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Court records indicate Mount Vernon homicide victim was bludgeoned, strangled to death BILL LUKITSCH | @Lukitsbill

The Mount Vernon woman whose burned remains were found in Carbondale died from strangulation after she was struck in the head with a hammer, according to information filed in Jackson County Court. Lauren L. Stinde, 23, of Carbondale, is accused of murdering Robin L. Stief in August and attempting to conceal her death by hiding her body in a metal trash can. Her arrest and three felony charges were announced Monday by the Jackson County State’s Attorney. If convicted on a charge of first degree murder, she faces a penalty of 20 to 60 years’ imprisonment. Stinde allegedly hit Stief in the head with a hammer, and then strangled and suffocated her,

Jackson County Court Lauren L. Stinde.

according to information filed in the court by the state’s attorney. Her bond has been set at $1 million. A preliminary hearing for is scheduled for Nov. 17. Stief ’s body was discovered Aug. 30 when firefighters responded to reports of something burning near Piles Fork Creek in Carbondale. After extinguishing the flames, they found the remains of a woman later identified as Stief. Please see HOMICIDE | 2

Luke Nozicka | @lukenozicka Jackson County emergency personnel transport a body discovered Aug. 30 from the Piles Fork Creek area along East Main Street in Carbondale.

Q&A: Southern Illinois state legislative candidates on higher education MARNIE LEONARD | @Marsuzleo

As voter attention is focused on the dramatic presidential election playing out on the national stage, candidates in state legislative elections fight to stay in the spotlight. More than $4 million has been invested in four local House and Senate races. With the state budget’s fate

remaining uncertain for the upcoming year, the future of Illinois will be decided by the legislators who take office in January. The state economic climate has negatively impacted SIU in more ways than one. Due in part to budget cuts resulting from a lack of state funding, SIU lost 246 full and part-time faculty members

from fall 2006 to fall 2015, according to university data. The data shows for the fall 2016 semester, enrollment hit its lowest point since 1964, which interim Chancellor Brad Colwell in September partially attributed to the state budget crisis. Academic and non-academic programs face cuts and university data displays graduate assistantships have been

reduced by 265 positions from spring 2016 to fall 2016. With SIU facing these adverse conditions, the Daily Egyptian asked legislative candidates in four local districts to answer questions regarding higher education policy in Illinois. In House District 115, Democrat Marsha Griffin of Jonesboro faces off against incumbent Rep. Terri Bryant,

R-Murphysboro. Fourth-grade teacher Griffin’s campaign regularly tells voters to “send a teacher to Springfield, not a politician,” while Bryant cites her experience in the Legislature as an advantage. Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, is challenged by Democrat Jason Kasiar of Eldorado in House District 118. Please see CANDIDATES | 2

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Paul Simon Institute director, political reporting ‘legend’ retires from the university MARNIE LEONARD | @MARSUZLEO

David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, is ready to begin marking items off his bucket list. “You realize life has an end,” said Yepsen, who has served in the role since 2009. “If I’m going to get some of these things done, I better get going on them.” The 65-year-old Iowa native is set to retire on Monday after spending seven years as director of the non-partisan public policy organization and as an instructor for the journalism school. Prior to his days at the institute, Yepsen worked for 34 years as a political columnist, reporter and editor at The Des Moines Register, where he grew to national prominence reporting on the Iowa caucuses. But a career in journalism wasn’t always in the cards for Yepsen. Throughout high school and most of college, Yepsen said he wanted to be a politician. He remained active in student government, the debate team and spent his time outside of school volunteering for political campaigns. But during his senior year of college, he started to feel like he wasn’t making much of a difference on the University of Iowa’s campus. That changed when a friend convinced him to apply at the student newspaper. “You can go to student government and pass a resolution and it’s crickets,” Yepsen said. “But I realized when you write a story for the newspaper, someone will react.” By the time Yepsen graduated from Iowa in 1972, journalism had grown on him. After being drafted into the National Guard in 1973, Yepsen went through its basic journalism training program and learned how to do vocational skills like writing headlines and sizing photographs.

He got his first full-time newspaper job as a crime reporter that year with the Davenport Times Democrat, now the Quad-City Times. Yepsen worked there for a year before moving to the Des Moines Tribune and the Des Moines Register shortly thereafter. Once every four years, anyone who wanted to know anything about a presidential candidate came knocking on Yepsen’s door, said Carol Hunter, news director at the Des Moines Register. “He became an absolute legend in political reporting,” she said. Any candidate who wanted to succeed in their presidential campaign knew they had to get to know Yepsen, said Hunter, an editor who worked with Yepsen in his later years at the news organization. Hunter, whose office neighbored Yepsen’s, recalled hearing him speak on the phone with presidential candidates and other nationally known figures. Listening to him conduct interviews taught her how to ask smarter questions. “He was of an era of journalists that really learned to stand their ground and ask tough questions on behalf of readers,” Hunter said. “He did it not to be a jerk, but to try to get to the truth.” Delio Calzolari, who has been associate director at the Paul Simon Institute since 2013, knew of Yepsen even before formally meeting him. Calzolari, a staffer on President Barack Obama’s campaign during the 2007 Iowa caucus, said Yepsen’s opinion had the power to shift the fate of the future president. “We woke up every morning to wait and see what David Yepsen would write about our guy,” he said. In his role as director, Yepsen focused a great deal on guiding students and encouraging their political involvement, said John Jackson, a visiting political science professor at the university. Jackson said with Yepsen at its helm,

the institute made public policy opinion polling results available to students for thesis and dissertation work — information which otherwise would have would have required a grant to obtain. Yepsen was also instrumental in the implementation of speaker series events at the institute. These events invite policy experts and advocates to campus to discuss issues with students informally. Jackson said SIU has hosted speakers that wouldn’t have been secured without Yepsen’s connections, such as Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, who came to campus last spring. Yepsen said solving the fiscal problems in Illinois should start with solving ethical problems and restoring public trust in the government. “The cure for the ethics problem in this state is akin to the cure for the smoking problem this country had,” Yepsen said. “It has to start with kids to change the culture.” SIU has also received national prominence because of Yepsen’s presence on campus, Jackson said. Yepsen said he made it a point to encourage aspiring reporters to focus on political coverage because political reporting makes the biggest difference. “It isn’t a game,” he said. “It has serious consequences.” Yepsen said this makes journalism stressful and addictive. “The whole world is watching — your stuff gets critiqued and criticized constantly,” he said. “That was exhilarating.” But he said being a teacher was the most rewarding. The most gratifying moments, he said, were when he could see the lightbulb go off in the classroom, and when students would come back and say his class helped them get a job. “That’s your real paycheck,” he said.

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Levels nightclub closed indefinitely, owner says DAILY EGYPTIAN STAFF @DailyEgyptian

Levels nightclub closed its doors indefinitely Saturday, its owner said. Greg Knoob, whose son Austin took over the business last December, said Monday his worsening chronic illness prevents him from continuing to run the business. The venue on East Grand Avenue opened as a club in 1985. Knoob bought the popular college hangout in 2005. Although Knoob is disheartened to see people lose their jobs, he

said he was able to bring on 14 of about two dozen Levels employees to work at Stix Bar & Billiards at 517 S. Illinois Ave. — which he has owned since 2007 — and Saluki Bar, which is owned by his son. He said about 90 percent of his employees are SIU students. Saluki Bar will remain open, Knoob said. Knoob said his wife, Elizabeth, and Stix manager Sean Doherty are taking over Stix for the time being. Meanwhile, Knoob will remain president of the corporation Stix Bar LLC. Knoob hopes to re-open the club, but for now, it’s time to get

healthy again, he said. “I’m hoping I can make a quick recovery,” he said. “It might be a year — who knows.” He said he didn’t plan on Saturday being the last day of operation for Levels, but because of a worsening health coupled with working more than 80 hours a week, he decided it was the best option. Part of the decision to close Levels and keep Stix open had to do with the number of nights each was in operation. Stix is open five days a week compared to Levels’ two nights a week. Stix also brings in much more traffic while keeping more people employed, Knoob

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Family members filed a missing persons report for Stief in Mount Vernon on Aug. 25, five days before the body was found. Information regarding the cause of death of comes after a two-month investigation led by Carbondale police. Two apparent accomplices were arrested in October with ties to the case. Robert Dennis, 25, of Carbondale, and Tiesha Anderson, 22, of Collinsville, each face a single charge of concealing the homicidal death of Stief, according to court documents. They are due in court Nov. 3. The circumstances surrounding the death remain unclear. Police have released no information pertaining to a motive.

said. To celebrate almost a year of record-breaking attendance and sales, Knoob said he is buying drinks for everyone who comes to Stix on Monday night. He said this is not related to an accident that occurred Friday night at Stix when an object hit a bar-goer, causing an injury to her head. Knoob said his insurance company is taking appropriate actions. In the meantime, Knoob hopes for a speedy recovery for the woman and himself. “It’s been an unbelievable last 10 months,” he said. “It’s a nice way Campus editor Bill Lukitsch can be to go out.” reached at blukitsch@dailyegyptian.com.

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Kasiar, who owns Beck’s Drugs in Eldorado, is the seven-term representative’s first opponent since 2008. In one state Senate race, retired Marine Paul Schimpf, R-Waterloo, battles Democrat Sheila Simon of Carbondale for the District 58 seat left vacant by Republican Sen. David Luechtefeld. Simon, who served as lieutenant governor from 2011-2015, has been politically active since 2003 while Schimpf’s campaign claims Springfield lacks outsider perspective in the Legislature. Senate District 59 features a matchup between incumbent Gary Forby, D-Benton, and Republican Dale Fowler of Harrisburg. Forby, who has served in Springfield since 2001, is challenged by the mayor of Harrisburg, who also served under former Secretary of State

Jim Edgar in the late 1980s. These are the questions: 1. What changes, if any, need to be made within your political party with regard to higher education and why? 2. After graduating high school, students leave Illinois at a higher rate than almost any other state in the country. From your perspective, what’s the biggest challenge for college students in Illinois and how do we correct this? 3. Why are you a better choice than your opponent? These responses have been edited for length. Please see the candidate's full responses at dailyegyptian.com. House District 115 Marsha Griffin 1. One thing that is true of either party is that in the last year, politicians in Springfield have cut the higher education budget funding budget by over 68 percent. These cuts have directly impacted the communities here in

southern Illinois. They’ve impacted faculty and students and as an educator I’m appalled that SIU has experienced the lowest drop in enrollment it has had since 1965. I believe that’s because of the partisanship in Springfield. Schools should receive 100 percent of their state aid. These stopgap budgets are short term solutions. One thing we could do to get more funding for higher education would be to put a tax on millionaires and billionaires of 3 percent and earmark those funds for education. I believe that middle class families can’t afford another hit to their pocketbooks, so we could put that obligation on those who can afford it. We can cut corporate tax loopholes and make higher education the priority it should be in Illinois. 2. The problem is opportunity. To attract industry and jobs to southern Illinois, first and foremost, it all comes down to a lack of a budget. Who wants to come to Illinois when we don’t have a

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budget in place? It’s hard to attract when you turn on the news and you hear that Illinois has a stopgap budget coming to an end in January. We have to get stability in our state and come up with a real budget. 3. One thing I hear is that the process for small businesses, the fees and regulations, hinder people from opening businesses in Illinois. I think perhaps instead of offering corporate tax incentives to large businesses, we should offer incentives to small business owners, which would grow our local economy and create jobs. Rep. Terri Bryant 1. No matter what party it is, higher education needs to be funded. However, we have to make sure that when we make a promise to anyone, whether it’s higher education or social services or secondary education, that whatever promise we make we actually have the revenue to meet that promise. In the past, promises

have been made to higher education and then they don’t get that funding. We need to be honest and truthful with the revenues that we have to work with and fund accordingly. 2. One of the biggest problems has been the instability in funding. From one fiscal year to the next, a lot of the public universities don’t know how much they have to work with. The challenge is you have to be able to fulfill the promises made to those schools. When the school doesn't get the funding they need, you have professors, you have grant recipients who begin to look to other universities where there’s more stability. When a student is looking at a particular university, they’re looking for a particular program. If there’s not stability for that program, they’re going to go to a school that has that stability. 3. I am a former small business owner, a former state employee, and I have been one of the most successful freshmen in

Wednesday, november 2, 2016 the legislature in my first term. I have a track record of accomplishing what is seemingly impossible when you’re sitting in a super minority. I’ve been able to work across the aisle to get legislation that was needed completed and signed into law. I think certainly my experience both outside the legislature and my experience in the first term indicate that I’m the better candidate. One more thing that distinguishes us is I will never vote for Mike Madigan. House District 118 Rep. Brandon Phelps 1. This is going to have to be a joint effort to get things done. All the dirty politics going on, all these negative ads, that’s not helping the environment at all. Higher education facilities are economic engines for our community. We have got to do a better job of planning more in advance for these budgets. These stopgaps help but they aren’t long term solutions. With all the tax money we send to the federal government, we don’t get a lot of good return on that for our higher education facilities. It’s troubling. We need more federal help. 2. We used to pride ourselves on our great teachers, and not too long ago they changed the pension system so all the new teachers coming into the state cannot retire until they’re 68 years old. So we’re going to lose a lot of good students that want to be teachers here because they’re not going to want to come to a state where they can’t retire until they’re 68. We're not doing a very good job promoting and recruiting good teachers, and I’m just using that as an example. And like it or not, coal is king here. You have to use what the good lord gave you, and he gave us a great abundance of natural resources. We have to find ways to get scrubbers to burn our own coal here in Illinois in our own power plants because if you do away with coal, not very many people are going to be able to afford their utility bills. Forty-six percent of the energy in Illinois is from coal, 46 percent is from nuclear and only eight percent comes from solar and wind. I am a proponent of solar and wind but it just doesn’t produce the same output that coal and nuclear does. 3. I have experience and passion. Every endorsement has gone to me, and I’m not bragging but that’s hard work.

You have to go out and work hard to get endorsements and I’ve done that. I’ve raised almost every bit of money myself. You can’t expect people to do things for you, and there is no one who works harder than me. My constituents know that. And I can reach across the aisle, I have Republican friends, independent friends, Green Party friends. And my seniority — seniority means everything in the General Assembly. You are able to get better money for your district, better committees, a lot of things are based on seniority. I’m proud of my seniority. Jason Kasiar 1. I sit as the president of the Eldorado School Board and every year when we sit down to create our budget for the year we have an idea, based upon our students, the amount of money we’re going to get from the state. You try to create a budget based upon that particular number. Now, we’ve been smart enough to know that, even in our transportation budget, we’re probably not going to receive one or two of those payments. Therefore, it could be upwards of $100,000 just in our district in Eldorado that we may not get from the state. What we have to do is account for that money not being there, so we play it a little bit on the conservative side. We’ve been very fortunate in doing that and we haven’t had to lay off a teacher yet. 2. It’s jobs. We don’t have anything to offer. I’m very fortunate, being a business owner and owning my own pharmacy. I know not everyone has that opportunity and I see people leaving here right and left. My brother just moved to Tennessee from Charleston, Ill., and he’s a dentist. My gosh, the tax savings he’s got. My twin sister lives in Dallas and she wouldn’t come back to Illinois because of the mess that it’s in. We’ve got to entice these people to stay, we’ve got to create jobs that they want to stay in. And we’re not. We want people to be dependent so much on the government that they can be controlled by the government because they’ll come in and say, ‘Well, if you don’t vote this way, then we’re going to take your stuff away from you’ or they threaten you. Even on a local level in Eldorado, we’ve got city officials going around intimidating people, trying to get them to vote a certain way. 3. First of all, I’m a business owner.

I’ve run an independent pharmacy for the past 20 years. You see a lot more Walgreens and Walmarts than big mom and pop shops out there, but I’ve fought the fight against the big guys. I can deal with anybody, and I’ve created jobs. My opponent has not created one job while he’s been in office, or ever. He’s a career politician and I’m a business owner. Senate District 58 Sheila Simon 1. The changes are something we need to make across both parties. Higher education is one of the most important investments in people and job development in our state and it needs funding. [Monetary Award Program] grants used to fund all the unmet need for students who had need and they don’t come anywhere close to that now. This needs to be a priority. 2. One of the biggest challenges is the budget that we’re asking students to make a four-year commitment to public higher education. The state can’t even come up with more than a six-month commitment. The interests don’t line up very well. I think if we make a commitment to funding higher education and funding it closer to the levels it used to be funded at, including MAP grants, then students will see they can go to [SIU] and have manageable debt and it’s a good investment in their careers. Then we can get students who are sticking around longer. 3. I have lots of life experience in southern Illinois. I know very well our biggest employer here, which is SIU where I worked, and I have experience at both the local level of government on Carbondale City Council and with state government and experience knowing who across the state has what needs and how we can work together. Paul Schimpf 1. We need to make sure higher education gets adequate funding. SIU is the largest employer in the 58th Senate district, so its health is vital to the wellbeing of the region. We can help the financial well being of the university by looking at some procurement reform measures. We need to spend more money on our higher education institutions, I look at that as an investment on our future. One of the key differences between my opponent

and I is that I think the only way we’re ever going to have enough money to spend what is required is ... to get our economy going again so job creators want to stay in Illinois. We aren’t going to be able to find enough money just by cutting other programs. We have to grow our economic base and increase our revenue stream through increased economic activity. 2. Part of the problem is getting our government in order so we can pay our MAP grants, that is part of the reason students no longer stay in Illinois. You can’t blame them for wanting to leave if they don’t have any confidence in the scholarships and grants that are being awarded. It really is something where the government of Illinois has let the state down, so we do need to get our economy going so students can have confidence in any tuition assistance. 3. We’re on different places on the political spectrum. I’m a better ideological fit for the values we have in the 58th Senate district. I’m talking about limited government, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life. I have the highest respect for my opponent and I consider her a friend but we’re just different in that way. The voters have an opportunity to decide whether to move forward and make our state more competitive or go back to the failed policies of the QuinnSimon administration. We don’t have to guess about what my opponent’s political policies are. She and Quinn had complete control of the state government for a number of years when she was lieutenant governor and those policies of the Quinn-Simon administration, in my opinion, were devastating for Illinois and especially southern Illinois. Senate District 59 Sen. Gary Forby 1. The main change is that we just need to have a budget and higher education needs to be funded. The stopgap budget just didn’t do that. I would be interested in having a full budget to look through because there will have to be some hard cuts. We have to roll our sleeves up and make tough decisions and make sure our schools are the best in the country. We need to create jobs. I think [Central Management Services] has room for cuts, we can combine units to save money, there’s things we spend that

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aren’t necessary. 2. Nobody is going to go to school in a state that doesn’t have a budget, if they don’t know if in six months the college is going to have money or not. SIU right now they don’t have a budget in January. They don’t know if they’ll get money from the state or not. People are undecided on what to do and we have to change that. If you don’t have a college education you aren’t going to get a good job. We have to get our MAP grants done and take care of our kids. 3. My past experience helps. I worked with budgets, pensions, everything we work with the state of Illinois. I have the experience. Dale Fowler 1. We need proper, full funding. Our children have been left behind due to the lack of a balanced budget. We have to quit writing bad checks. Difficult decisions will have to be made, but we have to do it. We have to fully fund our schools and our social agencies and take care of our senior citizens, then we’ll have to look at cuts. We can’t live on $7.5 billion unbalanced budget. 2. It’s not just our college students leaving, it’s everyone leaving in record numbers. We have to stop the bleeding, and until we become more business competitive we can’t. We rank last in job growth in the nation so of course students are leaving. We need to reform workers’ compensation — that’s why companies are leaving. We aren’t creating the jobs we should be creating and our property taxes are too high. We have a reputation of not funding our schools, so students preparing to graduate from high school are looking at colleges outside of Illinois. Students outside Illinois who may have looked at attending school here are looking elsewhere. That’s why our enrollments are declining. 3. I’m going to let the people decide that. I bring passion and I’m not going to be beholding to the special interests or worried about being elected again so I can have a paycheck. I’m going to be making decisions based on the people of southern Illinois. I’m not for bailing out Chicago schools — I’m here for southern Illinois.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- The completion of a difficult project opens up time for something more fun. Set financial priorities with your partner. Conversation leads to powerful possibilities. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Work out a deal with a partner. Figure out terms and sign papers. Set a new course, and re spon sibi l it ie s f a l l i nto pl ac e. Di sc u s s w i ld pos sibi l it ie s. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- There's plenty of work. Soothe anxiety with music and soft lighting. Slow down to avoid mistakes. Invest in a labor-saving device. Charm others into helping. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Get into a game with friends and family. Start by following the rules. Mental and physical discipline improves results. Learn from someone you love. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Home is the best place for you tonight. Domestic comforts call you in. Cooking, cleaning and decorating produce satisfying results. Do somet hing nice for y o u r f a m i l y. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- You're especially clever with expression. Persuade others to get involved. Share your feelings and emotions,

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especially with someone dear. Resolve a puzzle. Whistle while you work. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- W hen opportunity knocks, answer the door. Just say, "Yes." Don't worr y about how. Invite others to participate. Stick to the budget. It could be prof itable. Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -Personal matters have your attention. Use your power for good. Stick to your budget, even if it's tough. Practice self-control. Your greatest strength is love. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 5 -- Settle into a peaceful corner for quiet contemplation. Organize and file away what's done, to leave space for what's next. Consider past, present and future. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Friends can be a big help. Listen to everyone's concerns. Stay calm, especially when others aren't. Inspire by example. Toss the ball to a teammate. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -Crazy dreams seem possible. Learn from your own experience. Your past leads to new opportunities. Let others know what you want. Seek out harmony.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS 1 Less-played song, usually 6 Big name in big projections 10 Skips, as TiVoed ads 14 Like Andean pyramids 15 Bumpkin 16 Touched down 17 “Gotta go!” 19 Without serious thought 20 Cuts down 21 Single 22 Garson of Hollywood 23 “Do it, __ will!” 24 Peter Parker’s alarm system 27 Bed blossoms 29 Hyundai rival 30 Vineyard cask 31 Stainless __ 32 Agent 33 “Looney Tunes” stinker, familiarly 34 Kaiser roll topping 38 Hide from a hunter? 41 “Yet cease your __, you angry stars of heaven!”: “Pericles” 42 E-cigarette output 46 Firefighter’s tool 47 Lanai music maker 48 Has a conniption 50 Henry VIII’s third wife 53 “Noah kept bees in the ark hive,” e.g. 54 __ acid 55 Capp and Capone 56 Poet Whitman 57 Manner 58 Sign of deceit, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters 61 Years, to Livy 62 Navigation hazard 63 __-garde 64 Establishes 65 Fancy jug 66 Nutty green sauce

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35 Seattle’s __ Place Market 36 Antelopes, to lions 37 At any point 38 Sleepover need 39 Check out 40 Lax 43 Tropical fruits 44 Rich 45 Charges for use of, as an apartment

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