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The Lost John D. Wendel Mansion - 442-444 Fifth Avenue

To the rear the Wendel carriage house can be seen. The ample side yard is to the right. from the collection of the CUNY Graduate Center Collection, Murray Hill

Johann Gottlieb Wendel began his career as a fur merchant with partner John Jacob Astor. The close relationship between the two led to Wendel's marrying Astor's half-sister, Elizabeth. And like Astor, Wendel invested his profits in Manhattan real estate, multiplying his fortune.

Johann and Elizabeth had one child, John D. Wendel, who took over his father's real estate business when he died. Elizabeth Astor Wendel died on November 28, 1846, leaving her son a vast amount of Manhattan real estate.

John D. Wendel and his wife, Mary Ann, had seven children--six daughters (Rebecca, Augusta, Josephine, Henrietta, Georgiana, Mary and Ella) and one son, John Gottlieb Wendell II.

Despite what The New York Herald called his "immense wealth," Wendel was notoriously frugal. The New York Times would later say that he "let his contractor draw the plans [of his mansion] to save the architect's fees."

That mansion, at No. 442 Fifth Avenue on the corner of 39th Street, was completed in 1856. The up-to-date Ango-Italianate house sat on a rusticated brownstone base. Three stories of red brick rose to a hipped roof atop a bracketed cornice. Two sets of French doors at the second floor facing Fifth Avenue opened onto stone balustraded balconies.

Despite Wendel's wariness not to waste money, the family enjoyed the lifestyle of wealthy Victorians. Records show seven servants in the 20-room house. And on March 1, 1860 The New York Times noted that "Mr. John D. Wendel and family have arrived from Paris." Their summer estate was at Irvington-on-Hudson, near George Merrit's impressive "Lyndenhurst."

It was there, on September 12, 1876 that the Wendels' eldest daughter, Henrietta Dorothea died. The funeral was held in that house the following day. The New York Herald announced that the funeral would begin "on arrival of the 2 P.M. train from Grand Central depot. Carriages will be in waiting."

One month later John D. Wendel died, also at the summer estate. The New York Herald, on November 30, commented "Mr. Wendel was one of the very few survivors of the class of United States merchants whose frugal industry, exact business habits and unswerving integrity will soon be without a living representative."

Mary and her six surviving children--all unmarried--continued to live in the Fifth Avenue mansion. Possibly because of her husband's famous frugality, little inside had been changed since the house was opened in 1856.

In 1893 the neighborhood around the exclusive Union League Club, on Fifth Avenue and 21st Street, was rapidly becoming commercialized. The members began searching for a new location further uptown and on October 11 the New-York Tribune reported "It has a hope of getting the northwest corner of Thirty-ninth-st...where the widow of John D. Wendel lives, and adjoining which is a vacant lot." The Site Committee would have to keep looking. Mary was not interested in selling. And the "vacant lot" was no such thing--it was the Wendels' garden, by now an exquisitely valuable piece of Midtown property.

Mary A. Wendel died on the evening of March 30, 1894. Her son, John Gottlieb Wendel II, did not open the house for her funeral, as would have been expected, but held it at the Madison Avenue M. E. Church. It may have been a hint of things to come.

While each of the girls received $340,000 in stocks, John inherited the bulk of the $10 million estate. A month earlier The Evening World had reported on John's wealth, unaware of course of his pending inheritance. His personal worth was already estimated at $1.5 million, his annual income at $75,000 and his "daily income" at $205 (the daily income would equal about $7,350 today).

While his father had been frugal, John G. Wendel was miserly. And he controlled his five sisters tyrannically. Terrified that the family fortune would be diluted, he refused to allow them to marry, and put an end to entertainments and most outside socializing.

The New York Times later explained that he "taught them they must not marry or dissipate their stewardship and that publicity was demeaning."

Wendel's eccentricities went beyond his control of his sisters. According to Daniel Okrent in his 2003 Great Fortune, he was "something of a paranoid: fearful that disease could enter his body through his feet he stomped around in a custom-made, mutant form of platform shoes, their inch-thick gutta percha soles extended by fenders reaching another full inch in either direction."

If his mother had allowed any concessions at all to modernity at all, he stopped that. The mansion became a time capsule. The furnishings were not updated, his sisters' wardrobes grew out of style, mended and re-mended as necessary, and modern conveniences like electricity were disallowed. (Luckily plumbing had been installed early on in the history of the house.)

A zinc-lined bathtub (with shower) was state-of-the-art when installed. from the collection of the New York Public Library

Although he said it was his lack of confidence in the police that caused him not to report a robbery in the mansion; it was more likely that he simply did not want strangers coming in. In either case, when the family closed the house to go to Irvington in 1894, he left caretaker Samuel McKinney to watch over it. When they returned "it was locked up and McKinney had disappeared. A quantity of cash and bonds had also vanished," according to a newspaper.

Years later, on June 8, 1899, The New York Times wrote "When John G. Wendel lost $6,000 in cash and bonds from his home, 444 Fifth Avenue, nearly four years ago, he exhibited less anxiety over the matter than he might have been expected to feel." The matter would never have been discovered had McKinney not beaten his wife, Rosa. In retaliation she went to the police and told all.

In January 1899 47-year-old Georgiana Wendel tried to break free of her brother's iron grasp. She escaped to the Park Avenue Hotel. Apparently to hide her tracks, she checked out on Sunday night, January 22, but retained the key. The New York Times reported that she "returned quietly" and "having the key in her possession, went to her room without saying anything to the hotel people."

When the suite was given to another guest the following afternoon, she was discovered. Her brother had her deemed insane and sent temporarily to Bellevue Hospital.

Georgiana was then removed to the Irvington-on-Hudson house where she was in effect held prisoner. The feisty heiress did not give up easily, however. She communicated with two friends, Mrs. F. W. Mack and Mrs. Maurice J. Sullivan. They obtained a writ of habeas corpus to have Georgiana appear in court "to be examined as to her mental condition," according to The New York Times on September 6, 1900. But she did not appear.

The article noted "Both Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Mack had visited the Wendel Residence in Irvington on Aug. 22, but were not allowed to have an interview with Miss Wendel, although she spoke to them from an open window. The women say they think she is perfectly sane, and that she is restrained of her liberty by her relatives."

The attorneys of John Wendel presented an application to the court stating that Georgiana "is incompetent to manage herself and affairs by reason of loss of memory and understanding."

Judge Smith Lent said he saw no reason why Georgiana had not been brought in for examination. Wendel's lawyer responded "They do not dare to produce her here!"

Lent ordered her to be produced in court the next day.

When Georgiana did not show up, Judge Lent took the court to the Wendel house in Irvington. The Times reported "She declared that she was restrained of her liberty by her brother, John G. Wendel, who wanted to get her money." But sadly, when Wendel testified that he had not seen his sister for nearly two years, Georgiana was deemed "undoubtedly suffering from delusional insanity."

In the meantime, John's peculiarities affected his Manhattan neighbors to the rear. No. 1 West 39th Street, next to the Wendel carriage house, was owned by Neville P. Jodrell and his wife. In the spring of 1900 they began remodeling the old brownstone into a modern, American basement plan residence. The architects included windows on the side wall that opened onto a shaft for ventilation. Wendel suspected they secretly wanted views into his house.

He retaliated with a wall. On May 12, 1900 The Times reported he had hired architects J. B. Snook & Sons to erect a foot thick, eight-foot wide wall that would rise about 28 feet "to be build right up against the Thirty-ninth Street house in front of the windows."

Both No. 1 West 39th Street and John Wendel's retaliating wall were gone in 1932 when this photograph was taken. from the collection of the CUNY Graduate Center Collection, Murray Hill

John would have to refocus his attention from spying neighbors to his relentless sister, Georgiana before long. She had managed to get the verdict of insanity upset "on the ground of irregularity" and now, in September 1901 she sued her brother, claiming that he had not distributed their father's estate in accordance with the will. She wanted her rightful share.

Seen at around the time Georgiana sued her brother, the mansion retained its balconies and shutters. The former garden has fallen into neglect. photo by Brown Brothers

Georgiana escaped to Europe where she was still living in 1907 when she finally capitulated. The New York Times reported "A reconciliation was effected. Miss Georgiana returned willingly to the family roof."

On November 25, 1906 the Colorado Herald Democrat reported on the family's bizarre anachronistic lifestyle. The article told of the last unimproved lot in the Fifth Avenue business district, the Wendel's former garden, now neglected and barren. "To the south of the vacant lot stands an old-fashioned red brick house of the type that belonged to the Fifth avenue grandeur of bygone days."

The journalist continued, "Land in that neighborhood is worth more than $10,000 a front foot, and yet this lot has a high board fence around it and lies entirely idle." Brokers, he said, "were ready to give $600,000" for the lot. But the Wendel sisters would not give up the garden lot, because, for one thing, it was the only spot where Toby, their dog, could romp.

The far-away publication was not the only one noticing the strange behavior of the mansion's occupants. The New York Times remarked "Because of his aversion to automobiles and other modern improvements [John Wendel] became known as 'The Hermit of Fifth Avenue.'"

Around 1912 Rebecca Wendel became only sister to successfully break free. Despite what a newspaper called her brother's "violent opposition," she married clergyman Luther Arthur Swope. "Thereafter John Wendel discouraged his sisters from going to church," said The Times.

Ella, Georgiana, Mary and Josephine, continued to live in the the antiquated mansion, obeying John's rules. The New York Times later commented “The sisters dressed in styles of many years ago, lived frugally and simply, and persisted in hanging the family washing in the back yard in defiance of neighbors’ protests," adding that they “never ride in a street car and never in their lives have they been in an automobile. They never shop in the fashionable district, for things are too expensive there. They buy all their groceries and supplies in the inexpensive little shops over on Sixth Avenue and make their purchases personally, seldom letting them be delivered but carrying them home themselves and paying for them with cash. They are quick to see bargains and watch for them like the poorest housewife.”

Josephine died in the spring of 1914, her $3 million estate being divided among her siblings.

John G. Wendel died a few months later, on November 30, leaving an estate valued at $55 million, according to The Real Estate Record & Guide on December 5. He left control of the family estate in the hands of Rebecca. Mary became the financial executive for the three sisters in the Fifth Avenue house.

In reporting on John's death The Times said "He lived as simply as a $25 a week clerk with his two [sic] sisters in his big square house on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street." There was no telephone, no electric lights, no conveniences inside. Not even a sewing machine for mending the clothing.

On February 28, 1915 The New York Times again described the house of the Wendel sisters. "In Winter only the first two floors and the basement are habitable, because the old furnace does not carry heat well above the second floor." It mentioned that in the side yard was "an old tree and a dog house, with a turf that has not been cut in thirty years. There, after dark, so that no prying eyes can spy down from neighboring buildings, the sisters take their exercise."

"With them are two old women servants, and the five old women live curiously oblivious of the New York of the moment. The riot of fashion, extravagance, joy, mirth, sin crime, pride, and ambition which flows past them on the avenue constantly seems not to have affected them at all."

Self-isolated, the aging women rarely had visitors. "Of social life the old house has absolutely none. No outsider has dined there in years. With a few of the old New York families the Wendels still retain friendly relations, and on very rare occasions they receive a call, but as they never return these calls, and as they rarely call on any one themselves, their visitors become each year fewer and fewer."

Oddly enough, years later The Times would mention "There was very little exchange of affection between the sisters who lived in the same house. They simply spent their lives side by side."

In October 1922 Mary Eliza Astor Wendel died at the Irvington-on-Hudson estate. Other than bequests to servants, her $15 million estate was divided among her sisters.

Ella and Georgiana continued on as always. Their lawyer, Charles G. Koss, explained "They simply wished to live alone with their servants in their old home surroundings, and they lived just like anybody else." That assertion was arguable.

In 1929 Georgiana was stricken with influenza which developed into pneumonia. She died on January 18 at the age of 79. Her death was only discovered by the public when her sisters filed for the administration of her estate. Not long afterward The Times described No. 442 Fifth Avenue saying, "it has never been changed. The dining room, parlor and library, it is said, are scrupulously kept in the exact condition in which they were left by the builder of the house, John Wendel."

While everything inside the house remained unchanged, by the late 1920's the balconies had been removed, most likely for safety reasons, and the Fifth Avenue enframements shaved off. Wendel Family Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Drew University Library

Developers were disheartened when it was announced that “Miss Ella V. von E. Wendel, an elderly woman and worth many millions, will live alone with the old family servants and carry on the traditions of the Wendel family in the old rusty brick mansion at Thirty-ninth Street and Fifth Avenue.”

The 20th century did not change Ella Wendel's wardrobe. Wendel Family Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Drew University Library

On July 20, 1930 Rebecca A. D. Wendel Swope died, leaving Ella the sole surviving sister and the end of the Wendel line. Newspaper readers were somewhat shocked, although surprisingly so, when her entire estate was left to the 80-year old Ella with nothing at all left to charity.

One of the most bizarre chapters in New York's social history was about to close. Eight months after Rebecca's death, 78-year-old Ella Virginia von E. Wendel suffered a stroke. She died in the Fifth Avenue house a week later, on March 13, 1931. Her massive estate had made her the equivalent of a billionaire today. The Times reported "The real estate accumulated in the name of Wendel is now valued at more than $100,000,000 and the only living creature that was close to the last holder was a French poodle named Tobey."

In accordance with John G. Wendel's distaste for publicity, there was no crepe hung on the door (nor had there been at the time of his or the other sisters' deaths). Her funeral was held on March 16.

Little remained of the venerable mansion on December 5, 1934. from the collection of the New York Public Library

Four years later the Art Deco S. H. Kress & Co. flagship 5-and-10-cent store was completed on the site. That magnificent structure was demolished in the mid-1980's to make way for Republic National Bank tower.

The glass-and-steel structure towering above the former Knox Hat Building sits on the site of the Wendel mansion. photo by Nicolson & Gallowy

A door-sized bronze plaque memorializing the Wendel mansion was removed from the Kress Building and installed in the new structure.

Source: http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-lost-john-d-wendel-mansion-442-444.html

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— Commonwealth Senior Living’s plans to expand a community in South Boston, Virginia, are moving forward.

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— A senior living community in Plattsburgh, New York, has broken ground on four new duplexes.

— Plans for a 460-unit senior living community from Amavida are moving along in Fort Myers.

— A developer has started work for a 48-unit project in Aiken, South Carolina.

— The city of Boynton Beach, Florida, will soon have a new 150-bed senior living community that specializes in memory care.

— Brightview Senior Living is set to begin work on a $64 million, 154-unit assisted living and memory care community on the site of a former plant nursery in Sayville, New York.

— A 173-unit senior living project is moving forward on the campus of a high school in Napa, California.

Complete

— Tutera Group has opened a new senior living community with 201 units in Prairie Village, Kansas.

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Certification: None is required for residential air duct cleaning projects but certification can be a good marketing tool to separate yourself from the competition. More and more commercial project specifications are requiring the contractor to be a member of the National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) and to have at least one certified Air System Cleaning Specialist (ASCS) to even bid on a project. In these cases certification is vital for success!

Equipment: Commercial HVAC systems are larger and more complex. They need more and larger cleaning equipment so the contractor can be productive and profitable. Labor is the single biggest cost in commercial air duct cleaning so maximizing productivity and cleaning quality is very important.

Marketing: In the residential marketplace the contractor is marketing to homeowners while in the commercial marketplace the contractor is marketing his/her services to a variety of audiences (mechanical contractors, fire/water/mold restoration contractors and engineers/architects that write cleaning specifications, etc.).

Commercial air duct cleaning is a great business opportunity for residential contractors. To be successful however, good planning and preparation are necessary.

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Innovative Project To Reduce Carbon Emissions Combines Yacht Racing Design And Tech Using Wind Propulsion

Cargill and BAR Technologies have embarked on a strategic project with naval architect Deltamarin Finland to bring cutting edge wind propulsion technology to commercial shipping. The project will see BAR Technologies’ WindWings – large, solid wing sails that measure up to 45 meters in height – fitted to the deck of bulk cargo ships to harness the power of the wind and reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 30 per cent. The number of wing sails can be tailored to the size of the vessel and the route it will take.

BAR Technologies – a spin-off from Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR), the British team formed by Olympic and World Champion sailor Sir Ben Ainslie – was, formed in 2016 making the design knowledge, technical skills and intellectual property developed for America’s Cup yacht racing available for the commercial world. The company is led by Chairman Martin Whitmarsh, former McLaren Team Principal, Chief Executive, John Cooper, former McLaren Chief Business Officer, and former America’s Cup designer and engineer, Simon Schofield.

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“Through this partnership, we will bring bespoke wind solutions to customers who are actively seeking to reduce CO2 emissions from their supply chain,” said Jan Dieleman, president of Cargill’s Ocean Transportation business. “Changing regulations and uncertainty about future greener marine fuels makes choosing the right vessel to charter with a long-term view complicated. With the WindWings technology, Cargill will be able to offer customers a solution that improves vessel efficiency, independent of the fuel or type of engine used,” he continues.

“Wind is a near marginal cost-free fuel and the opportunity for reducing emissions, alongside significant efficiency gains in vessel operating costs, is substantial. We’ve invested in our unique wind sail technology to provide vessel owners and operators with an opportunity to realize these efficiencies,” said John Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, BAR Technologies.

The maritime industry faces a huge challenge to reduce average CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030 and working towards 70% by 2050, compared with 2008 levels. Cargill as one of the industry’s largest players, chartering a fleet of more than 600 vessels at one time, recognizes its responsibility to accelerate decarbonization progress and has brought the necessary vision and scale to convert BAR Technology’s inspiration into measurable efficiency savings.

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The project is currently in the design phase, bringing together a team of companies to deliver the first vessels – expected on the water by 2022. The team will share risk and expertise, starting with product tankers before moving to dry bulk vessels.

Martin Whitmarsh, Chairman, BAR Technologies added, “Cargill’s endorsement of our technology is a very significant step forward at the forefront of the industry. Together we’re putting our words into action, marking this project as a first of its kind. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Cargill to bring this ground-breaking technology to life and look forward to exploring further efficiency opportunities together in the future.”

Cargill has partnered with a number of fellow industry leaders and organizations to drive decarbonization progress, including the Global Maritime Forum and its Getting To Zero Coalition, the Sea Cargo Charter, a recent initiative to cut and track emissions from chartered ships to reduce the maritime industry’s carbon footprint and the Maersk McKinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. Last year, Cargill announced a collaboration with Maersk Tankers and Mitsui & Co. to provide over-the-shelf solutions for maritime actors looking to explore new technologies to reduce their emissions.

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Advantages of the Right Commercial Architects.

Constructions are one of the services that individuals need most; this is due to there need in the daily life of individuals since they provide us with offices, homes and other buildings thus the need for the commercial architects. It is the role of the commercial architects to ensure that individuals have the right designs of commercial buildings used as an office, factories or any commercial operations needed.

The commercial architects are very important in advising the project manager on the processes as well as estimation of the financial situations that may face the construction thus helping in ensuring the success of the construction.

The commercial architects are able to visit the construction sites even before anything have been started so that they are able to draw all the plans concerning the whole construction thus making every move to be known in the process of the construction.

For the sake of getting the best commercial architect Dallas it is very important to have a plan on how one will be able to select the best commercial architect this is by having several tips that will help one choose the best out of the many commercial architect that are available, some of the important factors to consider are as follows.

One of the most important factors to consider while choosing a commercial architect is the quality of the design and the choices of the designs that he/she is providing to you, this is due to the fact that this will increase the chances of getting a good design that fits well to the plan.

There are a lot of online service provider that one can contact this is the reason why individuals are advised to consider online services.

Due to the fact that the tools that the commercial architect is using will determine the quality of designs they make and the house then one of the factors that one needs to consider while looking for a good commercial architect is the tools they have.

One of the other factors that individuals need to consider is recommendation from individuals who recently hired a professional commercial architect McKinney , this suggestions one gets from people or companies that used the commercial architect helps one to be able to evaluate the best to use.

For the sake of having a commercial architect who on is sure of the services checking the reputation of the person is important.

There is a lot of knowledge that individuals get as a result of having experience this is the reason why experience of the commercial architect is very important so as to get the best services.

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ASSA ABLOY Shares Door Security Solutions

With the new year well under way, it is a good opportunity to reflect on the learning moments of 2017 ― the areas where the security industry learned, grew and shifted thinking to better provide products and solutions for buildings of all types, across all industries.

The result of this reflection is a number of opportunities that ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions is excited to focus on in 2018.

Resiliency: The past year was devastating in terms of natural disasters across the nation, including tornados, hurricanes and floods. And while hospitals, schools and government buildings are the most typical locations to deploy doors and hardware to address these threats, we expect to see resilient openings expand to new verticals such as enterprise as the solutions have become more affordable and available.

Door assemblies that can withstand tornado-force storms and hurricanes help increase the protection of building occupants during storm events. ASSA ABLOY’s current offerings in this space include tornado resistant solutions using Ceco Door and Curries StormPro® doors and frames, Corbin Russwin FE6600 Series and SARGENT FM7300 Series multi-point locks, and McKinney StormPro Hinges from ASSA ABLOY Architectural Door Accessories. Available as an assembly, these products are UL classified to ICC-500 (2014) and comply to FEMA P-320 (2014) and P-361 (2015) for residential and community shelters and carry a UL certification label.

Windstorm resistant openings include doors from Ceco Door, Curries and Fleming, as well as locking solutions from Corbin Russwin, Sargent and Yale and McKinney hinges. Window shutter solutions are also available from Corbin Russwin, Sargent, Curries and Ceco.

While protection from flying debris and wind damage is a major concern, another important consideration during these weather events is the loss of power. ASSA ABLOY offers battery-powered WiFi access control locks that can continue to function in the event of power loss due to flooding or other natural disasters.

Sustainability – A continuing theme will be solutions that improve the health and bottom-line efficiency of buildings – both through a reduction of energy usage, and through the transparency of product ingredients and the manufacturing supply chain.

ASSA ABLOY has spent the past few years vigorously developing products that meet these goals, entering 2018 with more than 115 Environmental Product Declarations, 20 Health Product Declarations, and 25 Declare labels. Also, ASSA ABLOY has introduced a new web portal that allows anyone to ask sustainability questions directly to the ASSA ABLOY team (https://www.assaabloydss.com/en/local/dss/sustainability/answers/).

Blending of Commercial and Residential – A big change we’ve seen over the past year is how the commercial and residential spaces have shared ideas and technology. IoT has been largely developed in the home market, and that same level of technology is now expected in the commercial space. Meanwhile, the commercial space has become more secure in protecting digital information, spurred on by the residential side. This theme will continue over the coming year as each side will continue to inform expectations of the other.

Partnerships – One of the biggest opportunities we see for the coming year is the continued collaborative approach to partnerships between manufacturers, integrators, specifiers, architects and end users.

By collaborating with one another on projects – as well as the themes above – we not only provide more value for the end-user, but also become partners in innovation.

About ASSA ABLOY ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user demands for security, safety and convenience. www.assaabloy.com

ABOUT ASSA ABLOY DOOR SECURITY SOLUTIONS ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions combines the expertise of the industry’s most knowledgeable door opening experts with the comprehensive product offering of leading door and hardware brands to provide complete solutions to partners and end-users in commercial, retail, multi-family, government and institutional facilities. Coupling innovative technologies with insight on specifications, design, support, training and code compliance, ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions works closely with the architectural, security, facilities and integrator communities to address the many challenges they encounter serving and securing their customers.

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