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EORA - Eastern Outdoor Reps Association | European Outdoor Group | FIDA - Fitness Industry Dealers Association | FISA - Fitness Industry Suppliers Association | IHRSA | NSGA - National Sporting Goods Association | OIA - Outdoor Industry Association | OIWC - Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition | PIA - Paddlesports Industry Association | SGMA - Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association | SIA - Snowsports Industry Association | TAPS - Trade Association of Paddlesports | Other |
EORA - Eastern Outdoor Reps Association
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EORA feeling good with first-ever membership dues reduction
Feb 26, 2010 For EORA’s nearly 450 members, renewal of membership came with a welcome surprise in 2010 -- dues were reduced by 10 percent. EORA says this is a result of... Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all EORA - Eastern Outdoor Reps Association articles |
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Mood upbeat at EORA, SWRA Greenville show
Mar 14, 2006 The Southeast winter show for the Eastern Outdoor Reps Association (EORA) and Southeastern Winter Reps Association (SWRA) once again lived up to its reputation as an essential, high-quality gathering. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all EORA - Eastern Outdoor Reps Association articles |
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EORA, SWRA combine southeast winter shows
Apr 28, 2003 The Eastern Outdoor Reps Association and the Southeastern Winter Reps Association announced that they will combine their Southeastern winter shows which, in the past, have taken place just days apart in Greenville, S.C. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all EORA - Eastern Outdoor Reps Association articles |
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European Outdoor Group
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Eco Index tool still fine-tuning, taking feedback after six months
Feb 2, 2011 After six months in beta, administrators of the Eco Index product assessment tool are still gathering feedback from users. A full launch is likely another year away -- but don’t hesitate to dive in and give it a whirl. SNEWS takes a look at what is happening and what will happen. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all European Outdoor Group articles |
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European Outdoor Group leadership changes speak to broader future efforts
Feb 12, 2010 The changes just announced in the board of the European Outdoor Group are the first step toward a larger role for the group not only Europe-wide but also in joint work with the United States. SNEWS sat down with new EOG pres David Udberg at ispo for more insight. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all European Outdoor Group articles |
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Did you hear?...European Outdoor Group has new logo and website
Jun 17, 2008 The European Outdoor Group (EOG), an association set up to represent the common interests of the European outdoor industry, now has a new logo and website. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all European Outdoor Group articles |
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FIDA - Fitness Industry Dealers Association
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Fitness Industry Dealers Association planning newly launched outreach, HFB seminar
Sep 14, 2011 The Fitness Industry Dealers Association (FIDA) is planning to relaunch itself, using the Health & Fitness Business Expo as a platform to present retail education and discuss group membership benefits. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all FIDA - Fitness Industry Dealers Association articles |
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New fitness dealers group launches website, manufacturer supporting memberships offered
Dec 13, 2010 The newly launched fitness dealers association has a new website, plus find out how manufacturers can become supporting members. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all FIDA - Fitness Industry Dealers Association articles |
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SNEWS TV -- Future of Fitness & FIDA - TNT with Therese Iknoian
Dec 3, 2010 In this episode of SNEWS TV, Therese Iknoian looks at what role the new fitness association for retailers (Fitness Industry Dealers Association, or FIDA) will play in developing and ensuring a bright future for the fitness industry. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all FIDA - Fitness Industry Dealers Association articles |
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Fitness Industry Dealers Association launches: Time to take part in the future
Sep 29, 2010 Several dozen attendees gathered at the Health & Fitness Business Expo for a “town hall” meeting to hear about the mission of the newly launched Fitness Industry Dealers Association (FIDA). Read on for details about the group's benefits and how to join. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all FIDA - Fitness Industry Dealers Association articles |
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Be a part of history: Find out more about new fitness dealers association (FIDA) at HFB show
Sep 13, 2010 Don’t miss the first meeting of the new Fitness Industry Dealers Association (FIDA), a SNEWS-supported retailer/dealer-only group that will kick off at the Health & Fitness Business show with a town hall meeting Sept. 23 at 12 noon. Be part of history. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all FIDA - Fitness Industry Dealers Association articles |
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FISA - Fitness Industry Suppliers Association
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Did you hear?...NRF and RILA agree to merge -- are association mergers a coming trend in these economic times?
May 1, 2009 The National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association have agreed in principle to a merger, saying they will create a single trade association that will speak with one voice to advance the industry and its more than 15 million workers. Does this foreshadow other mergers to come among industry associations? Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all FISA - Fitness Industry Suppliers Association articles |
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IHRSA
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Universal Gym, Reebok/CCS, Balanced Body: What do they have in common?
Mar 19, 2010 Let's play a game: Which of the past IHRSA top "associate member" or "supplier" companies still exist, are no more or have changed dramatically? You'll be surprised what SNEWS found when it took a gander through the list. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all IHRSA articles |
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Inside your trade associations -- SNEWS looks at 2007 tax returns
Apr 1, 2009 SNEWS has been studying Form 990 returns for most of our industry associations since 2003, and, after a number of requests for information to our offices about various association numbers, we decided to take a much-condensed peek at leading outdoor, fitness and sporting goods associations, compiled for your viewing pleasure in one document. Here, you will see major sources of revenue, select expenditures, executive compensations, payrolls, and lobbying expenses (if any were reported). Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all IHRSA articles |
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NSGA - National Sporting Goods Association
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Fitness’ own ‘Cost of Doing Business’ survey seeks responses, offers results
Nov 1, 2010 Ever wonder how your retail business does in comparison to the industry in its overall costs, margins, expenses and more? Participating in the fitness industry’s first “Cost of Doing Business” survey by the NSGA can get respondents their own personalized results. Read on to see how you can take part. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all NSGA - National Sporting Goods Association articles |
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Fitness Industry Dealers Association launches: Time to take part in the future
Sep 29, 2010 Several dozen attendees gathered at the Health & Fitness Business Expo for a “town hall” meeting to hear about the mission of the newly launched Fitness Industry Dealers Association (FIDA). Read on for details about the group's benefits and how to join. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all NSGA - National Sporting Goods Association articles |
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Be a part of history: Find out more about new fitness dealers association (FIDA) at HFB show
Sep 13, 2010 Don’t miss the first meeting of the new Fitness Industry Dealers Association (FIDA), a SNEWS-supported retailer/dealer-only group that will kick off at the Health & Fitness Business show with a town hall meeting Sept. 23 at 12 noon. Be part of history. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all NSGA - National Sporting Goods Association articles |
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Health & Fitness Business 2010: Hall expands to meet exhibitor needs, FIDA plans meeting
Aug 11, 2010 Health & Fitness Business show management has expanded the show floor to accommodate exhibitor demand at the Sept. 22-23 event, plus stay tuned for details about a Fitness Industry Dealers Association town hall meeting. More show news here to keep you informed. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all NSGA - National Sporting Goods Association articles |
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First fitness dealer ‘Cost of Doing Business Survey’ seeks responses, get results for your time
Aug 4, 2010 Find out how your business stands in relationship to the entire fitness industry by taking the NSGA’s first “Cost of Doing Business Survey” for fitness dealers and retailers -- one of the first tasks in its operation of the new fitness dealers association. Unless you work in a vacuum, you’ll want to respond since a personalized report will then be free. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all NSGA - National Sporting Goods Association articles |
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OIA - Outdoor Industry Association
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Join the battle against rogue websites and Internet piracy
Feb 11, 2011 What began in 2008 as a smoldering ember has exploded into a conflagration of Internet counterfeiting that threatens the U.S. economy and every company in the outdoor, fitness and wintersports industries, according to Outdoor Industry Association. Learn counterfeiting's impact on the economy and how you can join the fight against it. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIA - Outdoor Industry Association articles |
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Eco Index tool still fine-tuning, taking feedback after six months
Feb 2, 2011 After six months in beta, administrators of the Eco Index product assessment tool are still gathering feedback from users. A full launch is likely another year away -- but don’t hesitate to dive in and give it a whirl. SNEWS takes a look at what is happening and what will happen. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIA - Outdoor Industry Association articles |
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New trade bill excludes outdoor products from tariff relief
Dec 1, 2010 A new trade bill drafted by the House Ways and Means committee excludes several types of outdoor products from temporary tariff reductions. But revisions may be in the cards. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIA - Outdoor Industry Association articles |
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OIA Rendezvous sees record attendance, addresses swiftly changing business landscape
Oct 11, 2010 The marketplace is changing swiftly, and companies must adapt quickly to survive. That was the focus of seminars at this year’s OIA Rendezvous, which drew record attendance. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIA - Outdoor Industry Association articles |
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OIA joins coalition of major U.S. companies to push for climate, energy legislation
Jun 4, 2010 OIA has joined BICEP, a coalition of major American businesses, to push for a comprehensive climate and energy bill. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIA - Outdoor Industry Association articles |
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OIWC - Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition
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Think About It: OIWC asks, do you know how to grow and empower your team?
Oct 18, 2010 No matter what size a business is, many companies attribute their homegrown success to the elbow grease from dedicated employees who keep the organization’s heart beating. In a time when hardworking employees are the crux of a company, what are some ways to retain, grow and empower these precious team members? OIWC clues you in. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIWC - Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition articles |
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Think about It: OIWC asks, what does it take to conquer the summit of your career?
Mar 22, 2010 If advancing a career came down to swinging an ice ax to wipe out the glass ceiling, this industry of peakbaggers and semi-pro athletes would be laden with CEOs and overflowing with VIPs. The OIWC is making "Advancing Your Career" its theme for 2010 and offers tips to professionals looking to get ahead. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIWC - Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition articles |
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Think About It: OIWC asks, is your company addressing quality-of-life benefits?
Feb 26, 2010 Women make up almost half of the working population and lead some of the country’s biggest corporations. Yet despite society’s advancements in the past few decades, in many respects, we still have a ways to go to even out the playing field of Corporate America, as OIWC found out in its “Are Your Women Satisfied?” survey. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIWC - Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition articles |
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Think About It: OIWC says, make flextime work for you
Jan 27, 2010 Wondering how flextime can work for you? OIWC gives insight into the program being adopted by corporations to provide a work/life balance for employees. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIWC - Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition articles |
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Think About It: OIWC offers pointers to understanding Family Medical Leave Act
Dec 30, 2009 Taking a leave from work for either planned or unexpected medical affairs can be just as taxing as the medical situation itself. What you don’t know can hurt you. OIWC offers perspective and tips on the Family and Medical Leave Act and how to navigate the bureaucratic maze. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all OIWC - Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition articles |
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PIA - Paddlesports Industry Association
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Canoe & Kayak show announcement sparks debate and OIA response
Jul 31, 2009 Like a tsunami, frustrations that have been swelling in the paddlesports market came crashing across this year’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market show floor with a surprise announcement that Canoe & Kayak was launching a new paddlesports-only trade show. “I’ve been going to OR for nine years and listening to the laundry list of complaints from clients, and this year with 25 or so core paddlesports businesses backing out of Outdoor Retailer, something needed to happen,” Jim Marsh, publisher of Canoe & Kayak, told SNEWS®. On July 23, one day after Marsh announced the new show to be in Minneapolis Sept. 9-11, 2010, Frank Hugelmeyer, president and CEO of OIA, said in a response, "Both Outdoor Industry Association and Outdoor Retailer feel that a separate trade show at this time will split the industry when together we should concentrate more on growing the market.” Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all PIA - Paddlesports Industry Association articles |
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Inside your trade associations -- SNEWS looks at 2007 tax returns
Apr 1, 2009 SNEWS has been studying Form 990 returns for most of our industry associations since 2003, and, after a number of requests for information to our offices about various association numbers, we decided to take a much-condensed peek at leading outdoor, fitness and sporting goods associations, compiled for your viewing pleasure in one document. Here, you will see major sources of revenue, select expenditures, executive compensations, payrolls, and lobbying expenses (if any were reported). Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all PIA - Paddlesports Industry Association articles |
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Proposed merger between PIA and TAPS appears dead in the water – what next?
Oct 29, 2008 The Trade Association of Paddlesports (TAPS) board has overwhelmingly voted to terminate the unification process with the Paddlesports Industry Association (PIA). The Oct. 27 result, shared with SNEWS® shortly after the decision, dashes the hopes of many paddlesports industry members who believed this time a unification effort might just pass muster. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all PIA - Paddlesports Industry Association articles |
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SGMA - Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association
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Lobbying on Capitol Hill for fitness: SGMA’s 11th annual event draws suppliers, athletes and retailers
Mar 12, 2010 Fitness and sports industry representatives spent a day on the Hill meeting with legislators in support of two bills that would benefit industries focused on physical activity. Find out what they learned and how it could affect you. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all SGMA - Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association articles |
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Inside your trade associations -- SNEWS looks at 2007 tax returns
Apr 1, 2009 SNEWS has been studying Form 990 returns for most of our industry associations since 2003, and, after a number of requests for information to our offices about various association numbers, we decided to take a much-condensed peek at leading outdoor, fitness and sporting goods associations, compiled for your viewing pleasure in one document. Here, you will see major sources of revenue, select expenditures, executive compensations, payrolls, and lobbying expenses (if any were reported). Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all SGMA - Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association articles |
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SIA - Snowsports Industry Association
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Footwear manufacturers brace for higher duties as tariff exemption legislation expires
Dec 23, 2009 Thanks to Congress not renewing tariff exemptions that have been in place since 2006 on footwear, 2010 could ring in a 40-percent increase in production costs for some companies. SNEWS has more details. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all SIA - Snowsports Industry Association articles |
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Did you hear?...NRF and RILA agree to merge -- are association mergers a coming trend in these economic times?
May 1, 2009 The National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association have agreed in principle to a merger, saying they will create a single trade association that will speak with one voice to advance the industry and its more than 15 million workers. Does this foreshadow other mergers to come among industry associations? Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all SIA - Snowsports Industry Association articles |
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Inside your trade associations -- SNEWS looks at 2007 tax returns
Apr 1, 2009 SNEWS has been studying Form 990 returns for most of our industry associations since 2003, and, after a number of requests for information to our offices about various association numbers, we decided to take a much-condensed peek at leading outdoor, fitness and sporting goods associations, compiled for your viewing pleasure in one document. Here, you will see major sources of revenue, select expenditures, executive compensations, payrolls, and lobbying expenses (if any were reported). Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all SIA - Snowsports Industry Association articles |
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Beware: Has Fair Guide now morphed into Expo-Guide?
Mar 26, 2008 Remember that nifty little Austrian company known as the Fair Guide? It snared numerous companies who exhibited at either an Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, SIA, Health & Fitness Business, Flyfishing Retailer or Interbike trade show into a frustrating flood of demand letters and threats of legal action for not paying an advertising contract that was signed in all cases unknowingly. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all SIA - Snowsports Industry Association articles |
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Did you hear?...SIA cracking down on early breakdown of booths at future shows
Mar 20, 2008 SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has given fair warning to its exhibitors: Start to pull down a booth and leave before the closing bell of its trade show and you may be subjected to a stiff financial penalty AND a loss of exhibit space priority. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all SIA - Snowsports Industry Association articles |
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TAPS - Trade Association of Paddlesports
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Canoe & Kayak show announcement sparks debate and OIA response
Jul 31, 2009 Like a tsunami, frustrations that have been swelling in the paddlesports market came crashing across this year’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market show floor with a surprise announcement that Canoe & Kayak was launching a new paddlesports-only trade show. “I’ve been going to OR for nine years and listening to the laundry list of complaints from clients, and this year with 25 or so core paddlesports businesses backing out of Outdoor Retailer, something needed to happen,” Jim Marsh, publisher of Canoe & Kayak, told SNEWS®. On July 23, one day after Marsh announced the new show to be in Minneapolis Sept. 9-11, 2010, Frank Hugelmeyer, president and CEO of OIA, said in a response, "Both Outdoor Industry Association and Outdoor Retailer feel that a separate trade show at this time will split the industry when together we should concentrate more on growing the market.” Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all TAPS - Trade Association of Paddlesports articles |
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Proposed merger between PIA and TAPS appears dead in the water – what next?
Oct 29, 2008 The Trade Association of Paddlesports (TAPS) board has overwhelmingly voted to terminate the unification process with the Paddlesports Industry Association (PIA). The Oct. 27 result, shared with SNEWS® shortly after the decision, dashes the hopes of many paddlesports industry members who believed this time a unification effort might just pass muster. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all TAPS - Trade Association of Paddlesports articles |
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National Physical Activity Plan poised as long-term solution: You can be a part
May 10, 2010 This newly launched National Physical Activity plan is more than just a statement and a shaking finger about what you SHOULD do; instead, it is a collaboration that will work on helping to implement plans and programs. SNEWS talked to organizers to find out how businesses, brands and retailers can get involved. Read Story | Comment on this story | Go to all Other articles |
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SNEWS® Guide To Outdoor Industry Associations and Nonprofits
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SNEWS® Guide To Outdoor & Ski Rep Associations
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iFitness Belts Oct 17, 2011 The iFitness belts SNEWS recently tested are great for runners who like to carry gadgets, keys and snacks with them. Read Review | Comment on this review | Go to all Product Reviews |
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Fitnex E55SG Elliptical Sep 14, 2011 So many ellipticals can be large and pricy, and the though the smaller ones may have a lower price tag, what they give up to get there makes for a more wobbly ride that’s not as much fun. The Fitnex E55SG elliptical manages to be rather petite but still can hold its own when a user pushes it hard. Read Review | Comment on this review | Go to all Product Reviews |
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