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    Ramona Sentinel Opinion

    Robin Joy Maxson is a member and past chair of the Ramona Community Planning Group. (Courtesy Robin Joy Maxson)

    Letter to the Editor: SANDAG needs to start focusing on unincorporated areas

    By Robin Joy Maxson
    June 4, 2025 at 8:55 a.m.
    The Draft 2025 Regional Plan is hyperfocused on coastal and city projects to the exclusion...
    The Rev. Lawrence Hand, interim pastor at Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church in Ramona. (Courtesy Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church)

    Guest column: Some clarity on the sale of Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church property

    By The Rev Lawrence Hand
    May 28, 2025 at 10:24 a.m.
    Our congregation invested more than $3.5 million over 15 years in developing that site and...
    A rat leaves its burrow. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

    Quail Mutterings: When rats fall from heaven

    By Chi Varnado
    May 8, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.
    Does it seem to anyone else that rats and mice are everywhere now? In our...
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    Sustainable Ramona: What is a carbon footprint?

    By Rob Lewallen
    April 7, 2025 at 9:26 a.m.
    Each year records a higher temperature than the preceding one. We can try and do...
    Besides escaping the cold weather for a respite, the Hawaiian getaway served another very important part of my total wellbeing. I somehow felt the need to escape my life (my usual responsibilities), Chi Varnado writes. Chi Varnado.

    Quail Mutterings: Stepping away from my life

    By Chi Varnado
    March 20, 2025 at 12:39 p.m.
    We’re probably not often able to get away for an extended period of time, but...
    “When I’m having a particularly tough time capturing contentment then I’ll take a wander outside, take a deep breath and expand my field of view, and remind myself that it’s not all about me.”      Chi Varnado

    Quail Mutterings: Little nuggets of hope at a tough time

    By Chi Varnado
    February 4, 2025 at 12:22 p.m.
    These days it can feel more difficult, it seems, to maintain happiness. With the news,...
    Meghan Bernd, broker, owner of Bernd Brokerage in Ramona. (Meghan Bernd)

    Ramona Real Estate Association: Ramona a hidden gem for those who want to live off the land

    By Meghan Bernd
    January 15, 2025 at 11:17 a.m.
    Nestled in the picturesque foothills of San Diego County, Ramona, offers a  unique blend of...
    One of Chi Varnado's favorite things is to traipse around the natural world — away from man-made scenery and noise. Chi Varnado

    Quail Muttering: Running solo, wandering with dog and hiking with friends

    By Chi Varnado
    January 8, 2025 at 10:57 a.m.
    One of my absolute favorite things to do is traipsing around the natural world —...
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    Guest Column: The California Voting Rights Act hoax

    By Jay Dyer
    December 26, 2024 at 10:18 a.m.
    Like many governmental endeavors, the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) doesn’t always accomplish what it...
    Chi Varnado

    Quail Mutterings: Traveling helps us grow in unexpected ways

    By Chi Varnado
    November 19, 2024 at 11:25 a.m.
    To go is to come back and coming back means that we’ve gone. It’s simply...
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    Sustainable Ramona: Composting the organic waste stream

    By Bill Prinz
    October 15, 2024 at 1:48 p.m.
    Since biblical times, farmers have utilized crop residues and animal manure to build soil and...
    Tracey Lee McFarland (Courtesy Tracey Lee McFarland)

    Guest Column: A golden opportunity for Ramona … for years to come

    By Tracey Lee Mcfarland
    October 15, 2024 at 1:28 p.m.
    In the Sept. 19 edition of the Ramona Sentinel, Ramona Unified School District trustee Dan...
    Maya Phillips is a Ramona Unified School District trustee for District 1. Courtesy Maya Phillips

    Guest Column: Language in some ethnic studies programs reminds trustee of her childhood in Soviet Union

    By Maya Phillips
    October 8, 2024 at 3:13 p.m.
    When I read the Santa Ana Liberated Ethnic Studies Curriculum for the first time, it...
    As a kid, thrilled to finally be on summer vacation, those long dog days of summer stretched out gloriously before me — no school, no regular routine, no worries. It had arrived and life was good. (Chi Varnado)

    Quail Mutterings: ing the long days of summer

    By Chi Varnado
    October 1, 2024 at 3:58 p.m.
    The long dog days of summer are a wonder to behold.
    Dan Summers is a trustee with the Ramona Unified School District. (Dan Summers)

    Guest Column: To bond or not to bond

    By Dan Summers
    September 19, 2024 at 7:02 a.m.
    Let me introduce myself as a 38-year, tax-paying resident of Ramona who is a lifelong...
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    Our Readers Write: Correcting the record

    By Ramona Sentinel
    September 10, 2024 at 2:14 p.m.
    It has come to my attention that there have recently been social media posts disparaging...
    Steve Franck

    Guest Column: Estates golfers, equestrians and others all deserve facility improvements

    By Steven Franck
    September 10, 2024 at 2:11 p.m.
    This is a follow-up to an opinion piece in the Aug. 29 edition of the...
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    Our Readers Write: Ramona Unified developer fees increase our cost of living

    By Jay Dyer
    August 27, 2024 at 12:47 p.m.
    RUSD wants to increase our housing costs even more with a property tax increase on...
    Steve Franck

    Guest Column: San Diego Country Estates homeowners are not ‘customers’

    By Steven Franck
    August 27, 2024 at 12:42 p.m.
    The San Diego Country Estates HOA board recently voted to eliminate quarterly guest es and...
    One of Clarence Schmidt’s lemon trees with leaf curl. (Clarence Schmidt)

    Good Natured Gardening: Everything you need to know about leaf curl

    By Clarence Schmidt
    August 6, 2024 at 3:47 p.m.
    Curls can be cute on a person’s hair, on poodles, sheep, and, of course, on...
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    Our Readers Write: Vote ‘Yes’ on Ramona Unified’s school bond

    By Dave Patterson
    August 6, 2024 at 11:19 a.m.
    Ramona school bond naysayer Jay Dyer apparently thinks that the effect of denying school bonds...
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    Our Readers Write: Don’t Ramona Unified’s latest bond proposal

    By Jay Dyer
    August 6, 2024 at 12:34 p.m.
    The Ramona Unified School District (RUSD) is trying to increase your property taxes again. For...
    The general direction of my true north has remained steadfast in the way it’s rooted me to a rural, natural lifestyle. (Chi Varnado)

    Quail Mutterings: Finding our true north

    By Chi Varnado
    June 26, 2024 at 1:59 p.m.
    Who am I? Who are you? And who are we? What do we really know?...

    Unclaimed monies: Are you owed by government agencies?

    By Rania Shaker
    June 26, 2024 at 1:56 p.m.
    Are you missing something? Nearly every day, Finance departments throughout local government offices in San...
    Rex A. Schildhouse

    Guest Column: A roundabout at SR-67 and Mussey Grade in Ramona? A super bad idea

    By Rex A. Schildhouse
    June 26, 2024 at 1:56 p.m.
    I am writing about the June 6 article, “Caltrans Proposes a Roundabout to Increase Safety,”...
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    Our Readers Write

    By Ramona Sentinel
    June 5, 2024 at 4:44 p.m.
    Tribute to 'Old Man River'After reading the story by Regina Elling about Jim Angleben, aka...
    The grassroots Sustainable Ramona will present a Zoom series on Green Buildings Nov. 8-11.

    Sustainable Ramona: Keeping organic waste out of landfills is greenhouse gas reduction strategy

    By Bill Prinz
    June 5, 2024 at 4:42 p.m.
    In 2021 Californians disposed of nearly 39 million tons of trash in landfills according to...
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    Our Readers Write

    By Ramona Sentinel
    May 29, 2024 at 2:54 p.m.
    A double standard for signs in Ramona?This is a letter to the Ramona Community Planning...
    Dan Summers, chair of American Liberty Forum, invited parents, students and teachers to attend the human trafficking forum on Spet. 30.

    Consider This: State Route 67 is now in your hands

    By Dan Summers
    May 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
    It has been five years since the Ramona Community Planning Group first approached SANDAG and...
    Rio Grande river in Texas to go with it.

    Quail Mutterings: A matter of perspective

    By Chi Varnado
    May 8, 2024 at 3:31 p.m.
    Getting a glimpse of the total solar eclipse from the heart of Texas is what...
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    Sustainable Ramona: Communities seeking a voice on utility costs are turning to electric cooperatives

    By Bill Prinz
    April 23, 2024 at 8:49 p.m.
    Sustainable Ramona is a local non-profit dedicated to the preservation of our surroundings. If you...
    "It’s so easy to get caught up and entrenched in our own routines that we lose sight of all this beauty right in front of us," says columnist Chi Varnado.

    Quail Mutterings: Live and let live?

    By Chi Varnado
    March 20, 2024 at 3:59 p.m.
    When I had the dance studio, we included all the students in story ballets —...
    Audrey Briggs, left, presenting a check for the In His Steps program to Dolores Mortier, Carol Huff, April Woodward and Christine Golyer.

    Our Readers Write, Issue of Feb. 22

    By Ramona Sentinel
    February 20, 2024 at 8:35 p.m.
    Graduate continues to help program On behalf of everyone at In His Steps Christian Homes,...
    Chi Varnado writes, "As the rain came down, I could almost sense the arrival of Spring — in all its splendor of fragrant lilacs, running creeks, and the singing of courting birds. There’s a feel of hope in the air of good things to come, and nice sunny days."

    Quail Mutterings: The dissonance of life

    By Chi Varnado
    February 14, 2024 at 4:38 p.m.
    1-2-3-hold 4—5-6-7 and 8. I listen to the familiar counting of musical phrasing as the...
    David Patterson

    Guest Column: We all do better, when we all do better

    By David Patterson
    February 14, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.
    Recently, I have been reading articles that describe a college education as a poor choice...
    Chi Varnado

    Quail Mutterings: An attitude of gratitude

    By Chi Varnado
    January 16, 2024 at 7:06 p.m.
    “Will I be creative and contribute to the development of the next, or will I...
    Sustainable Ramona will host a Water Conservation Resources series of Zoom presentations Sept. 20-24.

    Sustainable Ramona: Reduce our holiday carbon footprint

    By Joyce Strand
    December 12, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.
    Sustainable Ramona is a local non-profit dedicated to the preservation of our surroundings. By responding...
    On a recent trip to the Southeast, Chi Varnado hiked in the Great Smoky Mountains around Asheville, North Carolina. <br/>

    Quail Mutterings: Our Communities: Intentional or Unintentional?

    By Chi Varnado
    December 5, 2023 at 8:58 p.m.
    I don’t think any of us are in a community or group that is completely...
    The grassroots Sustainable Ramona will present a Zoom series on Green Buildings Nov. 8-11.

    Sustainable Ramona: Rethinking can shake up your lifestyle choices – in a good way

    By B. Prinz
    November 15, 2023 at 3:31 p.m.
    Sustainable Ramona is a local nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of our surroundings. By responding...
    Columnist Chi Varnado muses about a visit to Balboa Park with her 7-year-old granddaughter, Kya.

    Quail Mutterings: Balance as art

    By Chi Varnado
    October 24, 2023 at 3:04 p.m.
    My 7-year-old granddaughter and I are having conversations about what constitutes art. As we wander...
    The grassroots Sustainable Ramona will present a Zoom series on Green Buildings Nov. 8-11.

    Sustainable Ramona: Building principles for new and existing homes

    By Rob Lewallen
    September 13, 2023 at 4:43 p.m.
    Sustainable Ramona is a local non-profit dedicated to the preservation of our surroundings. By responding...
    Dan Cusick is a national fraud operations executive for Wells Fargo.

    Guest Commentary: Here’s how to become wired to detect and avoid impostor scams

    By Dan Cusick
    September 6, 2023 at 3:38 p.m.
    According to recent Federal Trade Commission data, U.S. consumers reported more than a 30 percent...
    The farther we remove ourselves from beauty and nature, the less connected we become to everything, Chi Varnado writes.

    Quail Mutterings: Changes on the horizon

    By Chi Varnado
    September 6, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.
    Of course, we all know that change is inevitable and that most of it (in...
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    Our Readers Write, Issue of Sept. 7

    By Ramona Sentinel
    September 6, 2023 at 3:36 p.m.
    Midriff ban protest another distraction This is but one example of what is wrong with...
    The grassroots Sustainable Ramona will present a Zoom series on Green Buildings Nov. 8-11.

    Sustainable Ramona: Making homes energy efficient, Part 1

    By Rob Lewallen
    August 16, 2023 at 3:45 p.m.
    Sustainable Ramona is a local non-profit dedicated to the preservation of our surroundings. By responding...
    Sustainable Ramona will host a Water Conservation Resources series of Zoom presentations Sept. 20-24.

    Sustainable Ramona: What is agrivoltaics?

    By Walt Sindewald
    July 19, 2023 at 4:13 p.m.
    Sustainable Ramona is a local non-profit dedicated to the preservation of our surroundings. By responding...
    Aging gracefully may involve planning, adjusting attitudes or simply adopting new behaviors.

    Quail Mutterings: Aging gracefully

    By Chi Varnado
    July 12, 2023 at 1:22 p.m.
    What might it be like to age gracefully? What does that even mean? Perhaps it’s...
    Longwood Gardens

    Quail Mutterings: The shelter of place

    By Chi Varnado
    June 7, 2023 at 2:23 p.m.
    Might we be getting too complacent as we inhabit our house, hang out at our...
    Letters to the Editor

    Our Readers Write, Issue of May 25

    By Ramona Sentinel
    May 25, 2023 at 7:57 p.m.
    Kudos to Albertsons A big thanks to Albertsons Companies Foundations for their of Ramona...
    Harvey Levine

    Just Sayin’: Partisanship and Strife at SANDAG

    By Harvey Levine
    May 2, 2023 at 6:01 p.m.
    When we last talked about SANDAG, (San Diego Association of Governments) just about everything was...
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    Our Readers Write, Issue of May 4

    By Ramona Sentinel
    May 2, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
    Take politics out of school board meetingsI’m with Dave Patterson and his concern about the...
    Dave Patterson

    Guest Commentary: Red flag warning for Ramona Unified

    By Dave Patterson
    April 25, 2023 at 4:14 p.m.
    I think it is time for an intervention at the Ramona school board as they...
    Chi Varnado attended the Tiny House Fest at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, viewing upscale van conversions, tiny houses on wheels (or not), as well as hand-built little huts.

    Quail Mutterings: Sometimes less is more

    By Chi Varnado
    April 19, 2023 at 5:19 p.m.
    I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of less being more and I...
    Dan Summers, chair of American Liberty Forum, invited parents, students and teachers to attend the human trafficking forum on Spet. 30.

    Consider This: Fire risk severity rates could go up in Ramona

    By Ramona Sentinel
    March 14, 2023 at 2:24 p.m.
    I agree with Ronald Reagan when he said the scariest words in the English language...
    Sustainable Ramona will host a Water Conservation Resources series of Zoom presentations Sept. 20-24.

    Sustainable Ramona: Are there incentives, rebates for water conservation?

    By Beth Prinz
    March 7, 2023 at 5:53 p.m.
    Sustainable Ramona is a local group dedicated to the preservation of our surroundings. By responding...
    Chi Varnado writes that the beauty in Maui "recharged my batteries enough to hopefully be able to glide more successfully into spring."

    Quail Mutterings: Keeping your calm from escaping

    By Chi Varnado
    February 28, 2023 at 5:07 p.m.
    Calm is a state of mind — nothing more and nothing less, achievable when we...
    Trustee Area No. 1 incumbent Maya Phillips

    Guest Commentary:

    By Maya Phillips
    February 22, 2023 at 5:06 p.m.
    Road tax is actually mileage tax It felt like a slap in the face...
    Former professional boxer Archie Moore started Any Body Can to help prevent youths from becoming involved in drugs and gangs.

    Consider This: A statue for Ramona’s own Archie Moore

    By Dan Summers
    February 22, 2023 at 6:40 p.m.
    There is no safe place to hide from the vicious predator known as the mongoose,...
    Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the Editor

    By Ramona Sentinel
    February 7, 2023 at 5:34 p.m.
    Is there a better funding source for security fences?I was grateful to see the headline...
    A box of Whoppers with round blue pill instead of candy. Sheriffs department confiscated fentanyl pills packaged in candy wrappers as a suspect attempted to go through TSA screening.

    Guest Commentary: Fentanyl is deadliest drug threat the U.S. has ever seen, and kids are being targeted

    By Arthur Tony Blain
    January 31, 2023 at 5:19 p.m.
    My son came home from high school this month and told me his 19-year-old friend...
    Letters to the Editor

    Our Readers Write, Issue of Feb. 2

    By Ramona Sentinel
    February 1, 2023 at 5:28 p.m.
    Textbook review clarification We would like to clarify information presented in Diane Chapman’s Letter to...
    Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Angelina Mangram isters the COVID-19 vaccine at the Naval Base San Diego fitness center in January 2021.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julio Rivera)

    Guest Commentary: Veterans, spouses may now take their skills anywhere

    By Phil Blair
    January 24, 2023 at 4:34 p.m.
    I am happy to share some much-needed new legislation regarding the careers of our veterans...
    SAN DIEGO, CA - OCTOBER 14: A trolley on the MTS Mid-Coast Extension Blue Line heads away from the UC San Diego central campus stop toward UTC on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

    SANDAG board weighs in on who has the power

    By Michael Smolens
    January 24, 2023 at 4:33 p.m.
    A new front has opened up in the ongoing battles among board of the...
    A self-portrait by Chi Varnado's 3-year-old granddaughter Zoe’s was almost forgotten until Varnado "picked it up and finally really looked at it." It's now on the refrigerator with magnets.

    Quail Mutterings: The silence within

    By Chi Varnado
    January 18, 2023 at 4:12 p.m.
    Our little neck of the woods has finally gotten that much-needed rain. But now, the...
    Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor

    By Ramona Sentinel
    January 10, 2023 at 5:37 p.m.
    Kudos on textbook review Regarding stories about Ramona Unified School District reviewing current history/social science...
    "Our human condition is multi-layered and complex, which can leave us burned out and depressed if we don’t learn how to value some of the downs<i> </i>as well as the ups," Chi Varnado writes.<br/>

    Quail Mutterings: And for this, too, I am grateful

    By Chi Varnado
    December 7, 2022 at 5:26 p.m.
    It’s no wonder that when we think about being grateful, it’s almost always for those...
    Robin Joy Maxson is chair of the Ramona Community Planning Group

    Guest Commentary: Unincorporated San Diego County deserves a seat on SANDAG board

    By Robin Joy Maxson
    November 22, 2022 at 5:10 p.m.
    With a “commitment to equity,” SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments) should expect and welcome...
    Letters to the Editor

    Our Readers Write: Issue of Nov. 24

    By Ramona Sentinel
    November 22, 2022 at 6:39 p.m.
    Ramona Unified trustees to decide Ramona's values? It is clear to me that the Ramona...
    Each season brings change and a new opportunity to alter the lens we look through, Chi Varnado writes. The cooler temperatures bring death to deciduous leaves and a striking shift in colors.

    Quail Mutterings: The up and down sides of fall

    By Chi Varnado
    November 15, 2022 at 5:04 p.m.
    Fall has arrived! Crisp, clear days and cool, mild nights.Visually, everything appears so vivid this...
    Quail Muttering columnist Chi Varnado wonders if it's time to unspring the traps that control our views.

    Quail Mutterings: Is it time to unspring those traps?

    By Chi Varnado
    October 11, 2022 at 8:13 p.m.
    Black holes, baited traps, charisma… they all suck us in — hook, line and sinker....
    Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the Editor

    By Ramona Sentinel
    September 13, 2022 at 4:39 p.m.
    Response to letter about electric cars stressing the grid I've driven a plug in car...
    Thomas Elias

    Elias: Newsom’s early campaign for Party leadership

    By Thomas Elias
    September 6, 2022 at 4:17 p.m.
    As we head into September, it seems like the presidential campaign is seriously getting underway.Oops!...
    Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor

    By Ramona Sentinel
    September 6, 2022 at 4:14 p.m.
    Requiring only electric cars could stress the electrical grid Gov. Gavin Newsom,Just an opinion based...
    Chi Varnado

    Quail Mutterings: The age of shifting gears

    By Chi Varnado
    August 31, 2022 at 4:28 p.m.
    Newton’s law of Inertia states that an object in motion stays in motion while an...
    Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: A good deed

    By Ramona Sentinel
    August 24, 2022 at 4:07 p.m.
    Thank you, Guy Buchanan for being a wonderful person, and helping to keep our Ramona...
    Supervisor Joel Anderson

    Guest Commentary: Fighting for transportation improvements in Ramona

    By Joel Anderson
    August 17, 2022 at 4:17 p.m.
    My job as your County Supervisor is to make sure that the voices of the...
    Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor

    By Ramona Sentinel
    August 17, 2022 at 4:14 p.m.
    Battery energy storage project needs more oversight EnerSmart Storage is proposing, through a minor use...
    Harry Katcher

    Your Personal Trainer: Make the most of your flex time

    By Harry Katcher
    August 3, 2022 at 4:11 p.m.
    This column isn’t necessarily about the time to flex, but, rather, keeping your exercise time...
    Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Thanks for detaining Casner fire

    By Ramona Sentinel
    August 3, 2022 at 4:08 p.m.
    We would like to extend our grateful thanks to all the first responders to the...
    Letters to the Editor

    Our Readers Write, July 28 issue

    By Ramona Sentinel
    July 28, 2022 at 7:59 p.m.
    Faulty argument for battery energy storageA recent Ramona Sentinel article by Julie Gallant reported on...
    Dan Summers

    Consider This: Ramona, have we just begun to fight?

    By Dan Summers
    July 13, 2022 at 4:08 p.m.
    First, I'd like to update you on the history of state Route 67. In the...
    RFCC Foundation President Susan Randall, right, issues a $2,500 check to Skatepark Champions President Tracy Engel.

    Guest Commentary: A message to Supervisor Joel Anderson about the skatepark

    By Tracey Engel
    July 13, 2022 at 4:07 p.m.
    Thank you for visiting our pop-up skatepark only eight months ago, saying, "There's a new...
    Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Tolerance is being misplaced

    By Ramona Sentinel
    July 13, 2022 at 4:06 p.m.
    Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia once noted "that tolerance is not a Christian virtue. Charity, justice,...
    Going on a trip to a national park like Yosemite is wonderful, columnist Chi Varnado writes. But so is coming home.

    Quail Mutterings: The win-win-win of a trip

    By Chi Varnado
    July 6, 2022 at 4:07 p.m.
    Are you coming from or going on a trip? Either way it can be viewed...
    Harry Katcher

    Your Personal Trainer: Bye-bye belly fat

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