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00:00Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio, and it's semi-final day, only one remaining place for Friday's final.
00:07So I wonder who's going to take some risks, take some chances, and come through strongly.
00:13So there's excitement here in the studio, but there's excitement down the road too, because at the Manchester Arena,
00:18the Dutch violinist, Andre Rieu, will be performing with a 60-piece orchestra, and it'll be Johann Strauss music that'll
00:26be played there.
00:27In fact, we're very lucky here, you know, Rach, because right next door, the BBC Philharmonic plays.
00:33It's always so wonderful to hear great musicians at work. It's fantastic.
00:38Something that escaped me, I didn't play any musical instruments, was never taught.
00:43I was very... I regret it now. Of course, when you're children, you know, you can't be bothered at all,
00:48right?
00:48You want to go and kick a football or whatever it is you want to do.
00:50But we weren't a great musical family, although my mother played the piano not terribly well.
00:54In fact, so badly that my father had a whole cut in the hall.
01:00Oh, yes.
01:01Yeah, and turned it into a trapdoor, and he lowered my mother's piano into the cellar.
01:06I'm not saying that she was playing the piano at the time, but she used to then totter off down
01:11to the cellar,
01:12where she could play uninterrupted by our boos and shrieks of horror.
01:17In the soundproof cellar.
01:19It was a cellar.
01:19That's what your dad told you it was for.
01:22It was. It was also our playroom.
01:24But anyway, down she went with the upright piano, and there it stayed.
01:28There we are.
01:29Did you play as a youngster?
01:31I used to play the piano badly, but I was like you.
01:33I'd rather go and kick a football around, so it never stuck.
01:35But it's funny, because the things I learnt then, maybe 20 years ago, I can sit down and still play.
01:40It's a weird part of your brain that stores that kind of thing.
01:42Because if you ask me now what note it starts with, I'd have no idea, but I can just sit
01:46in front of it and still reel them off.
01:48It's weird.
01:49Well, we've got two great competitors with us, Rachel.
01:52We've got Andrew McLeod, business analyst from Peterhead, now living in Edinburgh.
01:56Our number three seed put in a great performance, and he scored a final, scoring 114 points.
02:01Well done, Andrew.
02:02And today, you're up against Stephen Fuller, freelance editor and copywriter from Basingstoke, our seventh seed, who caused something of
02:10an upset, big upset, actually, when he knocked out the number two seed.
02:15Now, any more giant killing in your mind?
02:18What do you think?
02:19We'll see.
02:19We'll see.
02:20Well, good luck to you both.
02:21Another tough cookie.
02:22All right.
02:23Let's see how you get on.
02:24Good luck to you both.
02:25Big round of applause for our semi-finals.
02:33And here to help things along, of course, Susie, and weather presenter on TV and radio, is Carol Kirkwood.
02:40Welcome back, Carol.
02:41Welcome back.
02:46All right.
02:46Let's get on with this semi, shall we?
02:49Andrew, let us game.
02:52Good afternoon, Rachel.
02:53Good afternoon again, Andrew.
02:54Can I start with a consonant, please?
02:56Start this semi-final with N.
02:59And another.
03:01S.
03:01And another.
03:04L.
03:05And a vowel.
03:06O.
03:07And another.
03:09E.
03:10And another.
03:11I.
03:13And a consonant.
03:14P.
03:16And another.
03:18Z.
03:19And a final vowel, please.
03:22And a final.
03:23U.
03:24And here's the countdown clock.
03:56andrew seven steven seven andrew lupines and same word just show that to andrew
04:08well done brisk start seven apiece and over in the corner we've got an eight unipoles
04:15an eight yes yes unipoles from physics are they describe antennae or aerials that have one a sort
04:25of magnetic charge if you like one pole so to speak um yep that would give you an eight epsilon
04:29for
04:30seven thank you all right we now turn to steven for his letters game steven good afternoon rachel
04:39afternoon steven i'll start with a consonant please thank you starts with p and another
04:43d and a third m and a fourth s and a vowel a and another e and a third i
05:02and a consonant h
05:08and a consonant and the last one t stand by
05:15so
05:43MUSIC CONTINUES
06:13MUSIC CONTINUES
06:17Well, we do have shipmates.
06:18Yes.
06:19But there was a map in there, very relevant for myself.
06:23Exactly.
06:23Very good.
06:24I couldn't beat shipmate, though.
06:25That was tops for eight.
06:27Shipmate.
06:27All right.
06:2815 plays 7.
06:29And Andrew, numbers game.
06:31Can I have two large and four small, please?
06:33You can indeed.
06:34Thank you, Andrew.
06:34Two from the top row, four little ones.
06:36And the first numbers game of this semifinal is eight, six, four, three, one hundred and seventy-five.
06:47And the target, 991.
06:49Nine, nine, one.
07:21Andrew?
07:22Nine, nine, one, not written down.
07:25Stephen?
07:25Nine, nine, two.
07:26Nine, nine, two.
07:27Andrew, let's have a shot.
07:29Eight plus four is twelve.
07:31Eight plus four, twelve.
07:32Times 75.
07:34Times 75, nine hundred.
07:35Add the hundred.
07:36One thousand.
07:37Minus the six and the three.
07:38Lovely.
07:38Well done.
07:39Nine, nine, one.
07:40Well done.
07:41Well done indeed.
07:43So that propels you to 25 points to Stephen Seven as we turn to our first Tea Time Teaser,
07:49which is Simon Reid and the clue.
07:51Simon Reid behaves in such a bossy, arrogant way.
07:54Simon Reid behaves in such a bossy, arrogant way.
08:14Welcome back.
08:15I left you with the clue.
08:16Simon Reid behaves in such a bossy, arrogant way.
08:19And the answer to that is that he domineers.
08:23Domineers.
08:25Bad boy.
08:2625 plays seven.
08:27And it's Stephen's chance perhaps to catch up.
08:31Stephen, let us go.
08:32I'll start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
08:34Thank you, Stephen.
08:35L.
08:36And another one.
08:38Q.
08:40And a third.
08:42D.
08:44And a fourth.
08:46T.
08:48And a vowel.
08:50A.
08:51And another.
08:53I.
08:54And another.
08:56E.
08:58And a consonant.
09:02S.
09:04And a final vowel, please.
09:07And lastly.
09:08O.
09:11Tone tone.
09:11Tone tone.
09:13Tone tone.
09:15Tone tone.
09:25Tone tone.
09:29Tone tone.
09:30Tone tone.
09:32Tone tone.
09:34Tone tone.
09:34Tone tone.
09:35Tone tone.
09:37Tone tone.
09:38Tone tone.
09:39Tone tone.
09:40Tone tone.
09:41Tone tone.
09:42Stephen. An eight. An eight. Andrew. Eight. Stephen. Isolated. And? The same. Isolated. Well done, guys. Well done. Now, there's
09:57confab in the corner. What are you up to?
10:00Well, I had isolated as well, but Susie's just come up with a belter. Yeah, a couple of unusual terms
10:07there. Sodalite is there. That's a blue mineral that you'll find in igneous rocks, some alkaline igneous rocks. And also
10:14diastole. Also diastolic, you talk about blood pressure, etc. It's the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes
10:21and the chambers fill with blood. Thank you. Well done.
10:2633 plays 15 and it's Andrew's ladders game. Andrew? Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Andrew. H. And
10:36another. B. And another. T. And another. D. And a vowel. A. And another. U. And another. E. And another.
10:57I. And another. I. And a final consonant, please. And a final. R.
11:03Countdown.
11:04Hello, everyone.
11:35Andrew?
11:36Seven.
11:37Stephen?
11:38Just a six.
11:39That's six.
11:40Hayard.
11:42Andrew McLeod?
11:43Tribed?
11:44Yep, or Tribed.
11:46Absolutely fine, yes, there for seven.
11:48Anything else?
11:49Carol and Susie?
11:51Habitude is there, which means pretty much the same as a habit.
11:57It's a habitual tendency more to do something.
11:59So you might talk about your insomniac habitude, for example.
12:02OK.
12:0440 plays 15, and it's Stephen's numbers game now.
12:07Stephen?
12:07I'll go for four large, please.
12:09Thank you, Stephen.
12:10Try and get some points back.
12:11Four from the top, and two little ones.
12:13I'll try and find an interesting one.
12:14And these two small ones are three and seven.
12:17And then the big four, 75, 50, 25, 100.
12:23And the target, 813.
12:258-1-3.
12:552-3.
12:58813, Stephen.
12:59812.
13:00812.
13:01Andrew.
13:02No, 8 or 7.
13:04So, Stephen.
13:06100 times 50.
13:07100 times 50, 5000.
13:10Plus 75.
13:11Plus 75.
13:13Divided by 25.
13:155075 divided by 25 is 203.
13:207 minus 3.
13:217 minus 3 is 4.
13:24Times them together.
13:25812, you're one away.
13:26Well done.
13:27Well done.
13:33Excellent.
13:34Excellent.
13:34But not absolutely excellent.
13:36That would be 813.
13:38Is it tricky?
13:38It was a bit simpler than that method.
13:40You could have said 75 divided by 25 is 3.
13:44Times by 3 is 9.
13:46Add to 100 for 109.
13:49Times it by 7 for 763.
13:51And add on the 50.
13:53813.
13:54Well done.
13:55Thank you, Rachel.
13:59Fantastic.
13:59Fantastic.
14:00So, 40 now plays 22.
14:02As we turn to Carol, Carol Kirkwood.
14:05And we say that, you know, when we wake up early morning, presenting the weather in all climates,
14:11must have had some memorable experience.
14:13Uncomfortable times, maybe.
14:15Many, Nick, yes.
14:16I remember one time when I was in Dartmoor, and they do say never work with animals or children,
14:22and I do work with both a lot.
14:24But a viewer had come up with this idea that people would write in and suggest where I should present
14:29the weather from,
14:30and the most original one would be where it would happen.
14:33So, I went along to Dartmoor.
14:34That was the one that was selected.
14:36I was standing there, and it was really misty, and it was lovely.
14:39You couldn't see much, but the scenery you could see was beautiful.
14:42And I was standing next to a fence, and as I was delivering the weather,
14:46and when I deliver the weather on location, I can't see anything.
14:48I'm literally looking down the barrel of a camera, which is about that size.
14:52It's quite small.
14:54And standing there, trying to remember what I was going to say
14:57and what the weather was doing as the charts were moving,
15:00and then I felt this hot breath on my neck.
15:02And I thought, what's that?
15:04You know, is it the beastie of Bodmer or wherever, Bodmin?
15:08And anyway, I surreptitiously glanced to the side,
15:11and there was a horse with his nose right next to me and next to my ear,
15:16which had my earpiece in it as well.
15:17And you think, if I move suddenly,
15:19this horse might take a big chunk out of the side of my face.
15:22So just remember, the gallery, of course,
15:24where everybody is talking to me in my ear,
15:26were killing themselves, laughing again.
15:27This is great telly. Carry on.
15:29And I'm shaking in my shoes.
15:31So I turned to the horse and just said,
15:33now, you just stay there.
15:34And he did stay there for the whole broadcast.
15:38Maybe he just wanted to know what the weather was going to be like for the day, of course.
15:40Brilliant. Well done. Love the story.
15:47Dobbin. All right.
15:4940 plays, 22.
15:50And, Andrew, let's have a letters game from you.
15:55Can I have a consonant, please?
15:57Thank you, Andrew.
15:58K.
15:59And another.
16:01S.
16:02And another.
16:04R.
16:05And a vowel.
16:07O.
16:08And another.
16:09E.
16:10And another.
16:12A.
16:13And a consonant.
16:15M.
16:16And another.
16:18D.
16:19And a final vowel, please.
16:21And a final I.
16:24Countdown.
16:25The 1st of the day.
16:25The 1st of the day.
16:36And a vowel.
16:48The 1st of the day.
16:53The 1st of the day.
16:55Andrew.
16:56Eight.
16:59Stephen.
17:00Just a seven.
17:01And your seven?
17:02Admirers.
17:04Andrew.
17:04Darksome.
17:06A beautifully poetic word, and it is in the dictionary.
17:10Very well done.
17:12APPLAUSE
17:13Well done.
17:15Darksome.
17:16Indeed it is.
17:18What have we got in the corner there, I wonder?
17:20Susie, Carol?
17:22I've got a seven.
17:23Miss Red?
17:24Yep.
17:24Yep, very good.
17:25And Mikados are also there for seven.
17:28Emperors of Japan, Mikados.
17:3048 plays 22.
17:32Stephen, let us go.
17:33I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
17:35Thank you, Stephen.
17:36G.
17:37And another?
17:39R.
17:41And a third?
17:42P.
17:44And a fourth?
17:46T.
17:47And a fifth?
17:50N.
17:51And a vowel?
17:52E.
17:54And another?
17:56O.
17:58And a third?
18:01U.
18:02And a fourth?
18:03And the last one?
18:05A.
18:07Tone.
18:07And a fourth?
18:22And a fourth?
18:23And a fourth?
18:30And a fourth?
18:30And a fourth?
18:30And a fourth?
18:30And a fourth?
18:35And a fourth?
18:39Stephen?
18:40Just a six.
18:41Andrew?
18:42Eight.
18:44Stephen?
18:45Nougat.
18:46Nougat and?
18:47Outrange.
18:48Very nice.
18:49Outrange, yeah.
18:51Well done.
18:55Well done, Andrew.
18:57And the corner?
18:58Outrange, yes.
18:59Outrange, yeah.
19:00Of a gun or similar weapon to have a greater range than, obviously.
19:03Yeah, very good.
19:04All right.
19:05So, 56 to 22, and we turn now to Andrew for a numbers game.
19:10Andrew?
19:11Two large and four small, please.
19:13Same again, thank you, Andrew.
19:14Two large ones, four little ones, and this time your selection is five.
19:20One, seven, two, 50, and 25.
19:25And this target, 122.
19:27One, two, two.
20:01One, two, two.
20:02One, two, two.
20:03One, two, two.
20:04Andrew?
20:06Five, 25s are one, two, five.
20:08One, two, five.
20:09Minus the two, minus the one.
20:10Yeah, very straightforward.
20:12Too easy for you two.
20:13And Stephen?
20:1450 times two.
20:16100.
20:16Plus the 25.
20:18One, two, five.
20:19And then five minus one.
20:21Is four.
20:22Take that from the seven.
20:23Is your three.
20:24And take that away from the...
20:25One, two, two again, lovely.
20:28Thank you, gentlemen.
20:31So, with the score standing 66 to 32, in Andrew's favour, we turn to our second tea time teaser,
20:38which is perfumist.
20:39And the clue, no perfume or make-up.
20:42In fact, she's very dowdy.
20:44No perfume or make-up.
20:46In fact, she's very dowdy.
21:02Welcome back.
21:03I left you with the clue.
21:04No perfume or make-up.
21:05In fact, she's very dowdy.
21:06And the answer to that one is frumpiest.
21:10Frumpiest.
21:13Poor her.
21:1366 to 32, Andrew in the lead.
21:17Stephen, letters.
21:20I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
21:22Thank you, Stephen.
21:23T.
21:24And another.
21:26R.
21:28And a third.
21:30L.
21:31And a fourth.
21:33N.
21:34And a vowel.
21:36I.
21:37And another.
21:39O.
21:40And a third.
21:41E.
21:44And a consonant.
21:46V.
21:47And a vowel, please.
21:50And lastly, A.
21:53Stand by.
21:54And a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a
22:12vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please,
22:12a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel,
22:12please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a
22:12vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please,
22:13a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel,
22:13please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please, a vowel, please,
22:25Stephen.
22:26An eight.
22:27An eight.
22:28Andrew?
22:28Eight.
22:29Stephen.
22:30Overlaying.
22:31Overlaying and?
22:33Interval.
22:34Interval.
22:35Very nice.
22:37Can we match that?
22:41Can we match that in the corner?
22:44I've got an eight.
22:45Violator.
22:46A violator.
22:48Violator.
22:48Yeah, very good eight.
22:49Relation is there, and where relation goes, oriental goes too.
22:53We were hoping for Ovaltine, but it has a capital O.
22:56That's quite right.
22:58All right.
22:5974, please.
23:0040.
23:01Andrew, letters again.
23:02Can I have a consonant, please?
23:03Thank you, Andrew.
23:05M.
23:05And another.
23:08T.
23:09And another.
23:11N.
23:12And another.
23:15S.
23:15And a vowel.
23:18U.
23:19And another.
23:20A.
23:21And another.
23:23E.
23:24And another.
23:27A.
23:28And a consonant, please.
23:31And lastly, V.
23:33And the clock starts now.
24:04Transcription by CastingWords
24:06Andrew. Seven. And Stephen? Seven. Andrew? Movist. Movist. And Stephen? And mates? I didn't think it was going to be
24:21there, but it is. To cause to be no longer mated to deprive somebody of a mate. Yes. Now, Carol,
24:28anything there? I have managed a six, as in Stoneman. Very good. Yep.
24:36And mantos there from the French. Loose gowns or cloaks worn by women in the 17th and 18th centuries.
24:42Very good. 81, place. 47. And Susie. Come, Susie. Your origins of words. What delights have you for us this
24:50afternoon?
24:51Well, I have to thank the linguist Gary Martin for doing some excellent delving into the history of, not just
24:58of Christmas words, but our sort of seasonal greetings, if you like, which is an area I haven't really explored
25:03before.
25:04And a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you is a traditional greeting in cards, especially the verse
25:12that was shown on the first commercially available Christmas card back in 1843.
25:18But before that, people, Christmases had been at Merry for quite a long time. So the use of Merry Christmas,
25:24that salutation dates back to at least 1534.
25:28And it was exchanged between two men of great importance. John Fisher wished the season's greetings in a letter to
25:34Thomas Cromwell. So pretty important stuff.
25:37Now, 1843, to go back to that first Christmas card, was also the year of the publication of A Christmas
25:42Carol.
25:43And that's when things really came into their own when it comes to celebrating Christmas in a traditional way.
25:49Apparently, Gary Martin notes, the Queen Elizabeth II doesn't much like Merry Christmas. She always chooses Happy Christmas in her
25:56broadcasts.
25:57But perhaps the best reference to merriment at Christmastime is in the wonderful carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
26:04And I've always thought that this simply meant that a jovial gentleman might enjoy a little time of repose at
26:13Christmastime.
26:13However, the original punctuation of the song suggests otherwise. It's God Rest Ye Merry, comma, gentlemen.
26:20So the merry is not attached to the gentleman. And it simply means remain peacefully content.
26:26So they're, again, not engaged in sort of particularly frivolous revelry, but they're simply in a quiet state of repose,
26:33which I really like.
26:34One of my favourite Christmas carols. But Merry Christmas, I prefer to Happy Christmas.
26:39And it has got a long legacy, but is not particularly approved of by Her Majesty.
26:43Very good. Well done.
26:5181 plays 47. Stephen, penultimate letters game.
26:56Thank you, Nick. I'll start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
26:59Thank you, Stephen.
27:00C.
27:01And another.
27:03G.
27:05And a third.
27:07R.
27:09And a fourth.
27:11S.
27:13And a vowel.
27:15O.
27:17And another.
27:19I.
27:20And a third.
27:22A.
27:23And a fourth.
27:25E.
27:27And a final consonant.
27:30And a final M.
27:32Stand by.
28:04Stephen.
28:05Just a six.
28:07A six.
28:07And Andrew.
28:09Six.
28:10Stephen.
28:11Just a six.
28:15Very nice.
28:17Can we beat it?
28:18Can we match it?
28:19Carol?
28:21Well, Susie has come up with a brilliant word.
28:24Um, Susie?
28:25Oh, thanks.
28:27Er, orgasmic is in there.
28:28Oh, yes.
28:30Our old friend.
28:31Our old friend.
28:32Your old friend.
28:34Thank you, Dave.
28:36Well done.
28:36Age of 70, 53.
28:38Final letters game.
28:39Andrew.
28:41Can we have a consonant, please?
28:43Thank you, Andrew.
28:44R.
28:45And another.
28:47Y.
28:48And another.
28:50P.
28:51And a vowel.
28:53A.
28:54And another.
28:56O.
28:57And another.
28:58I.
28:59And a consonant.
29:01S.
29:02And another.
29:04G.
29:05And a final vowel, please.
29:07And a final E.
29:09Stand by.
29:41Andrew.
29:43Seven.
29:43Seven.
29:44Stephen?
29:44Just a six.
29:45And that's six?
29:46Orgies.
29:48Orgies.
29:49Andrew.
29:50Porgies.
29:51Porgies.
29:52Porgies, yes, absolutely fine.
29:54They are, um, fish.
29:56Um, deep-bodied fish related to the sea bream.
29:59They are porgies.
30:00Very good, a porgie.
30:01Now, Carol.
30:02What have you got?
30:03I've got grapes.
30:05Grapes, yeah.
30:05Grapes, yes.
30:06Any else?
30:07Sopia.
30:08We'll give you a seven as well.
30:09Sopia.
30:10Sopia.
30:11Oh, all right.
30:1194 to 53.
30:12And we go straight into the final numbers game, which is Stephen's game.
30:18I'll try four large again, please, Rachel.
30:20Why not?
30:20You've got the trick.
30:21Why not, indeed?
30:22You might as well have a go.
30:22So if you get a good target.
30:24Right, the last numbers game of the day is three, four.
30:27And then the big four.
30:2825, 100, 75, and 50.
30:33And the target, 755.
30:357, 5, 5.
31:08Stephen.
31:097, 5, 3.
31:117, 5, 3.
31:12Andrew?
31:137, 5, 3.
31:14Both of you.
31:15Stephen?
31:16Er, 4 plus 3.
31:184 plus 3, 7.
31:20Times 100.
31:21700.
31:22Plus the 50.
31:24750.
31:2575 over 25.
31:26Is the other three.
31:28And you're two away.
31:29Andrew?
31:30Er, 100 plus 75.
31:321, 7, 5.
31:33Times 4.
31:34700.
31:35Add the 50, add the 3.
31:37Yep.
31:38Again, same result.
31:39One away.
31:39There we go.
31:43But 755.
31:45How can we do this now?
31:46Rachel?
31:47Leave it with me.
31:48I got to one away.
31:49All right.
31:50Let's do that.
31:52It's 101 to 60.
31:54As we go into the final round of this semi, it's time to roll the conundrum, gentlemen.
32:02Here it comes.
32:03Today's Countdown to Nundrum.
32:38Andrew?
32:39I'm just making it up.
32:40Rose Finch.
32:42Let's see whether you're right.
32:44That's right.
32:46Whoa!
32:50Well done.
32:51111 to 60.
32:53Fantastic.
32:54And so it is that Andrew McLeod from Edinburgh, used to be Peterhead, goes into tomorrow's final.
33:05Brilliant stuff.
33:05Well done.
33:06Well done.
33:07Well done, our number three seed.
33:09Now, Stephen, back to Basingstoke with your head held high.
33:13Thank you, Nick.
33:14Clutching this under one arm.
33:15Yeah.
33:16Well done.
33:17Tomorrow, Andrew McLeod.
33:19Well done.
33:19Thanks.
33:19Our two good competitors.
33:21What do you think?
33:22Brilliant.
33:22Yeah?
33:23Absolutely brilliant.
33:24All right.
33:24So we'll see you tomorrow, Carol, for the final.
33:26Your first final.
33:28And Susie, we'll see you then.
33:29Really forward to it.
33:30Of course.
33:31And Rachel, two great finalists.
33:33What do you reckon?
33:33Absolutely.
33:33Where are you putting your money?
33:35I'm not betting.
33:36I'm not in the sweet steak.
33:37It's not allowed.
33:39Just going to enjoy a good final.
33:40At the back of your mind, I don't know which way to put my money.
33:43Had I got any?
33:44See you tomorrow.
33:45Same time.
33:46Same place.
33:47The final.
33:48Come on.
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