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4 Arts & Entertainment 6 SportsWise 7 Cover Story: Saving murals depicting labor Event highlights of the week!

The SportsWise team is getting hyped for the NFL season.

When the United Electrical Hall was repurposed for residential use, efforts were taken to preserve the building's interior murals, which depict union and labor scenes, an important part of Chicago's working class history.

10 Voice of the Streets – Op-ed

Just ahead of Labor Day, Dr. Victor Devinatz reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on union activity.

12 inside Streetwise

Vendor Julius Vance shares his achievements during his time at StreetWise, as well as the challenges he faces.

15 The Playground

ON THE COVER: These picketers show the inclusion of people of color and women in the UE. “They are marching in unison as a sign of solidarity,” muralist John Pittman Weber said. “The UE was never a men’s union, unlike many other unions.” Huelga is the Spanish word for strike, and was included in the mural “to make it racially and linguistically inclusive.” "Down with speed up" was an issue in many industries, “the bosses coercing you to work on a machine that was working faster than you are used to by setting quotas for you to get full pay at the cost of their minds, hearts and possibly a finger.” He added that workers were often unable to make the quota (Chicago Public Art Group photo). THIS PAGE: Florence Criley was a long-time UE organizer and a co-founder of the Coalition of Labor Union Women that fought for equality in unions and in society. She is shown handing out flyers to strikers (United Electrical Workers Facebook). DISCLAIMER: StreetWise publishes perspectives from vendors and contributors to reflect a range of lived experiences and viewpoints. These opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of StreetWise. We are committed to fostering dialogue grounded in dignity and respect, and we do not endorse language or perspectives that harm or dehumanize others.

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A Cross-Cultural History!

Carlos Flores: ‘A ChicagoRican Story’ One of the most influential cultural figures in the history of Puerto Rican Chicago is celebrated by the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (PRAA) with the opening of its newest exhibition “Carlos Flores: A ChicagoRican Story - Images of Community, Memory, and Resistance,” on view at PRAA, 3000 N. Elbridge Ave., August 29 through June 30, 2027. An opening reception will take place on August 29 at 6 p.m. at PRAA, where visitors will have the opportunity to meet Flores, engage with the exhibition's curators, and celebrate the preservation of one of the most important community archives documenting Puerto Rican life in the Midwest. Among the exhibition's highlights are photographs documenting early Puerto Rican life in Lincoln Park, neighborhood displacement, community activism, educational initiatives, artists, musicians, grassroots organizations, family life, and major cultural celebrations. Many photographs are being exhibited publicly for the first time. His photographs stand alongside his work as a musician, educator, Afro-Puerto Rican cultural advocate, artistic director, and institution builder, revealing a life dedicated not only to recording history, but to creating it. FREE.

Dance for Legacy!

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‘Dancing the Archive: Embodied Histories, Collective Power’ Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project (CBDLP) returns to the Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph St., for its annual cohort performance featuring 10 of Chicago’s most exciting companies. With diverse artistic genres including African, contemporary, jazz, tap, and many more, this performance honors Chicago’s Black cultural, social, political, and artistic architects through movement, imagination, and lineage. This performance is not a catalog of biographies. It is a civic ritual — where dance carries memory, interrogates power, celebrates ingenuity, and imagines forward. Legacy is understood not as a fixed past, but as a continuum, shaped collectively across generations. Grounded in the understanding that movement holds lived experience, CBDLP approaches dance as both archive and act, uniting life, memory, and imagination. Friday, August 27, at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $49 at harristheaterchicago.org

Bring the Arts to the People!

Arts on Devon Rogers Park Business Alliance (RPBA) and Devon Avenue Special Service Area (SSA) #43 present the Arts on Devon festival on Sunday, August 30, from 3-8 p.m., in the Republic Bank lot, 2720 W. Devon Ave. The festival will highlight local artistic talent and cuisine that showcase the diversity of the one-of-a-kind Devon Avenue and West Ridge community. This FREE multi-genre entertainment experience will feature dynamic talent that honors and celebrates traditions, stories, and arts from various cultures found within the West Ridge community, and along Devon Avenue—named “the most diverse street in America” by the Chicago Tribune. In addition to the talent, many local restaurants will offer their eclectic cuisine for attendees. Visit ondevon.org for more information.

The Outfit Makes the Man!

Mad Fashions, Stylish Eccentrics & Those Who Satirized Them For some 300 years, cartoonists have cast their satirical lens on fashion, capturing trends at their most absurd. In this visually immersive lecture inspired by “Ink & Outrage: 18th-Century Satirical Prints in London & Dublin,” Alex Aubry, director of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Fashion Resource Center, explores the role of satire as a visual record of social mores, tastes, and opinions on fashionable dress. While using humor to ridicule vanity, excess, and eccentricity, the most talented satirists were also keen observers of society. For those who followed them, satirical cartoons also ignited larger conversation around gender roles, class, and morality in a rapidly changing world. The lecture will be Thursday, August 27, 6 p.m., at the Driehaus Museum, 50 E. Erie St. Tickets are $20 at driehausmuseum.org

Performance in Nature!

‘REMNANTS’ Weaving together ecology, history, futurity, and collective awe in a site-specific spectacle performance Marian Byrnes Park, 2200 E. 103rd St., Wender Collective’s “REMNANTS” is an encounter with Chicago’s ancient ecosystems. Audiences follow “spirits of the place” in the form of giant puppets representing the remnant prairies, wetlands, savannas, and woodlands that once covered our region, with naturalists interpreting local ecology and free native plants given out at each event. "REMNANTS" kindles opportunities for renewal and rewilding in the face of grief and loss. Starting at 6 p.m., August 28 & 29, FREE, bring a chair or blanket. For more information, visit www.nightoutintheparks.com.

Adult Scholastic!

Boozy Book Fair Picture this: you wake up for school. Your parents hand you $5 and send you to the Book Fair. You’re getting a Lisa Frank folder or a new "W here’s Waldo" book. Life is good. Re-experience the book fair of your childhood in this hands-on 21+ experience. Start your journey by grabbing your Scantron sheet, selecting your cocktail, and browsing the book fair. Each ticket includes a welcome drink and $5 of merch credit to purchase books and other nostalgic merchandise! Open through October 4 at Everything Bar, 1601 W. Grand Ave. Tickets are required ($18.20) at bucketlisters.com .

Drag Royalty!

Bambi Banks Presents: ‘Clue University: A Drag Parody’ by Neutral Gena Bambi Banks returns to Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series with ”Clue University,” a slasher parody play that combines all the fun and whimsy of the game of Clue with the complicated world of a collegiate rush week. In this thrilling murder mystery, six Sorority Sisters must unmask a killer living amongst them, testing their bonds of sisterhood and bringing to light the question: is blood thicker than power? August 27 - September 6, ThursdaysSaturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m. at Steppenwolf, 1650 N. Halsted St. Tickets are $15 - $30 at steppenwolf.org

Interactive Art!

“Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground’ Imagine walking inside the thunderous sound of a taiko drum or feeling enveloped by the sinuous sounds of a saxophone, cello, or bass. W hat if your body became part of a visual landscape of colors, textures, and movements that resonated with the bone-tingling sound vibrating in your ears? “Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground” creates a sensory and celebratory experience of jazz art forms that connect, uplift, and transform our human spirit by translating the power of music into color and movement. View for FREE at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., through September 27. .

An Epic Party!

Black on the Block Chicago The largest touring marketplace for Black-owned businesses is coming to Chicago on August 30, 1 - 7 p.m., outside Soldier Field, 1410 Special Olympics Drive. It features over 100 Black-owned brands, food & drink, DJs & live performances, games, giveaways, and a kids zone. $15 admission.

A Delicious Tradition!

Taste of Greektown The Taste of Greektown festival returns this month with the city’s largest celebration of Hellenic cuisine and culture on Friday, August 28 through Sunday, August 30, along Halsted Street from Adams to Van Buren. The neighborhood’s acclaimed Greek restaurants are the stars of the show, while the fest provides a fun, all-ages atmosphere with live Greek music from Hellas 2000 and DJs throughout the weekend, plus Greek dancing, family activities for all ages, and unique shopping and retail. A gyros-eating contest will be on Saturday, August 29 at 5 p.m. with sign-up available on site starting at 3 p.m. FREE Admission.

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Vendors John Hagan, Russell Adams and A. Allen chat about the world of sports.

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John: It is time to get ready for the 2026-27 NFL season. What do you think will happen this year?

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Russell: Who thought last year’s Super Bowl would be Seattle and New England? I am predicting who I like for this year’s Super Bowl: Kansas City Chiefs and the Chicago Bears, my favorite team. Allen: I am looking for Caleb Williams to have a good season, because he’s getting better and better every year. This year we are looking for him to get into the playoffs and do something. Last year the Bears played Green Bay in the preseason and they won. Any time you beat Green Bay, that counts in Chicago. This year, we play the Cleveland Browns in the preseason and they’re not a good barometer. They ended their season with five wins and 12 losses; we ended ours with 11 wins and six losses, so the Bears should easily win. I am really looking forward to Green Bay because they are such a good barometer of where we are in the season. Overall, I think the Bears should go farther than they did last year and win more

games in the playoffs than they won last year. John: I disagree with both of you on the Bears. I don’t see them making the playoffs, because the NFC North is so strong this year. Detroit is having a bounce-back year. Minnesota is probably the best team in the division. They have all the pieces to make a deep run in the playoffs. Same with the Dallas Cowboys with their offense and the LA Rams, who have QB Miles Stafford, last year’s NFL MVP for passing yards and TDs, who I like better than Houston’s QB. Speaking of Houston, I think they will win the AFC. But like Russell said, no one picked Seattle and New England last year. The only thing stranger would be if the Arizona Cardinals played the Browns. Arizona,

Cleveland, the Jets and the Las Vegas Raiders may have the four worst NFL rosters this year. Philadelphia and Denver may take a step back this year. Denver won a lot of one-score games last year. Philadelphia, I think, will see a regression in Jaylen Hurts, who was Super Bowl MVP when they won in 2025; his reputation as a QB is to run rather than throw. I am looking for the Rams to win it all this year and Houston to come out of the AFC, beating either the Chargers or Buffalo. Russell: The NFC is dangerous this year, got better teams than the AFC. Detroit, Minnesota, so anybody could beat anybody. The AFC: Houston had a chance last year, but injuries played a key part. If the Bears beat Green Bay,

it will make my day. My girlfriend is a Green Bay fan; can’t wait to get her in a room and talk trash. Allen: I am looking for the Bears to take the NFC because Caleb has a good roster around him. John: Houston QB C. J. Stroud has taken a regression, but I still have the Texans to take the AFC. Because who knows how effective the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes will be coming off his knee injury last year? He’s not going to be as effective a QB. Any comments, suggestions or topic ideas for the SportsWise team? Email StreetWise Editor Suzanne Hanney at suzannestreetwise@yahoo.com

Historic Murals Honoring Labor Find A New Home by Stella Kapetan

Artists John Pitman Weber and Jose Guerrero painted the acrylic-on-plaster mural that covered the two-story interior stairwell in 1974. “There hadn’t been union murals done in quite a while,” Weber said recently to StreetWise Magazine about their motivation to create it. Input from the UE staff and research done by Weber and Guerrero inspired the content. This image of Blacks, Hispanics and Whites was the first thing people saw when they entered the building. “It would slap them in the face,” Weber said. “We wanted to make the hands grasping each other as a sign of solidarity.” (Chicago Public Art Group photo).

The mural displays “solidarity among UE members and workers in general,” Weber said. The memorial plaque dedicates it to the “men and women who work in the mines, mills and factories.” The UE was formed in 1936 in Buffalo, New York to represent workers in the electrical and radio manufacturing industry. Both artists have ties to the labor movement. Weber said his grandfather was a “tough guy” for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union who “protected picket lines to defend against company goons” before turning to organizing. Guerrero was a union member and a cartoonist for union shop papers, Weber said. “He was a union guy head to toe.” He died in 2015. Weber has also worked with community organizations involved in grassroots social action to help create murals in other Chicago neighborhoods. “For a New World,” painted on the exterior of Holy Covenant United Methodist Church at Diversey Parkway and Wilton Avenue in 1973 and restored in 1996, is the sole survivor.

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The “Solidarity” mural painted in the former United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE) union hall that celebrates labor and depicts the history of the union and the corporate oppression of workers has been restored. A majority of it will be installed at an event this fall at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, where UE has its Chicago office; a portion will go to UE headquarters in Erie, PA. The mural was saved after the union hall, located at Ashland Avenue and Monroe Street in Chicago, was repurposed for residential use. (https://issuu.com/ streetwise_chi/docs/march_16_-_22_2026)

Weber and Guerrero donated their labor for the “Solidarity” mural, while the UE provided the paint, plaster and scaffolding. The removal was handled by art handler Teamsters from IBT Local 705 in spring 2024. Weber hails from New York and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He lives with his wife, Elsa, in the Pilsen neighborhood. “Where else but Chicago would I live?” he said. The Chicago Public Art Group (CPAG), of which Pitman was a co-founder, has been involved with all aspects of restoring the mural since the UE approached them, including its removal, conservation and preservation, determining what was salvageable and what had to be recreated and the exhibition design and installation at the CTU, said Executive Director Janice Bond. “It was imperative to CPAG that this historic artistic narrative not be destroyed. The human experience is reflected in the mural, themes of industry and overcoming adversity, overt and covert racism. CPAG has been highlighting art, organizations and citizens of certain public places for more than five decades, continuing to preserve their histories.” CPAG and the UE raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from UE members and supporters, including hundreds of small donations, for the removal of the murals. In October 2024, CPAG announced it had received a $450,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that would allow preservation experts Parma Conservation, who removed the mural section by section the previous spring, to finish its restoration and relocation. In early August, Parma completed its final written treatment and photo documentation. Phase IV – CTU painting and installation – was underway. The Terra Foundation has continued as an active supporter into this phase, alongside Mellon, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the National Design Academy’s Abbey Mural Prize, and the Alphawood Foundation. UE General President Carl Rosen said the $450,000 grant would keep the mural alive to tell future generations the story of industrial unionism and related social movements. “For 50 years, it has served as a visual narrative of the struggles and triumphs of the working class, capturing the spirit of solidarity, resilience, and the fight for workers’ rights. Now the power of this art can continue for decades to come.” Northwestern University’s Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art History Rebecca Zorach said the mural is a “visual narrative of solidarity and resilience” undertaken by “a progressive multiracial union of men and women. It is an extremely important artwork for Chicago history and for national and international labor history and American art history.”

Top: Several scenes of the mural when it was in the UE hall. Sitting on his safe is “a generic boss surrounded by flunkies who were going to protect him – the bad guys,” Weber said. They are a Southern sheriff, Ku Klux Klansman and a member of the United States military - people and groups that had notoriously terrorized workers on behalf of company owners throughout history. “We wanted to reference all the powers that historically have backed the control of production by private money,” Weber said. “That is, all the forms of state power and reactionary power.” The cartoonish boss holds his factory in one hand and a bank in the other. Below are the “boss and his flunkies standing on the captive oppressed,” Weber said. One man is shown breaking through. The mural is not depicting specific events, Weber said. “We weren’t trying to write a book on labor history. We were trying to evoke a theme of oppression.” UE members and workers in general shake their fists at the boss. The Hispanic man highlights the UE’s membership diversity. Bottom: Actual UE members are included in this scene of contract negotiations as the union presents its demands. “The boss

is terrified,” Weber said. “The guy behind is his flunky.” Ernest DeMaio, former head of the United Electrical Workers Midwest District 11, sits at the desk presenting the contract. Jack Burch, in the yellow sweater, was “well-known and beloved” in the union, Weber said. Behind Burch is Frances Mihelich, secretary for the UE who was hired after she was fired from a company for being a union militant. The woman behind Mihelich is unknown at this time. Behind her is Jean Thurmond. “She was a union militant, highly regarded by the staff,” Weber said. RIGHT COLUMN: Top Row: Plaque that was in the UE hall. 2nd Row: John Pittman Weber (photo provided); Jose Guerrero in 1974 painting the mural in the UE hall (John Pitman Weber photo). 3rd Row: Close up of fists shaking at boss; This is a scene from Amforge, a now defunct Chicago factory that Weber and Guerrero had visited. They were taken by what Weber calls the drama of workers manufacturing axle products and forgings, although it was not the type of work performed by UE members. Rows 4 & 5: Removal of the mural from its original building. All photos provided by Chicago Public Art Group (unless noted).

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Labor Day 2026: Was the covid-19 pan a turning point for U.s. labor? op-ed

VOICE OF THE STREETS OP-ED

by Dr. Victor G. Devinatz

The COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020 – May 2023) was a global health crisis unseen in a century. At the start of the pandemic, US labor markets were dramatically affected by business shutdowns, resulting in the loss of 20.5 million jobs, and the highest post-World War II unemployment rate of 14.7% (April 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic also led to increased labor militancy, as indicated by the conducting of more strikes (or threatened work stoppages) with the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Teamsters achieving major contractual gains in 2023 using such tactics. The pandemic also resulted in a greater number of union organizing drives, with high win rates, including those in companies that historically have been untouchable by unions, such as Starbucks coffee shops and Amazon warehouses. On Labor Day 2026, we should celebrate this increased labor militancy and union organizing success during the pandemic (and immediate post-pandemic years). However, it is important to recognize that these advancements do not demonstrate that the COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point for US labor, as some commentators speculated. Regarding union organizing, the number of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union certification elections have increased throughout the 2020s but are still fewer than those from the 21st century’s first decade. In fiscal year 2024, unions filed 3,286 certification election petitions (the highest number in years), which was 27% greater than in 2023, but double the total from 2021. In the 1990s, unions won more than half of their NLRB elections, but in the 2020s, they achieved higher certification victory rates (72%, 76%, 77% in 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively). In 2024, due to successful elections, 94,000 workers were added to union rolls, the most since 2001. Despite these encouraging results, union density declined from 10.3% (2019) to 10.0% (2025) because of the US labor force’s expansion, although unions represented 16.5 million workers in 2025, the highest number since 2009. To put these figures in perspective, during the organizing of the Congress of Industrial Organizations’ unions circa 1935 to 1945, the number of union certification elections administered annually ranged from 4,212 in 1942

to 4,919 in 1945; win rates ranged between 86% and 82% respectively. Moreover, the US civilian labor force hovered between 53.8 million to 56.4 million workers during these years, compared with 170.7 million workers in 2025. Even in the 1970s, when US union density declined, unions annually participated in more than 7,000 certification elections with some years exceeding 8,000 elections, involving four to five times as many employees as unions are attempting to organize in the 2020s. Early in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, many strikes occurred over health and safety issues, although the total number of walkouts declined from 2019. Strikes increased in 2021 to 279 walkouts and ballooned to 417 in 2022 while in 2023, 466 work stoppages took place. However, in 2024, the number of strikes decreased to 356 and to 298 in 2025. Once more, compared with earlier periods of high strike activity in US labor history, 46,123 strikes occurred from 1935 to 1947; from 1965 to 1975, there were 54,153 strikes. The UAW’s 2023 strike was historic. When the walkout commenced on September 15, it differed from previous strikes conducted against the Big Three auto companies. In the past, one company had been targeted; this time all three were struck at once although only at one

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plant per company. This tactic continued with individual plants being called out with only a few hours’ notice and eventually resulted in major company concessions with all three contracts successfully concluded between October 25 and October 30.

Dr. Victor G. Devinatz is Distinguished Professor of Management, specializing in labor relations, and was the Hobart and Marian Gardner Hinderliter Endowed Professor (2014-2015) at Illinois State University. He can be contacted at vgdevin@ilstu.edu.

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Nevertheless, problems remain within the US trade union movement. Federal unions are under attack during the second Trump administration, union density is low, while some 30% to 37% of certified unions have failed to achieve a first contract after three years. Moreover, many unions inadequately fund organizing drives. Because of the relatively low level of labor militancy and the paucity of union organizing campaigns in the United States during the last several decades, 2020 to 2025 might look like a revival for US labor. This does not mean, however, that a turning point was reached for US trade unions. Such achievements should be celebrated and nurtured so that the trade unions are encouraged to continue to fight and unite with community allies until a true revitalization of US labor is in the offing.

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StreetWise Vendor Julius Vance: The achievements and challenges of being a streetwise Vendor I am a vendor at Whole Foods, 1550 Kingsbury. I have been there maybe 10 years. The reason I am a StreetWise vendor is, I also do personal assistant work. Percy Smith, may he rest in peace, was a vendor 21 years. I was his personal assistant. He told me about StreetWise - that I could earn money without panhandling.

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I still am a personal assistant, but I am staying at StreetWise because a lot of people look at us out there selling StreetWise and don’t know our back story. The vendors when they first come may do it for just money. Later, you will see a change in them. They got off drugs, stopped spending their money on drugs and put it into something productive like a roof over their heads.

That’s what you learn at StreetWise. They want you to have that stability, as well as work experience. That’s what our supporters do. They see us out there and how we transfer from where they first see us. We’re more productive, got nice clothes on. They can see where our money is going – not to no drug dealer or none of that. I am not being a vendor to stop me from being a PA. I am being a vendor because it has taught me to have some kind of responsibility and stability in my life. It motivates me to wake up every morning and go to my post, like it motivates me not to use again. It feels good to be making some money that I can see and that I can put in a bank account I didn’t have at first. When I first started out, I used it for money to get drugs. But not now, after so many NA meetings and vendor meetings telling us how to get tools to survive. It is also our supporters. If you think your supporters are not paying attention to you, you are sadly mistaken.

Before they do come buy one of those papers, you can bet they have watched you three or four times to see that you are consistent with what you do, because they will tell you. What it is, they are watching you. They see how you used to look and how you look now. They see you got nice gym shoes and a coat in the winter. They will actually bring you things. The biggest challenge right now is the immigrants. I got assigned to this specific location and we have badges to show that we are vendors, that this is our job. We have stood there for years building that rapport with our supporters. The migrants sit right at the entrance but we have to sit behind the yellow poles. They should be talked to like I was talked to when I was told I can’t be that close to the store. So I gave them that respect.

Say a customer says “no, I don’t have none.” The migrants will whisper to their kids, who will take off after them as they are putting their groceries in the car, after they already said no. If we do that, it would be called excessive. One thing I want readers to know: this is not just something I am doing as a hobby or just because I can earn a couple dollars and leave. I really like StreetWise and what they did for me and my other StreetWise family. They taught me how to set my pride to the side and go at selling these magazines because this is your job, like you were a janitor at a building. I have been here so many years for these immigrants to be taking money out of my pocket. Some of these people walk past me. The people I have built rapport with give them money and give me money. But I was assigned to this spot, that’s why we have these badges. It causes me to have thoughts….something I have spent years building up just to lose it like that.

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