La Storia di K38 Italia – The Story of K38 Italy

La Storia di K38 Italia – The Story of K38 Italy

1999-2023 24 Years of Excellence

Mr. Fabio Annigoni is responsible for bringing the first Rescue Water Craft program to Europe in 1999. He formulated the first professional accreditation courses.

Fabio is a friend to all professional RWC coxswains. He revolutionized lifesaving in Italy through his efforts, sacrifices and dedication. He is a legacy instructor. He is instrumental in the development of Personal Water Craft event safety training and providing Course Marshal expertise.

Countries he was instrumental in developing Rescue Water Craft programs are the following:
1. Italy
2. Poland
3. Russia
4. Switzerland
5. Germany
Fabio also created the first European RWC Safety Summit and was instrumental in bringing in the first TAD (Towable Aquaplane Device, referred to as a ‘rescue board’) and getting certification for the TAD so public safety agencies in Europe could professionally develop their rescue boat skills.

Through his K38 efforts worldwide he has saved hundreds of lives and his students have contributed to even more lives saved. They are the success of K38 Italia.

In 2023, Fabio continues to professionally develop the program he started. He is training the next generation of instructors who will continue to hold the line of competency and lifesaving.

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Fabio Annigoni

In the beginning:
1999-2023 24 Anni di Eccellenza

Il Sig. Fabio Annigoni è responsabile di portare il primo programma Rescue Water Craft in Europa nel 1999. Ha formulato i primi corsi di accreditamento professionale.

Fabio è amico di tutti i timonieri professionisti della RWC. Ha rivoluzionato il salvataggio in Italia attraverso i suoi sforzi, sacrifici e dedizione. È un istruttore ereditario. È determinante nello sviluppo della formazione sulla sicurezza degli eventi di Personal Water Craft e nella fornitura di competenze di Course Marshal.

I paesi in cui è stato determinante nello sviluppo dei programmi Rescue Water Craft sono i seguenti:

1. Italia
2. Polonia
3. Russia
4. Svizzera
5. Germania

Fabio ha anche creato il primo European RWC Safety Summit ed è stato determinante nel portare il primo TAD (Towable Aquaplane Device, denominato "tavola di salvataggio") e nell'ottenere la certificazione per il TAD in modo che le agenzie di pubblica sicurezza in Europa potessero sviluppare professionalmente la loro imbarcazione di salvataggio competenze.

Attraverso i suoi sforzi K38 in tutto il mondo ha salvato centinaia di vite e i suoi studenti hanno contribuito a salvarne ancora di più. Sono il successo di K38 Italia.

Nel 2023, Fabio continua a sviluppare professionalmente il programma che ha iniziato. Sta formando la prossima generazione di istruttori che continueranno a mantenere la linea della competenza e del salvataggio.

All'inizio:

Nel 1999 il pilota genovese di moto d'acqua Fabio Annigoni, si reco' a Lake Havasu City (Arizona-USA) per assistere alla finale di Campionato del mondo di moto d'acqua. Noto' che a fare assistenza nel circuito c'era una moto d'acqua con una speciale barella fissata posteriormente. Si reco' subito a chiedere informazioni riguardo questo speciale mezzo di soccorso a Shawn Alladioistruttrice e fondatrice del K38, una societa' di salvataggio che da anni opera negli USA.

Shawn gli spiego' che questo sistema era usato con successo anche in situazioni di pericolo estremo, sia in mareggiate, nei fiumi in piena e nei laghi di tutti gli USA. Annigoni, gia' in possesso della licenza di pilota, venne allora informato che, visto il suo interesse in questo campo, avrebbe potuto prendere parte ad un corso di salvataggio che da li' a poco si sarebbe tenuto ad Half Moon Bay (California). Qui pote' constatare l'efficienza di questo mezzo di soccorso (Rescue Boat: moto d'acqua con barella) con onde di diversi metri!

Tornato in Italia entusiasta, si rese conto della necessita' di introdurre questo sistema anche in Italia. Da quel momento infatti diede inizio alla promozione della "moto d'acqua da salvamento" presentandola, con grande successo, in diverse Fiere e saloni nautici (Rimini, Carrara, Genova) con l'appoggio della Federazione Italiana Motonautica. Ad Aprile 2000, prese parte ad un Summit mondiale del salvataggio in acqua svoltosi a Las Vegas, dove l'istruttrice e ormai amica Shawn Alladio, lo istrui' anche in fiume e in lago, avviandolo alla qualifica di Istruttore. Dopo diversi stage formativi, dal 2004 Fabio Annigoni e' istruttore della K38 USA e dal 2006 autorizzato come formatore per istruttori e operatori per la K38 International.

L'aquabike da salvamento a volte, fa apparire mezzi di soccorso quali gommoni, lancette o pattini, obsoleti ed inadeguati nei confronti di una natura sempre piu' violenta e difficilmente controllabile. Un gommone o una lancetta, poco possono nei confronti di correnti forti o onde di diversi metri, che impossibilitano gli stessi ad un uscita e un rientro in sicurezza. Dal canto suo l'elicottero, utilizzato per i recuperi piu' estremi, non sempre e' disponibile, e quando lo e', rimane comunque un sistema di salvataggio che implica difficolta' operative e ingenti costi. Naturalmente elemento essenziale per l'utilizzo delle aquabike nel salvamento e' la formazione specifica degli operatori, che si troveranno a condurre un mezzo totalmente differente dalla normale moto d'acqua, rendendo inadeguata a questo scopo particolare la normale patente nautica fino ad ora richiesta di legge.

Bisogna paragonare i mezzi di soccorso ad una cassetta degli attrezzi. Ogni attrezzo ha la sua funzione specifica: questo deve essere anche per i mezzi di salvataggio. Maggiore e' la scelta degli attrezzi, piu' mirata sara' la soluzione al problema. La moto d'acqua non e' la soluzione per tutto, ma e' sicuramente un tassello di rilievo nel mosaico del salvamento.

In 1999 the Genoese jet ski pilot Fabio Annigoni went to Lake Havasu City (Arizona-USA) to attend the final of the jet ski world championship. He noticed that a jet ski with a special stretcher fixed to the rear was assisting in the circuit. He immediately went to ask Shawn Alladio, instructor and founder of K38, a rescue company that has been operating in the USA for years, for information about this special rescue vehicle.

Shawn explained to him that this system was used successfully even in situations of extreme danger, both in storm surges, in swollen rivers and in lakes all over the USA. Annigoni, already in possession of a pilot's license, was then informed that, given his interest in this field, he could take part in a rescue course which would soon be held in Half Moon Bay (California ). Here he was able to see the efficiency of this rescue boat (Rescue Boat: jet ski with stretcher) with waves of several metres!
Back in Italy enthusiastic, he realized the need to introduce this system in Italy too. From that moment, in fact, he began the promotion of the "rescue jet ski" by presenting it, with great success, in various boat shows and exhibitions (Rimini, Carrara, Genoa) with the support of the Italian Powerboat Federation. In April 2000, he took part in a World Water Rescue Summit held in Las Vegas, where instructor and now friend Shawn Alladio, also instructed him in rivers and lakes, starting him up as an Instructor. After several training internships, since 2004 Fabio Annigoni has been an instructor of the K38 USA and since 2006 authorized as a trainer for instructors and operators for the K38 International.

The rescue aquabike sometimes makes rescue means such as dinghies, pointers or skates appear obsolete and inadequate in relation to an increasingly violent and difficult to control nature. A dinghy or a dinghy can do little against strong currents or waves of several metres, which make it impossible for them to exit and return safely. For its part, the helicopter, used for the most extreme recoveries, is not always available, and when it is, it is still a rescue system that involves operational difficulties and huge costs. Of course, an essential element for the use of aquabikes in lifesaving is the specific training of the operators, who will find themselves driving a vehicle that is totally different from the normal jet ski, making the normal nautical license hitherto required for this particular purpose inadequate. law.

Emergency vehicles must be compared to a toolbox. Each tool has its specific function: this must also be the case for life-saving equipment. The greater the choice of tools, the more targeted the solution to the problem will be. The jet ski is not the solution for everything, but it is certainly an important piece in the rescue mosaic.

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Posted: March 7, 2023

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K38 Poland in 2023

K38 POLAND in 2023
Wraz z uczestnikami rajdu Płyniemy Polsko rozpoczęliśmy sezon motorowodny 2023.

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Płyniemy Polsko
Praca z przyczepą, wodowanie jednostki w przygodnym terenie, to również element naszych szkoleń. Ta umiejetność również wymaga przygotowania i przećwiczenia aby przebiegała szybko i sprawnie bez zbędnych komplikacji. Na terenie działania OSP Choczewo brak jest portów i przystani oraz slipów, a wodowanie jednostki zawsze wykonywane jest z brzegu.

Working with a trailer, watering the unit in an adventurous terrain is also an element of our training. This skill also requires preparation and practice so that it runs fast and efficiently without unnecessary complications. In the area of OSP Choczewo there are no ports and harbors and slips, and the watering of the unit is always done from the shore.

ospchoczewo

Dekontaminacja RWC oraz PPE, to stały element pracy na lądzie, po pracy na wodzie. To nie tylko trwałość i żywotność sprzętu ale też nasza higiena i nasze zdrowie.

Decontamination of RWC and PPE is a permanent part of working on land, after working on water. It’s not only the durability and durability of the equipment but also our hygiene and our health.

We will be updating you as we get on the water to train!

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Available Course from K38 Japan in Okinawa Prefecture

Fire Department Marine Unit Training

K38JAPANは沖縄県にて水上オートバイのレスキュー講習会と過去に受講された方対象に更新講習会を実施致します。更新講習会は過去に全国で受講された方々が対象となります。新規で受講者希望の方々は3/23〜25日
更新講習会は3/26日
更新講習会希望者の方々は23日からアシスタント研修として受講可能です。
詳しくはご連絡ください。

Rescue water craft training


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K38JAPAN will hold a personal watercraft rescue workshop in Okinawa Prefecture and a refresher workshop for those who have taken the course in the past. The refresher course is open to those who have taken the course nationwide in the past. March 23rd to 25th for new applicants
Renewal course is March 26th
Those who wish to update the seminar can attend as an assistant training from the 23rd.
Please contact us for details.

For more information
名前:岸 浩明(Hiroaki Kishi)
電話:011-788-6251
住所:日本、北海道札幌市東区北25条東21丁目4−22
Eメール:k38kishi@gmail.com
Name: Hiroaki Kishi
Phone: 011-788-6251
Address: 4-22, Kita 25-jo Higashi 21-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
E-mail: k38kishi@gmail.com

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Posted: March 8, 2023

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K38 Stage 3 Course Now Available in Okinawa

Fire Department Marine Unit Training

K38 JAPAN RESCUE WATER CRAFT COURSE
Dates: March 23-26, 2023
Stages: 1, 2, 3 & Recertification
Host Agency: Okinawa Fire Department
Location: Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan

K38 JAPAN RESCUE WATER CRAFT COURSE
Dates: March 23-26, 2023
Stages: 1, 2, 3 & Recertification
Host Agency: Hokkaido Water Safety Association
Location: Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan
Stage 3 - Level III - Technical
Course ID: #K38-RWC-213-3
Hours: 24
Certificate stream of technical applications of completion of the principles, standards and risks as applied to the course modules, goals and tasks. The third level of student development. The third Level of instructor development. Focuses include basic workplace safety, simple response protocols. Content applying risk management, task analysis, situational awareness, planning, hazard awareness and avoidance and personal survival. Compound workplace safety functions and Low, Moderate and High risk, compound (multiple) rescue responses

Certificate Title: Certificate of Operations
a) Working in Low to High-Risk Environments. (Yellow)
b) With Risk Level 3 mandates assessment and tasks.

Instructor: Mr. Hiroaki Kishi
For more information - Contact: K38Kishi@gmail.com

Stage 3 - Level III - Technical

Course ID: #K38-RWC-213-3
Hours: 24
Certificate stream of technical applications of completion of the principles, standards and risks as applied to the course modules, goals and tasks. The third level of student development. The third Level of instructor development. Focuses include basic workplace safety, simple response protocols. Content applying risk management, task analysis, situational awareness, planning, hazard awareness and avoidance and personal survival. Compound workplace safety functions and Low, Moderate and High risk, compound (multiple) rescue responses

Certificate Title: Certificate of Operations
a) Working in Low to High-Risk Environments. (Yellow)
b) With Risk Level 3 mandates assessment and tasks.

Instructor: Mr. Hiroaki Kishi
For more information

名前:岸 浩明(Hiroaki Kishi)
電話:011-788-6251

住所:日本、北海道札幌市東区北25条東21丁目4−22

Eメール:k38kishi@gmail.com

Name: Hiroaki Kishi
Phone: 011-788-6251

Address: 4-22, Kita 25-jo Higashi 21-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

E-mail: k38kishi@gmail.com

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K38 Stage 3 Now Course Available in Washington

Fire Department Marine Unit Training

K38 USA RESCUE WATER CRAFT COURSE
Dates: March 17-19, 2023
Stages 1, 2, 3 & Recertification
Location: Seaview, Washington
Stage 3 - Level III - Technical

Course ID: #K38-RWC-213-3

Hours: 24
Certificate stream of technical applications of completion of the principles, standards and risks as applied to the course modules, goals and tasks. The third level of student development. The third Level of instructor development. Focuses include basic workplace safety, simple response protocols. Content applying risk management, task analysis, situational awareness, planning, hazard awareness and avoidance and personal survival. Compound workplace safety functions and Low, Moderate and High risk, compound (multiple) rescue responses

Certificate Title: Certificate of Operations
c) Working in Low to High-Risk Environments. (Yellow)
d) With Risk Level 3 mandates assessment and tasks.

Instructor: Shawn Alladio
For more information please contact: shawn@k38safety.com

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THE ANSWER TO FIELD SUCCESS IS HERE

Or we get out of the way....

EFFECTIVE REALITY TRAINING FOR RESCUE WATER CRAFT TEAMS

To be effective the selection process of a Rescue Water Craft program is designed for success. If its not it will fail on every action in the field. You will notice the videos presented as clues. They will crop the recovery and they will block out the ending which tells the story of mishaps.

In selecting the requisite and competent personalities needed, they will need to possess the character of an individual whom can endure hardship and continue onward without regard to emotion or bias. This takes some refinement.

Trainees ‘must and should’ be placed under pressure enough to simulate the unknown future response. These calls will never be duplicated in training, they will be placed in a controlled environment, slowly and surely to enable the attendees to grasp one step at a time the reality.

These attendees or candidates will have to wrestle in their mind the values and relationships of the following:
1. The team limitations
2. Equipment being used
3. Environmental and Atmospheric conditions
4. Physical and mental fitness
5. The unknown situation, the most difficult survivor and multiple victims.

It requires to shock a person in and during training on levels in behavioral forward advancements as independent individuals working on a team with multi tasking functions. And under extreme duress. This is a rescue in harms way, otherwise it’s a simple assist.

People will crack in effective training, they will fail. They have the opportunity in short windows to make corrections. If they do not possess the proper fortitude, or reasoning, they must be removed. There should only be victims responding to, not bringing to the scene.

Mindset is the relationship of the Body and its bio mechanic, and its related to the causations on demand.
If we as educators do not prepare and carefully execute purposeful training, and audit the candidates honestly and ethically, we all sink.

Candidates should consider it a privilege to be on a team. They should consider their qualification a privilege based off their merits. They should honor their training and instructors. This is how we create an effective network of qualified and competent professionals.

Or not.

Do not be afraid to fail. Be afraid when you refuse to succeed. If you are not tested under the most severe conditions, methods and standards, you have not been trained properly. You will not be able to aid any person in distress. You will be distracted by a false sense of security. Your failed rescue will shock you. That is not the way to learn.

This work is a calling, it is not a paycheck or a pension. Its in your soul, placed in you at the moment of your creation, it upwells like a spring coming to the surface and flows freely outward. You know who you are, not what you want to be. Nobody can pretend with this.

The uniform does not make you that person, it reminds you of a sacred trust. There are not many servants, there are many pretenders.

Here is what you can do:
Train every day.
Train your mind every day.
Be ready for the call.
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Posted: August 9, 2021

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COMMITMENT

Dedication is a decision of a commitment. A decision about how operations are interpreted. How you act and those consequences you employ with your decision.

Your training needs to be worthwhile, but it must be part of what you are doing and knowing what you are doing does not create harm.

We are a team, for good or worse. I prefer to choose the good, but it doesn’t take much for things to go wrong. It is in the preparation or it is not. Please do not wait to learn when you can prevent your problems from taking root.

Remember, you are not alone. What I do reflects positively on our community, choose the same, you can define that right now.

Because one is none. We do nothing alone, we may hope we can take credit for the thousands of people who sacrificed for our success. When you look at your shadow, take a moment to look at the quality of your spirit.

Then realize for everything indistinguishable you are not alone.

Posted: April 29, 2021

Content Creator of Rescue Water Craft and Personal Water Craft boating international education standards: Shawn is the world’s foremost authority and leading subject matter expert. She cares most about her community and the culture surrounding the safety of event service providers and Rescue Water Craft operators, working hard and dedicated towards protecting their reputation, distributing safety information and continuing to train these amazing individuals to the highest standards of care.

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We Lead or We Follow

Or we get out of the way....

WHAT IF YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOUR SUPERVISOR or INSTRUCTOR?

Can you educate them?
Can you make suggestions for them?
Can you supply data to them?
Will the EGO BLOCK stop progress?

Yes, it’s detrimental to society, the taxpayer, the team and the department.

These people who are bad leaders need to go away. They cannot lead. And most likely they will not go away until an incident comes under upper management scrutiny, or an investigation or third party audit.

That is if the auditor has courage to say what needs to be said. Not just checking the boxes down a list.

Now lets take a look at ourselves. We don't want to cast the first stone till we have courage about ourselves.

Not to success but failure. How do we fail and how do we hold ourselves accountable for our actions? Do we wait for somebody
else to carry our burden for us while we step gingerly ahead? Honestly, that's not right, but it sure is difficult to master this.

We possess our own unique roadblocks, our shortcomings and defaults. Its hard to turn them around. Its harder to understand where they came from, the genesis and how deeply embedded they are within our mind. Can we change? Or do we expect others to change for us so we can say we did something?

Protect yourself in all ways with a bad leader. They will not encourage your learn but to never learn. Make sure you are not a bad follower or a worse leader, always look back at yourself to wrestle the matter true.

Bad leaders and followers hang together as a protective cover. They will not share with you knowledge so you can meet them on a level playing field. They will not encourage you to evaluate and audit your success. They want you not to progress.

But you need to know that you are not that person first.
And that what you do is not for yourself but for others.
You must learn the way of a servant.
And smote your ego into a place of submission, or you will become a tyrant.

Consider an option. Why not change direction and head towards the unique 5% of personalities who serve without regard for recompense, not looking for a photo opportunity or to pad the paywall.

Try it, you may aspire to something that is not bitter, but better.

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Posted: April 8, 2021

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Mandatory Engine Cut-Off Switch Use

United States Coast Guard Introduces new Law for Engine Cut-Off Switch Usage

Coast Guard Announces New Law Requiring Use of Engine Cut-off Switches
Mar 10th, 2021 ·

WASHINGTON – Operators of recreational vessels less than 26 feet in length will be required to use an engine cut-off switch (ECOS) and associated ECOS link (ECOSL) as of April 1, 2021, as the U.S. Coast Guard implements a law passed by Congress.

The ECOS and ECOSL prevent runaway vessels and the threats they pose. The ECOSL attaches the vessel operator to a switch that shuts off the engine if the operator is displaced from the helm. The ECOSL is usually a lanyard-style cord that attaches to an ECOS either in close proximity to the helm or on the outboard motor itself if the vessel is operated by a tiller.

When enough tension is applied, the ECOSL disengages from the ECOS and the motor is automatically shut down. Wireless ECOS have recently been developed and are also approved for use. These devices use an electronic “fob” that is carried by the operator and senses when it is submerged in water, activating the ECOS and turning the engine off. Wireless devices are available on the aftermarket and are beginning to become available as manufacturer-installed options.

Each year the Coast Guard receives reports of recreational vessel operators who fall or are suddenly and unexpectedly thrown out of their boat. These events have led to injuries and deaths. During these incidents the boat continues to operate with no one in control of the vessel, leaving the operator stranded in the water as the boat continues on course, or the boat begins to circle the person in the water eventually striking them, often with the propeller. These dangerous runaway vessel situations put the ejected operator, other users of the waterway, and marine law enforcement officers and other first responders in serious danger.

Section 503 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 required manufacturers of covered recreational boats (less than 26 feet in length, with an engine capable of 115 lbs. of static thrust) to equip the vessel with an ECOS installed as of December 2019.

Owners of recreational vessels produced after December 2019 are required to maintain the ECOS on their vessel in a serviceable condition. It is recommended that recreational vessel owners regularly check their existing ECOS system to ensure it works, following manufacturer’s instructions.

Section 8316 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 requires individuals operating covered recreational vessels (less than 26 feet in length, with an engine capable of 115 lbs. of static thrust; 3 HP or more) to use ECOS “links.” Using the ECOSL is required only when the primary helm is not within an enclosed cabin, and when the boat is operating on plane or above displacement speed. Common situations where ECOSL use would not be required include docking/trailering, trolling and operating in no-wake zones.

The Coast Guard believes that the overwhelming majority of recreational vessels produced for decades have had an ECOS installed, so this new use requirement simply obligates recreational vessel operators to use critical safety equipment already present on their boat.

Seven states currently have ECOS use laws for traditional recreational vessels, and 44 states have ECOS use laws for personal watercraft (PWC).

Boaters are encouraged to check the U.S. Coast Guard website for additional information on this new use requirement and other safety regulations and recommendations.

USCG Announcement

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Posted: March 23, 2021

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Katie Pierson and her husband Mike need our help financially as well as our spiritual support. They are in the fight of their lives suffering a catastrophic explosion and horrific burns. I got the call today from Mel, we both had dejavu moments over the weekend about Katie.

Katie worked for Rescue 3 International for many years and cares deeply about doing the right thing. She was a gauntlet of right on behalf of RQ3 instructors and I have deep respect for her and the company. She was recently working for CALFire/LSI and her husband has a Motoshop, working hard on building his business.

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If you can take a few minutes of your time and say a heartfelt prayer on their behalf I believe your energy and care is part of the goodness we create and this is needed. I cannot discover the expression of what to say or how to present it because its too expansive a tragedy. Please help them with your strongest thoughts of goodwill. Bless you for your considerations.

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Praying for all good things to happen for them on this tremendous survival fight they are in. Please keep their daughter in your prayers. I thank you, please hold them close in all thoughts, as I am believer in our connectedness.

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Posted: February 25, 2021

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