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☆ Biden seizes on Trump’s Supreme Court triumph to seek redemption after debate debacle
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Now the American people will have to do what the court should have been willing to do and would not: Americans will have to render a judgment about Donald Trump’s behavior,” Biden said. In four minutes, Biden, 81, encapsulated the two increasingly grave and urgent choices facing voters in November. “The American people must decide (whether) Trump’s embrace of violence to preserve his power is acceptable. “THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IS A MUCH MORE POWERFUL ONE THAN SOME HAD EXPECTED IT TO BE. Here’s what she said … ‘In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law.

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☆ Exclusive: World Athletics president invites Ukraine president Zelensky to the Paris Olympics in surprise visit to Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Madalena Araujo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Olympics as his personal guest during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Friday. But he’s at odds with the IOC when it comes to their stance on Russian athletes. Following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – supported by Belarus – in February 2022, World Athletics is the only Olympic sports federation to have banned all Russian and Belarussian athletes from elite competition. In the meeting with the Ukrainian president, World Athletics committed to keep providing financial support for the country’s athletes. Coe also stopped by the Ukrainian Athletics Championships in Lviv, the event that determined which athletes will compete in the Olympics.

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☆ Lando Norris will ‘lose a lot of respect’ if Max Verstappen fails to apologize for controversial Austrian Grand Prix incident
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lando Norris said he would lose respect for friend Max Verstappen if the Red Bull driver fails to apologize for a collision between the pair during a controversial Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. Race stewards later handed Verstappen a 10-second penalty for causing the collision which led to Norris retiring from the race with a puncture and car damage. If he says he did nothing wrong, then I lose a lot of respect for that,” a “disappointed” Norris told Sky Sports during his post-race interview. I’m just gutted for the team,” Norris added. From the outside, it’s easy to judge and comment,” he told Sky Sports.

Persons: CNN — Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, McLaren’s Norris, Verstappen, Norris, ” Norris, McLaren's Norris, Erwin Scheriau, “ It’s, That’s, ”, It’s, Christian Horner, Andrea Stella Organizations: CNN, Red Bull, Prix, Sky Sports, AFP, Bull Locations: Austrian, British

☆ Simone Biles headlines women’s U.S. gymnastics Olympic team; rookie Hezly Rivera earns fifth spot
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Dana O'Neil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

MINNEAPOLIS – Only a week ago, Alicia Sacramone Quinn fretted about the gut-wrenching decision she and her two colleagues would have to make in determining the 2024 Olympic team. The United States will send four members of its 2020 Olympic team to Paris — Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey — reserving one singular spot for a rookie. For the very first time, we proudly introduce the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team presented by @Xfinity! “I knew I wasn’t done after Tokyo,‘’ Biles said, adding that her “religious” Thursday meetings with her therapist helped her through. GO DEEPER At U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials, rash of injuries hovers over a major momentThe U.S. it turns out, is lucky none of the women making the return to the Games gave up.

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Asked whether Biden would exit the race, Biden campaign spokesperson Seth Schuster responded: “No.”“There’s no basis for that,” one Biden adviser also told CNN Friday morning. The Biden campaign will hold an all-staff meeting Friday afternoon, two Biden campaign officials told CNN, part of what they said is a routine pattern of Friday meetings. “It’s hard to debate a liar,” Biden told patrons at an Atlanta-area Waffle House following the debate. Big lies.”Pro-Biden political world fretsIn the broader pro-Biden and anti-Trump political universe, the panic over Biden’s debate performance was much clearer on Friday morning. God.”The veterans of Obama’s administration who launched the “Pod Save America” series of podcasts popular with liberal listeners also lamented Biden’s performance.

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☆ Key lines from CNN’s presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

CNN —In CNN’s presidential debate, President Joe Biden was halting and, at times, trailed off and confused words, feeding a nagging narrative about his fitness for the presidency. Trump said Biden couldn’t drive a golf ball 50 yards, and Biden challenged Trump to a golf match but only if Trump carries his own clubs. We’ve got to take a look at what I was left when I became president, what Mr. Trump left me. -TrumpBiden said Trump deserves blame for watching the riot at the Capitol unfold for hours without doing anything to intervene. They’ve had meetings and they voted who’s the worst president in American history.

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☆ Fact checking the CNN presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +69 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off during CNN’s presidential debate in Atlanta Thursday night. From CNN’s Daniel DaleFormer President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. From CNN’s Daniel Dale and Ella NilsenFormer President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden take part in the CNN presidential debate on Thursday, June 27. From CNN’s Alicia WallaceFormer President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024. Kpler found that China imported about 511,000 barrels per day of Iranian crude in December 2020, Trump’s last full month in office.

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☆ Judy Garland and ‘The Trolley Song’: Why an 80-year-old performance speaks to today’s LGBTQ community
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Scottie Andrew | Sydney Bishop | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” was sung by Judy Garland in striking Technicolor. And yet it has found new life online nearly 80 years later as an unlikely anthem for LGBTQ Pride. “Happy pride month (sic) to Judy Garland in the trolley song. Kelleher likened it to Cher’s 1998 autotune fantasia “Believe” but “somehow even more gay.”Like Cher’s hit, “The Trolley Song” is dripping in artifice. “The Trolley Song” has been adopted by LGBTQ people since Garland first started singing it in concert.

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☆ Evan Gershkovich: Russia begins espionage trial of US reporter behind closed doors
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The trial of Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War, began Wednesday morning in a closed door hearing that has been condemned by his newspaper and the United States. While many newsrooms subsequently pulled their reporters out of Russia, Gershkovich remained, covering the war and how it was changing life in Russia. Footage on Wednesday morning showed Gershkovich inside a glass court cage, his head shaved, ahead of the trial due to start imminently behind closed doors. The trial of Gershkovich, the American-born son of Soviet-era emigres to the US, has highlighted the extent to which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has harmed relations between Moscow and Washington. Gershkovich seen inside an enclosure for defendants in Yekaterinburg, Russia on June 26, 2024.

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☆ The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In the 1960s, there were six people of working age for every retired person, according to the World Economic Forum. “What you’re seeing is increased spending on programs like Medicare and Social Security as the baby boomers are aging into those programs. And then of course, fewer workers relative to the number of people who are receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits,” said Dahl. Social Security payments still provide about 90% of income for more than a quarter of older adults in the United States, according to Social Security Agency surveys. But without intervention, the Social Security trust fund will be depleted by the mid-2030s, meaning that only a portion of retirees’ expected benefits will be paid out.

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☆ Japanese mother and child stabbed in China in front of school bus
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Nectar Gan | Himari Semans | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Tokyo/Hong Kong CNN —A Japanese woman and her child were among three people stabbed by a man on Monday in front of a school bus at a bus stop in eastern China, according to Japanese authorities. In Suzhou, the attack took place Monday afternoon as the mother waited to pick up her child at a bus stop near a Japanese school, according to the Japanese official. The school bus is from the Suzhou Japanese School, located less than a mile from the bus stop in an area where many Japanese nationals live, NHK said. Opened in 2005, the Suzhou Japanese School offers six-year elementary school and three-year junior high school curriculums, according to its website. Its rules state that students must be picked up by a parent or guardian from the school bus.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, “, ”, Zhou, Mao Ning, rampages, –, Xi Jinping Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Japanese Nationals Overseas Safety Division, Japan’s Foreign Ministry, CNN, Embassy, NHK, Suzhou Japanese, Japan’s Embassy, Foreign, Suzhou Japanese School Locations: Tokyo, Hong Kong, China, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, Shanghai, Jilin ., Jilin, Beijing, Japan

☆ Alex Jones’ court trustee plans to shut down his notorious conspiracy outlet Infowars
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media empire will be shut down and sold off, a bankruptcy court-appointed trustee said in an emergency court filing Sunday, signalling the end of the notorious far-right outlet that Jones has used to spread dangerous misinformation and lies. But at that time, the judge ruled Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems, the parent of Infowars, would not be liquidated partly because the process would be costly and lengthy. The dismissal of the bankruptcy case against the outlet meant that the families were free to go after Jones’ assets, including Infowars, in state court. Since Jones is the owner of Free Speech Systems, a court appointed trustee was put in charge of the company. As a result, Jones’ trustee asked the bankruptcy judge for an emergency stay in the case to allow them to conduct an “orderly wind-down and sale process” of Infowars.

Persons: Alex Jones ’, Jones, Sandy Hook, “, Christopher Mattei, Connecticut, ”, ” Mattei, ” Jones, Infowars, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Speech Systems, Free Speech Systems, Systems, Court, Free, “ Locations: Texas, Infowars, Connecticut, Infowars

☆ Finally, an answer to a mystery surrounding these 1,000-year-old trees
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A team of international academics successfully sequenced the genomes of each of the eight baobab species, examining their relationship with one another and concluded that they originated in Madagascar. "Avenue of the Baobabs" in Western Madagascar is one of the most spectacular collections of the unusual trees. Gavinevans/Creative CommonsOnly one baobab species is not included in the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species: A. digitata, which populates mainland Africa. The likelihood of finding fossil evidence to rubberstamp the conclusions of the genetic data is slim, Dr. Wan conceded. So perhaps these majestic trees may retain some of their mystery after all.

Persons: ”, Wan Jun, Nan, Wan, Seheno, Andriantsaralaza, “, Dr, Organizations: CNN, Biologists, Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, University of Antananarivo, Queen Mary University of London, IUCN, USAID Locations: Madagascar, Africa, Australia, Wuhan, Hubei, China, baobabs, Queen, Western Madagascar, “

☆ At least five dead and over 100 injured in Ukrainian strike in Russian occupied Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Zahid Mahmood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —At least five people were killed and over 100 injured when missile fragments scattered over beachgoers during a Ukrainian strike on the city of Sevastopol in Russia-occupied Crimea, authorities say. “Unfortunately, we currently have 124 victims, of which three [are] dead children and two [are] dead adults,” Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Telegram. One of victims killed in the Ukrainian strike was the daughter of Oleg Averyanov, Deputy Mayor of Magadan. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, it has come under sporadic attack from Ukrainian forces. Before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Sevastopol – the largest city in Crimea – was a popular tourist destination for Russians.

Persons: Mikhail Razvozhayev, Oleg Averyanov, Yuri Grishan, Averyanov’s, Sofia, Razvozhayev, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, ”, Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian Locations: Sevastopol, Russia, Crimea, ” Sevastopol, Ukraine, stretchers, Magadan, Washington, Kremlin, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Crimea –

☆ Manchester Airport: ‘Significant number of flights’ disrupted due to power cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Alex Stambaugh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Manchester Airport, one of the UK’s busiest airports, has been impacted by a power cut early this morning. A “significant number of flights” operating from the airport in northern England have been impacted by a “major” power cut in the area, the airport said in a statement on Sunday. “Manchester Airport was affected by a major power cut in the area earlier this morning. This has caused widespread disruption and a significant number of flights, particularly from Terminals 1 and 2, are expected to be delayed or cancelled,” the airport said. This story has been updated with additional information.

Organizations: CNN, Manchester Airport, Manchester Locations: England

☆ Deadly Strike Hits Area of Gaza Where Displaced People Were Sheltering
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Anjana Sankar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

top newsImage Palestinian families at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in Gaza on Friday mourning victims of an Israeli military strike on the Al-Mawasi area farther south. The Israeli military said its initial inquiry showed “no indication” of a strike within the safer zone. Gazan authorities said it was an Israeli military strike. The Red Cross statement did not say who was responsible, but described “heavy-caliber projectiles,” suggesting the kinds of weapons used by Israel, not Hamas. Rafah, which borders Egypt, has been the focal point of the Israeli military campaign since early May.

Persons: Haitham Imad, ”, Marwan Al, Mawasi, Israel Organizations: Nasser Hospital, Palestinian, Health Ministry, International Committee, Cross, Al Locations: Khan Younis, Gaza, Credit, Al, Rafah, Crescent, Israeli, Israel, Homs, noncombatants, Egypt

CNN —The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says at least 22 people were killed in a strike that hit civilians sheltering in southern Gaza on Friday. The strike hit the tents of displaced people in the Palestinian town of Mawasi, parts of which have been identified by the Israeli military as a humanitarian zone. Following the strike, a nearby Red Cross field hospital received 22 bodies and 45 injured, the ICRC said. The Gaza Ministry of Health said that 25 people were killed and 50 wounded in the attack. The Israeli military said the incident was under review but initial inquiries found “no indication” it was behind the strike in Mawasi.

Persons: Cross, Israel, Abed Rahim Khatib, Raed, Nims, “, Khan Younis, ” Mohammed Al, Bashar Taleb, General Antonio Guterres, Guterres, ” Organizations: CNN, International Committee, ICRC, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Gaza Ministry, Health, Anadolu, Israel Defence Forces, Civil Defense, Getty, Ministry of Health, UN Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Mawasi, Israel, Rafah, Palestine, –, Egypt

☆ Want your child to go to Eton? Get ready to pay $13,000 more each year
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

London CNN —Private schools in Britain may conjure up images of rolling lawns, pristine tennis courts, and dormitory rooms, serving as gilded hothouses of privilege. Not every private school is “synonymous with privilege and great wealth,” argues Sue Hannam, headteacher at Lichfield Cathedral School, a private school in central England. About 620,000 children are currently enrolled in private schools in Britain, equivalent to almost 6% of all school children, according to the Independent Schools Council. Hodge at the Education Policy Institute noted that, accounting for inflation, private school fees had risen by as much as 25% since 2010. Still, a demographic shift means state schools may “welcome” the influx, Sibieta wrote last year.

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☆ Opinion | Donald Trump Is You! And You! And You!
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump contains multitudes. When federal agents came for those classified documents scattered like pocket change around Mar-a-Lago, they were really coming for you. They used Trump to teach you a lesson and flexed their contempt for you through their indictment of him. In a fund-raising email sent by his campaign last week, Trump said, “If we fail to have a MASSIVE outpouring of patriotic support — right here, right now — they’ll TAKE ME OUT and move on to their real target: YOU! !”And all the Jesus Christ allusions of late by Trump and his disciples?

Persons: Donald Trump, “, Trump Organizations: Trump Locations: Manhattan, Coast

☆ Reggie Jackson, on live TV from Rickwood Field, shares stark stories of racism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( C. Trent Rosecrans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Reggie Jackson played in Birmingham when he was in the minor leagues back in 1967. In his return to Rickwood Field, he shared his experience with racism and discrimination. Jackson played there just four years after four girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The Giants wore the uniform of the San Francisco Sea Lions, a Negro Leagues team that folded after its only season in 1946. Giants manager Bob Melvin played at Rickwood Field in parts of three seasons in the early 1980s as a minor-leaguer.

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☆ Fact check: Trump rewrites Wisconsin history in rally filled with false claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump made more than two dozen false claims at his Tuesday campaign rally in Racine, Wisconsin, including two significant attempts to rewrite Wisconsin history. “By the way, you know, Kenosha: I saved Kenosha, do you know that? Evers, not Trump, deployed the Wisconsin National Guard during the rioting in Kenosha — and Evers first deployed the Guard the day before Trump publicly demanded that Evers do so. Evers continued to deploy more Wisconsin National Guard troops in the coming days, and he also accepted National Guard troops from three other states; they were never federalized. Other Trump false claimsTrump made lots of other false claims during the Racine rally.

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☆ To help children with high BMI, expert panel recommends 26 hours of behavior coaching — but not weight-loss drugs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The task force suggested that extensive and intensive behavioral interventions are the best way to help a child get to a healthy weight. A high BMI for a child is defined a little differently than it is for adults, although both use height and weight to estimate mass. Nearly 20% of children in the US have what’s considered a high BMI. The task force gives its guidelines letter grades based on the most up-to-date science. Under the Affordable Care Act, private insurers must cover preventive services that get a grade of A or B; the new child obesity recommendations got a B grade.

Persons: Susma Vaidya, ”, “, Dr, Mona Sharifi, ” Sharifi, Thomas Robinson, Sarah Armstrong, haven’t, Sharifi, Justin Ryder, Stanley Manne, Robert H, Lurie, “ I’ve, ” Ryder, Wegovy, Alli, Lomaira, John Ruiz, Sanjay Gupta, “ There’s, ” Vaidya, Vaidya, pharmacotherapy Organizations: CNN, US Preventive Services, Force, American Academy of Pediatrics, BMI, US Centers for Disease Control, Affordable, National Hospital, Yale School of Medicine, Stanford Solutions Science Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Adolescent Health, Duke University Medical School, Stanley Manne Children’s, Ann, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, University of Arizona, CNN Health, FDA Locations: Washington

☆ Senate GOP blocks effort by Democrats to pass bump stock ban after Supreme Court ruling
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Clare Foran | Ted | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to pass a bill to ban bump stocks in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling. The bill would enact a federal ban on the sale of bump stock devices. Bump stocks allow a shooter to convert a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire at a rate of hundreds of rounds a minute. The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the latest opinion from the conservative court rolling back firearm regulations. While some Republicans support a ban on bump stocks, the issue has divided GOP senators in the aftermath of the high court ruling.

Persons: Donald Trump, Democratic Sen, Martin Heinrich of, Republican Sen, Pete Ricketts, ”, there’s, ” Heinrich, Chuck Schumer, ” Schumer, Ricketts, “ It’s, “, Sen, Lindsey Graham of, John Cornyn of, “ I’ve, I’d, ” Sen, Shelley Moore Capito, Chris Murphy, Connecticut, Murphy Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Republican, Nebraska, GOP, Republicans Locations: Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Cornyn of Texas, West Virginia

A truck carrying aid for delivery into Gaza drives through the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, on June 17. Netanyahu then contacted his military secretary and said this was unacceptable, until he was assured the fighting in Rafah would continue. It raises the question of where the “tactical pause” order originated, but it’s expected to continue. Israeli security minister Ben Gvir — a leading right-wing member of the country’s cabinet — condemned the pause. Fighting and deadly strikes: Fierce fighting and airstrikes have rocked Rafah as the Israeli effort to destroy Hamas in Gaza continues.

Persons: Nathan Frandino, Salah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Ben Gvir —, —, ”, Ahmed Radwan Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, CNN, Rafah Civil Defense Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rafah, Kerem, Kerem Shalom

☆ Jodie Turner-Smith speaks out on ex Joshua Jackson dating Lupita Nyong’o
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

When the “Queen & Slim” star was asked about her ex-husband Joshua Jackson dating Lupita Nyong’o in a recent interview with The Cut, Turner-Smith has a positive response. We need happiness in order to peacefully co-parent,” Turner-Smith told the publication. Turner-Smith and Jackson split in late 2023 after marrying in 2019. They share share a four-year-old daughter, Juno Jackson. The most important thing is that you choose what’s healthiest for you and your family and definitely your children.”

Persons: Jodie Turner, Smith, Slim, Joshua Jackson, Lupita, ” Turner, “ I’m, Gwyneth, Paltrow, Chris Martin, ” Paltrow, Martin, “, Turner, Jackson, Juno Jackson, ”, it’s Organizations: CNN, Times

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