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Lara Sturm with Crossfit Johns Creek and Crossfit Chattahoochee and Dr. Cailen Wells The XFit Doc

January 20, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Lara Sturm with Crossfit Johns Creek and Crossfit Chattahoochee and Dr. Cailen Wells The XFit Doc

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Owner/Coach

My husband and I own CrossFit Johns Creek and are also co-owners of CrossFit Chattahoochee in Duluth. I am also a coach for Team Rohr Powerlifiting.

I compete and am active within USA Powerlifting. USA Powerlifting is the largest drug-tested powerlifting federation within the US and is recognized by the International Powerlifting Federation. (The IPF is recognized by the IOC and is included in the World Games.) Within the USAPL, I act as a State Referee, one of the Athlete Representatives for the organization and as meet director.

As an athlete, I won the National Championship in 2015 for both the 63k (138lb) Open class and the Masters class and then went on to win my 2nd Masters IPF World Championship title. I hold American records for the squat (402lb) and total (1003lb) for my age and weight class. My best meet lifts are 402 squat, 220 bench, 391 Deadlift, 1003 total. I am an equipped lifter which means I wear supportive gear while lifting which helps add more weight to your lifts but is not forgiving, hurts a lot, and as hard to master as a perfect golf swing, which means I never will… lol

I am the meet director for the annual USAPL Powerlifting for Pink, a local meet that is also a fundraiser. Our fundraising efforts go to Paint GA Pink, a local breast cancer non-profit that helps breast cancer patients continue to pay their bills while they are undergoing treatment. Over the last three years we have raised about 15k!

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Dr. Cailen Wells is a native of Michigan. Before deciding to bring her passion for helping others heal through Chiropractic to the Alpharetta area, Dr. Wells practiced on the coast of Georgia in the small town of St. Mary’s Georgia the home of Kings Bay Naval Base. Dr. Wells completed her undergraduate degree in Dietetics/Nutrition at Eastern Michigan University in 2005. It has been a part of her lifestyle to maintain her health with good nutrition and Chiropractic since she lost her mother from Pancreatic Cancer at the age of 16.

At Eastern Michigan she received a scholarship to pole vault on the Eastern Michigan’s Track and Field team with her previous experience as a competitive gymnast. Dr. Wells is a pole vaulting coach for Pole Vault-ATL. She also enjoys competitions in Crossfit and won her first competition in Jan 2014 at the Central Florida Games and placed 3rd at a Weightlifting competition in Gwinnett in May 2015. Dr. Wells is a Level 1 Crossfit trainer and enjoys coaching at Crossfit Remnant in Johns Creek, Georgia.

REM•NANT: (noun) the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone. The body’s ability to heal is far greater then what they have permitted you to believe. Crossfit Remnant symbolizes the perfect fit for Dr. Wells as she views health in the same way. Dr. Wells often times see’s the last resort patients, those who have tried everything, and everything has failed them. She believes there is still hope, there is still healing that will take place, there is still a remnant!

Her passion for health, nutrition and sports soared her to new heights as she pursued a further degree in Chiropractic at Life University in Marietta, Georgia. During Chiropractic school she became Advanced certified in Upper Cervical Specific as well as attended world mission trips to Guatemala and El Salvador.

Dr Wells is a published author in the JCCR, (Journal of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Research). She was published in 2011 with regards to research in an advanced type of arthritis called Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Dr. Wells is part of The Specific Chiropractic Center and currently operates the Atlanta office. Dr. Wells wants to help you realize the importance to having proper care of the spine and nervous system. She also wants children to understand the importance of having a healthy spine and nervous system as it becomes “the first choice in health care for future generations”.

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Vonetta Daniels with VYD and Associates and Tiffany C. Wright with The Resourceful CEO

January 20, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Vonetta Daniels with VYD and Associates and Tiffany C. Wright with The Resourceful CEO

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Vonetta Daniels/VYD and Associates

President and CEO

VYD and Associates was incorporated in 2010 by Vonetta Y. Daniels, an Air Force Veteran with more than 20 years of combined industry and Management Consulting experience with BearingPoint, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and as an Internal Consultant for SunTrust Banks, and industry experience Research, Higher Education, Government, Non-Profits, Education and Community Partners and Financial Services.

VYD and Associates is a certified 8(a) firm, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) providing consulting services which include:

Management & Strategy Consulting.

Health Communications, Marketing & Policy Management.

Organizational Assessment and Organizational Effectiveness (OE).

Strategic Planning

Research, Evaluation and Policy.

Performance Measurement & Evaluation.

Program, Portfolio & Project Management.

Program Implementation & Evaluation.

Program and Administrative Support.

Vonetta is an alumna of the University of Virginia and Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science.

Experience/Career Highlights

Provided research and leading practice to create innovative interactive digital Clearinghouse entitled Opportunities for Women to Build, Transport, and Protect America for the U.S. Department of Labor.

Supported Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Organizational Effectiveness Assessment & Business Process recommendations to achieve greater visibility, interaction, and support between and across GTRI and the main Georgia Tech campus community.

Project Director providing Women Veterans Employment Research support to DOL Womens Bureau addressing the gaps in research and employment policy.

Managed the design, implementation and deployment of Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) pilot for the East Lake Foundation; implemented the Outcomes Measurement pilot project to collect, analyze and report data on the effectiveness of the ELF programs and its East Lake partners.

CDC Office of Strategy, Health Results Measurement Framework: identified opportunities to maximize the health impact of CDCs resource management decisions (both internal and external to the enterprise).

Community

Vonetta Daniels is an AmeriCorps National Service Alumna and received her first Presidential Service Award for her fellowship as the Program Manager for the Citizen Action AmeriCorps Program partnering Community Development Organizations and Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) to implement civic engagement, community development and capacity building projects to address identified in five Atlanta neighborhoods.

She served as the Service Chair for the Emory Alumni Association Leadership board from 2004 to 2007 and helped to expand Emory Cares to an International Day of Community Service. In 2008, Emory Cares International Service Day was recognized for its valuable contributions to Emory University’s 2008 Presidential Award for General Community Service. Vonetta currently serves on the Board of Directors for the HouseProud Atlanta and KIPP South Fulton Academy (KFSA).

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Tiffany C. Wright/The Resourceful CEO

Chief

Tiffany C. Wright is the founder of The Resourceful CEO^TM . She has served as the CFO, COO and CEO of several SMBs and both started and purchased companies.

She is also the author of the book “Solving the Capital Equation: Financing Solutions for Small Businesses”.

Significant process experience
Fortune 500 strategic, finance, and negotiation experience
Small to medium business acquisition, turnaround, and strategic consulting background
Long-term overseas assignment (Asia)
BS, Industrial Engineering, The Ohio State University; MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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Tammy Williams with Open Rivers Pictures and Cinema South Expo 2016

January 18, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Tammy Williams with Open Rivers Pictures and Cinema South Expo 2016

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The Cinema South Motion Picture Career and Education Expo will be held January 30, 2016 at Open Rivers Film Academy located at:

Pinewood Atlanta Studios Production Center

461 Sandy Creek Road

Fayetteville, Georgia 30214

Tammy Williams/Open Rivers Pictures & Cinema South Expo

Founder

Tammy Williams is CEO of Open Rivers Pictures and Creator of the Cinema South Expo. Williams is a 24-year veteran of the film and television industry and an award-winning producer. Her company, Open Rivers Pictures, is a post production and studio facility located in the esteemed Pinewood Production Centre. In addition to creating content and producing programming for film, television and digital platforms, Open Rivers provides production assistance workshops and other training initiatives for aspiring production industry professionals. The Cinema South Expo is an outgrowth of these training initiatives, and serves as a one day immersion into key film and television industry careers.

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Rob Day with ESI Ergonomic Solutions

January 18, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Rob Day with ESI Ergonomic Solutions

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ESI was established in 1988 and is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. ESI has showrooms located in Mesa and Chicago.

“Fast. Flexible. Friendly…We Get It Right!”

Rob Day/ESI Ergonomic Solutions

Vice President of Sales

Robert Day, CEAS has been involved in ergonomics at both the corporate and K-12 education level since 2001. Specializing in workstation design, Rob has been involved in assessing and implementing ergonomic standards for both large and small companies, Delta Air Lines being one of the largest. Robs ergonomic background has taken him as far as Denmark, where ergonomics are part of everyday life beginning at the Kindergarten level. His responsibilities included rolling out K-12 ergonomic school furniture for a U.S. manufacturer. That experience has allowed him the opportunity to educate the A&D community about classroom and office ergonomics. Rob finds the biggest challenge is educating those making the purchasing decisions about the long term financial benefits of ergonomics.

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Dr. Cailen Wells The XfitDoc and Alex Browning with Crossfit Johns Creek

January 15, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Dr. Cailen Wells The XfitDoc and Alex Browning with Crossfit Johns Creek

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World-Class Fitness

in 100 Words:

“Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.”

~Greg Glassman

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Alex Browning/Crossfit Johns Creek

Coach and Mentor

I started CrossFit in 2009 as a program to supplement my distance running program. Trained with my normal run schedule and added CrossFit three days a week. 4 months later I ran a PR 10 mile race at 70 minutes and then switched to CrossFit as my fulltime fitness program.

In 2010 I received my Level 1 Cert followed by my Level 2 in 2011. I was an affiliate manager for about two and a half years in Washington, DC. Since coming out of full time gym management I have kept up as a coach and athlete.

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WIT Atlanta Features Jeffery Tobias Halter with YWomen and Serena E. Sacks with Fulton County Schools and 2015 WIT Women Of The Year Award Winner

January 14, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Tech Leaders

WIT Atlanta Features Jeffery Tobias Halter with YWomen and Serena E. Sacks with Fulton County Schools and 2015 WIT Women Of The Year Award Winner

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The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.

Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT Also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM.

Jeffrey Tobias Halter/Gender Strategist

Founder

Jeffery Tobias Halter is the country’s leading male expert on advancing women and engaging men. Jeffery is a consultant and the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting company focused on engaging men in women’s leadership issues. YWomen focuses on driving actionable business plans and strategies to help organizations create Integrated Women’s Leadership Strategies. Jeffery is the former Director of Diversity Strategy for The Coca-Cola Company. He has extensive knowledge of the consumer package goods, retail, food service and hospitality industries and is sought after speaker at industry forums and corporate programs.

Jeffery is the author of two books, WHY WOMEN, The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men(April, 2015) and Selling to Men, Selling to Women. He was a Panelist at the World Diversity Leadership Summit at Harvard University and led workshops at the Global Summit of Women in Athens Greece. His current clients include two Catalyst Award winning companies, The Coca-Cola Company and Kimberly-Clark. He has led best practice work with companies such as McDonald’s, Deloitte, Publicis Groupe, GE and Clorox. He recently keynoted the opening session for Walmart’s International Women’s Day celebration.

Combining 30+ years in corporate America – from the sales front line to the corporate headquarters and his passion for integrated leadership strategies, Jeffery connects with leaders at all-levels of the organization to create sustainable change and impact to the bottom line. His dynamic and engaging presentations garner positive reviews from stakeholders and attendees. He is available for keynotes, workshops, conference breakout sessions, panel moderation and long-term consulting opportunities.

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Serena Sacks/ 2015 WIT Women of the Year Award Winner

Chief Information Officer | Fulton County Schools

Serena Sacks has been a transformational business and Information Technology leader for more than 25 years across corporate, non-profit, and government sectors. She has gained a comprehensive perspective through a variety of executive leadership positions and C-level consulting roles, working for organizations such as IBM, Walt Disney World, Harcourt, Wyndham, Florida Virtual School, and, now, Fulton County School District in Atlanta. Ms. Sacks earned her B.A. and M.S. in an accelerated program at SUNY Stony Brook, graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and had the honor of being selected as a Presidential Management Intern. She holds certifications in Enterprise IT Governance from ISACA, Six Sigma/LEAN Process Excellence, and Professional Project Management (PMI) and has extensive training in Strategic Execution through the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. Appreciated for her strategic vision, excellence in operational delivery, and strong relationship skills, Ms. Sacks has effectively driven top line growth, customer satisfaction, and cost savings programs – depending on the needs of the organization.

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Sandy Welfare / WIT

Sandy D. Welfare is the Executive Director of Women In Technology (WIT). Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Cool Girls Inc, an award-winning early intervention after-school program dedicated to the empowerment of girls (2009-2015).

Sandy’s career began in 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut where she joined Rand Insurance as the Controller. Six years later, she accepted a position with Lucent Technologies, an international telecommunications leader, holding a number of positions including serving as Accounting and Treasury Manager in Singapore (1999-2000) and then as Senior Manager in Australia and New Zealand (2000-2002). Sandy returned to Atlanta in 2002 as Senior Manager of Global Financial Services.

In 2003, Sandy accepted a position as Director of Operations for Xchanging, a business processing outsourcing company. In 2006, her career took her to London, England as Managing Director for professional services, where she managed global business processing services for bank financial transactions, insurance and retail.

Sandy received her undergraduate degree from St. John’s University in New York, and a Master of Business Administration from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She serves on the board of several non-profits, including Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. Sandy resides in Marietta, Georgia with her husband, Cliff and son, Soloman.

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors hosted by Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk Matt Tovrog with Bell Oaks Excutive Search and Todd Stanton with Stanton Law LLC

January 14, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Atlanta's Most Trusted Advisors hosted by Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk Matt Tovrog with Bell Oaks Excutive Search and Todd Stanton with Stanton Law LLC

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Atlanta’s Most Trusted Advisors interviews industry experts from in and around the Metro Atlanta Area. Our goal is to provide valuable information that all business owners and managers can use in their day-to-day work to help them succeed.

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk (Host)/ bbr Marketing

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk has been a member of the creative and marketing services community for over 20 years and does not appear to be leaving it anytime soon. As president of bbr marketing, she has relished the challenges of entrepreneurship as she worked to grow and nurture a new business. Since the firm’s inception in 2009, Bonnie has led the young company to become widely recognized and respected within the professional services marketing niche, with award-winning client websites and an outstanding history of business success having worked with clients in 23 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

She is excited about the publication of her first book earlier this year, Take Your Marketing Online! Proven Ways to Grow Your Firm in the Digital Age. She was recognized in 2012 and 2013 as one of AccountingToday’s Top 100 Most Influential People and is in great demand as a consultant, speaker and leader at various industry events. She is a founding member of the Atlanta Independent Women’s Network and is the Atlanta chapter president of the Association for Accounting Marketing. She is also a regular contributor to a variety of websites, including Social Media Today, Accounting Today and other industry-related publications and has been quoted in Entrepreneur, U.S. News & World Report, CPA Practice Advisor, and others. She was recently invited to join the CPA Consultants’ Alliance and is excited about being a part of this influential group.

Matt Tovrog/ Bell Oaks Excutive Search

As a Partner at Bell Oaks Executive Search, Matt Tovrog has a passion for serving clients before and after the recruiting process and applies his experience in both sales and customer assurance to build long lasting relationships.

Matt joined Bell Oaks following his work with Cbeyond, an Atlanta-based communications provider for businesses. At Cbeyond, he thrived in a number of different roles focused on sales as well as account maintenance. His ability to maintain mutually beneficial relationships with his customers is what led him to Bell Oaks. As partner, Matt is quickly becoming a noted industry expert. He has been quoted and had guest articles appear in multiple industry and consumer publications, including WorkShifting.com, WorkAwesome.com, MediaBistro and LovetoKnow.com to name a few. He also serves as an expert contributor at TalentManagement.com in The Recruitment Revolution. A native Chicagoan, Matt moved to Georgia in the 90’s and is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s degree in

Consumer Economics. He currently serves on the board of the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, the only local organization of its kind with a mission to “make a house a home” by providing furniture items to families in need. As a board member, he is involved in the planning and execution of the organization’s fundraisers, including the annual Chairish the Future Gala and The Atlanta Mattress 500. He also works to develop strategic partnerships and alliances to further the mission of the organization. He and his wife Lindsey are active members of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta and currently reside in Alpharetta, Georgia with their twin daughters Emily and Avery.

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Todd Stanton/ Stanton Law LLC

Founder

Building upon his decade of “big law” experience with the reputable firms of Fisher & Phillips and Bryan Cave (formerly Powell Goldstein), and demonstrating the same entrepreneurial drive he admires in his clients, Todd founded Stanton Law LLC in Atlanta, Georgia. Seeking to combine the quality of large firm representation with the flexibility, responsiveness, and cost-effectiveness of a nimbler shop, Todd’s practice remains dedicated to the employer side of the employer-employee relationship. From on-boarding new talent and assisting with the development of workable job descriptions, personnel policies, and compensation plans, to guiding clients through sticky disciplinary, performance, and leave issues, to executing respectful and amicable separations, Todd provides practical bottom line-oriented legal advice to small and medium-sized employers.

When not working to represent the needs of employers, Todd enjoys hiking, landscaping, photography, and coaching youth baseball. He played NCAA baseball while at Washington & Lee University and his love of the game inspired him to coach the next generation of ball players. He’s active in the Georgia Bar Association’s Lawyers Assistance Program, serves as secretary for the board of directors of Buckhead Baseball, Inc. and president of the board of directors of Haygood United Methodist Church Weekday Children’s Ministries, and is a member of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sports Network board.

Todd lives in the Atlanta neighborhood of Morningside with his wife, Ashley, their two sons, Parker and Griffin, and their rescue setter-collie mix, Hattie.

Chris Carneal with Boosterthon and David Brinkman with Assuresign

January 13, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Chris Carneal with Boosterthon and David Brinkman with Assuresign

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Business RadioX ® Host Ryan McPherson interviews business owners and entrepreneurs from metro Atlanta’s leading companies.

Chris Carneal/Boosterthon

Founder & CEO

Chris Carneal is the founder and president of Booster and its flagship school funding program, the Boosterthon Fun Run.

Chris was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He later attended Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., where he played baseball. During college he started his first company, All Sports Tutoring, a sports training program that also taught students valuable character and leadership lessons.

The son of a long-term educator, Chris sold All Sports Tutoring in 2002 and launched his newest endeavor, an innovative fitness fundraiser for schools called the Boosterthon Fun Run. He designed it as an alternative to the product sales that most elementary schools use to meet budget shortfalls. Today, Booster employs more than 450 team members and partners with over 1,600 schools to meet their yearly funding goals. The Boosterthon also offers one of the most innovative character education programs in the nation with more than one million students participating. In its mission to strengthen schools by increasing funds and inspiring students, Booster has raised schools more than $120 million to improve education since its inception.

Chris and his wife Lyndie live in Johns Creek, Ga., with their four children.

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David Brinkman/AssureSign

Founder & CEO

David Brinkman is president and CEO of AssureSign, an electronic signature software provider for enterprises and small business. As a veteran technology entrepreneur, David co-founded Third Party Verification, Inc. (3PV), which is now a part of AssureSign. David also serves as an active board member of the Electronic Signature and Records Association (ESRA).

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Landel Hobbs with National 4H-Council and Sarah Gibson with Cell Phone Repair Atlanta

January 11, 2016 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Landel Hobbs with National 4H-Council and Sarah Gibson with Cell Phone Repair Atlanta

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Landel Hobbs/National 4-H Council

Chairman of National 4-H Council Board of Trustees

Landel Hobbs, founder and CEO, LCH Enterprises, LLC, Atlanta, GA, assumed his new leadership role as chairman of the National 4-H Council Board during last month’s Board meeting. Hobbs areas of expertise span the financial, telecommunications, media and entertainment industries. Prior to LCH Enterprises, Mr. Hobbs was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Time Warner Cable as well as the Chief Accounting Officer for Turner Broadcasting Company.

He has served on Councils Board for more than five years and prior to his new leadership post chaired the Finance Committee.

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Sarah Gibson/Cell Phone Pair Atlanta

Marketing & Sales Director

Sarah is the Marketing and Sales Director for CPR Atlanta. She runs around like a super hero making sure local companies and schools, picking up devices and cutting overhead costs. Cody is one of the CEOs of CPR Atlanta and is the creator of our service techniques, our top researcher, and the foundation of our business.

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