer textures. Click here to see them.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "USAFMTL" has = posted a=20 Pave Tack video demo. Click here. Paul Nortness has posted = some=20 screenshots of a new A-1H Skyraider skin that is in = the works.=20 Click here to check it out. The F-111 = 2.0 update=20 has been posted here. "kout's" screens are now = available.=20 Click here for the announcement.

USAF: Gulf Knight=92s = Air Base=20 will have Super Pro 9.2 download page open for = nonmember every=20 last 7 days of each month to help the Jane=92s USAF = community to=20 get the entire Super Pro 9.2 add-on files for free. = Click here for the links.

Wings of=20 War: "pilot2114" has new mission, "First = fight." Click=20 here to get it. "Jagdpanzer" has = made two=20 new mirrored SPAD VII skins (Frank Luke and Raoul = Lufbery)=20 available. Click here for the post.

General=20 News: "JG51_Krause" has found a technical = report (1944)=20 comparing a Fw190-A5U8 vs the F4U-1D and F6F-3. Click = here to read the report. = "Mysticpuma2003"=20 has found a downloadable movie clip of Mosquitos using = a=20 6-pound automatic cannon. Click here for the post.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

The Splinter Cell: Chaos = Theory=20 single player demo is out. You can grab the 603MB (!) = file here at 3D=20 Gamers.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Congratulations to = Stephen=20 "Sonarman" Wilson, the winner of the SimHQ Silent Hunter III USB = Drive=20 Contest. Phil Powers is the winner of = the Silent Hunter III random drawing. = To those=20 of you haven't entered the new short story contest = yet, better=20 get busy! The contest closes this Friday.

Enigma: Rising Tide: Kelly Asay of Tesseraction = Games chats=20 with Computer Games Magazine about the = new Gold=20 edition of Enigma: Rising Tide, their = alternate history=20 naval combat action game (thanks Subsim). Read=20 it here.

Pirates of the Burning Sea: = Misha's=20 Developer log 'Play-Testing' is about racing and = battling.=20 Brady's Developer log 'Lovey-Dovey Valentine's Day AIs' = is about=20 emergent behavior in our ship AIs.

The French web site Mille=20 Sabords has a Silent Hunter III preview in = French. Read=20 more here.

S.C.S. = Dangerous=20 Waters has = already been=20 delivered and being played by many. Make sure to drop = into the=20 SimHQ Forums and share your war stories and maybe give = some=20 well needed advice to your fellow simmers. SimHQ = Dangerous=20 Waters Forum is here.

The Wargamer have=20 a S.C.S. Dangerous Waters = review. Read=20 more here.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Lots of new screenshots from = the=20 upcoming CTDP 1998 = mod=20 for F1 = Challenge can be=20 viewed here at Blackhole=20 Motorsports.

SimRacingWorld reports that Geoff = Crammond's=20 Stunt Car Racer = Pro has=20 been canceled. Read the report here at SRW.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

The = Adrenaline=20 Vault reviews the Sapphire=20 Radeon X800 XL (PCI-E) video card here.

Tom's=20 Hardware reports: ATI showcases 512MB X850 graphics = card. Read=20 it here.

Overclockers Online reviews the Asetek WaterChill = KT03A-L30 here.

FragTopia reviews the Saitek Gaming keyboard here.

Monster-Hardware=20 reviews the Steelpad=20 Steelgrips here.

XYZ=20 Computing reviews the = Icemat=20 Siberia headset = here.

Red = &=20 Blackness reviews the = Zalman=20 VF700-Cu cooler = here.

HotHardware=20 reviews the Skyhawk=20 echo-Q IMC6375 SFF = PC=20 here.

Xtreme=20 Resources reviews the = XGBox Viper = case here.

The SimHQ Monthly Calendars for = March=20 2005

Download a calendar by = clicking on the=20 thumbnails. The files are approximately 250 kb.


Steve Serdikoff of Three Wire Photography = provided this=20 image of the Breitling Fighters. The P-51D, = P-40G,=20 Spitfire Mark IX and F4U-1 were taken at the = Duxford=20 2003 Show. Thanks, Steve!	This Silent Hunter III = image is our=20 fourth in a series of monthly calendars = featuring Silent=20 Hunter III. Thanks to the Development Team for = providing=20 the image.

This months S.C.S. Dangerous Waters image is = the=20 Orion. It is the third in a series of monthly = calendars=20 featuring the just released naval combat sim. = Thanks to=20 Sonalysts and Battlefront.	Fran Mulhern sent in this = LOMAC=20 screenshot of a sunset RTB flight. Looks great=20 Fran!

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