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☆ Canada's ambassador to U.S. shares most Biden priorities, worries about his 'buy America' policy
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com + 0.84 time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File PhotoTORONTO (Reuters) - Canada’s ambassador to the United States said on Sunday that while the two countries have shared vision on many issues, President-elect Joe Biden’s economic policy is slightly more protectionist than what Canada would like. While Ottawa has been quick to embrace of Biden in an effort to turn the page on the Donald Trump era, the incoming U.S. administration’s “buy America” policy is worrying to Canada. This could harm Canada because its economy is highly dependent on United States, which takes 75% of all Canadian goods exports. Mired in a long-running diplomatic dispute with China and weighing a possible snap election this year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has much riding on his ties with Biden. Hillman said Trudeau and Biden have a very warm and good relationship.

Persons: Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, Chris Wattie, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, administration’s “, “, Kirsten Hillman, Hillman, Trudeau, Biden, ” Organizations: Canada's, First Ministers ’, REUTERS, TORONTO, Biden, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Canadian Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, United States, Ottawa, China

☆ Fauci says 100 million vaccinations in 100 days 'absolutely a doable thing'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Brad Heath | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -0.55 time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Cheriss MayWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden’s goal of delivering 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine within the first 100 days of his presidency “is absolutely a doable thing,” Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Sunday. Fauci, speaking on NBC’s “Meet The Press”, said two new vaccines under development by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson could “very soon” be presented to U.S. regulators for approval, which would increase the pace of vaccinations. About 10.6 million Americans have so far been vaccinated, about half as many as President Donald Trump’s administration hoped would have received injections by the end of 2020. Biden has said ramping up the pace of vaccinations will be one of his top priorities when he takes office on Wednesday. “One thing that’s clear is that the issue of getting 100 million doses in the first 100 days is absolutely a doable thing,” Fauci said.

Persons: Anthony Fauci, Mike Pence, Joe Biden’s, “, ” Anthony Fauci, Johnson, ”, we’d, Fauci’s, Donald Trump’s, Biden, ” Fauci Organizations: National Institute of Allergy, White, REUTERS, Press, AstraZeneca, Johnson Locations: Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON, United States

☆ Fauci says new vaccines could be ready for possible approval within weeks, not months
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Ben Kamisar | Ben Kamisar Is A Political Writer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the nation’s foremost public health experts, said Sunday that the U.S. is “weeks away, not months away” from considering the approval of new coronavirus vaccines. But we're weeks away, not months away, for sure." While both those approved vaccines, as well as the one being developed by AstraZeneca, require two shots spaced out weeks apart, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine needs only one. The news comes as the incoming Biden administration continues to double down on its goal of 100 million coronavirus vaccinations in the first 100 days after Biden takes office. "One, double down on the public health measures we’ve been talking about all the time.

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☆ Trump approval remains stable in new NBC poll, with Republicans unmoved after Capitol violence
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Carrie Dann | Carrie Dann Is A Political Editor For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

Sixty-one percent of all voters — but just 21 percent of Republicans — say Biden did win legitimately. And even for the half of Republicans who say they prioritize the GOP generally over allegiance to Trump, his high approval remains unmoved by recent events. Among Republicans who say their primary loyalty is to Trump over the party, 98 percent approve of his performance. (Those findings, however, contrast with a recent Pew poll showing Trump’s job rating declining among Republicans.) An additional 9 percent say Trump is "not as good as most."

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☆ U.S. Vice president-elect Harris set to resign Senate seat on Monday
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: 1 min

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris makes a speech after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced their nominee for secretary of education, Miguel Cardona in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Leah MillisWILMINGTON, Del. Senator Kamala Harris of California will resign from the Senate on Monday in preparation for her inauguration as Joe Biden’s vice president on Wednesday, according to aides familiar with her plans. Governor Gavin Newsom has picked California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill the rest of Harris’ term, which could include President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. But it was not immediately clear when he would be seated, an aide said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Miguel Cardona, Leah Millis, Kamala Harris of, Joe Biden’s, Gavin Newsom, California, Alex Padilla, Harris, Donald Trump’s Organizations: REUTERS Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, Leah Millis WILMINGTON, Del, Kamala Harris of California

Before the election, more than 80 percent of likely voters were somewhat or very concerned about election-related violence, according to a UMass Poll. It remains to be seen whether we will remember that surreal day as the end of an ugly episode in our history or an early skirmish in a prolonged period of political violence. As our evidence of partisan dehumanization has accumulated, we have grown increasingly concerned about its implications for our democracy and society. We found that both types of messages, when coming from Biden, significantly reduced endorsements of partisan dehumanization and violence, even among Republicans. Every American has the power to calm their fellow citizens, simply by speaking out against dehumanization and violence.

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☆ How Biden’s Proposed Paid Leave Would Work
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Claire Cain Miller | ) www.nytimes.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +1 min

More Americans may soon be able to take more than three months of paid leave from work for sickness or to care for children and family members during the pandemic, if Congress approves a plan proposed by President-elect Biden. Last spring, the first coronavirus relief package included paid leave. Now, as part of a wide-ranging plan to respond to the pandemic, the incoming administration has proposed reinstating and significantly expanding it. Why does paid leave matter right now? Paid leave expired just as the pandemic became even harder on American workers.

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ET Presidential Transition Live Updates: Biden Pushes Forward With Agenda as Anxiety Hangs Over Washington The president-elect announced a series of executive actions for his first 10 days in office. On his first day in office alone, Mr. Biden intends a flurry of executive orders that will be partly substantive and partly symbolic. Michael D. Shear andAdvertisement Continue reading the main storyLoews Hotels says it won’t host a fund-raiser with Senator Josh Hawley. Ms. Harris chose Justice Sotomayor for the task, according to a Harris aide who was confirming a report by ABC News. The vice president-elect and Justice Sotomayor have a shared background as former prosecutors.

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Will Install a Trump Loyalist as Its General Counsel Vice President-elect Kamala Harris plans to resign from her Senate seat on Monday. The Justice Department, under pressure from Mr. Trump, has sued Mr. Bolton to recoup his profits from book. Representative Jamie Raskin, center, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a meeting of House impeachment managers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. He also claimed, without further explanation, that Mr. Trump was “trying to heal the nation.” But even as Mr. Graham lobbied his Republican colleagues to vote against convicting Mr. Trump and offered a stream of flattery about the president’s success in office, he rejected the suggestion that Mr. Trump should pardon any members of the mob before leaving office. Without specifically mentioning Mr. Trump, Mr. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris drew an implicit contrast with his administration’s dismissive attitude toward expert opinion.

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They posted that they were storming the Capitol to Facebook. Selfies inside the Capitol were common, and a number of people who took them have been charged with knowingly entering restricted grounds or disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. A supporter of President Donald Trump sits at a desk after invading the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021. “We just pushed, pushed, and pushed, and yelled go and yelled charge. In one instance, a warrant for a suspected rioter’s social media account showed him seeming to confess.

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☆ Britain invites G7 leaders to Cornish resort for June summit
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( William James | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain announced plans to hold the first in-person meeting of the G7 for nearly two years in June, inviting the leaders of major developed economies to a picturesque seaside village to discuss rebuilding from the pandemic and climate change. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures at a media briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in Downing Street, London, Britain January 15, 2021. “I don’t think he will visit anywhere else before the G7, except possibly Canada,” the newspaper quoted an unnamed British government source as saying. Johnson has also invited Australia, India and South Korea to attend. The summit will take place in the tiny resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, southwest England - an area now most famous for its beaches and surfing but also home to fishing fleets and once an important mining area.

Persons: Boris Johnson, Dominic Lipinski, ”, Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, “, Johnson, ” Johnson Organizations: Britain, British, REUTERS, U.S, European Union, Sunday Telegraph Locations: Downing Street, London, Britain, Europe, Germany, France, United States, Italy, Japan, Canada, Biarritz, British, Australia, India, South Korea, Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England

☆ Facebook to ban ads promoting weapon accessories, protective gear in U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Saturday it will ban advertisements for weapon accessories and protective equipment in the United States with immediate effect until at least two days after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. “We already prohibit ads for weapons, ammunition and weapon enhancements like silencers. But we will now also prohibit ads for accessories,” Facebook said in a blog post. Buzzfeed reported this week that Facebook has been running ads for military equipment next to content promoting election misinformation and news about the violence on Jan. 6. A Facebook company spokesperson said all the pages identified in the Buzzfeed story had been removed, and that the company was working with intelligence and terrorism experts and law enforcement.

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☆ Goldman Sachs nudges U.S. growth forecast higher on Biden stimulus plan
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -0.90 time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Tom Brenner(Reuters) - Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group raised their U.S. growth forecast for the second time this month on expectations that President-elect Joe Biden’s fiscal stimulus plan will hasten the economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank expects economic growth of 6.6% in 2021, compared with a previous forecast of 6.4%, according to a report published on Saturday. It also raised forecasts for how much stimulus the new administration will be able to push through in the near-term, to $1.1 trillion from $750 billion. Biden outlined a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday, saying bold investment was needed to jump-start the economy and accelerate the distribution of vaccines to bring the coronavirus under control. “Larger boosts to disposable income and government spending imply stronger growth later in the year,” the bank’s analysts wrote.

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☆ Fact check: Photos show Pompeo on state visit to India, not evidence of debunked #ItalyGate conspiracy
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

The images in these posts show Pompeo on a state visit to New Delhi, India in October 2020 with U.S. The caption on one post reads, “Italian President arrested for his part in the interference in our elections. The image does not show the secretary of state in Italy, but rather in New Delhi, India on Oct. 27, 2020. Posts claiming to show U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Italy for the alleged arrest of Italian President Sergio Mattarella show Pompeo with U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster during a state visit to New Delhi, India in October 2020.

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☆ NASA's Boeing moon rocket set for 'once-in-a-generation' ground test
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA’s Boeing-built deep space exploration rocket, Space Launch System (SLS), is set to fire its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, a crucial test for a years-delayed U.S. government project facing mounting pressure from emerging private sector technology. FILE PHOTO: NASA's Space Launch System mobile launcher stands atop Launch Pad 39B for months of testing before it will launch the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on mission Artemis 1 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Thom Baur/File PhotoSpace Launch System’s hot fire test, expected to begin at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) Saturday at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, caps a nearly year-long ‘Green Run’ test campaign to validate the rocket’s design. “This is a once-in-a-generation kind of test,” Jim Maser, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Senior Vice President of Space, told Reuters. NASA and Boeing engineers have stayed on a ten-month schedule for the Green Run “despite having significant adversity this year,” Boeing’s Space Launch System manager John Shannon told reporters this week.

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☆ U.S. state capitals on edge for armed protests as Trump presidency nears end
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

FILE PHOTO: National Guard members walk at the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. In Michigan a fence was erected around the Capitol building in Lansing and troopers were mobilized from across the state to bolster security. Thousands of armed National Guard troops are now on the streets in Washington in an unprecedented show of force in the U.S. Capitol. Experts say that the capitals of battleground states such as Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona are among those at most risk of violence. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said on Friday that while his state had not received any specific threats he was beefing up security around the Capitol in Springfield, including adding about 250 state National Guards troops.

Persons: Joshua Roberts, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Steve McCraw, Trump, Joe Gasper, J.B, Pritzker, Suzanne Spaulding, ”, Spaulding, “, Michael Hayden, ” Hayden Organizations: Reuters, Trump, Guards, National Guard, Capitol, REUTERS, FBI, Texas Department of Public, U.S, Michigan State Police, Yahoo News, Joint Intelligence, Department of Homeland Security, National Counterterrorism Center, U.S . Capitol, National Guards, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Southern Poverty Law Center, Twitter Locations: Washington , U.S, Michigan, Virginia , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania, Washington, Texas, Austin, Lansing, U.S, Wisconsin , Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Illinois, Springfield

☆ U.S. capitals on edge for armed protests as Trump presidency nears end
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

FILE PHOTO: National Guard members walk at the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File PhotoThe FBI warned police agencies of possible armed protests outside all 50 state capitol buildings starting Saturday through President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, fueled by supporters of President Donald Trump who believe his false claims of electoral fraud. Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Washington were among states that activated their National Guards to strengthen security. In Michigan a fence was erected around the Capitol in Lansing and troopers were mobilized from across the state to bolster security. Thousands of armed National Guard troops were in the streets in Washington in an unprecedented show of force after the assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Persons: Joshua Roberts, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Steve McCraw, Trump, Mike Pence, Joe Gasper, J.B, Pritzker, Suzanne Spaulding, ”, Spaulding, “, Michael Hayden, ” Hayden Organizations: Reuters, D.C, Trump, National Guard, Capitol, REUTERS, FBI, Guards, Texas Department of Public, U.S, Michigan State Police, Yahoo News, Joint Intelligence, Department of Homeland Security, National Counterterrorism Center, U.S . Capitol, United Church of Christ, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Washington Post, Southern Poverty Law Center, Twitter Locations: Washington, Washington , U.S, Michigan, Virginia , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania, Texas, Austin, November’s, Lansing, Wisconsin , Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Illinois, Springfield, Virginia, Richmond

☆ U.S. state capitals, Washington on alert for possible pro-Trump armed protests
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Nathan Layne | Patricia Zengerle | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Washington were among more than a dozen states that activated their National Guards to strengthen security. Meanwhile, downtown Washington, D.C., was virtually empty, with streets near the Capitol closed and battalions of camouflaged National Guard soldiers taking up positions across the city center. It was signed by House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler. In Michigan, a fence was erected around the Capitol in Lansing, and troopers were mobilized from across the state to bolster security. A tearful Beeler later told the Washington Post he had been working security in Washington all week and pulled up to the checkpoint after getting lost.

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☆ U.S. capitals on edge ahead of possible pro-Trump armed protests
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Nathan Layne | Patricia Zengerle | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Washington were among states that activated their National Guards to strengthen security. Responding to news of the arrest, Democratic U.S. Representative Don Beyer of Virginia said the danger was real and the city was on edge. “Anyone who can avoid the area around the Capitol and Mall this week should do so,” Beyer wrote on Twitter. Thousands of armed National Guard troops were in the streets in Washington in an unprecedented show of force after the assault on the U.S. Capitol. Others told the Washington Post they wanted the protest organized in response to new state gun rules to be peaceful.

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Black Americans are receiving Covid vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans in the first weeks of the chaotic rollout, according to a new Kaiser Health News analysis. But in every state, Black Americans were significantly underrepresented among people vaccinated so far. Black, Hispanic and Native Americans are dying from Covid at nearly three times the rate of white Americans, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis. And non-Hispanic Black and Asian health care workers are more likely to contract Covid and to die from it than white workers. Just over half of Black Americans who plan to get the vaccine said they’d wait to see how well it’s working in others before getting it themselves, compared with 36 percent of white Americans.

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☆ Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers fostered false election allegations that fueled Capitol riot
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Phil Mccausland | Phil Mccausland Is An Nbc News Reporter Focused On Rural Issues | The Social Safety Net. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +9 min

Tom Wolf has assigned 450 members of the state’s National Guard to protect the Pennsylvania Capitol. A day prior to the riot in the Capitol, Pennsylvania Republicans refused to seat state Sen. Jim Brewster, a Democrat who won a tight race in the western part of the state by 69 votes. Mastriano and Perry, both Republicans, are two Pennsylvania lawmakers who pushed election fraud conspiracy theories in their state at two levels of government. Fetterman and other Democrats lay much of the responsibility for the perpetuation of the election falsehoods in Pennsylvania at the feet of Perry, Mastriano and state Republicans. Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, attends a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee, in Gettysburg, Pa. on Nov. 25, 2020.

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☆ HHS's Azar tells Trump Capitol attack could tarnish legacy
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told President Donald Trump in a letter this week that the attack on the Capitol could tarnish the legacy of the administration. In the Jan. 12 letter, Azar cited what he called the administration’s successes, including the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics, which he said saved “hundreds of thousands or even millions of American lives.”But, Azar, who will remain on the job until President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, voiced concern that last week’s mob siege of the Capitol building and Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud “threaten to tarnish these and other historic legacies of this administration.”“The attacks on the Capitol were an assault on our democracy and on the tradition of peaceful transitions of power,” Azar wrote in his formal resignation letter.

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ET Covid-19 Live Updates: India Starts Vaccinating Its 1.3 Billion People President-elect Joe Biden plans to create mobile vaccine clinics and expand Americans’ access to shots, but he warned that “things will get worse before they get better.” RIGHT NOW India begins inoculating its 1.3 billion people. India begins inoculating its 1.3 billion people. Covishield and another vaccine called Covaxin were authorized for emergency use in India earlier this month. “The honest truth is this, things will get worse before they get better,” Mr. Biden said. “The vaccine rollout in the United States has been a dismal failure so far,” Mr. Biden said.

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ET Live Updates: Security Concerns Rise in Washington as Biden’s Inauguration Approaches State capitals around the country have deployed the National Guard to help with security. National Guard officials said they would most likely need at least 25,000 troops in Washington, 5,000 more than they projected this week. Mr. Biden has resisted calls to move the celebration indoors for the sake of safety. “We remain in a very dark winter,” Mr. Biden told Americans in a speech in Wilmington, Del., on Friday. in future elections, while forces aligned with Mr. Trump are looking to punish Republican lawmakers and governors who have broken with him.

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ET Live Updates: Amid Fears of Inauguration Violence, Man With Gun and ‘Unauthorized’ Credential Is Arrested in Washington The man’s father said he was working as a security guard at the Capitol. Mr. Biden has resisted calls to move the inauguration ceremony indoors for the sake of safety. Without specifically mentioning Mr. Trump, Mr. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris drew an implicit contrast with his administration’s dismissive attitude toward expert opinion. Mr. Biden also said that Dr. Francis S. Collins would remain as the director of the National Institutes of Health. “Go have fun with the press,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Bolton, who claimed he purposefully made visible what appeared to be “confidential” notes.

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