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Scott City baseball team falls short of return to Class 3 title game with loss to Mountain Grove
(High School Sports ~ 06/02/16)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- With a hard-throwing pitcher on the mound and a lineup capable of wreaking havoc, there wasn't much that was going to stop the Mountain Grove baseball team. Senior Alex Moore allowed three hits over six solid innings, and the Panthers pounded out 14 hits in a 12-1 rout of Scott City on Wednesday in a Class 3 semifinal at CarShield Field...
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University of Missouri Cape Girardeau County Extension Offers Scholarship
(Submitted Story ~ 06/02/16)
The University of Missouri Cape Girardeau County Extension Council is offering a scholarship for interested college students. The application forms are now available by going online at http://extension.missouri.edu/capegirardeau or by coming to the office and picking up a form at 684 West Jackson Trail, Jackson, MO...
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NOTEBOOK: Senior Drew Short shows off bat in Scott City baseball team's Class 3 third-place win
(High School Sports ~ 06/02/16)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Timely hitting is what Scott City coach Jim May has come to expect from senior first baseman Drew Short, and Thursday's Class 3 third-place game was no different. Short had a 3-for-4 outing with a team-high two RBIs in the Rams' 5-4, walkoff win over South Callaway, and he ended his high school career by living up to his coach's preseason expectations...
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Isiah Berry delivers walkoff win for Scott City baseball team in Class 3 third-place game
(High School Sports ~ 06/02/16)
O’FALLON, Mo. — Batting in the nine-hole in his final varsity game, senior center fielder Isiah Berry delivered a walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Scott City baseball team a 5-4 win over South Callaway in the Class 3 third-place game Thursday at CarShield Field...
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NOTEBOOK: Brune has her moment, seniors lead Saxony Lutheran girls soccer to another title
(High School Sports ~ 06/02/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Ahead of the final home practice of the year for the Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team Monday morning, coach Garrett Fritsche sent a text message to his senior captain Maddie Brune. "This is your time." It was a rallying cry for his team's leader, not a prophecy, but in the end it worked as both...
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Twice as nice: Saxony Lutheran girls soccer repeats as state champion
(High School Sports ~ 06/02/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saxony Lutheran girls soccer has done it again.
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Cape resident attends epic 100th running of the Indy 500
(Submitted Story ~ 06/02/16)
Cape resident Valerie Wondrick attended the 100th running of the Indy 500 during Memorial Day weekend. Joining Wondrick were family members from Lawrenceville, Georgia, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. "It was epic on so many levels. The attendance was mind boggling at an estimated 350,000. The winner Alexander Rossi won by coasting to the finish line running out of fuel and he was a rookie! It was my first Indy 500 and the best one to attend I know."...
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Bernie business delivers first rice shipment to Cuba since 2008
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
After months of trade negotiations, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday, Cuba formally accepted its first rice shipment from the United States since 2008. The shipment was from Martin Rice Co. in Bernie, Missouri. According to a news release on the governor's webpage, Nixon announced the shipment during an address to an entrepreneurial forum being held for members of a Missouri trade delegation and Cuban businesses and officials from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment and the Cuba Chamber of Commerce.. ...
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Hendricks withdraws from Bollinger County commissioner race
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
Nick Hendricks of Marble Hill, Missouri, has withdrawn from the August primary election race for county commissioner in Bollinger County. Hendricks posted a Facebook message over the weekend announcing the withdrawal and stating he is leaving because he plans to relocate to take a new job...
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Swan, Wallingford to speak at First Friday Coffee
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
State Rep. Kathy Swan and state Sen. Wayne Wallingford will provide a legislative update at this month's First Friday Coffee event held by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce. First Friday Coffee events are held on the first Friday of every month at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau's Event Center. They feature presentations from sponsors followed by programs covering community, civic and business issues. Sponsors this month are Elite Travel and SOTO Property Solutions...
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Cape Girardeau to host 'Great American Fourth of July' with fireworks, naturalization ceremony
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
The city of Cape Girardeau will celebrate its annual "Great American Fourth of July" with fireworks on the Mississippi River and a naturalization ceremony. The event will begin at 6:45 p.m. July 4 in front of the Common Pleas Courthouse on Spanish Street. Festivities will include patriotic music from the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band and presentation of the Spirit of America Award...
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Couple sue Cape Girardeau County over fall in Common Pleas Courthouse 'dungeon'
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
A Cape Girardeau woman and her husband have sued Cape Girardeau County government over serious injuries she sustained in 2013 when she fell down stairs leading to the basement at the historic Common Pleas Courthouse. According to the lawsuit, the woman, Pamela Allen, suffered severe injuries to her lower extremities, upper extremities and body as a whole, including a fracture of her left leg...
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Cape Girardeau veteran receives medals for service during Korean War
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
Raymond Burbach served in the Korean War over 60 years ago, earning a variety of medals. But until recently, he couldn't wear them all proudly on his chest. On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith visited the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau to present the 86-year-old veteran with the honors he earned while serving in Korea...
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Perry County deputy injured while trying to apprehend woman
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
A Perry County deputy broke her hand trying to take into custody a woman she believed to be in mental distress. Melissa M. Sharp, 37, of Perryville, Missouri, was arrested Sunday and charged with felony assault on a law enforcement officer and misdemeanor resisting arrest...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/02/16)
Today in History Today is Thursday, June 2, the 154th day of 2016. There are 212 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 2, 1941, baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, died in New York of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; he was 37...
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Congrats to Redhawks baseball team for title
(Editorial ~ 06/02/16)
Congratulations, Redhawks. You did it. After finishing the regular season at the top of the Ohio Valley Conference for the past two years only to come bit short in the OVC Tournament, this year's talented and gritty baseball team from Southeast Missouri State won the OVC tournament title on Sunday and advanced to the NCAA Tournament...
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Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna to star in E! reality series
(Entertainment ~ 06/02/16)
NEW YORK -- E! has greenlit a new reality series that will look inside the lives of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna on the heels of their engagement and pregnancy news. The six one-hour episodes of "Rob and Chyna" will follow their whirlwind romance and preparation for the birth of their first child. Then an additional episode will celebrate the birth of the newest Kardashian...
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Out of the past: June 2
(Out of the Past ~ 06/02/16)
The Rev. James G. Caughlan is installed as pastor of the Evangelical United Church of Christ during the morning worship service; a covered-dish dinner is served at noon; Caughlan moved here with his wife and children in March from Sachse, Texas. Construction is set to get started this week on a one-story, 3,500-square-foot banking facility at Jackson; groundbreaking was Thursday for the new Boatmen's Bank of Cape Girardeau facility on Highway 61...
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Verna D. Wachter
(Obituary ~ 06/02/16)
Verna Dorothy Wachter, 85, of Jackson died Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joshua Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Michael Schlimme
(Obituary ~ 06/02/16)
Michael L. Schlimme, 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, May 29, 2016, while returning home from a recent hospitalization in Virginia. He was born July 6, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Lloyd and Freida Cobb Schlimme. Mike was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and Southeast Missouri State University. He served two years in the Army and was an auxiliary member of the VFW...
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Dorothy Pugh
(Obituary ~ 06/02/16)
Dorothy L. Pugh, 92, formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, May 30, 2016, at Chateau Girardeau Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 9, 1924, in St. Louis, daughter of Clarence and Marjorie Reitz Richardson. She and Wiley Pugh were married Feb. 6, 1943, in St. Louis. He passed away March 30, 1997...
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Peggy Pollard
(Obituary ~ 06/02/16)
Peggy J. "Peg" Pollard, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 28, 1940, in Lexington, Kentucky, to William Henry and Edith Marie Hickey Delaney. She and Gerald E. "Jerry" Pollard were married Jan. 5, 1958, in Lexington...
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Mary Gunn
(Obituary ~ 06/02/16)
Mary Louise Gunn, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. There will be no services locally. Private burial will take place at Rest Haven Cemetery in Silsbee, Texas. The family will have a memorial service in Texas at a later date...
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June Collier
(Obituary ~ 06/02/16)
Doris June Collier, 61, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. June had been fighting cancer since September 2015. She was born June 27, 1954, in Anna, Illinois, to Ernest M. and Geraldine King Lunsford...
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Evelyn Bahn
(Obituary ~ 06/02/16)
Evelyn Estelle Dodson Bahn, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 30, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/2/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/02/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of failure to stop at a stop sign and driving while intoxicated. Arrests n Shareatha N. Patterson, 38, 910 Jefferson St., was arrested on a Scott County warrant for probation violation...
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As charters grow, public schools see sharp enrollment drop
(Community ~ 06/02/16)
Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Standing before the Los Angeles Unified School Board, Susan Zoller delivered a startling assessment: More than 100,000 students in the nation's second-largest district now were enrolled in charters, draining more than $500 million from the budget in a single academic year...
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Valedictorians 2016: Josh Seabaugh, Notre Dame Regional High School
(Community ~ 06/02/16)
Parents' names: Jerry and Dinah Seabaugh Hometown: Cape Girardeau Post-graduation plans: I'll be going to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, next year. I plan to study science. High school activities: National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, varsity basketball team, Math Club and others...
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Valedictorians 2016: Riley Knight, Cape Girardeau Central High School
(Community ~ 06/02/16)
Parents' names: Patrick and Brandi Knight Hometown: Cape Girardeau Post-graduation plans: I will be attending Vanderbilt University (Nashville), majoring in chemical and biomolecular engineering and pre-med. High school activities: International Thespian Society (president), dance team (varsity captain), Beta Club, National Honor Society and others...
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Syrian refugees who want to return home are stuck in Germany
(International News ~ 06/02/16)
BERLIN -- Nine months ago, after the Syrian army razed his neighborhood, Mohammed was desperate to make his way to Germany. Now he is desperate to go back to Syria because his wife and eight children can't get out. But he fears the only way he can return is the same way he came -- illegally...
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Fallujah fight stalled by fierce fighting, civilian concerns
(International News ~ 06/02/16)
CAMP TARIQ, Iraq -- The Iraqi military's advance into Fallujah was stalled Wednesday by fierce resistance from Islamic State fighters and concerns over protecting tens of thousands of civilians still trapped inside the strategic city, officials said...
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Residents return to fire-damaged western Canadian oil city
(International News ~ 06/02/16)
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta -- A steady stream of traffic moved into the fire-damaged Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray on Wednesday as thousands of people who fled a wildfire at the start of May returned to see what's left. The fire destroyed 2,400 structures, or about 10 percent of the city, when it ripped through last month, forcing more than 80,000 residents to flee...
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Ship detects signals from crashed EgyptAir plane's black box
(International News ~ 06/02/16)
CAIRO -- A French ship searching the Mediterranean has detected black box signals from a missing EgyptAir flight in the waters between the Greek island of Crete and the Egyptian coast, a development that could help solve the mystery of why the aircraft crashed into the sea last month, killing all 66 on board...
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Cops: Duo used stolen cash to buy winning $1M lottery ticket
(National News ~ 06/02/16)
ORWIGSBURG, Pa. — A couple who helped steal more than $175,000 from a grocery store where they worked used that money to buy a winning $1 million lottery ticket from the same store, state police said.
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Federal appeals court says man can be forcibly medicated in terror case
(National News ~ 06/02/16)
RICHMOND, Va. -- A mentally ill North Carolina man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria can be forcibly medicated to see if that will make him competent for trial, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling ordering Basit Sheikh to be forcibly injected with anti-psychotic medication so he can be made competent to defend himself against prosecution...
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Poll: A third of people have done no long-term care planning
(National News ~ 06/02/16)
CHICAGO -- Demand for long-term care is expected to increase as the nation ages, but the majority of Americans 40 and older lack confidence in their ability to pay for it. The annual cost of long-term care expenses range from $17,680 for adult day care to more than $92,000 for a private room in a nursing home, according to Genworth Financial...
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Did school leaders look the other way as teachers preyed?
(National News ~ 06/02/16)
PLUM, Pa. -- The legal and emotional casualties keep piling up in a Pittsburgh suburb where two high school teachers have pleaded guilty to having sex with students, a third is awaiting trial and a fourth is charged with trying to intimidate one student victim by pointing her out in class...
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Trump University: Sales strategy foreshadowed presidential campaign
(National News ~ 06/02/16)
WASHINGTON -- Grand promises. Boundless boasts. Absolute faith in the man behind it all. The strategies Donald Trump's now-defunct educational company used to woo customers have plenty of echoes of the presumptive Republican nominee's current pitch to voters, based on newly disclosed court documents about Trump University. Hillary Clinton leapt on the parallels Wednesday, using them to cast Trump as a "fraud" who peddles false promises to Americans but cares only about his personal gain...
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Officers swarm UCLA in massive response to murder-suicide
(National News ~ 06/02/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Hundreds of heavily armed officers swarmed the sprawling UCLA campus Wednesday following a shooting that forced thousands to barricade themselves in classrooms and offices, some using belts and chairs to secure doors, until authorities determined the gunman and single victim were dead...
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Lawsuit in pregnant Missouri inmate's treatment settled
(State News ~ 06/02/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A settlement has been reached in a former Jackson County inmate's lawsuit accusing county employees of cruel and unusual punishment for shackling her while pregnant and transporting her to another prison on the day she gave birth...
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Man pleads guilty to fatal beating at Arrowhead Stadium
(State News ~ 06/02/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri man was sentenced to five years of probation for the beating death of a man in the parking lot of Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Joshua Bradley of Independence was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2013 attack on 30-year-old Kyle Van Winkle of Smithville...
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Third University of Missouri dean says he's stepping down
(State News ~ 06/02/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Another University of Missouri dean at the Columbia campus is stepping down. The school's provost said in a Tuesday email to staff that College of Arts and Science dean Michael O'Brien is resigning. Provost Garnett Stokes said O'Brien is joining Texas A&M University-San Antonio as provost and vice president for academic affairs. He starts July 15...
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St. Louis artist's widow asks authorities to look into death
(State News ~ 06/02/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The wife of a St. Louis artist who died working on a project five years ago has asked authorities to reopen the investigation into his death. Melissa Giovanna Zompa Cassilly told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch she doesn't believe the death of her husband, Bob Cassilly, was an accident...
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Report: Black Missouri drivers still get stopped more often
(State News ~ 06/02/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Black drivers in Missouri were nearly 70 percent more likely than whites to get stopped by the police last year, marking a slight improvement from the year before but showing there still are significant racial disparities in such stops...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 6/2/16
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of the May 26 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Brewers rookie stymies Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 06/02/16)
MILWAUKEE -- St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia never got comfortable on the mound. Zach Davies never let up for Milwaukee. With such a disparity on the hill, the Brewers made quick work of their NL Central rivals. Davies had a career-high nine strikeouts over eight shutout innings, and Milwaukee averted a three-game sweep with a 3-1 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday...
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Bloomfield Road to be closed for bridge repairs
(Local News ~ 06/02/16)
Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau County will be closed between Siemers Drive and Mount Auburn Road as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge repairs. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 14, according to a MoDOT news release...
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Local students earn scholarships
(Community ~ 06/02/16)
Six area students were awarded scholarships to assist with the cost of attendance at Southeast Missouri State University in the fall. Tatiana Reagan of Cape Girardeau was awarded the Community College Scholarship. Reagan is a 2015 graduate of Shawnee Community College and a 2013 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, and is the daughter of James and Lorey Reagan of Cape Girardeau...
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Hooked on Science: Pool-noodle marble run
(Community ~ 06/02/16)
n Pool noodle n Box cutter n Double-sided tape n Marbles n STEP 1: Have an adult use the box cutter to cut the pool noodle down the center, in half, lengthwise. n STEP 2: Using the double-sided tape, attach one of the pool noodle halves to the wall to design a marble run that converts energy from one form to another. Make sure the start of the pool noodle is higher than the end of the pool noodle...
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Military activities outside the Middle East
(Column ~ 06/02/16)
The media is so focused on events in the Middle East that U.S. military activities in the rest of the world too often are ignored. As a result, many Americans are oblivious to new or developing threats. While the U.S. public is unaware of these threats, the military is constantly making plans on how to deal with potential conflicts. ...
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Prayer 6/2/6
(Prayer ~ 06/02/16)
O Father God, may we walk in the light as you are in the light. Amen.
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Jo Ann Hess
(Obituary ~ 06/02/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jo Ann Hess, 73, of Chaffee died Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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