In the name of Allah, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ Peace be with you السلام عليك
“In-sha-Allah (God willing), this Ramadan, I’ll simplify my Iftar to save more time for worshiping and to save some money for needy people, and I’ll reduce my throw away garbage!” To check out Naeem Nisar Sheikh TEDx AUI (4 December 2010) powerpoint presentation GARBAGE click HERE
If you agree with this goal and want to have a wiser Ramadan for 1432 Hijr, post a comment.
Pledge #1: Simplify My Iftar: Less time, less quantities, less spending, and less garbage
Since 2006, the program has alleviated the hardship of more than 300 families and saved several families from eviction, utilities shut-off, and overwhelmed medical expenses. Many recipients, unfortunately, are single mothers.
Completed Projects
Project 1: Feeding needy brothers and sisters
33 DONORS donated $1186.21 to Building Blocks of NJ for iftar program at a Newark Masjid that serves more than 200 needy brothers and sisters.
Round 1 Results: InFocus, AlMadinah School, AlMaun, Baabun Nasr Inc., Women Affairs of Almumtahinah Inc, and needy mom all qualified. Baitul Salaam and Iqra are giving a chance to reach round 2 milestone.
Round 2 Results: AlMaun, Women Affairs of Almumtahinah Inc, and needy mom all qualified. The rest need to lower their request to reach round 2 milestone.
Round 3 Results: AlMaun achieved their goal and fulfilled their daily updates and also did a video on YouTube…. they will get the PRIZE, mashaAllah
Summary:
HalfDate donated $29 for total Tweets registered
HalfDate donated $1000 for the winner of Match #5, which is posting a video, and the winner is AlMaun, May Allah reward them and preserve them
HalfDate donated $3000 for Match #6, given to unfinished causes: Baabunnasr & Almadinah
Total raised: 15,030 +3,325 + 5,943 + 1,269.82 + 1,375 + 3,454= 30,396.82 (not including InFocus $6620, which was mainly raised by them directly)
Good News:
As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah
Last year halfdate helped Baabun Nasr raise money to get our 501c3 tax exemption and one year later on Ramadan 29 Baabun Nasr received tax exemption from the IRS.
Jazakallahu Khyraan Half Date may Allah ta ala bless you.
Alhamdulillah, this is the 2nd Ramadan for HalfDate. Last year, HalfDaters helped to raise over $20,000 and have completed several projects, see this article. This year, we will have a productivity race among supporters of different projects, because Ramadan is a month of productivity, not laziness.
So, this drive will include:
A productivity training for you,
Do you know the secrets of ProductiveRamadan? click here
A productivity race among non-profit projects (each week only those projects that met certain goals will be advanced to the next round, the finalists will get special prize, inshaAllah)
Round 1: By Sept 1st, achieve 10% of your goal or 20 testimonials from your fans (posted as comments) Round 2: By Sept 7th, achieve 50% of your goal or $3000 Round 3: By Sept 15th, achieve 77% of your goal or get voted to stay by HalfDaters Final: You survived and you make at least one of the following: 1- publish a video (no music please) 2- do a teleseminar fundraiser, or 3- get a news coverage for your DateDrive.
“I’ve been planning on donating for the past 10 days but this Hadith really encouraged me to do it now!” -A student
مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ
Sadaqah never decreases wealth
-Authentic Hadith collected in Sahih Muslim
Matching Challenges: To respond to a match, post in the comment the match # and how much (anonymously is fine)
Match #1: Dollar to dollar matching up to $100 for any donations from outside the US to newspapers.
Match #2: A brother will give $3 for every $1, for the first 3 high school students who can ask their family members to donate $20 to any of HalfDate listed causes. Post a comment once you donate, so we give the matching ($60 will be donated)
Match #3: A student from Fresno will match any other students donations up to $50
Match #4: HalfDate will donate $1 for every tweet (counted by the gadget) tweetme up to $500 ($29 will be donated)
Match #5: HalfDate will donate $1000 on your behalf if you post a video about one of the causes and get most number of views on YouTube by end of Ramadan (at least 2000 views).
Match #6: One brother will donate $100 (upto $3000 limit) for every $10 you give, just give and post a comment mentioning Match #6, can be anonymous.
Baitul Salaam network, Inc. Direct Link: http://halfdate.com/2009/08/17/my-productive-ramadan-drive/#baitulsalaam Cause: Needy women/children Specific Need: $5000.00 for a van/truck Qualify for Zakah? Not for van, but yes for needy women/children. So, if you are sending Zakah, mention that in your donation.
The Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. a 12 year old domestic violence awareness organization is fund raising to continue and expand our work. We have assisted 618 women and children who were temporarily homeless due to some form of abuse (physical, emotional and/or economic). We have been able with the support of approximately 300 active supporters to answer 9,000+ calls for assistance yearly, make referrals for medical, legal, professional counseling, provide diversity training for organizations such as the Salvation Army, masjid/Islamic centers (most recent the Islamic Center of August, GA) and network to have an impact on legislation on all levels through following organizations: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, GA Coalition Against Domestic Violence, local domestic violence task forces and Masjid Al Bayyinah who host the only Islamic managed Food Pantry in the metro Atlanta.
We need your help to achieve our goals.
You can send your donations using paypal.com to haleem1@aol.com. Or send by mail to: Baitul Salaam Network, Inc., PO Box 115470, Atlanta, GA 30310.
Baitul Salaam and Masjid Al Bayyinah are working together as partners on the Food Pantry project and the van/truck will be used to also expand the recycling program and to pick up food donations from local Food Banks, grocery stores and other organizations. The van/truck will also be used to pick up furniture and appliance donations to the Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. and Masjid Al Bayyinah.
Al-Madinah School Direct Link: http://halfdate.com/2009/08/17/my-productive-ramadan-drive/#madina Cause: Needy students/teacher Specific Need: $22,500 for Tuition Subsidization Funding (with monthly pledge) Qualify for Zakah? Yes for needy students/teachers. So, if you are sending Zakah, mention that in your donation. Details:
We seek your help to alleviate the disproportionate tuition burden being borne by low-income families who have been completely devastated by the recession. We are pleading for Muslim children, because unless we receive additional resources Al-Madinah School will be bankrupt. We are seeking $22,500 $20,000 in subsidy funds for our 2009-10 academic school year. (HalfDate allows only $7K requests)
Contact:
Contact the school for their bank info or you can mail them a check
3510 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90018 http://www.almadinahschool.org/ Email: madina@pacbell.net Phone: 323 296-5961
InFocus News Direct Link: http://halfdate.com/2009/08/17/my-productive-ramadan-drive/#Infocusnews Cause: Public service/Dawah Specific Need: $32,000.00 for printing costs & bills (HalfDate allows only $7K requests) Qualify for Zakah? Strictly speaking, no.
We need your URGENT financial help to continue publishing.
A Needy Single Mom
Round #1 first place holder Allahu Akbar! Direct Link: http://halfdate.com/2009/08/17/my-productive-ramadan-drive/#needymom Cause: Needy Muslims Specific Need: $3,000.00 for her expenses Registered Not-for-Profit? No
A young sister with 6 beautiful children is being evicted from her apartment by the end of the month. She has no means of transportation as her car has been stolen! She’s trying hard to find a home and a job, and even when she does she will need to spend money to pay a babysitter to watch the kids while she’s at work. She’s been walking all over town in the summer heat dragging her kids along with her in hopes of finding something, spending any little money she has on bus and taxi fare. MashaAllah she is very active in her community and puts her kids in Islamic classes and teaches classes herself – free of charge! Despite her situation, she is always smiling and looks so content and yet thankful to Allah.
She is in dire need of help just to cover food and traveling expenses and will need even more money to deposit when inshaAllah she finds an apartment. I can’t think of anyone more tested or deserving than her for this help, so inshaAllah please donate generously to help our dear sister in Islam who strives to carry the banner of this deen and who works hard in da’wah as well. She is a pillar subhanAllah.
Contact: Email: ninjabimuslimah@yahoo.com
Al Maun Fund Direct Link: http://halfdate.com/2009/08/17/my-productive-ramadan-drive/#Almaunfund Cause: Needy families and individuals Specific Need: $3000.00 for sadaqah requests and prison outreach
Other Needs: click here Qualify for Zakah? Yes for needy women/children. So, if you are sending Zakah, mention that in your donation.
We want to continue to help the poor and needy with food, utility assistance, rental help, medical needs and more. Also to provide new shahadahs with Qurans and Islamic reading material. We also want to increase our prison outreach program insha’allah.
cr.811 Sister seeks aid with rent. $200.00
Posted 09.03.09
cr.812 Sister with children (was in severe domestic violence situation) getting resettled after being in shelter, needs help with basic household needs, food and clothing. $200.00
Posted 09.03.09
cr.813 Revert who suffered some domestic abuse, sees aid with rent and utilties. $200.00
Posted 09.04.09
cr.814 Brother lost employment, has been making ends meet by doing od jobs, however unabel to meet rent this month. $200.00
Posted 09.06.09
Contact: http://www.almaunfund.org Email: staff@almaunfund.org or maunfundorg@yahoo.com Phone: 1-877-522-1800
Women Affairs of Almumtahinah Inc. Direct Link: http://halfdate.com/2009/08/17/my-productive-ramadan-drive/#women Cause: Needy women/children Specific Need: $1200.00 for shelter rent. Other Needs: click here Qualify for Zakah? Not for rent, but yes for needy women/children. So, if you are sending Zakah, mention that in your donation.
“We are trying to help ourselves by selling dinner plates and yard sale insha’Allah these funds can go towards other things needed in the home such as household supplies, toiletries, and bus tickets. Our goal is to raise at least $551.00,” said Nadia Auxila McIntosh, Women Affairs Admin.
Contact:
Women Affairs of Al-Mumtahinah Home Inc.,
P.O.Box 1462
Baltimore, MD 21203 Email: womenaffairsofamh@womenaffairsofamh.org or almumtahinah1.home@yahoo.com Phone: 443-798-1323 / 443-627-8979 / 443-869-3403
Baabun Nasr Inc. Direct Link: http://halfdate.com/2009/08/17/my-productive-ramadan-drive/#BaabunNasr Cause: Skill development Specific Need:$2,500 for upgrading our Sister’s computer lab, which help families to move towards self-sufficiency by providing computers for employment searches, housing and utility assistance programs, resume writing, literacy programs on-line and much more! We have four computers donated from Temple University. (Update: They got 10 used computers donated by a local business, Alhamduillah)
$500 for winter gas bill. Last year, Baabun Nasr staff worked through the winter without heat because the cost to connect the gas was $500.00. This year with Allah’s aid we would like get the gas turned on.
Qualify for Zakah? Not for computer lab/bills, but yes for needy Muslims. So, if you are sending Zakah, mention that in your donation.
The following sponsors have either helped HalfDate before with free services or have bought a sponsorship package. To sponsor a drive, please contact us.
Fresh Date Sponsors(Platinum)
Dry Date Sponsors
Things Done During This Drive:
Volunteer for this drive, just pick the days you want to volunteer. Click here
DateDrive of Shawwal 1429/Oct 2008 Type of DateDrive: Non-monetary
What: Using the momentum of Ramadan to push your new life resolution.
So, you’ve tasted the sweetness of Ramadan.
Suddenly, you were able to live a new lifestyle.
And probably, you have a list of post-Ramadan new life resolution.
So, how about if you get some peer-support from your fellow HalfDaters to help you fulfill your new life resolutions, in-sha-Allah.
DateDrive Goals:
Help HalfDaters to excel in their life, by organizing at least three events, and collecting 100 comments for their dreams, questions, and challenges.
Deadline: Nov 1st, 2008
Actions Required:
1- Post in the comment (anonymously is fine), your new life resolution (e.g. quit smoking, read more Quran, etc.), or the challenges that you face to fulfill your resolutions (e.g. I lose focus, I get tired, …)
2- RSVP to one of the events
Event 4:
How to pursue & sustain a new lifestyle: A LivingHalal formula
Panel Speakers: ibn Halal, a LivingHalal Life coach
In the talk, you will learn how to start your journey, how to sustain your momentum, and how to reach your destination, in-sha-Allah.
Date/Time: Sat, Nov. 1, 08, 11AM Pacific Time (Los Angeles, California)
Find out your local time by clicking here
“Salam alaikum mutah jst want 2 say thnk you 4 openin my eyes and helpin me 2 choose the ryt path. i rememba you cumin down 1 tym 2 handsowrth in birmingham about year ago but i didnt really take any notcie about what you was sayin but jst recently about week ago i duno y i checkd on youtube and typed ur name and ther was lecture u gav in austraila i thk, and i rlly listend 2 it. it rlly hit me cuz everythin you was sayin made sense 2 me and i watchd more n more of ur lectures and it made me question myself rlly opend my eyes.i used 2 smoke weed and i lovd 2pac i rlly wnted be lik him i lookd up 2 him but wen 1 watchd tht lecture u gav jst made sense allah is the 1 im suppose look up2 so THNK YOU SOO MUCH bro u rlly did change the way i look at things even tho i was muslim arabic frm yemen i neva used 2 pray and neva had the knowlege but from that day i pray now everyday n stop smokin and resaerch more about islam and my religion. thanks to you.” -Br. A
Date/Time: Sun, Oct. 19, 08, 11AM Pacific Time (Los Angeles), 1PM Eastern Time (New York)
Recording is uploaded in the password protected area Join the mailing list to get the password.
Event 2:
From Hopelessness To Happiness
“I am full-blooded Native American from the Dineh (Navajo) and Apache-Chiracuahua tribes. I am a former Marine and have been Muslim now for 3 years and 7 months, Alhamdulillah.” -Sr. LaTanya Barlow
How much do you know about native people in America?
Have you ever talked to a native American Muslim?
Come and hear the story of Sister LaTanya, from alcoholism to sweetness of faith, from low-self esteem of man-made social orders to the dignity of Islam.
Here are some testimonials from people who knew her story:
“I was moved, inspired, and touched.” -A.S
Date/Time: Sun, Oct. 19, 08, 7PM Pacific Time (Los Angeles), 10PM Eastern Time (New York)
Recording is uploaded in the password protected area Join the mailing list to get the password.
Event 3:
From Rock Bottom To The Surface, By The Grace of Allah
Just when a believer feels secure from the consequences of his sins, they sneak up upon him and possibly destroy him, and just when the believer is about to despair from the mercy of Allaah and expect destruction, Allaah’s mercy encompasses him and saves him due to his repentance.
The above lines summarize my life and the ups and downs I went through. I ask Allaah to grant me and you the gratefulness to His Majesty for giving us another chance to know more about Him.
Wajdi Abu Mussab (former lost Muslim, now working at the Dawah Center in Jeddah)
Here are some testimonials about Abu Mussab:
“Flaming energetic speaker, mashaAllah… love to hear from him again and again” -bro
Date/Time: Thu, Oct. 23, 08, 10PM Pacific Time (Los Angeles), 1AM Eastern Time (New York)
Recording is uploaded in the password protected area Join the mailing list to get the password.
On the right-hand side under “Sections in this Shop” you will see a section called “HalfDate Members Only.” Once you enter that section, you will see 10 different bookmark designs for the Ramadan 1429 Special Edition collection. Right now, I am only listing 1 bookmark under each design (total of 10 on sale), but as orders come in, I will add more quantity (until 29 is reached). As you can see, I put the price as $0.25 each. The system would not allow me to enter $0 (I hope that’s okay). So the total cost for anyone in the US is $2 for each special edition bookmark (these are mostly shipping charges).
As far as custom bookmarks, just tell the members that they will have to contact me personally for this and that they can mix and match things that they like from the website. Custom bookmarks are $7.99 (plus shipping) for each one and $1 from each sale will go to HalfDate.
Show Allah your generosity.
“Ramadan is already sweeter to me this year as HalfDate has led me to the good works of the Baitul Salaam Network and in sealing my envelope containing my donation, we are all made grateful.” -Br. S
This drive is still OPEN, two more projects to go.
Matching Challenges: To respond to a match, post in the comment the match # and how much (anonymously is fine)
Match #1: Brother Sam from California will match $20, if a $20 is donated during Ramadan to help homeless Muslims (women shelter).
Match #2: Ibn Halal will give $3 for every $1, for the first 3 high school students who can ask their family members to donate $20 to any of HalfDate listed causes. Post a comment once you donate, so we give the matching
Match #3: Brother Ahmed will give $2 for every $1 up to $100, for donations from students to any of HalfDate listed causes. Post a comment once you donate, so we give the matching
Match #4: Sister Mina will match $50, mashallah, if $50 is donated to BaitulSalam during Ramadan.
Match #5: A sister will match donations up to $500 to Naseeha Youth Helpline.
Match #6: A UK sister will donate a £1 for every £4 donated for the Dawah Booklet project.
Match #7: Coaching Duo will donate $2000 if 10 clients joined by Sept 30. Contact them for a free sample session. Sisters can contact their sister coaching service.
Match #8: Sister anonymous from Australia will match up to $100 if anyone working in high tech sector donates $100 during Ramadan. Post in the comment section to confirm this match.
Match #9: A software engineer will donate $100 if any hardware engineer donates $100
Match #10: Br. B Inshallah will match every dollar (upto $100) for any current undergraduate college student that donates to any of the causes listed!
Match #11: Sister Muslimah will match $200
What: Appreciating Allah’s generosity by being generous with others
DateDrive Goals: Collecting $10,000 for several causes, one cause at a time (in-sha-Allah, throughout Ramadan, we will be listing new causes once the requests of the current cause are met)
What’s in it for you: Rewards from Allah, and getting things done, in-sha-Allah
Deadline: Oct 7th, 2008
Actions Required:
Individually or as a group,
1- Donate or raise $100, $20, $10, or $5 from your family and friends.
2- Post a personal message to that cause.
3- Email your friends about this drive
Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was the most generous of people, and he was at his most generous in Ramadan when he met Jibreel; he used to meet him every night in Ramadan and review the Qur’aan with him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was more generous than the wind.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (6) and Muslim (2308)
cr.605 Sister needs food, prescription medication and transportation assistance. $200.00
cr.611 Family seeks aid with utility bills. $200.00
cr.616 Mother with health issues seeks help with food. $125.00
*Special* HalfDate recommends that you contribute for Almaun Fund non-profit registration cost, $400 and you can share the rewards of this Sadaqa Jaria (continuous charity). The official registration status will qualify them to apply for more public/private grants, bulk mail discounts, and other benefits.
cr.617 Mother of (5) recently began working, needs assistance with utility bills. $200.00
cr.619 Father currently out of work, seeks aid with pending cancellation of car insurance. $200.00
cr.624 Mother of (2) who also cares for five siblings needs food/personal items/transportation costs. $200.00
cr.625 Mother needs aid with back rent and electric bill. $200.00
Donations can be given by Paypal, google checkout, or postal checks.
Click here to donate, the first donation form is for Paypal, and the second is Google Checkout.
Almanu Fund’s email is maunfundorg [at] yahoo.com (it’s also their Paypal account email). If you prefer to mail in your contribution that supports the poor and needy of the ummah (our request for assistance are ongoing), please send to: (please post a comment so we update the progress)
Al Maun Fund
PO BOX 7691
Atlantic City, NJ 08404-7691
Care for abused sisters and children, $2000 needed for emergency fund
The Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. a national domestic violence awareness organization is fund raising to expand its services to families struggling due to some form of abuse.
Since Nov 1999, this organization has housed 608 women and children, answers hundreds of calls monthly, provides educational workshops and advocates for those who temporarily can not advocate for themselves. We work with the entire family when asked.
Click here to donate. If your donation is Zakah, PLEASE SPECIFY that in the paypal note.
You can also donate by check or money order, send to (please post a comment so we update the progress)
Baitul Salaam Network, Inc.
PO Box 11041
Atlanta, GA 30310
“If n e sisters from my state [RI] register with baitulsalaam and need a place to crash for a couple weeks with her kids i have a small room in my apartment i just gotta move some stuff out of, i live with my husband and kids so if the sister doesnt mind we dont either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” -Sr. M
Advice is an Islamic right
Naseeha.Net is a Muslim youth helpline, based in Canada, but serving North America.
Requests:
1- 2000 heroes who care about Islam’s future (easy payment plans, can be $20 every 6 months)
2- Link to us http://naseeha.net/heroes.asp
3- Upload this video to video sharing sites, and tell all your friends.
Al-Manidah School is a US registered not-for-profit organization, Tax ID 51-0179919.
Requests:
-Pay my teacher, $2500 (zakatable because teachers are low income)
-Protect my school, $1,195, commercial fire alarm control panel (sadaqa jariya, not zakatable)
-I need textbook, $3,479.85
Pay by check, bank transfer/deposit, or credit card.
Al-Madinah School
3510 Exposition Place
Los Angeles, CA 90018
(323) 296-5961
Eid Gifts for Duaa, Tawka, Afaf & Leena
Duaa, six, and her family suffered serious burns due to a gas explosion a year ago. Many non-Muslims have been gratefully helping them, yet many Muslims in NY don’t know about their case.
Their mom was completely unrecognizable at the hospital. Before she died, she removed all of her gold (jewelry) and asked for it to be given to charity, because she knew her death was coming, subhanAllah. At the day when sister Lazeena visited them for Eid, the children, one by one sat on their father’s lap and repeated after him, making du’a for Allah to place their mother in Jannah and to reunite them all together there with her, Ameen.
“Yes! I just showed my kids the video, and they are writing letters to Duaa and her sisters during homeschool today. We made it a lesson on caring about others. Jazak Allah khair for passing this along to us.” -Sr. Amina
Then Leena came home. SubhanAllah it was much more emotional seeing her because of her being blind. She walked into the living room, her arms stretched out feeling around. Her father told her she had guests and she was beaming. She felt around the livingroom hugging us, kissing us and giggling. No doubt she was the one who laughed and smiled the most out of all of them mashaAllah. However, it’s obvious she still needs time to get comfortable with her condition. Eating is very difficult for her to do on her own, she also seems to get really irritated and emotional whenever she’s playing with her sisters and they take something from her or even get up and leave without telling her. She starts wailing right away and throwing a tantrum. I can only imagine how she must feel. Remember she wasn’t born blind, she remembers the world of sight I’m sure, subhanAllah, and so now being trapped in a world of darkness will take her a lot of time to get used to, but overall she’s very happy mashaAllah.
A sister has been collecting for them, so we just want to add an Eid gift package for the children $400.
And if you have kids, please ask them to send cards or letters to this family. Of course, make dua!
If you have any questions or comments, you can email lazeena.hosain[AT]yahoo[DOT]com (this is the same email for Paypal, please specify HalfDate Eid Gift, otherwise it goes for general donation)
We’d like you to also thank the firefighters and the hospital that took care of them, as the Prophet (SAW) said, “Whoever did not thank people, did not thank Allah.”
Since 2005, Baabun Nasr has been helping Muslims women and families in Philadelphia, PA and surrounding areas.
Requests:
(not zakatable, but sadaqa jariya, in-sha-Allah)
In need of about $800.00. $500 to file non-profit status and $300 to repair the location rented for the community thrift shop. The cost covers:
Store Supplies, cash register, office supplies, desk, chairs, file cabinets, and building supplies
1- five gallons of paint
2- sheets of dry wall sheet rock
3- bio fold doors
Baabun Nasr accepts monetary donations, via Paypal at baabunnasr05@yahoo.com , money orders, cashiers-checks or non-monetary donations.
Baabun Nasr Inc.
3522 N 16TH ST
PHILADELPHIA PA 19140-4104
Dawah Booklet
IslamBradford is an UK Islamic Dawah organisation and registered charity (no. 1105942) established in January 2004.
How much do you value the message that your beloved prophet (SAW) gave you?
Now, with HalfDate bargains, you can print 2000 Dawah booklets at an affordable price.
HOW? By collectively pooling the money.
Requests:
Printing dawah material for non-Muslims. As currently they have a book at the publishers produced by IslamBradford entitled: What Is Islam?
The publisher was originally meant to print the book for free as it had only been five pages. However after revising and expanding the whole booklet, it ended up as 17 pages and the publisher just last week contacted us stating that he would have to charge for the project.
A5 Booklet – What is Islam? – Cover, 4pp printed full colour on 250gsm gloss, 16pp printed black throughout on 100gsm bond, saddle stitch and delivery to one address.
Allahu Akbar!
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